CRICKET

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 280, 29 November 1935, Page 4

CRICKET

WANGANUI ASSOCIATION ' COMPETITION MATCHES TEAMS FOR SATURDAY. In the XVanganui Cricket Association competition matches to-morrow the following teams will represent their respective clubs:— Marist Seniors v. Collegiate, on College ground, at 2 p.m.—Oliver, Moran, Dow, House, Harding, Anderson, Hastings, Neale, Jeffries, Cottier, Carr. Marist Junior A v. Tech. College, on Peat Park, at 2 p.m.—Cameron, XVhite, Farrel, Hodson, Workman, Koorey, Stent, XVallace, Cronin, Morgan, McEntee. Marist Junior B v. Collegiate A, on College grounds, at 2 p.m. Rhodes, Greener (2), Gilbert, XVallace (2), Mahoney, .Burgess, Burton, Peters, Holly, Tuffin, XVrigley. Umpires for To-morrow Following are the XVanganui Cricket Association umpires for to-morrow: — United v. Tech. Old Boys on Cook’s Gardens, Messrs. Dymock and Turner. Aramoho Juniors v. United on Peat Park, Messrs. Carlton and XVadsworth. Technical College Juniors v. Marist A on Peat Park, Messrs. Head and Trickett. Reserve: Mr. Galvin. GREAT CRICKETER PRAISE FOR D. G. BRADMAN DETAILS OF PERFORMANCES Don Bradman is the Waller Lindrum of cricket, save an Australian writer in a review of cricket in Australia over the last 5U years. He is the greatest batsman cricket has ever known. Victor Truniper was more fascinating to watcU {Ul b greater ou wickets aifected by rain. But iu all other directions Bradman stands apart. His cricketing brain is that of a genius that thinks and plans and acis along clear lines. There has never been one to compare with, him in the consistency with which, he Lakes charge of the bowling and piles up big scores al. a fast pace. He has moons, of course, when he takes on a role not truly his. He then lifts the ball into the field and over the fences. But that is invariably only when he has had enough, or is experimenting. The speed of his scoring is one of the most amazing things in modern cricket. His power is uncanny for one of his.height and build. His understanding of every stroke, his scientific skill in making it, his perception of the wicket’s pace and peculiarities, his study of the idiosyncracies of each bowler, and the accuracy of his strokes are of .* .ch a character that he stands on a lofty pinnacle. It is true that —bodyliue excepted—modern bowling has not been so deadly as that which reigned in the ’eighties, ‘nineties, and up to about 1908. But allowing for th , Bradman has shown such genius in his cricket that there is no doubt he would have been outstanding among the world’s batsmen in any of those periods. In Sheffield Shield matches he has made 4633 runs at an average of-107. in tests against England his aggregate is 2596, an-aver-age of 89.51, and against South Africa 806 runs, at 201 runs an innings. Bradman is 27 years of age. He has done things that have astounded and kept on astounding everyone. Against England alone in the tests, his innings include 112, 123, 131, 254, 334, 232, 103 not out, 304 and 244. Against South Africa, in his four tests, he scored 226, 112, 2, 167, and 299 not out, a century iu each match. Against the West Indies he scored 4, 25, 223, 152, 43 and This age in cricket will be stamped in history as the Bradman age.