Lives in Cricket No 32 - Eric Rowan

56 wickets at 33.08 and Mann had 17 wickets at 25.29. The most disturbing feature was the lack of runs from the younger players. The leading batsmen were Nourse, Mitchell, Billy Wade and Eric, none of whom was in the first flush of youth. After his poor start to the series Eric had made an exceptional comeback, ending with 319 runs at 53.16. It had been ten years since the South Africans had played a home series, but they could not rely on the pre-war players forever. With the Australians coming to visit next season would it be asking too much of veteran players like Eric to continue to carry the load? The ‘V’ Sign