INJURED CRICKETERS

Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 266, 6 August 1937, Page 11

INJURED CRICKETERS

New Zealand’s Lengthy List HOPED ALL WILL BE FIT FOR THIRD TEST (From the Special Correspondent of the United Press Association with the Team.) (Received August 5,11.30 p.m.) Birmingham, August 5. The New Zealand cricket team’s lengthy list of injured players is a perturbing preliminary to the third Test. It is hoped, however, that they will all be fit for the game at the Oval. J. Cowie is being treated by Dr. A. E. Porritb, the Olympic athlete, at London and will probably be fit for the game against Essex. A. W. Roberts is also in London receiving massage to the shoulder which was injured at Leicester. It is now discovered to have been more seriously strained than was at first thought when a specialist examined it at Manchester. J. A. Dunning’s leg has recovered, but it is considered inadvisable to subject it to the strain of a game at Birmingham. J. L. Kerr is resting, although his heel is better again. M. W. Wallace is playing in the present game despite a heavy cold. Vivian is playing under the handicap of a bandaged left hand and a padded left leg through making his recent marathon bowling efforts. They were remarkable feats of physical endurance, especially in the intense heat experienced in London, Swansea and Birmingham. In the absence of the spearheads of the attack the reserve bowlers have risen to the occasion wonderfully, especially Weir, who has bowled well, but with no luck, and Lamason and Moloney. England’s team for the third Test will be announced on Sunday. As the rubber cannot now be lost, the selectors are expected to experiment with younger players in view of the visit next year of the Australians.