CRICKET

Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10734, 3 November 1928, Page 7

CRICKET

TO-DAY’B TEAMS

The following will represent Celtic v. City on Saturday at 2 p.m. sharp: Guthrie, Bennett, B>. Scholium, J. Scholium, Robinson, McLauchlan, Cato, Ogg, Bradley. Hume. The following will represent Ole Boys v Civil Service at the Oval to-day: Lockett, Dow (2), Winter, Kemp, Edwards, Ivess, Lowndes, Thomas, Witters, Worthington. The following will represent Turanganui against High School on Saturday: Olsen, Blair. McOallum, El ils, McLeod, Gibson, Holdsworth, Jenningf and Stenner. The following players have been selected to represent Gisboine Club in their match against Poverty Bay Club at the Oval this afternoon: Albertson, Balfour, Chnsp, Clifton, Greig, Hosier, Irwin, Jeffreys. Jones, McGregor, Robertson NEWS AND NOTES. G. Geary, the Leicestershire professional, will hardly have a high opinion of Australian wickets, as, in playing in the opening match of the English team’s tour against West Australia at Perth, he had Ins nose broken by a fast one which roared straight up off the pitch. ' Tins sort of ball was common in England in the bad old days. It is said that Ernie Jones, the Australian express howler, once sent a fast one straight through W. G. Grace’s whiskers, but the “old man” was looking tor the rearers after this, and when they came along used, to nonchalantly flick them off his ear to the long-leg boundary