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EIGHTH DOMINION With the weight of other matters on their shoulders, it is unknown whether the Commonwealth prime minis- ters meeting in London to- day will concern themselves with the thorny problem of do- the suggested eighth minion in Africa-an amal- gamation of Northern Rhodesia, Southern Rhodesin and Nyasaland. Yet this could be one of the greatest factors in strengthening what our critics call the disinte- grating British Empire.

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British constitution.

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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, APRIL 31, 1948. —

HARD-HITTING ARTICLES BY A GREAT CRICKETER

I have been called a ruthless other Barnes but apt-and my attitude to Test cricket is no different from that in any other the branch competitive game, except in so far as it has acknowledged the greater impor- tones of these contests.

I also believe the "needle," as they

call it, to be good thing. But the word must not be ms- understood.

It means that there is keenness

these Tesl enthusiasm for and

an

BRADMAN SPEAKS OUT

Test Match Strategy

by Don Gradman

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If he is not good enough it may be a different proposition, but that has not happened in my

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My two trickiest matcher from a captain's point of view were

both at Leeds. The first, in 1930, was the most Important and ex-. elting of all the Tests in which I led Australla.

opened with 223, but England Kenneth Fornes. Bowes and Wright limited our lend to 10.

Now it was essential to dismiss the Englishmen for a reasonable So we were placed in a core, dilemma. We could not afford to give away runs, yet we had

was the guy cavaller of cricket happiest when "having a go" at

10 the crease and exuberant in the Hell, As skipper he was willing risk in order to push to take u

I am sorry

under or- Jardine captain a side

DS ho circumstances, dinury seemed to have some very floe doc In the much-discussed qualities. 1932-33 fast leg-theory tour he was obviously a very shrewd and intelligent skipper, but I had no opportunity of watching his cup- tainty under more orthodox me. thods.

attack like mad in order 10 get them out.

O'Reilly and Fleetwood-Smith

Good Mor

It's really little wonder that the Aussies are na choony about who goes there. After all, the chaps who went there originally were selected by some of the best fudges In England.

We don't hear much of CAT these days. Maybe the Reds have put it in the dog-house.

Down in Yunnan they do not in corn to be yunnanimously favour of Chiang Kai-shek.

A group of young US busines

Europe "to sell the American way of life." trouble in that the cost ka likely to be beyond the pockets of the

Customor

things long did not see D. R. Played the first part (England all i

out 123) and we pulled it off men go to with five wickets in hand.

It was important because it was this win that enabled us to retain the Ashes, despite the fact that Len Hutton came along with his 304 In the next Test and we re- ceived

that drubbing of the Owal In cold Agures 003 for seven, thriller at Leeds The second came last July, and I vote i one of the best and brightest Test games every played

Walter flammond, I though, did not have the best of luck during his captaincy of England in 1946- 47 in Australia. He was quile a good lender, but I would not Bay outstanding

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ony-

Myrtle says that appeal in something which, if a girl has the she doesn't need to have thing else; and

if she doesn't have it. It doesn't matter what else he has,

Joe Louls is coming to Manila.

of a bodyguardship at are unilkely to tempt

days, and was then called off s Do, a draw because the boat waiting Are Test games cricket?

to take the Englishmen

home they differ from other cricket la

Is could not be delayed any longer. menial or sporting outlook?

On the other hand, the Aus- the "needle" in Angio-Australian Tests good or bad for the game? traliun point of view is that it is

These questions have been put absurd for a team to cross to me by many people. Now I world and find the result of the "rubber" hanging on one match can reply.

by the which may be decided luck of the. toss or the weather. Remember the occasion when when England recalled Wilfred Rhodes for the deciding Test at the Oval Well, we lost the toss, in 19267

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that the match and lime after four drawn games of a series in which England only A Test is international cricket

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Arst innings land. once held a and the in its Its highest form

On the last day an important So now we have this 30-hour Importance of the occasion must

decision had to be made: whether. as compromise, with the fifth game Moreover, be recognised. there are five Tests in the bat-played to a Anish if necessary. it

to go for the runs or make sure Three

of the Ashes by forcing a draw. With a telephone it's different tle for the Ashes, I have always looks like being a success,

of five matches were Anished in Norman Yardley in 1948 was The wicket was wearing and at from a wife. The initial cost la

doubt- based my strategy on the series.

what worries you, not the up- Australia in 1948-47 and four of mere enterprising than Hammond the start of the innings, The Ove results count in the

in field-placing and he seemed to

to get the runs,

keep. our ability I play live in England in 1848. end,not the single game.

