Cricket FIRST TEST TODAY

Press, Volume XCVI, Issue 28447, 29 November 1957, Page 23

Cricket FIRST TEST TODAY

England And N.Z. Women’s Teams In bitterly cold conditions the English and New Zealand women’s cricket teams which will meet in the first test match which begins at Lancaster Park * today, practised for four hours at the park yesterday afternoon. The practise was an extremely strenuous one for both teams and the serious view taken of today’s match was reflected in the manner in which the players set out to train. The heavy rainfall in Christchurch in the last two days has softened the pitch considerably, and the outfield also may be a little slow today. The weather forecast is favourable, however, and the winds, which persisted after the rain stopped, should dry the pitch considerably. No alterations to the teams have been announced. New Zealand’s twelfth man will not be announced until this morning. The teams are:— England.— M. Duggan (captain), C. Robinson, E. Barker, B. Birch, A. Disbury, H. Hegarty, O. Marshall, D. Macfarlane, H. Sanders, R. Westbrook, J. Wilkinson, J. Batson (twelfth man). New Zealand.—R. McKenzie (captain), J. Coulston, E. Dickson, B. Duncan. J. Currie. P. Blackler. J. Clothier, V. R. Coutts. G. Sutherland, M. Speight, B. Thorner, M. Rouse.

GAME WITH MINOR ASSOCIATIONS

A match between a Canterbury Eleven and a Minor Associations’ team will begin at Hagley Oval today, and will be continued tomorrow. The Canterbury team is the same as that which secured an innings win over Sub-associations last week. The teams are:— Minor Associations.—R. Farrant (captain). A. Dennis, P. Grenfell. J. Underdown (South Canterbury). M. Bevan, R. Sail (West Coast), H. Cullen, B. Farrant, E. Flaherty. I. Griffiths. R. Millichamp (Ashburton). Canterbury Eleven.—G. D. Alabaster. B. A. Bolton. P. G. Z. Harris, D. W. Crowe. A. G. Duckmanton. R. West, K. G. Austin. J. B. Park, R. Motz. A. Pearce. J. H. Dawson.

Mr George Davies Dies, Aged 66

(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) - MELBOURNE, November 28. One of Australia's leading cricket administrators. Mr George Davies, died yesterday, aged 66. He was a delegate on the Victorian Cricket Association for 35 years (vice-president in 1946), a Victorian selector from 1941 till 1952, and in 1947 was appointed to the Australian board of control. Mr Davies managed the 1950 Australian team in New Zealand and the 1953 team in England.