CRICKET “ASHES.”
AUSTRALIANS’ TOUR. BOOKINGS FOR OVAL TEST. LONDON, January 17. The secretary of Surrey Cricket Club states that lie has already sold £3OOO worth of tickets for the test cricket match, England v. Australia to be played at the Oval/in August. He expects all the reserved seats will he takep. before the opening of' the season. Am Australian agency has bought a big block of seats for Australian visitors. _ , ...,, At the annual meeting of the Middlesex Cricket Club, Mr P. F. Warner., who was manager of the last M.C.C. team in Australia, said ho hoped the English press and public would warmly welcome tlio Australian team. '
Referring to the “little difference of opinion” regarding the M.C.C. tour of Australia, Mr Warner said the best thing that could happen would he to shake hands with mutual respect and admiration, like the opponents in the famous fight described in “Tom Brown’s Schooldays.”
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 54, Issue 92, 29 January 1934, Page 6
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