How absurd

definite plan. Ho

The evitical moment came while three-day Tests work more to though there for the "rubber,"

seem now! If the recent matches would try to achieve some pur-

I was batting just before lunch. are people who disagree with my

bow!, In England had been limited even pose, though handicapped prob- Yardley called on Hutton to view.

the combination with

The Urban point of

Coundi is now to four days, the teams would ably kay

and in the short spell we scored work.

huts which had to have gone to the Oval with tour which he

so quickly, without risk, that we erecting by tender unsatisfactory

draws

behind have more than

once been caught up at once those precious the squatters built for $300 and now com $800. You pay minutes on the clock. The chance will them, and the lastmatch left to asked whether England should

for the official blessing, brother, decide the "rubber."

choose the best mat as captain

to win had arrived. of whether he is Captaining a team with an eye irrespective

During lunch I decided it was on the clock does introduce the amteur or professional. I do not worth while having a go....and far exceeding that for internation-

feel competent to answer the the day was ours. al matches with other countries. ties which are missing in played-

question directly as it comes with-

always have Offers Headingley will Australian regards

the to-a-finish games, England

Part of a

realm of English cricket happy memories for me. My first Chikow the captain's job. which stands only country

International appearance there bim. course, under any circumstances, polities. even-money chance of beating

The

only time the question brought my highest is to note and attack weak spots

Text scoro is when an (334). her. No other country has con-

In the enemy's armour.

arises, imagine, sistently challenged us.

My last Tesi There was an outstanding ex-amateur is selected as captain and

there brought Although South Africa, India,

It's su comforting to think time has come for the and the West Indies have had ample of tactics in tackling Wal- it is generally conceded that he victory by a type of batting ahu

noi it On the offside he

a sufficiently good player fielding which even ter Hammond,

England, that with Hong Kong surround- Colonial Office to let those

great individual stars, thele teams

was a marvellous batsman, but to go into the team.

mortified by unexpected defent,ed by pirates, bandits, guerli- concerned know where they

Is, and Communists, our police are not rated, so far, in the same

on the on-side he lacked the same If he is good cough to play holled as one of the glorious have got things so well under class. stand. For 10 years there

So we attacked for England criticism is cut short pages of cricket history.

control power.

that only So when we play the English-attacking

the thugs, has been agitation for this

The flea was to by the fact that he has the pro- men, even if their side is tem- his leg stump.

gangsters, and assorted triadist great scheme, but the "go-porarily weak, the occasion is re-

restrict his scoring range, and 1fessionals with whom lo discuss

possess platola, inside this law polley.

abiding colony. ahead" has not been given. garded as paramount in cricket. think it was successful.

The weakness was exploited, It puts a point to things, and 1 The

So does the public in however, by the greatest bowling on combination of its kind we ever still there in the field it was

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were able to conce

concentrate on 1948, but there was no ill-feeling

with rare accuracy. spat has been said that in our given Tests with England I have pushed Denis Compton's liability to fall have already referred to things harder from every angle

hook shot. the

It got him than in other games. I do not to

out more than once.

Heidelborg, April 19. We knew, too, that Cyrit Wash- True, as captain or player I have not taken quite the game brook might be caught out through Seventy thousand United States troops with 1,200 risks in Tests as in other tricket. his liking for the hook, althoug

tanks and armoured vehicles fell back today in In any case it would be difficult he played the shot well.

the face of an imaginary 100,000-strong ag- The standard of the thought a fundamentni weak- do so. opposition is so much higher,

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gressor force attacking the American zone of among the There have been complaints ness was noticeable

1948

The England batsmen, tension have

Garmany from the East. that keenness and

were uncomfortable with the bali In the first phase of the "two reinforced enemy divisions led to slow play. Certainly Eng-

Army's armed with gas and possibly with think in broad terms, and if land batted 10 hours for 356 at that was just short of a length American Occupation

English the off stamp. Brisbane during D. R. Jardine's outside

full-dress Spring manoeuvres, bacteriological weapons." 1933 tour, but it was exceptional- batsmen of today, particularly

two Germans, working as meck However, the enemy penetra- Yugoslave accuse Russia of we those in the middle register, do ly hol. And it is true that we

not like

like being forced to play shots enemy agents, "blow up" an tion by land and air and under-

important railway connection ground extended much further Not a grain of truth in the stand- Into Germany. Base engineers, ing innings

at the Mannheim Ordinance tonight are analysing Nurem- year, but only because the Eng-of the wicket. lishmen bowled negatively to a Captaincy is important in Test Depot within 75 yards of posted berg's water supply for a "secret defensive field.

ericket, of course, because a poor sentries, an Army spokesman germ weapon" theoretically being

used by Afth columnists. We Do Not Play Slowpper er ruin a station. But disclosed.

think the importance of lender-

The two Germans, dressed 3

A huge briofing map in the workmen by American Cricket On Purpose ship is being rather over-rated,

Intel-war room" headquarters of the A captain cannot bring out in a

plan many United States Army gence teams-who

in Europe player something that is not al-surprises for the defending troops pin-points the headquarters ready there.

Mr. Arthur Creech Jones, the Colonial Secretary, has been strongly criticised in the past by settlers in the Central and East African territories because of his ill- informed attacks on colonial peoples in the days when he was a member of the Op- position party. Like most Socialists, he tends be ashamed of the Empire, and shies like a frightened horse at the idea of expanding or consolidating it. Now, how- ever, he is being asked to

to

he does the obviously correct thing, he will be playing no small part in maintaining the British Commonwealth's position as one of the lead- ing Western powers.

