TATE ON LONG TESTS
ENGLISHMEN AT NAPLES IMPRESSION OF THE TOUR (United P.A.—Bg Telegraph — Copyright) (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) NAPLES. Wednesday The English cricketers who recently toured Australia arrived at Naples today in splendid health, but Tate apparently is still suffering mentally front the limitless test matches. lie says they seemed to last 10 or 12 days. • After I had been in the field fpr days," says Tate* "I used to wonder why we did not have matches Institut'd to imagine what it is like fielding under a blazing sun and watching the batsmen make 160, then to go home and find an epidemic of mosquitoes." Tate says he thinks the voting Australian players have yet to prove their worth in England, where it will be a different story. The manager. Mr. Toone, describes the barracking as essentially Australian. It was usually good-natured. He thinks the climate is responsible. The Australians must do something to keep up their spirits. On the whole it was most amusing. Hendren. Hobbs and Tate knew howto handle the barrackers.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 642, 19 April 1929, Page 7
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