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THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 5, 1938
THE AUSTRALIANS ARE FARR AND
HUMAN
BRADDOCK
WILL G. O. ALLEN CAPTAIN ENGLAND? TO MEET ON
London, January 26.
THAT mid-winter growth, the Australian "scare APRIL 1?
flower," has sprouted in England earlier and higher than usual. The Australian team has not been picked; yet, according to the moans of many Jeremiahs, we have already as good as lost to them.
Return Contest Of 12 Rounds
LORD HAWKE CONDEMNS & BALL OVER FOR ENGLAND
Bowlers Dead-Beat By Mid-August
London, January 26,
That English bowlers would be dead beat" by the middle of Au- gust if the eight-ball over were adopted in this country was the opinion expressed by Lord Hawke at the annual meeting of the York shire C.C.C. at Sheffield yesterday.
Lord Hawke pointed out that the eight-ball over had originated in Australia, where they did not play six-days-a-week cricket for four months on end.
New York, January 25.
Referring to his own county, Tommy Farr, British and Em-Yorkshire, his lordship said: "We "Who will get Bradman out?" they groan. "We have none to pire heavyweight champion, beat-
circumstances. The team, after a match McCabe in style and daring. Well, Bradman is a genius, en here on points by James Brad-are again meeting under very happy but, like others, he is liable to failure; he is not without weak-dock on Friday, will meet the break of only one year, have again ness and human changeability. He is, in short, tolerably mortal
won the championship for the 19th occasion and the 10th time since the war.
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former world title-holder again Jon April 1.
BOWLING COUNTED
And there is, I fancy, in England to-day more than one McCabe, The fight will again be staged as yet half-mute and half-unsung. NW. D. Yardley, perhaps, or at Madison Square Garden, but will be over 12 rounds instead of Edrich. This summer may bring high fame to one or both.
10, as on the last occasion.
"It must be quite a time since This was announced after Farr two counties ran so close for the and Braddock met to-day at the of championship for such a long per fices of Mike Jacobs, the promoter.iod. About the middle of August Farr told me afterwards that he Middlesex were certainly favourites. was to visit a New York hospital to-No doubt many will consider that night for a minor operation on his we were fortunate, especially so left hand, which was badly swollen, because it cannot be said that our Before fighting Braddock again he bowling was of the standard ex- will have a holiday in Florida.
pected of a champion county.
Again, some say, O'Reilly and Grimmett, if he comes, will once more bewitch our batsmen into impotence. And yet Grimmett, a year ago in Australia, heard to remark with the air of one who has achieved and resign- ed, "The cares, of Test cricket
was
have fallen from my shoulders" Test at Melbourne the Ashes would -possibly the longest sentence now be ours." Others will draw our this remarkable little man has attention to the originality of tactics. uttered in his life!
These two, then, and Smith
Fleetwood
BONES OUT OF PLACE
lambe to lead us like fascinated the greatest all-rounder in the world incision, however, may be necessary
Still, the sting that our bowling lacked was largely compensated for by the brilliant fielding of our skip- per and of Mitchell, Turner and others.
so often displayed by Robins; and “I do not think my hand injury many will cry out for Hammond, as is serious," said Farr. “A slight to the slaughter. This simply and the logical answer to Bradman to adjust several small bones which
*Last year, continued Lord will not do. Rather we should say: as leader, no less than as cricketer. have been knocked out of place." Hawke, "I felt obliged to comment "O'Reilly is accurate and persistent
While the meeting between Farr but a clumsy, almost clodhopping,
LEAVE HAMMOND FREE
and Braddock was taking place, on the slow play at times, when fellow with an tinorthodox action. Personally, I would prefer that Charles Lynch, one of the judges very often more dash might have Fleetwood Smith may have his days Hammond should exercise his art of Friday's fight, died of heart/won the match. This year, therefore im- of brilliance, but in general he is harassed by the cares of captain- failure in the street a few hundred I am pleased to say that an erratic, inexact, lacking in subtlety-"ey, and my vote would go to Allen yards away from Mike Jacobs's of proved rate of scoring often en-
Fabled a victory to be obtained.”
F. S. JACKSON'S WAY
fices.
-in the ballot-box, of course..
It would be premature to disenss
GAVE VOTE TO FARR This may not be true, bat we the nature of the team to oppose the should make it true for our purpose. Australians. June is still far away,
Mr. Lynch, who was 48, and one Such was the F. S. Jackson way, and the star of one year is the me-
of New York's most popular box- and the way of others whose person-teorite of the next; but one point at ing officials, gave his vote on Fri- ality, as much as their technical least is worthy of emphasis, namely, day night to Farr.. mastery, won them fame in the -history of Test matches. The glasses, so to speak, through which they looked, made their opponents seem smaller than in reality.
The British champion and Brad- that it is unless to include a slow leg-breaker unless he be of the high-dock shook hands to-day. Farr con- gratulated his conqueror and apolo- gised for his abrapt exit from the
est class.
EARLIEST LULLABY
TEST
ring. He said he did not see Brad- UMPIRES As to captaincy, it would be idle to
Is there one such in England? dock, and had no wish to saab him.
BADGES pretend that we have to day any For one season lan Peebles troubled leader of the authority and strategic them, but in general Australian power of A. P. F. Chapman or D.
Melbourne, January The Australian Board of Control
to-day decided that in future um- pires in Test matches should wear badges sewn on to the pockets of their white coats.
WIFE'S CONFIRMATION?
batsmen have thrived on the English Braddock stipulated that his wife In agreeing to the return match, Jardine who, though wholly different in their methods of approach to leg-break. A leg-break is said to be
the earliest lullaby of the Austramust give her confirmation before
the fight was definitely arranged their work, were yet the same in
lian baby, his first gurgle a googly. While the financial terms are not their gift of exposing and penetrat-
Our attack must be built for! ing the weakness of the enemy.
"comfort and speed," round such disclosed, it is believed that Brad
dock will receive at least 33 per The Board adopted an amendment men as Goddard, Farnes, Allen, cent of the takings, compared with of Law 45, providing for the giving Wellard, Gover, with Verity now 27% per cent on Friday. Farr, who out of an incoming I think that it will be no easy task well rested ready either to keep received the same as Braddock in causes a delay of more than two to select England's captain this sum-down runs or, if sun and rain bless the last fight, will presumably have minutes, instead of declaring the mer. There are those who possess him, repeat his triumph of 1934 at to be content with about 20 per cent. batting side losers. the power to lead, yet lack the skill Lord's.
ENGLAND'S CAPTAIN
required of
england cricketer
There is one, conversely, who has English cricket yet he new
Once more, dort throw stones at
playgoer (in
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the skill, but lacks the personality:able words
yet another who has both require--“Punch"},
ments, but cannot, unhappily, spare charnst!”
the time from business. I refer to
B. H. Lyon, of Gloucestershire.
It would seem, on present evi-
dence, that the final choice will lie
between G. O. Allen, who captained
OPERATION ON ARCHIE
COMPSTON
England in the last tour to Austra Archie. Compston, the lia, R. W. V. Robins, captain against Hill professional and New Zealand last summer, and W. Cup player, has been R. Hammond, who will henceforth for gastric trouble in play as an amateur.
nursing-home.
London
derstood to
Each will have his advocates, Compston who is doubtless heated ones at that! Some be making good progress, has suf- will prefer Allen, for his previous, fered for some years with his diges- if exhausting, experience in office-Ition, and has undergone several "if he had won the toss in the third treatments,
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