ENGLAND'S ELECT.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 144, 20 June 1934, Page 7

ENGLAND'S ELECT.

THE SECOND TEST. Wyatt, Bowes, Nichols and Barnett Invited. PAT AUDI AND MITCHELL OUT. "United P.A.—Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Received 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, June 19. The selectors (Sir Stanley Jackson, Messrs. P. A. Perrin and X l . A. Higgon) have invited 13 players to present themselves at Lord's for the second cricket Test against the Australians. The game will be played on June 22, 25,.25 and 26. The list of Englishmen is:— R. E. S. Wyatt, captain (Warwickshire). C. F. Walters (Worcestershire). K. Fames (Essex). H. SutcliiTe (Yorkshire). W. R. Hammond (Gloucestershire). E. Hendren (Middlesex). / M. Leyland (Yorkshire). L. E. G. Ames (Kent). : i;M H. Verity (Yorkshire). ! : ! W. E. Bowes (Yorkshire). G. Geary (Leicestershire). M. S. Nichols (Essex). C. J. Barnett (Gloucestershire). The final selection will be made on the morning of the match. Of the 11 defeated by Australia at Trent Bridge last week two have been dropped, Nawab of Pataudi (Worcestershire) and T. B. Mitchell (Derbyshire). "Bad luck and misfortune which are almost heartbreaking are dogging us at present," said Sir Stanley Jackson. "However, I feel sure it will come all r.iglit. I think we shall win the rubber. There are plenty of good players in England." Without mentioning names Sir Stanley added: "The three men we wanted are possibly unfit. I use the word 'possibly' because as regards one I shall not know definitely until to-morrow. Wyatt is not one of these three. If he is fit" lie will be captain and we think he will be fit.

"It is regrettable that Larwood is not available. His decision to-day was in reply to a telegram I had sent to him." After a meeting "betw-een some of the principal members of the Notts committee, as the outcome of Larwood's refusal to play in the Tests, the secretary, Mr. Brown, stated: "We have not taken a step of any kind." The Australian Press Association commenting on the Gentlemen's match says: —F. R. Brown and Robins certainlj bowled themselves out of the second Test. In their present form neither England nor Australia possesses a better batsman than McCabe, whose versatality and command of every stroke evoke greater admiration each innings he plays. W. Hammond (Gloucester) celebrated his thirty-first birthday with his second century since the Test match, scoring 154 not out in 265 minutes, and hitting one sixer and 24 fours. -He showed little evidence of strain.

Of the' 13 assembling for the second Test on Friday all but C. J. Barnett were in the 14 originally invited to attend at Trent Bridge for the opening Test. On that occasion Bowes, Nichols and Wyatt stood down. Barnett is a natural hitter who has developed judgment and a sense of responsibility through becoming an opening batsman for Gloucestershire. He aggregated 1907 runs for his county alone last summer at an average of 41, and hit six centuries. In his only innings for England in the third Test against West Indies he made 52 not out, and was invited to go out to India with D. R. Jardine's M.C.C. side.