N.Z. to meet star cricketers
PA New Plymouth The star-studded international cricket team headed <by Fred Trueman and including the great all-rounder, Gary Sobers, will play a New Zealand invitation team at ■ Pukekura Park, New Ply-1
i mouth, on Saturday, March 19. The date was confirmed I yesterday by Mr Wayne ■ Burtt, of New Plymouth, chairman of the match ’ steering committee, after receiving a letter from the Auckland sports promotion 'group which is bringing
Trueman’s team to New Zealand for two matches. Trueman’s team will play a second match at Auckland on Sunday, March 20, against an Auckland invitation team in aid of the Ken Wadsworth Memorial Fund. The international team will probably include Sobers, the
world’s finest all-rounder, the fine Indian opening batsmen, Farook Engineer, and other former top England stars as Colin Cowdrey, Tom Graveney, Alan Knott, Freddie Titmus, Peter Parfitt, John Snow, Brian Close and Basil d’Oliveira.
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