PLUNKET SHIELD MATCH
Wellington Team Announced (New Zealand Press Association) WELLINGTON, December 16. The New Zealand captain and selector, J. R. Reid, of the Hutt club, will lead the Wellington Plunket Shield team again this season. The team’s first match is against Central Districts, starting at the Basin Reserve on Christmas Eve. The team, announced today by the chairman of the Wellington Cricket Association (Mr R. A. Vance), is:— G. M. Aim, P. T. Barton, R. Blair, L. C. Butler, J. W.'Guy, I. Mason, T. G. McMahon, B. A. G. Murray, J. R. Reid, R. E. Reid, E. J. Sigley, B. W. Sinclair. A surprise omission is A. H. Preston. Last season Preston was twelfth in the New Zealand firt-class batting averages. He took eight wickets with his off-spinners at an average of 24.75. Jamaicans Acclaim Worrell (N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) KINGSTON (Jamaica), Dec. 16. Jubilant Jamaicans have paid tribute to F. M. Worrell, the captain, for the West Indies' fight back in the test match against Australia, at Brisbane, which ended in the first tie in test history. George Headley, the former West Indian captain, said: “The West Indies performance reflects the greatest credit on Worrell’s leadership and ability to get extra out of his players in a crisis. But the West Indies must never again on this tour enter a test without two recognised fast bowlers.” Hundreds of congratulatory cables have been sent to Worrell.
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Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29390, 17 December 1960, Page 7
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