In The Play

Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29330, 8 October 1960, Page 5

In The Play

If he enjoys his usual success, A. R. Mac Gibbon. the New Zealand all-rounder.

should by C h ri sit mas join a small group of 1 players who* have taken 500 wickets in senior cricket in Christchurch. MacGibbon so ifai has taken 47' wickets. Although hkij

senior career, began 18 years ago, Mac Gibbon’s most startling success was last season, when he took ,6 for 13 against Old Boys. So far only U players have’ talten 500 senior wickets. Mac Gibbon has appeared in onfly 112 senior games, but has taken five wickets in an innings 42 times. The return of Mr E. A. Craier as coach of thel West End senior rowing eigiit may prove ; of significance io the new ; Auckland rowing .season. A ■ New Zealand selector and a 1 former West End chib captain, ‘ Mr Craies first coached the ; senior eight in 1949. tThe crew ! won the New Zealand chain- ] pionship for nine years, almost ; solely under his supervision. ; New Zealand table* tennis ; should benefit greatly frvm the ; services of the Australian num- . ber one ranked player, Q. Jen- ; ninga, who arrived in Wdlling- ; ton recently. Jennings, who ■ was captain of the Australian I team which toured New (Zea- ; land this year, intends to ; coach in Wellington during! the ' summer and next winter. ] ★ The New Zealand opening ! bowler, K. W. Hough, who iis I remaining in Australia trts;

year, will bke • greatly missed I by the senior l , j rep reser.ta-', tive cricket side in Auck- ! land. In pre-; vious years. Hough. an ! Australian by ; birth, has been ; spending ♦ the winters in his home country ;

and the summers in New Zealand.