A GREAT VICTORY

Wairarapa Age, 19 March 1929, Page 5

A GREAT VICTORY

BAD PROPHECY ADMITTED BY WARNER. AUSTRALIA’S NEW CRICKET GENERATION. STEBjt FIGHT IN PROSPECT. United Press Association.—By Electrie Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, March 17. P. F. Warner, in “The Morning Post,” writes:—“l can hear the kookaburra chuckling /ft my bad prophecy. Australia won a great victory. She played the better cricket and thoroughly deserved success. Ever since the advent of the new generation she has gone from strength to strength. It is evident that the tight in 1930 will be a stern business. Australia may well be proud of her young men, particularly Jackson and Bradman, while she has discovered a high-class bowler in Wall. A special word is due to Ryder, who faced the difficulties with calmness and dignity and inspired the team by his own splendid batting.”—(Australian Press Association.) (After England’s second innings Warner wrote: “I am afraid of Woodfull, but, although not a prophet, I shall venture a guess that England will win by between 20 and 30 runs. The mirth of the kookaburra will re-echo through eucalypt and pine if I am wrong.” In a cable message written before'ike conclusion of the match, Warner stated: “I dreamt on Thursday that the match ended in a tie.”) A BRIGHT FUTURE. NUCLEUS OF A GREAT TEAM. SYDNEY, March 18. The “Sydney Morning 'Herald,” commenting on the Test, says: “The result of the long drawn-out Test, while it did not affect the destination of the Ashes, was of the utmost importance to Australian cricket, for not only did it prove that our players are the equals of Dear Enemy, but it proved that in the young, fresh blood which the season produced we have the nucleus of a team that for skill and enterprise is likely to compare with anything we have known in the past. The' future of Australian cricket has taken on a roseate hue as the result of the debuts of the batsmen Bradman and Jackson, and such bowlers as Wall, Hornibrook and the all-rounder, Fairfax. “The Englishmen deserve every whit of their success in the first four engagements. They undoubtedly outplayed us in all departments of the game. Even in the last they still retained, except towards the very end, their superiority in fielding.”—(Australian Press Association.) VICTORY DESERVED. LONDON, March 17. Clem Hill states:—“Australia deserved her victory. There has been some tremendously slow batting throughout, but both sides have been equally guilty. There is no doubt that limitless Tests are causing their calam ity. I have always advocated playing out the Tests, but am now in favour of five days in Australia and four in England, where the longer hours make up the difference.”—(Australian Press Association.)