SELECTING SELECTORS

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1075, 12 September 1930, Page 7

SELECTING SELECTORS

POSITION IN AUSTRALIAN CRICKET NEXT SEASON S COMMtTTIE A decidedly interesting position has ! arisen with the Australian Cricket ! Board of Control in connection with the appointment of the selection committee (writes J. Mat her son in the Sydney “Guardian”). The board is to meet in Sydneysoon, when the choice will be made. Question is, who are the candidates? " The selectors who chose tlie team that won the Ashes were R. L. Jones. ‘Jack’ Ryder, and Dr. C. E. Dolling. The first-named has retired, and although he has received many requests to reconsider the matter, he is quite i definite. _ . ... It is hardly likely that Ryder will j again be considered, more especially jas the Australian captain. “Billy j Woodfull seems the first and obvious choice. _ The rules state that only one selet - j tor may be appointed from one State, ■ therefore Ryder’s chances, despite his • good work last season, are nor encouraging. Dr. Dolling would appear ! to be. certain of his reappointment. It may therefore be taken for ! granted that two vital changes 'will i be made in the personnel of the selecj t ion committee which, judged by its ! accomplishments, was as successful a I committee as an> other that ever | chose an Australian team for Eng- ; land. TEAM S UNIQUE RECORD It is not generally appreciated that t Woodfull’s team is the first Australian i team in history that went to England ! to regain the Ashes, and succeeded. On other visits Australia held the | Ashes before the Tests began. This i reflects credit on the work of the selet. - • tion committeeIn official quarters in Sydney, no 1 name has been freely mentioned as a : possibility to fill “Dick” Jones’s place. ' Last year the precedent was created. I and wisely, too. appointing one of-the ! £=tate selectors to the Australian comj mittee. If this principle be maintained, the j position will be filled by either R. i". J M. Rovce. Dr. L. O. S. Poidevin or E. • A. Dwyer. Each man has a strong following, ; but in view of the fact that Boyce ! has been a State selector continuously i for several years, the choice will probably go to him. Consequently, tin three Australian ! selectors who look like choosing the i team to play against the West Indie* j are: W. Woodfull (Victoria), Dr. C. E. ! Dolling (South Australia), and It.. C. 11. Boyce (X-S.W-). •