PONSFORD’S “ PUNCH ” IN BIG CRICKET.
MADE TWELVE CENTURIES IN SEVENTEEN GAMES. In contemplating the succession of centuries that W. 11. Ponsford is running up against Australian bowling, and the suggestion that there has never been a period in which that bowling was weaker on first-class wickets, wc have one consolatory thought—that the Victorian centurymaker will probably continue the good work begun in 1934 against England in the test matches (states “Not Out” in the Sydney “Referee”). If ho can string a few more centuries in thoso great matches he will be forgiven for laying bare with such a merciless hand the weakness in Australian attack these times. W. H. Ponsford rims into centuries in first-class cricket on fast, true wickets with the ease and consistency that
ordinary batsmen run into the forties. Four years ago he played in his first match for the Sheffield Shield, and today he has made over 2654 runs. He has, moreover, compiled twelve centuries in seventeen matches.
Master of the Bowling. The Victorian is undoubtedly master of contemporary Australian bowling on the best wickets.' The trip to England, and the experience he had
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18339, 16 December 1927, Page 3
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