CRICKET STANDARD

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 123, 27 May 1930, Page 6

CRICKET STANDARD

AN IMPROVEMENT NOTED

WOOLLEY'S IMPRESSIONS

(From "The Post's" Representative.) • LONDON, 15th April.

Frank Woolley,. Kent's greatest cricketer, has given the "Kent Messenger" some impressions of his tour with the, English team in the Dominions.

"New Zealand impressed mo immensely for the great strides it has made in the brief 00 years of its real existence," he said; "After travelling through the country, and observing the wonderful feats of engineering which were required to connect up different places, I marvelled at the spirit of the old pioneers who accomplished so much, not only in the short space of time, but because, they must have realised that they were_. working, for the second eeneration, fos it was impossible for them to have thought of reaping any benefit themselves. "As a cricketing country New Zealand lias improved a great deal. No doubt our recent tour will make them even keener, anJ will encourage the younger generation- There are plenty of promising youngsters who will do well if given, the necessary encouragement and are taken in hand. As the outcome of the tour several names of young players in' the up country districts are being , forwarded to the Cricket Council, and the course of a few years may bring big results. "I thought the general standard of their play had improved considerably since we last saw them, and the team they bring over next year should be a very interesting one. They, will be a young team of great possibilities, and will do well, I am sure, in county games. At the same time, I do not think they will be quite up to the task of defeating our strongest Test sides. .

"The people of New Zealand are very hospitable,: and did everything possible to make us comfortable. .We were entertained royally wherever ,we went, and every member of the side thoroughly enjoyed the trip. Most of the cricket was not too serious, but there was a tremendous lot of travelling." - •