CRICKET.
ENGLISH TOUR OF AUSTRALIA. HOBBS’S VIEWS. (Received Saturday, 9.13 a.m.) LONDON, Friday. Hobbs, in his second article on the English teams’ tour of Australia claims that the English batsmen maintained the classic style more successfully than the Australians. He says: “We were repeatedly astonished to see Australian batsmen connecting when playing a cross bat at a leg spin ball, whereas the Englishmen would have got right on to the pitch of the ball with a straight bat in the orthodox fashion. The Australians seemed able to judge how the ball was coming. Probably after two years’ experienee'in Australia we would be able to hit for four many balls which went unpunished. ’’ Hobbs is convinced that the unorthodox Australians will make a sorry mess of things on English wickets, unless they alter their tactics, and they are able to alter their style. Only diligent practice, however, will work the oracle. He considers Taylor and Bardsley the best Australian batsmen. —Sun.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 2 May 1925, Page 5
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