CRICKET.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 58, Issue 36, 22 November 1937, Page 6

CRICKET.

RAIN DELAYS PLAY AT SYDNEY. Received This Day, 2.16 p.m.) SYDNEY, This ©ay. Rain is falling and the start of the cricket match with New Zealand has been delayed. The wicket is covered. WALLACE AND MOLONEY PRAISED. EQUAL TO AUSTRALIAN TEST. (Received This Day, 11.20 a.m.) SYDNEY, November 22.^ C. G. Macartney, commenting in the “Sydney Morning Herald,” on the cricket match, New Zealand v New South Wales said the New Zealanders batting needed stiffening. It is taken for granted that players were tired after their long mental! strain. The touch of the fighting ability born of experience was noticeably absent. The batting of Wallace in both innings showed him as a champion, and Molone}' revealed liis prowess. The excellent work of these two was not sustained by their colleagues, and at the end of the day the position was disheartening. S, Moyes, writing in the “Sunday •Sun,” say that the New Zealanders can go home with the knowledge that they played cricket in a fine spirit, and that those who saw them want to see them again. Moloney proved himself a very fine batsman and Wallace would be an asset to Australia’s Test side. “The Sunday Sun” in an editorial says, “Tlie presence of the New Zealand cricketers brings home to us once again that Australia has not done its duty by New Zealand cricket. New Zealand has the material and needs only opportunity- and encouragement to enable it to acquire a cricket eleven at least equal to any Sheffield Shield side. It is understood that the Board of Control intends to do ‘something.’ Let that something be soon and adequate.