ENGLISH TEST CAPTAIN FIGHTS IN MIDDLE EAST.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 51, 1 March 1941, Page 4 (Supplement)

ENGLISH TEST CAPTAIN FIGHTS IN MIDDLE EAST.

IWALTER HAMMON-D. En*W. y cricket <-aj.ts.in. is a R ova j rorc-e officer in the Middle East His squadron « beHevod t© be «£, operating in Libya with the XUe Mmr which includes Australians. Other orirkolerf with RAJ m-. misKons are Te?t U, Amcs, Ckarlie Barnett, Bill BfeM. Walter Robin-, Maurice AHom, fttw Fender and Artbnr Gilligaa (Endirft C3.ptein in 1934-25). •»-«» who, like Don Brafear Auttraliafi captain, are army pfevtka] training instnictor*. include tie Ifct individual record-holder. Lea Hnttn, England* newest etyliit, Denis Oaoetoh, and tie E«sex faet boTviler Mwuice Xic3ioL«. Douglas Jardine one of uii aroa-teurs who h<--M Tcrriu»rial oemnif>ions before tJie war. He waa guettcj a& a caf>tain in the Berkshire Eegjjoem n"hen the war began. Herbert Siito!,iTe and HecUey Terity are. in the .-shut. BjJl'Bowes i lieutenant, and Maurice* Ley land * sergeant. After joining the Honourable ArtflleiT Company a punn.-r. Perry OhapWii was discharged be<ravsw of varicose TOn*. Larwc-od's Fowls. Harold Larsvc<->d help? to feed lire nation by running a poultrv farm. TV fast bowler's u-g* 3wve never 'been eonad sinoe hi* exertion* in the bodviia* Test* in 1932-33. Bill Vooe Tvork? in a manitaoa factorr, where his left-handedi.e&* tf-oemii^h , "if no draw-back. Two cricketers who have d:ed far ti«r country are Lnoutenant. Peter Eckenler, former Lancashire captain, who *** in the Naval K<**rve, and PDot-Olßcer Cicorge Macaulay, Yorkrfiire bonrler.

.Tack Hobbs is among cricket«Ti too old for active service who are Akhc their bis. in the Home Guard-