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Hawera Star, Volume LII, 16 November 1932, Page 3

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POXSFORD’.S ANKLE SPRAINED. NOT AVAILABLE FOR PLAY. lUnitcd Press Association —By Electric TelegrapD uoryrigut. i MELBOURNE, Nov. 15. The cricketer Ponsford, who sprained an ankle playing for Victoria against New South Wales recently, will not be available for the Australian XI. against the Englishmen on Friday. ROBERTS GOING TO ENGLAND. LANCASHIRE LEAGUE CLUB. CHRISTCHURCH, Nov. 15. A. W. Roberts, Canterbury and Now Zealand representative cricketer, has accepted an offer to play for the ■Churi'li Club in the Lancashire Cricket League. The engagement at present is for one year. Roberts will leave for England in company with W. E. Merritt and 1. B. Cromb on March 10. HAWKE (TP MATCH. DATES STILL NOT FIXED. Negotiations arc still proceeding between the Taranaki and Waikato Cricket Associations regarding the dates for the Hawke Cup match between teams Fepresen'tlingj the two associations. Taranaki in the first instance. suggested Thursday. Friday and Saturday. December S, 9 and If). V aikato replied requesting December 9. lO and 12, the chief reason being that the Waikato Association wished to make sure of a Saturday afternoon ‘'gate.” The Taranaki association again wrote pointing 1 out the unfairness of asking a travelling team to spend an extra day in Hamilton, in view of the fact hat all the players have to pay the whole, of theiv own expenses. A reply to this communication has not yet been received.