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WARD AND GRIMMETT SKITTLE OUT NEW ZEALAND

Season Opens In Australia

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Adelaide, November Ward and Grimmett, Australian slow spin bowlers, tied the New Zealand batsmen home ward bound from their England tour-in knots in the match against South Australia here to-day, when the first-class oricket season in Australia opened. “

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the New Zealanders were dismiss- ed or 151, Ward taking four for 59 and Grimmett three for 21 South Australia had lost two wickets for 64 at the close.

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JOHN BROMWICH IN TWO BIG SENSATIONAL TENNIS VICTORIES

DEFEATS QUIST AND THEN MCGRATH FOR TITLE

SYDNEY, NOVEMBER 4

JOHN BROMWICH ACHIEVED AN OUTSTANDING PER- FORMANCE IN WINNING THE QUEENSLAND SINGLES TITLE ON MONDAY LAST AT THE MILTON COURTS, BEAT- ING MCGRATH 6-2, 6-2, 6-2, THUS ENDING A SEQUENCE OF IMPORTANT DEFEATS BY MCGRATH.

The rivalry between Ward a Grimmett is interesting. Although a veteran, Grimmett is a candidate for the team to tour England The manner in which he swept aside Adrian Quist in a semi- where he always bowls better than final with the loss of only three games, and Viv. McGrath in the in this country. He took his final with the loss of six games makes Bromwich's achievement wickets for only 2 runs in his first astounding. The youthful ambidextrous champion has now defeat- four overs, and his victims included Von Cramm, Quist, and McGrath within the short period of ap- wicket, led JL. Kerr and M. Wallace. proximately six months.

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These performances indicate his great improvement after his first Davis Cup tmp abroad, as his vanquished opponents cupy prominent positions in the world's first ten rankings. So

it augurs well for Bromwich in the forthcoming important ches here in Australia

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However, if he concentrates on improving his weak service, prove even more difficult to defeat in future.

The Queensland final was played on wet courts, and there is not the slightest doubt that this militated against McGrath, because his ground strokes are made with a short, quick backswing, and he plays "the rising ball" tactics..

NO EFFECT

Consequently the slower and irr gular bound -as the courts bed [cut up

would not allow him fect the same speedy returns.

The fact that McGrath was with

out "spike" shoes So essential for wet court play is a lamentable oversight for a player of his exper jence, and, no doubt seriously handi- capped his mobility, as "rubber-sol- ed" shoes afford, a poor foothold wet courts.

These factors no doubt contribut ed largely to his decisive defeat by his youthful Cup team-mate

VERSATILE PLAYER

Bromwich, on the other hand, is ja most versatile type of player

his excellent timing and long back- swing for ground strokes, and ex- cellent control of length and speed makes him at home on almost any type of court, and the fact despite his short experience that he had spike shoes, would greatly assist him in his win over McGrath-~~ Bromwich was credited with number of "aces during the short match this suggests an improved but there is not the slight- est doubt that the impaired mobility of McGrath was mainly responsible for Bromwich's many service aces.

Bromwich completed his successive "Dual Title win won the double at Strathfield cently when he and Adrian Quist accounted for McGrath and Thomp son comfortably in straight sets, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4

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- BROMWICH BEATS QUIST -

The semi-finals of the champion ship saw J. Bromwich defeat A Quist, 6-0, 6-0, 6-3, while Viy Grath defeated E: F. Moon, 8-6 7-9, 6-1,-8-6-7

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