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TEMPERAMENT BIG FACTOR IK CRICKET =* . LONDON, May 10. Questioning whether the English Tost selectors sufficiently .value temperament,. J. A. Faulkner, the wellknown, cricketer, in an article in the Daily News, urges that the manner in which a player rises to the occasion or is,:depressed thereby, ought to jbe- brought to their attention as equally as skill.
""Anxiety regarding an issue which most good' players inevitably feel, must not be confused with funk," he writes. "The former causes grim determination to grapple with a situation and. the latter results in chucking up tilings the moment the wicket is reached. .' '
"The selectors should also reject players adversely affected by crowds. Therefore, it is" a pity that trials are unpopular in England, as they would halve the selectors' problem.
"Australians have an uncanny knack of spotting 'guts' and concentrate tremendously on temperament. They speedily weed out the showy, but funky players. Australians are often- surprised that some Englishmen have consistently failed to be roseleetcd'for tests."
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16653, 24 May 1928, Page 3
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163CRICKET Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16653, 24 May 1928, Page 3
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