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ENGLISH CRITICS^' VIEWS.
LONDON, Jan^ 5.— 'Our/ A§hes',lwas
the pithiest red poster confronting the eye'1
this morning. Everywhere t talk centred
less on the' obvious triumph than the pros
pect vot , England winning tne next two.
Everj body seems to regard it as ^ a 'J ore-
gonet conclusion. ' ~' * ,,
The ^'Evening Standard' reproduced a
snap,' showing a smiling -Chapman withm
the frame \ of a horseshoe. It transfers
ColIinsV sobriquet 'Lucky' to him. 'Eng-,
land keepa the Ashes., Australia has sack
cloth.' is how the 'E\ening Standard'
leads off' i£s story, adding Macartney's
comment that 'Bradman's despairing chase
of the ^winning four exactly typified the
match Lfor Australia.,'
''BraVo, i both,' says1 the 'Observer.'
Continuing, the paper says,^ 'England's vic
tory ?- extracted' in the teeth' of. ad versitv
was the- 'climax1 of oner of tthe greatest
weeks of*xombat. iBradman and a'Beckett
foreshadow thank heaven a glorious strug
gle -of 'youth against youth. Lord's a-nd
the Oval' in 1930 should see larger crowds
than ever .before. '*',*'? ? * ? »? 1
Commentmgi on (*the win*, Lord* Harris,
says, MIt^i8 glorious.' Qur thanks to Chap
man and' his men.'''1* .. ' 'V i
C. I. Thornton 'said, 'Splendid; our best
batting and bowling side for years.'5 , 'Aus
tralia was unlucKy m ,losing' Ponsford land
Gregorys but' w e beat. them fairly \and
squarely. Better - luck next time,^ Austra-
lia.' t,t-* , ' ' ' ' t, ;',-**'
H. C.i(' Leveson-Gow er said :*- 'We1 tho
roughlv 'deserved our win. We had better
luck all through.' Chapman 'captained the
side rfpleudjdlv.' . , * -. .
\3. W. H. T.N Douglas, 'Bravo; a .very
sporty ,game.» England had .the better team,f
but it does not .detract from the merit of
her win 'that Australia was short of. the
highest, standard.' ?, *? i x ** 0 \ *?
H. Strudwick' saj's: 'It was a better
win than when we regained the*Arshes at
,th'e Oval.' . ?-?--? ? ,
A. Sandham says: 'Australia) ' threw
away h.er chances when everything was m
her favour. The result- is all for the good
of cricket. 'It will , make the Australians
pull their socks \ up and say, i'Now* we
ha\e got^ to find somebody new.'' ^
'WeJiad to fight every inch of the1 way'
in this ,pame.' cables' Maurice *Tate to
'Reynold's New s,' , exclusively. 'It was
touch and, pro from start to finish.' It was
ther sort of struggle in which cricketers
revel, though it tires.' Do not forget to
give a Hhoughi? or a cheer for the gallant
losers'.' , ( . - ] ' r - '
s A. C- MacLaren, in the 'Sunday Times,'
says :— 'Australia suffers at the moment
from- a lack of youns plajers, and some
of her bowlers 'are, without experience' for
test cricket. Time Will alter this, Aus
tralia will be hard to beat in the last two
tests.' J. ,' ' i
Strudwick, commenting on the number
of extras, says: — 'A wet wicket ^in Mel
bourne is about the w orst ..of its kind,
especially for a wicketkeeper. The ball
does all sorts of funny things.' .
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