AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20562, 13 May 1930, Page 9

AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS.

MATCH WITH YORKSHIRE.

DELAY IN RESUMPTION.

SHEFFIELD WICKET WET.

By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyrigh

(Received May 13, 12.5 o.rn.) LONDON. May 12

Tho cricket match Australia v. Yorkshire at Sheffield was not continued at the appointed time this morning owingi to the fact that, although the weather was fine, tho wicket was wet after Tain in tho night. It was decided to inspect tho pitch again at 12.45 p.m. As a result of that inspection play was further postponed.

GEIMMETT'S FEAT.

TRIBUTE BY NEWSPAPERS.

WALKER AS WICKET-KEEPER.

(Received May 12, 10.5 p.m.) Times Cable. LONDON, May 1

The cricket writer of the Times pays a tribute to Grimmett's truly fine bowling performance in the first innings of Yorkshire against the Australians. He says: So far on this tour Grimmett has not shown any signs of losing his accuracy and also ho has kept looking out for tho least possible chance of dismissing an opponent. Ho may be only a round-arm lob bowler, but he is intelligent and can bowl for long periods exactly the ball ho intends. Ho 1 was not assisted by tho pitch in tho Yorkshire match and made the ball turn only slightly, but by variations of its flight ho had tho batsmen repeatedly making mistakes.

Other Australian bowlers show signs of developing some workmanship. Hornibrook should be one of the outstanding successes of the tour, His fielding also improves with each match. Oldfield's position behind the stumps must bo seriously threatened by the brilliance of Walker.

The Daily Express asks: Is there any cricketer in the lane} who would not give anything to see Grimmett bowl at Sheffield on Monday and Tuesday ? That Yorkshire should have been skittled in this ignominious manner shows that the invaders' so-called weakness in bowling exists more in talk than on the field, and that the fight for the ashes is going to be as grim as Grimmett.

ENGLISH TEST TEAM.

PROBABLE PERSONNEL,

LONDON PAPER'S VIEWS,

(Received May 12. 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, May 11

The Observer says: In certain high quarters it is thought that tho first eight places in the English team to play against the Australian cricketers in the first test match on June 13, 14, 16 and 17, pick themselves, namely: Hobbs, Sutcliffe, Hammond, Woolley, Leyland, Hendren, Chapman and Tate. Tho remainder they consider wijj be selected from Ames, Geary, Larwood, Wyatt and Freeman. Tho paper describes this " smug complacency of relying on the men who won in Australia " as a foolish invitation to disaster. The Australians themselves, it says, adopted the policy of resting on their historic merit when the test matches were begun in 1923, with tho result that they lost the ashes in tho process of disillusionment Youth 1 had to be admitted with the result that tho Englishmen were defeated in tho final test match.