ENGLISH CRICKET TOUR

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 302, 21 September 1928, Page 12

ENGLISH CRICKET TOUR

— PRACTICALLY ASSURED FOR NEXT YEAR MAJORITY OF ASSOCIATIONS FAVOURABLE Dominion Special Service. Christchurch, September 20. “We can’t always have visits from Australian teams, however much we might like to have them,” said Mr. J. F. Peake, secretary of the New Zealand Cricket Council, this morning in commenting on the attitude of the Wairarapa Association towards the proposed visit of an English team to the Dominion in the 1929-30 season. The Wairarapa Association considers that a visit from an Australian team would be more beneficial to New Zealand cricket, but suggests that in the event of an English team coming the professional English players now in the Dominion should be included in the personnel with a view to reducing the expense involved in the tour. Mr. Peake said that New Zealand was in-Jionour bound to bring an English team to the Dominion as a return for the New Zealand team’s tour of England. Mr. Arthur Sims was acting on behalf of the New Zealand Cricket Council in London, and he was in communication with Mr. H. G. Swan, the council’s representative on the Board of Control. The suggestion made by the Wairarapa Association that the professional English players now in the Dominion should be included in the team had not been considered by the council, but an objection to this proposal was that these men may not be able to get away from their ordinary duties for the full time of the tour. The matter of paying the expenses of the team while in th. Dominion was still the subject of negotiation, and finality had not yet been reached. However, there was a possibility of the expenses being reduced. Of the twenty-three associations in the Dominion the great majorit- had replied to the council that they were favourable to the tour, only the Otago and Manawatu Associations having raised objections. The council was going to have some say in the personnel of the team, and the associations could feel assured that it would consist of first-class players who would be a good draw. The English players now in the Dominion would probably be wanted for inclusion in the New Zealand teams. NEW ZEALAND CRICKET, LIMITED WINDING-UP MEETING. By Telegrapn.—Press Association. Christchurch, September 20. New Zealand Cricket Ltd. was officially wound-up to-night, when a dividend of 2s. fid. on each ten-shilling share was declared. Mr. J. S. Barrett, who presided, said* there were no regrets at the loss sutsained over the tour. All who had contributed had done so for the love of the game. “Our next team should be entitled to ask for Test games,” said Mr. Barrett. “I am sure we are as good as West Indies, and they got Test games.”