THE FIRST TEST MATCH
ENGLISHMEN DISGUSTED. AT THEIR POOR SHOWING. AUSTRALIAN PLAY CRITICISED. -<r (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) . Received February 5. 9.30 a.m. LONDON, February 4;. '/a Hobbs, in a letter to the Star, says, . regarding the first test: "We were dis- • gusted at the extremely poor show wi made. The Australians were much stronger than we expected. Their new ' style of fielding had a great deal to da with the excessively slow play notice-.' able in all our chief games. It !» natural that a man representing hi* ■ • country should try to take root at the wicket until the ball becomes as biff '•' as a cabbage, but taking six days to. decide a match does not fit in with my ideas of cricket. Despite the fact that 1 have taken up cricket as a profession I always regarded it primarily as a game. There is not much good in re- .. rr.ainlng at the wickets without scor-' ing. Probably cricket is played in th« best spirit in our English local matches-, which are decided by half-past six and 500 runs arc not unusual in 4J hours' ; • play.
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Waikato Times, Volume 94, Issue 14584, 5 February 1921, Page 5
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