CRICKET.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 4 October 1926, Page 6

CRICKET.

AUSTRALIAN TOURISTS. FAREWELLS IN ENGLAND. BY CABLE-PRESS ASSOCIATION- -COPYRIGHT. LONDON, Oct. 2. The Australian cricketers, before t-heir departure, had time to visit the new cathedral at Liverpool, over which they were conducted by the bishop. They received a civic welcome at the Town Hall, where Mr A. E. Stoddart, the famous Middlesex cricketer and Blackbeath three-quarter of old) days, was one of the speakers, wishing them an reyoir. The last Liverpool heard of the cricketers were loud cooees. Just before the departure of the Australian cricketers Miss Sybil Thorndike, the actress, jokingly and a-mid the- plaudits of the crowd, presented’ Collins with some ashes in a decorated I,r gj r Lindsay Parkinson has) ♦onfirmc-d the statement that he made an offer to Ponsford to join the Blackpool team as an amateur. The matter is still in "abeyance, hut there i-s- a- probability that Ponsford will accept it. He- stated that it depends on what his wife says, but he thinks he will accept the offer. Blackpool has also signed on Parkin, who will take over a hotel license and thus be eligible as an am-ateur.

SEASON OPENED IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

SYDNEY, Oct. 2. The cricket season opened in glorious \r«ea.tlier and on l>at-smon J s> wicKot*S‘. For -St. George against Balmain, Scales made 15. For Western Suburbs against University, V. Johnston made 120. For Mosulnn against Manly, F. Rowland made 115.