NOT A TRUE GUIDE
RECORD OF TEAM
TROUBLED BY WICKETS
LONDON, June 17.
Declaring that the New Zealand team potentially is much better than its record indicates, Mr. Howard Marshall, writing in the "Daily Telegraph," aptly summarises the reasons for the moderate scoring of the New Zealanders He says: "Their trouble largely is due to difficulty in getting used to the variety of wickets. In New Zealand they have a consistency of turf, the ball coming through at an even height and pace. Here, playing every day, and unaccustomed to the strain, the team has met a bewildering mixture of pitches, ranging from rather sticky to exceptionally fiery, and producing anything from a rising ball to a dead shooter."
Mr. Marshall adds that the team is a delightful band of keen players who will probably acquit themselves worthily for the rest of the tour. Its main needs are a flrst-class spin bowler and another fastish opening bowler.
The "Manchester Evening News" says:—"The team lacks outstanding personalities, with the exception of Wallace, who should develop an even greater brilliance than Dempster."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 143, 18 June 1937, Page 13
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