Simpson Has Chicken-Pox
SYDNEY. Doctors yesterday ordered the Australian test captain, R. B. Simpson to withdraw from the team to meet England in
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the third test, starting at Sydney today. He has chicken pox, the secretary of the Australian Cricket Board of Control, Mr Alan Barnes, announced.
Doctors told Simpson to stay in bed for 10 days. He is expected to be fit for the fourth test, starting in Adelaide on January 28.
A broken wrist kept Simpson out of the first test, but he played in the second in Melbourne. Now B. C. Booth has to battle to retain his test form with the added burden of the captaincy on his shoulders. G. Thomas, the New South Wales batsman, has replaced Simpson in Australia's 12. He was already practicing with the test squad when told of his selection. Thomas, an aggressive stroke-maker, played in all five tests for Australia in the West Indies. This season he has scored 791 runs at an average of just under 72.
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Press, Volume CV, Issue 30952, 7 January 1966, Page 11
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