ENGLISH CRICKETERS

Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 147, 17 March 1933, Page 13

ENGLISH CRICKETERS

Welcome at Wellington on Monday BASIN RESERVE MATCH It has now been arranged that play in the match between the ji.U.C. team ana Wellington at the Basm iceserve on Tuesday and Wednesday next will start at H.oO, and continue till G o’clock on each day. The luncheon adjournment will be taken from 1.15 p.m. to 2 p.m., and the tea interval from 3.45 till -1 p.m. The prime Minister, the lit. Hou. G. W. Forbes, and members of the Cabinet, will welcome tlie visitors at Parliament Buildings at 11 o’cock on Monday next, and the Mayor of Wellington, Mr. T. C. A. Hislop will extend a civic reception to the Euglish team at the Town Hall at noon.

Tne itinerary has been amended, and the Englishmen will now leave Wellington by motor at 8.30 on March 28, the morning of their return from Christchurch, for Chateau Tongariro, via Wanganui, instead of proceeding direct to Rotorua. They will have lunch at Wanganui, and are due to arrive at the Chateau, where they will spend the night, at 5 p.m. At 8.30 on the following morning they will leave for Rotorua, via National Park, Lake Taupo, Wairakei, Geyser Valley, and Whakarewarewa, arriving at their hotel in Rotorua at 4.30 p.m. They will leave Rotorua at 4.40 p.m., on March 30, and are due to arrive at Auckland at 11 p.m. The second Test match is to commence at Eden Park the following morning, and the team will leave by the Aonlngl for Vancouver on April 4. Heavy booking for the Wellington match proceeds apace, and everything points to a record attendance on Tuesday and Monday of next week. SAIL FOR WELLINGTON Cricketers Aboard Maunganui (Received March 16, 7.30 p.m.) Sydney, March 16. The English cricketers are on board the Maunganui, which left Sydney for Wellington at 4.20 p.m. to-day. At a farewell gathering, held by the New South Wales Cricket Association, Warner, Palairet and Jardine were haided souvenirs of their visit in the shape of large cigarette-boxes of Australian polished wood, adorned with appro imate emblems. Jardine, in a happy acknowledgement, sai dthat he regarded the gifts more as' a tribute t. o the great side he had been privileged to lead. He added that the visits of Australian cricketers to England were always most welcome. The team had a cordial send-off. DACRE SAILS TO-DAY Rejoining Gloucester County C. C. Dacre, the well-known Auckland aild New Zealand cricketer, is now a regular member of the Gloucestershire County cricket team, and, with his wife, will leave Wellington to-day by the Rangitiki for London, to retake his place in the Gloucestershire team for the coming English season. It is the Aucklander’s intention to settle permanently in England. He is very popular with the cricketing public at Ilome by reason of his sensational hitting and fastscoring methods.