ENGLAND'S CAPTAIN.
Selectors to Decide If He Is
Fit to Play. WYATT APPEARS AT THE NETS. (Received 10 a.m.) LONDON", June 7. R. E. S. Wvatt, who was appointed early in the week as England's Test cricket captain, and who had a hand injured by fast bowling in the trial at Lord's, batted at the nets at Edgbasten ground, Birmingham, this morning. Against slow bowlers he seemed to bat comfortably, hitting the ball hard and unflinchingly.
After 10 minutes at the wickets? Wyatt declared that he was not inclined to say anything definite before he left (immediately) for Nottingham, to meet the members of the selection committee (Sir Stanley Jackson, P. A. Perrin and T. A. Higson). They will decide whether Wyatt is fit to play against Australia in the first Test there to-morrow.
The selectors have announced that no statement regarding the captaincy of the English team will be made until the morning, probably on the ground.
Wvatt says: "I am afraid it is use less."
The first contingent of spectators, numbering hundreds, queued up outside the ground at 9 p.m/yesterday, equipped with blankets and food. They include many women. The weather is still fine at Nottingham. \
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Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 134, 8 June 1934, Page 7
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198ENGLAND'S CAPTAIN. Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 134, 8 June 1934, Page 7
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