LIMITING CRICKET TESTS
ARTHUR MAILEY'S VIEWS ' ! "Despite the press outburst against limitless tests following the farce of the fifth test, I think it is most unlikely that the final match of the 1940 tour will be limited," says Arthur Mailey, the well-known former Australian international cricketer. "The Oval test cannot be taken as a fair sample of a played-out test. It was a freakish match that might not occur again. After the Nottingham and Lord's tests practically all England colled for played-out tests because they thought England had been robbed of victory by the time limit. "Certain cricket writers now oppose played-out tests, but I am certain the cricket public still want them. The Oval test was farcical because the Australian attack was not good enough to dismiss England for a reasonable total, not because the macth was played out. "The injuries to Bradman and Fingleton accentuated the lop-sided nature of the game."
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19743, 23 September 1938, Page 10
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