THE CRICKET DISPUTE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 57, 6 March 1912, Page 5

THE CRICKET DISPUTE.

HOI'S SIDE OF THE QUESTION. XAVER AND HIS BOOKS. jjgk 10.20"a.m.) % ■>%?.„ SYDNEY, this day. ' HID has sent a long letter to the Pre*, detailing the players' view of the cricket!- dispute. He attacks the penonwl of the Board of Control, and .lUtei, with reference to Laver's refusal to bind to the Board books relating to the tour, that they were Laver's private property. McAlister, as treasurer, uiled to keep books, and desired Lsm'g in order to give the Board information. Laver afterwards offered to - show'McAlister the books in order to (dispel i grounds for insinuations that was wrong. McAlister then .replied that he did not want them, but, ■»» Lsver was disloyal, he would not con'fro bis appointment as manager, 'ln Melbourne a movement was afoot )fe'.present. Mr. McElhone, ex-secretary to the Board, with a testimonial. The Umveriity Club resolved that such an a action was singularly inappropriate. i IMMENSE POSSIBILITIES. SXCHUSH VIEW OF THE TEAM. (Received 12.10 p.m.) . LONDON, March 5. i the "Pall Mall Gazette," discussing the Board of Control's selection, says ■MUantt, Kelleway, Hazlitt, Matthews, sad particularly Jennings, may well rise ■■|w we occasion. Whitty is likely to *Mtly improve when fully recovered from his attack of appendicitis. Tha bowling does not lack variety, and the combination is one of Immense possibilities.