CRICKET.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14658, 27 January 1912, Page 4 (Supplement)

CRICKET.

BARNES BEATS THE dAT. A scribe in tiie Sydney '■Bofer-u writes of uio ioroild 'lest match: "Within the memory of the writer, v.j iiiinv exhibition <;i accurate jii.'-'lir.ui-pi'.eed bowling ha,s ever been seen ui Melbourne in a b'.'s mat-h. AVitlioui.assisuin.c, from tlio wind, the Staiforcisiiire crack made the ball swing way to the oif to an extent that completely baffled tile batsmen. V. h-:ii th■.■ balL struck the i>:tvh, as. a rule it wont further away still with the log s,.in, but every now and then, wiilnuit apparent change of action, Barnes r.itaunted a beautiful break-bark that l.a-,1 the Australian era: Irs on 'lie fiicss stake.--. AVith such a trimmer he dhr.'.isscd Hill, the ball pitching i'( t\v,:en the log and middle and knockiag the oif peg back. Bight at the eti:set oi' Tmmpor's innings an o'f-uro.ik iu sishaved t!ie <4f stumo. Barnes dominated the play before lunch, aid had the Atrsira'ians literally, as well as r'-vtaphori'-ally, in the hollow of Iv \ hand. There was not the fan-test scintilla of luck about the perfo.-.-n----a.n.'o. After the interval the "Australians did better Hansford sho.v : n : i a return to his cl< tranfc form, and Eordern rising to the o-ca.sion with 000 l ami sound cricket. It onlv sc-ems necessary for the doctor to Vt his mind en a thins to achieve mi 1 cs.-, and after to-day's Performance he must ho nearly the greatest notentia'ity in Australian crick t. Old Jr.-k Blackburn sad on Saandav tbat he would have loved to keep "wick-Is f. r Bordern -when in ihe prime's form of a quarter of a ..enuiry ago. •,- h ;n tie •wrong 'tin' was an mn xplored i'c-io. What .1 combination I Ilerderji L. wiing, Blac-kham ort the 5-i:kii?, with the signal workine;: Foster, lowkd well, but was completely ovorsh.i lowed by the professional. The English performance in dismur-on:: *ho rlcver '>f Australian batting for 184 one a. perfect wicket, will live long in the -inn: Is of crj.'ict. Australia's crip t'n -,' '.Ashes' cannot bo too firm if ihe tall Staffordshire bowler is "arsi.ble of ihia r'sinp; to such a. p : nna-'oo of tnimllin-r. 'Angels and miniyt-ers of |fa.'-e or feirl us' from a repetition. Altho'i'di lie, fell itwav after i:;n 'h, 33 runs'being:" s-or-cd eff him nilhoutBccurinn a w-ieket, lha figures of 23 overs. 0 maidens. 44 runs. ;-,id fve wickets will rank .amonir the greate,;t acliievements m Test cricket.

AVHO WAS THE BEST CAPTAIN? Ilt>ger Hart-isjau, who went to England with the last Australian eleven, has been giving Brisbane people some of his views through the modi .1111 of tho "Daily Mail," and this :s one of them:—"There was one very important point which impressed itself en my mind, and I think lh.it most 0.-opie ia Australia will think tho same hi fore long. I refer to the captain y <f the team, and with all due respect and deference to Hill, Aiv.tralia badly needs NoVe. I sad onco before tii.t I considered t-ha.t Hill was net the m; n to lead Australia, for he has not the pro:>?r disnositic-n And new 1 r> eee.t that the Australian team v:,r,iH bj a 25 per cent better combination if Noble w-as in charge. "Hid he hewn cr.it.iin in Svd'i"y. do you tb-'nk that, llvvn fieldsm.-.-n <-f ours won'd have c'.T.ked it. and Ih"t they would have been fioMhi 3 in -o may different places? Not- for a moment. Tlioro is somf.th'ri-g abo-.ii Ni.h'e as n captain which makes -.very men playing with him put forth "very ounce that is in him. It, is fimr>V h's personality, and the (Wifiden-c he inspires in who'., ho is Vadimi is one of the greatest fi-tors in the_ sm-"-cesi wh : ch attends him on practically everv cc^asinn. "A test team is h.ke lots c-f oth-r bo- I; es Af diff"-i-»iit ur,''f< with d : fferent di-T-0.-.-'fon-'—it n ]<i'ur-l,ead»d and < n fid m-vn 10 g.-t +he V.st results. Som= cf lb ■ \v«n. T Ww, tek- a b-'t of but Noble couM always manage then."