ENGLISH CRICKET

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19523, 24 June 1933, Page 16

ENGLISH CRICKET

WHO WILL SUCCEED JARDINE? Chapman’s Ambition With Jardine’s probable retirement from county cricket to business, England is likely to be seeking a new captain at the end of the 1933 season. If Jardine retires, he will hand over the Surrey leadership to Maurice Allom, says an English writer.

In examining the list of possibles the name of A. P. F. Chapman stands out most prominently. Chapman, in his previous tour of Australia, proved himself a great leader and an equally great mixer. Eric Martin, writing in the “Daily Herald,” describes Chapman as a joyful blend of "big boy” and man about town. It is the ambition of Chapman's life to have another go at the Australians in 1934, but he will have to recover his old form, and keep within bounds his somewhat exuberant figure. Chapman is now 33. Other possibilities are R. E. S. Wyatt and A. Carr, Notingham’s captain, has been called cricket’s Mussolini, and he can still make his thousand runs a season. He'may be a trifle too grimly efficient for Australian crowds, who love a man like Chapman, but his Nottingham think a lot of him. Wyatt created a sensation wnen he ably captained England in the last Test match of 1930, and performed brilliantly under the trying condition of having to lead his country when he was not even leader of his county. He has not an obtrusive personality, but is may well be that his unassuming -way of doing his -work will appeal to Australians. No one can doubt his courage, batting, and bowling ability.

Is it faulty bandaging, faults in punching, hitting with the open glove, or blind hitting—that Is, not placing their punches properly? The writer is inclined to think the fault may lie in the bandaging. Quite a number of boxers do not seem to know how to put on

bandages properly, using too much adhesive plaster. It is a significant fact that a boxer of the greatness of Les. Murray was not known to knock his hands about. TJien there was Sammy Shack, a smart little fellow, who was able to pick up fights all over the world. He realised the importance of looking after his hands, and was never known to suffer from damaged hands. A boxer’s hands are his tools of trade, and without them his living is gone, so that It seems only common sense that a little more attention might be devoted to their care.