ENGLISH CRICKETERS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19134, 1 October 1936, Page 9

ENGLISH CRICKETERS

ROBINS STUDIES TACTICS AVYATT “SEEING DOUBLE’’ SUEZ CANAL, Sept. 2::. Alder a brief visit u> Port Said, where they completed their purchases of hot weather kit, the English cricketers commenced the passage of the Suer. Canal in pleasant conditions. Wyatt was amused to find that a conjurer, who came aboard at Port Said, had remembered him from U>32, saving, “You’re Mr. Wyatt, a hard case,” whereupon he conjured chickens from Wyatt’s ears. Presumably' owing to the glare of the sun on the sea, Wyatt is temporarily “seeing double.” He has been medically' informed that it is not serious, but is obliged to wear dark glasses to prevent further irritation. In a team not strong in personalities, the Australians are likely to find much of interest in Robins, who, for domestic reasons, was unable to accept an invitation to go to Australia in 1032. Robins is an unusually' keen student of tactics, and of the. history of the game, on which he has read deeply. He spends much time in discussing AngloAustralian test history witli veteran players and followers of the game, such as H. S. Carter, ,1. O 'Connor, and Dr. Pope. -Robins takes his cricket, earnestly, and regards il without the rigid iiiithodoxv characteristic of many' Englishmen. There was a Kiplingesqtte touch when thn Orion passed El Knntam railhead. Three Tommies in tropical kit on the bank of the canal shouted, ‘Don’t forget to firing ’em back,” a greeting which Allen acknowledged from the deck.