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80 four. England won the toss in the first match and won; in the next three Australia won the toss and the three matches. In the final match England again won the toss, but lost the match, and the sad fact remains that the best English bowling, accurate and good as it was, gave the Australians no trouble whatever, while the more dodgy Australian bowling—Noble, Howell, Jones, and Trumble—has proved far away in advance of ours. England has been beaten hip and thigh; and though we feel humiliated, we must heartily congratulate the Australians, and take the lesson to heart, and realise the fact that on true wickets we must have bowlers of the Lohmann stamp, who are up to dodges, and bowl with the head, with change of pace, twist and spin.