WOMEN’S CRICKET

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 57, 30 November 1934, Page 17

WOMEN’S CRICKET

Proposed Changes in English Team’s Itinerary An itinerary of the fortheoining English women's cricket tour of New Zealand, which was suggested by t'.tc. New. Zealand Women’s Cricket Council at Christchurch, met with criticism from the Wellington ’association at its meeting lust eveninlig on the ground that the proposed tour did not permit o£ any leisure time. The secretary, Mrs. o.■ O. G. Robertson, said that" a letter received in Auckland from a team member indicated that the players were expecting to spend the time in New Zealand seeing the country and meeting its people. They were not proposing to play Test games. The alternative itinerary suggested by the Wellington 'Women's Cricket Association is as follows:— January 28: Arrive Auckland; leave tor Rotorua. January 21), 30, 31: In Rotorua. January 31: Return to Auckland. February 1: In Auckland. February 2: First match V. Auckland. February 3: In Auckland; leave for M align nu i. February -1 and 5: In Wanganui. February G: Play Wanganui. February 7: Leave Wanganui for Wellington. February 8: Wellington. February 'J (Saturday): Play Wellington; leave for Christchurch. February 10: Christchurch; leave for Dunedin. February 11: At Dunedin. February- 12: Dunedin. February 13: Play Ota.go. February 14 and 15: At Christchurch. February 1G: Play Otago. February 17: Touring West Coast. February 19: Arrive Wellington. February 20-21: Pro-posed Test mutch in Wellington. February 22: In Wellington. February 23: Leave for England. Mr. Wilson, chairman ot the 'Welling-, ton Cricket Association, war. in the chair, and on his proposal Mr. Peter Fulton W‘ ls appointed official coach ot the twelve Wellington women’s cricket teams. Miss I. Greenwood is being sent, to the Christchurch Council early next, week as a delegate to discuss the proposed itinerary amendments and the possibility of moving the Women’s Cricket Council centre to "Wellington.