TEST CRICKET.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18461, 15 August 1925, Page 14

TEST CRICKET.

AUSTRALIAN TOUR. ENGLAND, VIA NEW ZEALAND. (BT CABLE —TRESS ASSOCIATION" —COPYRIGHT.I (AUSTRALIAN A.VD X.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) SYDNEY, August- 14. for sending via New Zealand the next Australian cricket ' j to.'Mn to tour England, aro receiving " j strong support in New South Wales. ' I A ivtorian and South Australian players. who have previously visited England, .state that several matches played in Now Zealand would materially assist ; in acilintatisinjr the Australian side j V-forc it reached England, conditions j iuid wickets i!i New Zealand beir.y : similar to those in England, j To meml.crs making their first trip j overseas such an experience would bo ' J invaluable. ; T.io" matter rests with the Australian | Board of Cricket Control. As New j Zealand has offered a guarantee for a l ccrLa ji number of matches in New Zea- | land. thoro can bo 110 financial loss, j The "Daily Telegraph' ! that 1 an opportunity for letting Australian | accustom themselves to new conditions with a few preliminary matches in New Zealand, should not bo missed. I ENGLISH HONOURS. —1 TATE'S BRILLIANT CENTURY LEADING BOWLERS' AGGREGATES. LONDON, August. 13. Tate and Bow ley took part in a wicket partnership of 193, Tate scoring a brilliant century in eighty minutes. He hit one six, one fivo and seventeen fours. Thirty-seven of tho first 50 wero knocked off threo overs. He gave a chance in the slips before he had scored. A keen race is taking place among the bowlers for tho capture of tho I two hundredth wicket. Parker has 182 and Tate and Boot 181. The next are, McDonald. 156 and Macaulay 155. The weather is assisting the bowlers.