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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16434, 24 May 1921, Page 3

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THE AUSTRALIAN TEAM. FIRST TEST MATCH. DON', Mi- 33. Chief interest in the new men relented for the Test match centres in L. Richmond (Notts' He is an able exponent of th« j “ goodly,” and was in splendid form last : season, capturing 145 wickets in county j matches, bis average bei?ig 19.20. He is | a fair field and a.n indifferent batsman. ; Some English critics regard him as superior Ito Mailey as a. googly bowler. P. Holme** j (Yorkshire! made 2029 runs la?t season. He j headed the county averages with 54-SS. Hs } in good form this season. United Service. LONDON. May 22. Gauged by Saturday’s performance® critic* fear Armstrong’s bowling in the TeetT. is described as wonderful. He did not. howl a bad ball and stuck up batsmen as though they were playing on a very sticky Australian and X.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, May 23. < The “Daily Telegraph’’ says:—“For th» j first time in cricket iiistor' the difficulty of ‘ the selection committee i? not. whom to leave out. but. who to put in. Tho team looks like a better side than was defeated in Australia, i but contains more than one weak fieldsman, I and runs can scarcely be expected from two J or three of its members.” 1 Tho selection committee deliberated eight hours before announcing the names of tb« i test team. It has not been disclosed whether j Fry is unable to play or was not chosen on account of age. ! ~ i WARNER ON AUSTRALIAN TEAM. I ___ 9 LONDON, May 23. j Warner writes: —“Tho Australians' field- ; ing on Saturday was magnificent. Carter's j wicket-keeping was superb. He is the finest t Australian keeper since Blackham." | "BARRACKING” IN YORKSHIRE. ] LONDON. 33i Armstrong. interviewed. complained of I ** barracking ” at the Yorkshire match and i the absence of comment thereon in the English newspapers. It was worse than any--1 thing that occurred in Australia, which \v •- | Eon cabled Home about. j - matches to play. I | Jfjv 25—Oxford University, j May 28—Kirst Test, at Nottingham, i June I—Cambridge University, i June 4—Middlesex. '. .Tune B—Gloucestershire. | June 11—Second Test, at Lords. j TWICE IN HOSPITAL. BUT RECEIVED NO RELIEF UNTIL DR MORSE’S INDIAN ROOT PILLS WERE TAKEN. j “I am sending tliis statement. j writes Mr \V. Bourne, Miro Street. | Eastbourne, " in tlio hope that my ex- ! periences with Dr Morse k Indian Root i Pills will b© it help to others suffering ; with inflammation of tbc bladder os I j have for this twenty years. T have been in hospital twice for five weeks, and ! when I came out I was no better. T 1 have tried all kinds of pills and al-o ■ ; all kinds of cures, but tlicre is nothing like Dr Morse’s Indian Root Pills as they are the only medicine to give mo , relief and give this to you to do as j vou think fit. I have also recommended the pills to a lot of my friends and they approve of them.”