M.C.C. TEAM ON ITS WAY

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 300, 15 September 1936, Page 9

M.C.C. TEAM ON ITS WAY

Verity Ordered to Bed (Received September 14, 11 p.m.j * London, September 13. The M.C.O. cricket team for Australia left England behind in a smother of mist and rain after exceptionally quiet farewells both at Waterloo Station and at Southampton, contrasting strongly with the enthusiastic scenes always witnessed when Australian teams leave home. The majority of the team, however, are relishing the prospect of a month’s rest aboard the Orlon after, in some cases, several seasons of continuous cricket, broken only by voyages. No member of the M.C.O. committee is aboard. A radio message from the Australian Associated Press agency’s special representative aboard the Orion states that Verity, as a precautionary measure, has been ordered to bed to ensure his recovery from influenza. The other members of the M.C.O. team are all enjoying shipboard life. The amateurs and professionals are dining at the same tables.

The correspondent also sent a wireless message stating that he understood that Lord Somers, president of the Marylebone Club, will arrive at Melbourne in time for the third Test ou a private visit which will include consultations with the Australian Board of Control,