ENGLISH TEAM AT WELLINGTON

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21391, 6 February 1935, Page 15

ENGLISH TEAM AT WELLINGTON

INNINGS WIN FOR THE VISITORS IFKE3S ASSOCIATION TELEOHAM.) WELLINGTON, February 5. At the Basin Reserve to-day the touring team of English women cricketers defeated a representative XI. of Wellington girl players by an innings and 75 runs. The novelty of seeing girls playing cricket attracted 3000 spectators, the largest crowd which has attended a crick-et match here this year. The weather was perfect, the wicket firm and true, and the outfield fast. * Wellington had first use of the wicket but could only total 61 against wonderfully accurate bowling by Miss M. I. Taylor, who captured four wickets for 6 runs off 12 overs, nine of which were maidens. The English girls replied with 191, Misses M. Child and G. Morgan adding 80 runs for the third wicket. Miss Child eventually scored 64, Miss Morgan 47. and Miss M. Richards 28. Misses Ell, Sheridan, and Simon were the most successful of the Wellington bowlers. Wellington fared even worse inttie second innings, which realised only 55, the last wicket falling on time. Miss Taylor again bowled sensationally, securing three wickets for 3 runs off six overs, five of which were maidens. This gave her the performance of seven wickets for 9 runs in the match. Miss Maclagan took four for 22 off 14 overs, and Miss Partridge two for 9 off 11 overs. The English team left by the steamer express for Lyttelton to-night. N.Z. TEAM TO BE SELECTED TO-DAY MEETING OF COUNCIL The New Zealand women's cricket team to play the English girls' team at Christchurch on February 16 and 18 will be selected to-day from the nominations of the various provincial associations by Misses A. King, Agnes Scott, and Gladys Gebbie. This was decided last night at a meeting of the New Zealand Council. The meeting was attended by Miss A. King (Otago, in the chair), Mrs D. Reese (president), Mrs W. Machin. and Misses Agnes Scott and B. Fellowes (Canterbury), Misses M. McLennan and F. Pond (Wanganui), Miss B. E. Plimsoll (Auckland), Miss N. J. Forsyth (Otago), Misses E. Beattie and E. L. Harris (Southland), and Mr W. King. Miss Scott was elected manageress for the test match. The Canterbury Men's Cricket Association advised.that Messrs J. Forrester and J. McGuinness had been appointed umpires for the test match. Mrs Reese reported that the New Zealand Men's Council had offered to entertain the teams taking part in the

test at a dinner to be held in the evening of the first day of the test. Miss Plimsoll was elected treasurer of the council. The Auckland association advised that it had appointed Miss Gladys Gebbie its delegate to the council in place of Miss E. Hall. PLAYERS' NERVES A LITTLE KINDLY ADVICE A little kindly advice was received by the New Zealand Women's Council last night from the manageress of the English ladies' team, Miss E. Green. "Do impress on your teams that j there is no need to be nervous," wrote) Miss Green. "Auckland came in to ] bat absolutely quaking at the knees and really they did not do themselves justice in the first innings. . . . We are used to playing together and we don't mind an audience; so we hope our opponents will not either," she added. VALUE OF WOMEN'S | TOURS INTERVIEW WITH ENGLISH CAPTAIN ;rRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGBAM.) WELLINGTON, February 5. The opinion that regular visits would be exchanged between Australia and England in the future by women's cricket teams was expressed in an interview by Miss E. Archdall, captain of the English women's team. In that event every endeavour should be made to arrange for the English teams to extend their tour to New Zealand. Miss Archdall considered the divided skirt preferable to the ordinary skirt or shorts for women players. CANTERBURY LOSES THEATRES' SHIELD Though the Canterbury Women's Cricket Team won from Wanganui the shield given by the Amalgamated Theatres for competition among the provinces of the Dominion, it will now nave to return it without having been defeated. At a meeting of the New Zealand's Women's Cricket Council last night it was reported that the Amalgamated Theatres had decided to make the shield available to the North Island only. The shield will, therefore, have to be returned to Wanganui