FUTURE CRICKET TESTS

Taranaki Daily News, 11 September 1934, Page 3

FUTURE CRICKET TESTS

TOUR LESSON FOR ENGLAND. GOOD PLAYERS AVAILABLE. London, Aug. 26. “It is obvious that tests cannot .be continued in an atmosphere of strain,” says M. W. Tate, in Reynold’s News.. “It should be remembered that Grimmett and O’Reilly took more than 50 wickets with little assistance from the pitches. “The lesson which England has to learn is that bowling aimed at hitting the wicket and making the batsman play the ball can be more deadly than leg-theory stuff.” Lord Tennyson, in the News of the World, emphasises that Australia deserved to win, but bitterly criticises the selectors for “failure to stand up' to Australia from the beginning on the legtheor question.” A. P. F. Chapman, writing in the Daily Mail, says England’s cricket future is not so black as it is painted. He suggests that ’ youngsters be given . a chance in high standard representative cricket against South Africa in 1935, and that a team be chosen with an eye to the Australian tour in 1936. He mentions, as bowlers, Copson, fast with a difficult swing; Pope, fast-me-dium and improving as a batsman; and Smith, of Essex, a good fast man. As batsmen, Valentine, Chalk, Human, who is. brilliant, Mitchell, of Yorkshire, who is a sound field, and Gibbons, who is a reliable opener, should be included, he says.