WHAT PROSPECTS?

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 83, 4 October 1930, Page 11

WHAT PROSPECTS?

i^EST INDIES TEAM

SHORT TOUR M DOMINION

QUICK ACTION NEEDED

(By "Not Out.")

A" suggestion/was'made recently that" tie' West Indies Board of Control might . ■' be induced' to - .extend the tour of its tearri. to-'incliide somematchesin.New, '^Zealand after the team's visit to Aus-! tralla. If -any arrangement'iii this '"direction-is tobe made before the- de-: "- jtarturo ;of tho' ■teb.ni ' from tho West ■ Indies, the'NewZealand'Cricket Cpun-; ' *'.eir will"hare- to act promptly. ; Tie.j ' '>Vesfc "Indies team is to join":tho Tama*' '^rba-'ia the Panama Canal, this month., .■•'-Action has already- been taken'regard-' '■ing •a'jmiatch'-with the West Indies team | via. Wejling'ton;'-'-The Australian Board -,6f'-Control 'has l-aisedno objection,-and-■•"at is hoped that the West'lndies1 autho.rities ■ agree-to. the"proposal.' .•••:'-| .■•■' r'-:As previously pointed out, the West learn will have three full days 1 in New' Zealand, en route to Australia, andthere- would appear, to be-little ■ : .doubt-about the tourists accepting the .'opportunity oi: a little play here beforo - undertaking 'their big. programme in Australia,-; The Wellington Cricket ' ■ Association is hoping to- arrange for the West Indies' teum to play at the Basin Reserve on the 12th and 13th November," The team is due here on the Hth November, and is to leave for Sydney from Auckland on the 14th No-. ";- vcmber, ... : ""','. ':'. ■■; , ! :•■ .RETURN FROM AUSTRALIA./ ' /With regard to matches' on the return trip from Australia, it would be pos-j ■; sible for the visitors to-play in /Auckland, Wellington, and ChristchuTeh;\by ". delaying their, departure from WelJjng-. \.ton'for^Panama until the 28th March, 1 vvTiicb will bo. about the date' of the .. &ew Zealand cricket team's, departure i "■'for England." According to present . . arrangements', tho West,lndies team is ■ to'leatre. Sydney''for. .Wellington by.-the Marama' on the 6th March, and is due here on the 10th- March. The intention; is to join the Mataroa, which, is scheduled to sail from Wellington on the latter date. After that, the next passenger steamer from Wellington to England; via Panama,; \ will be the pangitata, leaving on'the 28th March. It is possible that the New Zealand team .will.'.'travel by this steamer, and the suggestion is that the West Indies team should wait hore and accompany the New Zealanders. If the West' In-dies-agreed to this there would be .time-for them.to play.four matchos in '.. "jfew Zealand,: at least one of which, it ',5s suggested, should be a/Test with the ' New Zealand team for England. ■■' X; . '..'•' "MATCHES SUGGESTED. - ■" ■'■■.The following programme is put for|tvard 'as a suitable one an the event of the West Indies Boai-cl of Control agreeing to an extension of the tour of its team: — ijlnrch 10 —Anivc Wellington. March 11, 1- —Play Minor Association iopresentatives or local team, at " 'Wellington (or in Noith Island 'country district). March 14, 16, 17—Play Aucklaud, at Auckland. Maich 20, 21, 23—Play New Zealand at Wellington. Jfa'rch 25, 26, 27—Play Canterbury at Oh'iistchurch. "March 2S—Lca\o "Wellington for _ Panama. ■ A match with Xuw Zculjikl on the dates mentioned would not only be of value to tho Dominion's lupichcnto.tives, but would al&o be convenient in having them assembled hcie a week Tietorc their departure for England. 1 The short piogi'amuie as fuggceted would not bo a difficult one for the tourists 1o fulfil, but, if necessary, it could be limited to three matches, as ' follows:-— March 13, 1-1, 10—-v. Auckland or Can-teibm-y.. Mavuh 20, 21. 23—v. New Zealand, at Wellington. Maiiih 23, 2G, 27—v. C'anleibuiy or Auckland. In its effort to raise Hinds 1o cover Ihe big expense of sending tho New Zealand team to .England, tho New Zealand Cricket Council would find these matches of great boneilt. Tho cost oi' keeping the West Indies team here for 18 days should not exceed £500, and the team would be eueh an attraction that the anatehes should show a big profit. RECENT PERrORMANCES. Oi tho sixteen piayeis-ehoicn for the lour thirtorn uppuired for the West 'Jiidics in tho icccrit Tests with the M.C.C. team, and beven ov eight of them visited England in 1028. The captain, &. C. Giant (Cambridge Univorbity), did not play for, Wcht Indies iv cither seriow, nor did the vke-captain, Ij. b. Birkett. In the recent eories of Tests in tho West Indies there was ,somo exceptional scoring, as indicated in the following results:— First Test.—West Indies, 309 and «Si; M.C.C, 467 and 167 for three wiclcots. Match drawn. Second Test.—West Indies, 234 and • iljT:' M.C.C., 208 and 425 for eight Wicr Icets (declared). M.C.C. won by 167 j'uns. • ■ ..-.-. ■'■ Third Test—West Indies,-471 and 290; M.C.0.,,145 and 327. West Indies won by 289. runs.. \'. : ' : ; : Tonrth Test.—West Indies, 286 and 40'S' for' five wickets,- M.C.C, 849 and ; j!72.for ninV wickets (declared).. Match drawn. .-.'." ... .:':" .'", ' lii spite of'the huge score of .849 5n the fli'st iiininge, M.C.C. did-not call "■ upon West Indies to follow on. To that 'great' to.tal. Sandhanx . contributed 325 (one of the Test records recently broken hf D. G-. Bradmau). During the tour '-.."'oi the West Indies, Hondrcu made 1766 i. -vims at an average of 126.14 per innr *F?nKS.'His'run of scores was remarkable: \-^23 iio.t out, 211 not out, 80, 36 not ■\mt 40' 96,30, 12, 77, 205 not out, 254 'lot'ont, 171, 56, 123, 1, 10,-25 61 and

• There were a number of-fin©-achieve-"imerits by West Indian players' who are: Hkcly to be seen iv Wellington --iiext .jnonth. --G.-Hoa.aiey. regarded as the ..Braclman of the Vest Indies, made- the If-ollowing. .scores . - in. ".the, Teßtej—ffir^, "1 and 176;' second,;' 8 and a 9; thi«i: 114 ana 113; fourth, 10 and 223; his Average"-being 87.87,, - He. also ,made peorcs of 64, 73, and 52 for Jamaica. Boaoli made the-following scores in tWrests:~l22 and.77, 0 and. 0, 209 ana-23,"-15.-and-:2S; Scaly made tho first century-against.'".the tourists, and .good Ss wereiatao ; : made WHu* "BarVow,' Martin -(including 106 not out), ue Caires, WigM,. St. .Hxll, .(including 10°> Bartlett, and Constantme. Good bowling performances were registered bvTranois, Constautine, ana Griffith in. tie Tests,/while Scaly, St. Hill, and Scott also did well in other matches.: Scaly is only eighteen years of age, and is said to be a great all-rounder, his fielding being maguifleont.