SMALL MARGINS
BNfcLAIND’S CONSOLATION. NEEDED: A MIRACLE. (Sydney "San” Cable), is LONDON. January 16; F..j.A. H. Henley (Middlesex), in the “Daily Mail,” expresses the - opinion that the comparatively small margin of the English defeats affords some consolation, suggesting as it does that there 1 is little between the teams. “Ib Maine Gilligan’s captaincy for the Englishmen’s deficiencies is not fair/ honest, or sane,” he declares. “Gifligan’a best friends would not describe him sb a great captain, but be undertook a thankless task for Eng“Bjt is also , easy to suggest that players who were not selected might have* done better, but the Australian tour is always a gamble. Something like a miracle must happen to enable Engttnd to win the robber, but- mirsometimes happen in cricket.” The “Evening News” draws attention? to the Test batting averages in which seven Englishmen are below the lowelt Australian. • i. ■ n i
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New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12040, 19 January 1925, Page 8
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147SMALL MARGINS New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12040, 19 January 1925, Page 8
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