WELLINGTON SQUAD

Press, Volume CXV, Issue 34026, 15 December 1975, Page 14

WELLINGTON SQUAD

i (A.Z. Press Association) WELLINGTON. j i Two newcomers to first-class j I cricket have been named in the; Wellington squad for the first two matches of this season’s new | Shell series. They are Evan Gray] j and John Ross, both aged 21. Wellington’s first two matches are against Central Districts at Masterton on December 19-21, and Otago, at the Basin Reserve; on December 26-28. Another player new to Wellington status in the 12-manl squad is the Nottinghamshire! county professional Mike Harris, who is coaching in Hutt VaJ-i ley. Gray, a right-handed batsman and left-arm spin bowler, was aNew Zealand secondary school! representative to Australia in 1972-73 and 1973-74. He was also a member of the New Zealand] Bra bin XI against Wellington ' last season and scored a cenjtury in that match. Ross a right-arm, medium-; I fast bowler. Three members of the Wellington Plunket Shield side last! season—the all-rounder Brian Cederwall. the wicket-keeper, Robert Newton, and a new ball bowler, Stewart Cater, have been left out. The squad is: G. P. Bilby (cap-! tain), J. F. M. Morrison tvicecaptain), R. W. Smith, G. A. Newdick. J. V. Coney, M. J. Harris, E. J. Gray, B. D. Smith, T. Vaikvee, M. J. Coles, C. J. Ross. E. J. Chatfield.