AUSTRALIAN CRICKET
THE TESTIMONY MATCH The testimonial match in Adelaide! to V. Y. Richardson and C. V. Grimmett, having run its disappointing length, thanks to disappointing batting and to bad weather, offered no material help to solve the Australian eleven riddle, comments Not Out in the Sydney Referee. On the other hand, the breezier and better cricket of M. Sievers may have intensified the problem. It is left to the Sheffield Shield matches to provide more intimate impressions of the younger players and give greater assistance to the selectors. 'These matches, started on December 11 and take place in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney, Brisbane, Sydney, Brisbane and finally Adelaide, in that order.
The first-class match programme will conclude with the 150th. anniversary match in Sydney when elevens led by Don Bradman and Stan McCabe meet in February. This, however, will be played after the team for England has been chosen.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 305, 24 December 1937, Page 9 (Supplement)
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153AUSTRALIAN CRICKET Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 305, 24 December 1937, Page 9 (Supplement)
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