CREDIT IN CRICKET TEST

Taranaki Daily News, 20 February 1933, Page 5

CREDIT IN CRICKET TEST

LARWOOD’S GREAT BOWLING.

CAPTAINCY OF JARDINE.

By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, Feb. 17.

The Daily Mail and the Star in leaders say that the test controversy should now be forgotten. A warm welcome awaits the Australians in 1934. The Times’ cricketing correspondent pays tributes to Jardine and Larwood. “They are almost entirely deserving of the credit for reversing the Australian form which in 1930, with a young team, promised lengthy superiority,” he says. “The Australian conditions demanded in particular solidity of purpose, which Jardine possessed in full degree, and he must be given full credit for the splendid victory. Larwood transferred the tests into a bowlers’ affair. His fortitude and stamina were remarkable, and he must be granted a place among the greatest fast bowlers. Australia’s heroes were Woodfull and O’Reilly. The Australian bowler’s perseverance is one .of the resplendent features of the tests.” The Manchester Guardian says that Larwood was the deciding factor for the rubber, for he solved the seemingly insoluble Bradman problem momentarily. The only blemish was that too many of England’s batsmen played dull and strokeless cricket. The prize was not more than the game and there would soon be little left if every cricketer set his mind entirely on victory. The Yorkshire Post says it is doubtful whether, England has possessed such a strong bowling side for 30 years.