THE CRICKET TESTS.
WARREN BARDSLEY'S VIEWS.
PLUMPING FOR HOBBS
(Received January 28, 10.10 a.m.) LONDON, January 27.
"I know it is touching delicate ground," says Warren Bardsley in AH Sports' Weekly, "but the Australian system of choosing the captain on his merits is preferable to Ihe English system of selecting an amateur, often at the cost of passing over a proved tactician like Hobbs.
"It seems to me that rigid adherence to the idea that a professional must not lead England may one day cost England dear, as it has already done more than once. My knowledge ot llobbs, who knows Australia and Australian cricket as few living Englishmen do, suggests that he would make a more formidahle leader than an amateur who has not been in Australia. /"Collins has Australia behind him. therefore 'we shall be a happy band, and that is three-quarters of the battle."
AUSTRALIANS FOR ENGLAND.
(United Press Association.)
(Received January 28, 10.15 a.m.) SYDNEY, January 28. .
The cricket selectors have chosen A. Richardson, Ellis, and Woodfull to participate in the English tour. The selectors suggested to the Board of Control that the team should consist of sixteen players, and that the sixteenth man should be a fast bowler to help Gregory.
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Waikato Times, Volume 100, Issue 16710, 28 January 1926, Page 5
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