ENGLISH CRICKET.
CAUSES OF TEST DEFEATS.
AUSTRALIAN CAPTAIN'S VIEWS.
Australian and N.Z. Cablo Association. (Beod. 11.30 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 17.
Mr. W. W. Armstrong, the captain of the Australian cricket team, in an interview, attributed England's defeat in tie tests to the fact that the M.C.C. played too many professionals, who took overmuch time to play themselves in to give England a chance of winning in three days. Bad fielding was another cause. The Australians would have secured the rubber on any wicket. Mr. Armstrong expects that future test matches in England will be spread over five days. He stated that England would never get the average professional to play as he should in a match restricted to three days. Some of England's players were too old, and gave away more runs in the field than they made with the bat. The defeats of the Australians were due to staleness. Toward the end of the tour the team was getting so stale that it could scarcely lift a bat or bowl a ball. They lost at Eastbourne because England made 43 in the first innings. Had England made 143 Australia would have won.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17890, 19 September 1921, Page 5
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