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> [“It seems perfectly reasonable to give the greatest weight to the longest series. South Africa were only offered a five-Test series in Australia and England when they were considered worthy opponents and when the authorities considered that sufficient crowds would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ferriday/it-seems-perfectly-reasonable-to-give-the-greatest-weight-to-the/)

[Patrick Ferriday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ferriday/)

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## More by Patrick Ferriday

> [“It seems perfectly reasonable to give the greatest weight to the longest series. South Africa were only offered a five-Test series in Australia and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ferriday/it-seems-perfectly-reasonable-to-give-the-greatest-weight-to-the/)

[Patrick Ferriday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ferriday/)

> [“If proof were needed that statistics alone are not enough in establishing value, then VT Trumper is that proof.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ferriday/if-proof-were-needed-that-statistics-alone-are-not-enough-in/)

[Patrick Ferriday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ferriday/)

> [“In an area so reliant on opinion there is also the matter of received opinion to consider. The old turkey of the innate beauty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ferriday/in-an-area-so-reliant-on-opinion-there-is-also-the-matter-of-received/)

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> [“Bowling has the problem of wildly differing methods so that placing Wasim Akram against Bishan Bedi is rather like hanging a Rembrandt next to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ferriday/bowling-has-the-problem-of-wildly-differing-methods-so-that-placing/)

[Patrick Ferriday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ferriday/)

> [“Even genius can miscalculate.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ferriday/even-genius-can-miscalculate/)

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> [“As in diamonds so in batting, perfection requires flawlessness and nowhere is a batting imperfection more quickly recognised than in the dropped catch. For…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ferriday/as-in-diamonds-so-in-batting-perfection-requires-flawlessness-and/)

[Patrick Ferriday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ferriday/)

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