ENGLISH TEST CAPTAIN

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21293, 21 September 1932, Page 15

ENGLISH TEST CAPTAIN

/GREAT STUDENT OF CRICKET Congratulating D. R. Jardine on bis selection as captain of the test team o visit Australia, die Cricketer, an English publication on the game, states.- e wonder how many know that, in l opinion of a very well-known cricketer, Jardine was' one of the finest schoolboy captains he has ever seen. We mention this fact because there appears to be an erroneous impression, at least in some quarters, 'that- England's captain is qui e new to his task. , . , "It i s -certain that, among present-day players, there is not a greater student of Hie* game than Jardine, who, like n. l:m y successful generals in the past, believes that there is much to be y study r.f former campaigns. ' _ Tlio Cricketer, which is edited by 1. J ■Warner, chairman of the selectors ant joint manager for the forthcoming oui, .-ays that Jardine has had his triumphs •for Winchester, Oxford. Surrey (which be captains tlus'year) and England; none, perhaps, greater than in the test with India ,v hen he twice pulled the game round iifter his leading batsmen had been dismissed for small scores. "Of his defence, it is impossible to speaK f'>o highly, but on the third morning of i he- Indian match spectators saw a Jardine BOfirinjr off almost every ball with perfect flegance and. delightful ease. They also taw what a very fine fielder England s .captain is at short leg or in the gully-