AUSTRALIAN CRICKET BOARD

Greymouth Evening Star, 29 December 1934, Page 7

AUSTRALIAN CRICKET BOARD

NO TEAM FOR NEW ZEALAND ENGLISH TOUR REPORT [BY CABLE— press, ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] ' SYDNEY, December 28. The cricket Board of Control meeting to-day, reviewed the last Australian tour of England. Mr T. Howard, Representing the New Zealand Cricket Council, conferred with the Board and re-opened the case for sending a representative Australian team to the Dominion. A Board member thereafter submitted a motion to rescind the motion carried at the former meeting rejecting a similar proposal. This also was defeated, thus there will be no New Zealand tour. LATER. The Board was still sitting approaching midnight. It is believed they are discussing body line developments.

NOTTINGHAM REGRETS. (Received December 29, 11.30 a.m.) SYDNEY. December 29. The Secretary of the Board of Control, Mr. Jeanes, stated, when the delegates adjourned last night, that the manager’s report to the Board included a letter from Marylebone C.C. which had reached him since h’s return to Australia. This letter, which was dated Nov. 13, stated that, the committee of the Nottingham County Cricket Club, at its meeting on October 26, had carried the following resolution: —“That this committee deprecates the bowling of Voce on the Monday evening of the Nottinghamshire v. Australia match, at Trent Bridge, in the two overs referred to, and will take the necessary steps to prevent its recurrence.” The letter added that Marylebone felt that Mr.Bushby would know now how much the Marylebone Committee regretted the incident, and expressed the hope that nothing of the kind would happen again. Mr. Jeanes stated that the Board had not carried any resolutions on the subject. Consideration of the report of the manager and treasurer had not yet ended.

WOMEN’S TEST (Rec. December 29, 8 a.m.) BRISBANE, December 28. In the women’s cricket, first test, Australia won the toss and batted. Australia, first, forty-seven (K. Smith 25), MacLagan took 7/10, Taylor 2/9. England, first, 5/116 (MacLagan 72, Snowball 15, Archdale not out 12). CANTERBURY’S WIN. [pec press association.] CHRISTCHURCH, December 28. To get the 146 runs required to win took Canterbury three hours. Bellamy and Kerr yesterday made 91, of the total of 237 which were required for an outright win. The Auckland bowling was distinctly good, and, on a wicket that bumped disconcertingly, the Canterbury batsmen had no easy task, and the batting was very Scores: — AUCKLAND—First Innings .. 279 CANTERBURY—First Innings .. 230 AUCKLAND—Second Innings .. 187 CANTERBURY—Second Innings. Bellamy, lbw, b Townsend .. 49 Kerr, c Cowie .. .. ■ -. 46 Cromb, c Bush b Cowie .. .. 38 Page, c Vivian b Cowie 13 Olliver, b Townsend .. .. 35 Hadlee, not out .. .. .. 28 Roberts, not out .. 6 Extras .. ' • • .. 22 Total for 5 wickets .. 237 Bowling: Townsend two for 62, Cowie three for 66, Matheson none for 47, Vivian none for 15, Bush none for 25. Canterbury’s Plunket Shield team against Wellington will be the same as that which played Auckland, O’Brien, as before, being twelfth man.

COAST PROPOSAL ADOPTED. CHRISTCHURCH, December 29. Plans for the institution of a competition on Hawke Cup lines, between minor associations and sub-unions of the Canterbury Cricket Association, as suggested by the West Coast Cricket Association, were discussed at a conference of delegates from Canterbury, West Coast, Ashburton, South Canterbury and Buller, hefld last evening, after lengthy consideration of the proposals put forward by West Coast, it was decided to recommend that Canterbury Association should institute such a competition this season.