Talk:Ron Saggers with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948/GA1

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Overall this is a very nice article. I was impressed with how much information there was on what seems to be such a small detail. (I mean, there's no way I'd be able to make an article close to this detail on Bob Feller in the 1948 Major League Baseball season, to use an example. {Bob Feller's article's pretty poor as it is, but that's going off on a tangent.}) Anyway, here's what needs fixing:

~~"Tallon had some difficulty in English conditions as he sustained a bruised right finger when" What exactly are "English conditions?" Is it a different rule set, or different terrain..?~~ Nevermind, i see later you meant the weather. Though maybe it should read "English weather conditions" to make it clearer.

Explained a bit. The different surface makes the bowl bounce/skid/swerve differently YellowMonkey (click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model!) 01:41, 16 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"Saggers looked on as Tallon conceded 26 byes and Australia won by an innings" winning by 'an innings' sounds odd. It's done more then once, so if it's intentional can you explain the usage to me? To me "an inning" or "innings" sounds right, but i could be wrong.

It's cricket parlance to use "innings" as singular plural. YellowMonkey (click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model!) 01:41, 16 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Some parts are VERY heavily referenced, as in, 10+. Just wondering if there a particular reason for that or if it's just since they all do report that note as fact.

There is no one reference that shows all the byes in one place, so I had to add together the scorecard for each match to show that Saggers overall conceded less byes and at a lower rate. YellowMonkey (click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model!) 01:41, 16 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Try not to have one-sentence paragraphs.

Done YellowMonkey (click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model!) 01:41, 16 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Is there any information on why Tallon was used instead of Saggers for most of the tests, primarily the fifth? Sounds to me like Saggers was the better player for most of 1948 (that's how i'm reading the performances, at least), so I would imagine there'd be something.

Well at the bottom, Bradman says that he thinks Tallon was better at diving around and catching stuff, although based on the match reports, it seems otherwise, at least in 1948, also Tallon had trouble with his hand positioning and got his fingers whacked. Also Bradman picked Tallon as the best wicketkeeper-batsman in his all time best team, much to the dismay of most cricket pundits....YellowMonkey (click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model!) 01:41, 16 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

For the most part I have queries rather than needed fixes, so I'll put it on hold; it shouldn't take more then a couple days. Wizardman 06:14, 15 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Looks good. I'll now pass the article. Wizardman 05:42, 16 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]