NEW ZEALAND TEAM

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 32, 8 February 1927, Page 11

NEW ZEALAND TEAM

TO BE TO-SiORBOW

The search for cricketers to represent New Zealand on the tour to England has been completed, and the result is to be made' known to-morrow. The team will be accompanied by E. H. Bowley, the Sussex professional", as coach on the voyage to England.

Now that the cricketers in the running for places in the New Zealand team for England'have, had ample 'opportunity of-being tried out, the Council of the itew Zealand Cricket Association is desirous, of haying the team' finalised without any further delay. The selectors,. . Messrs'. W. ' S. Briee (Wellington), F, .Williams (Qtagb), and W. E. Patrick "(Canterbury), had. arranged to meet in Christchurch on Thursday, but on the suggestion of tho council they will meet to-morrow to select the team. ' Their choice of players willbe communicated to the New Zealand Council-as soon as it is made, and it is expected that the announcement by the controlling body will^be made to-morrow afternoon. 'Mr. W. S. Brice leaves "for-the-South' to-night, as also does Mr. Dan Eeese, chairman of the New Zealand Council, Who has been visiting.Wellington to-day.

Mr. Reese informed a ''Post reporter to-day that the Cricket Council had given consideration to the suggestiou from Auckland that E. H. Bowloy, tho Sussex professional under engagement, as coach to the Auckland Cricket Associationj: be sent 'to '.England with the team as.coach on the-voyage. In the ordinary course'Bowley would travel by a different route in returning to England to rejoin. his county, but the council had agreed to-pay the additional passage money,'amounting to about' £30 in order to enable him to travel with the team. It was also stated by Mr" Beese that the New Zealand team in England would have" the services of the masseur who had attended to the Austrahans during their tour hr England last season. ,- -■ .: ■ •;' :*■ . .

MANY CANDIDATES.

Possibles and probables for the New Zealand tour have _been many, and opinions regarding the make-up of the team are also many, and-varied/writes Not Out./;'..-. Form in representative matches,is ..bound to weigh. considerably with the, selectors,; but there will be other-considerations, and it may be that some players who have not been at their best this season will have the chance that is,due to them. For the betterment ,of play and players in New Zealand tins tour offers the chance of a lifetime, and it also presents the great opportunity-of gaining better recognition of ; New Zealand cricket. Players who, are likely to impress on the tour are required so that- the tour will be as successful as possible from the playing point of view. For that reason the .team should have a solid backbone, but at the same time room niight be found for some of the youneer players, who; are likely to benefit most by experience gained, on this tour. Then, it is very necessary in Vle. w °f. fte.. big programme mapped out, that the players shall be in proper condition for the tour. These, and other_ matters, will no doubt be borne in mind by the selectors in their deliberations, and they should be able to' find a team that will not only do credit to the Dominion, but will also be the means of placing the game in this country on a much better footing. ' Zt. J? p.iayers to? l^T' i^K^f^^atiori-.tb-morrow: will be:—Mills, Dacre,. Allcott, Gillespie, and.Bowntree;(Auckland); "Kiieston (Taranaki); Lowry and Worker (Hawkes Bay); Dempster (Wanganui) ■ Page, Oliver, Cunningham, and Crawford (Canterbury); Blunt, Dickinson, and Alloo (Otago); and .James. Kortlang, Brice, At'Girr, .Henderson, Hollmgs, and Badcock (Wellington). Hiddleston, unfortunately, is not available. Not Out'!. anticipates that the elect will come from. Blunt, Mills,' Lowry Kortlang, Dempster; Daere, . Alleott' Page, Oliver, James, Gillespie, M'Girr Cunningham,.Henderson, and Brice.