There is no time to lose

Like

England and in Australia. On had Grimmett and O'Reilly. They

agree.

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had a slow day during our open-

ut Nottingham, this off the back foot on the off-site

I have always argued that Aus- tralia has set an example by her attempts to score as fast as pos- sible. It is quite

There is fuck in it, too. Hu

(To Be Continued TomorTOW)

Army Manoeuvres In West Germany

of

untrue to say may make a change in bowing poding in placing and ex- the "First Aggressor Army" atj

dummy bomb charges at

No medals for obsa continue their strate- that in last year's

ders"

will

Chennoult is now spraying Canton with DDT from the air. Former tiger now straining ni gnats....?

I always thought have had a

we should shamrock in the centre of the Union 'Jack to keep them happy.

In Canton by just paying the usunt price you can get a theatro ticket that will last you a life. timet

lying about

1

shipped.

An American prof. thinks Pacie fle regional groupings can become nuclear centres for joint adrain istration.

And later, just nuclear centres, perlod,

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Prague. the Den

American officers, insist that Some cannot brook the present Watched by foreign military there is no political significance system of administration. Others the American "defen- to the reference. They point out want to know how they can

manoeuvres loseby It. tomorrow the Army. placed it withdrawal until

the head night, when they will fan out for quarters of the theoretical

Metz, Franco Reuter and United Press.

a counter-attack.

Plance of the imaginary ag- greaser force maintained

superiority today and the 100 defensive alre

aircraft

The

were limited

in laying the foundations of the new dominion, which would entail the unification of such services as defence, communications and trans- port, posts and telegraphs, that our batsmen are slow and

thai is correct or shrewd, and see and research.

do not try to make the game at-

a catch missed. To mention two out the captain. At present the develop-tractive.

standing examples in my time: He may put on the wrong man, ment of Central Africa is

In the 1930 Test at Lord's Eng- get a wicket....and much praise. being held up for lack of

land scored 425 in the Brat In- His main function, apart from adequate transport facilities, rings a good start in a game field-placing and bowling changes, limited to four days. We did not is policy-whether to go for the and a nearby outlet to the Sen. Neither of the three

bat until noon on the second day; runs, and so on. In some games but by 6.30 p.m. we had scored he is vital; in others it makes territories concerned can in-

404 for two wickets in 51⁄2 hours.little difference whether there is dividually provide a market Good

to interception and photo re- a captain or not, the task being which would justify the es-

connaissance misalone. At Lo

this year, when we almost automatic.

defenders retreated under tablishment of reasonable chased England's 496, forvoy ran If a a captain has a level head up a rapid hundred, though it;

and plant for, say, a large-scale was his first

a good team he will usually the theoretical handkap of roads Test innings in achieve good results. The spork frightened civilians, as were the

rendered

nearly

impassable by steel industry although the England, and Loxton hit five over of genius that switches the trend roads iron and coal are available.

of France during the fence.

of things is comparatively rare. billzkrieg of 1910. Manoeuvre It is, of course, essential

Incidentally, my own 334 nt Leeds in the 1930 Test was scored most experience was W.M. Wood-drawal highways were clogged

The skipper under whom I had biker

planners ruled that the with- that the rights of the negro

in 6 hours. be protected, although it is

full. His plan of campaign was Speaking generally, It is always to follow sound

with Westward-fosing refugees, and accepted difficult to sound adequately the Australian batsmen who score

principles.

He worked on the slowing the retreat and exposing African opinion. On the at the faster pace, though few law of averages, making neither armoured columns

British writers have recognised rash noy, foolish moves. Perhaps other hand, the best guaran-, tee of the safeguarding of

This was so even when Tests his greatest asset was his popu- the indigenous peoples' rights were played to a

larity, with the players. finish. would seem, to us at any The present 30-hour Test (ve pulled their full weight for Him slovakian border, the manoeuvres rate, to be consolidation of days of six hours each in England and that always counts for a lot. area, some American columns had Percy Chapman hau une retreated as much as 20 miles British administration in the

and six days of five hours each in region. If we weaken, there

Australia) is an experiment. It same popularity with his players, from the point where they first plus a little moro enterprise. Ho felt the overpowering blows of is a compromise between Aus- are others more ruthless

tralia's contention that matches ready to walk in..

A Serious Incident At the time of writing, and until further information can be received, it would be un- wise to comment, in the grave and indignant terms which spring to mind, on the shelling of the British sloop Amethyst and the destroyer Consort in the Yangtse yes- terday.

It

should bo played to a finish and England's claim that they should be limited in time.

KNOW.

Each country has recognised, 1 DO YOU think, that, there is some merit In the other's point of view.

One of the arguments against playing to finish Is that you Cannot stick to „planned touring YOUR schedule. Theoretically, a time- less match could go on for two)" or three weeks, and disrupt any fixture list.

HONG

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