NEW ZEALAND TOURS
Instructional Ground For Australian Cricket Sydney, April 19.
C. G. Macartney, the former Australian Test cricketer, writing in the ‘'Sydney Morning Herald,” says that it is difficult to understand why New Zealand tours are not utilised as an instructional ground for Australian cricketers as well as for the purpose of lending a helping hand to a sister Dominion. In New Zealand there is a grand opportunity for Aus-
Italians to become better acquainted with soft wickets, and they would thereby be better equipped to meet the Englishmen on rain-damaged wickets both in Australia and in England. No player would refuse to visit England with an Australian eleven, yet some players have declined to visit New Zealand. Because of these refusals the New Zealand Cricket Council has been forced to negotiate for visits by English teams to foster its cricket.' A much simpler method would be for the Australian cricket authorities to send teams to New Zealand. Such teams must have in them a sprinkling of international players, otherwise the tours could not be a financial success.
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Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 174, 20 April 1937, Page 9
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