CRICKET

Hokitika Guardian, 20 April 1925, Page 3

CRICKET

il/A IriitiliN i.XO . 0aM1.6 AbSOOla'.lO*. Gl Li.LOAN’S TEAM. GREETED BY Iti.lliiO. (Received this day at 10 a.m.) LONDON. April Hi. Deciles unequalled in the memory ol llie oldest erii ket enthusiasts, marked tile arrival of Gilligau’s team at Viet.iria Station at four this afternoon. The fact that the Duke and Duchess ~f York were on the saint- train accounted far the throng of forty thousand who swarmed c-vcn the tools of lilt- ollic.-s and signal stairways and overflowed the bus square outside.

Having given the Duke and Duchess of York a rousing welcome, the crowd Hocked in search ol the cricketers who were in tlu- rear carriage which had not reached tfie Customs harrier. The cricketers were thus lelt .'it the mercy of the seething admirers. ’The polite had a very stiff battle to keep the

oliiwth outside the iron harriers against v. hi h several women tainted.

There was soma hitting when the police attempted to force a passage way for tin- motor cars, but good humour triumphed and the situation was relieved by the appearance of the players’ cars, each of widen was greeted with de.ifening cheers. ENGLISH CRICKETERS ipi >NG i; AT ELATED. LONDON. April If. y/hen the Duke and Duchess of Y, ;■ p joined the .Maloja at Port Sudan ,i,e Duke iv'qucsip.l that the English i rickrters he introduced to him. He congratulated them separately and said that though he was sorry they had not retrieved the ashes they deserved the country’* thanks for all they had done to foster the spirit of*the sport in the Em pi re. i:ILI IGAN INTERVIEWED. PARIS. April If). The English team has arrived at .Marseilles. Gilligan. in an interview, said Unit while the eight-hall over nm-le no difference to the batsmen and fielders, it was too fatiguing lot ■ tic bowlers, especially the fa-d G>wl-ci-s Though he deplored the lues ol the to*s lie saw no other method that was adaptable in ordinary cricuei. but as regards the test matches lie was or the opinion that the spin ol the coni might be used for the first and last test, while the choice of the innings in the intervening games mignt :1 tel * nately he given each side Ihe pla>inor out of every test had been tne create*! strain. The better wav would he to have a time limit for the first matches and play out the final game. CRICKET TOSS. 1 LONDON. April 10. The ■■ Daily Herald ” in an editorial states it does not see why owing to Giiiigans* had hick with the toss, that lie should flirt with the idea of abolishing it, except for the first and last test. The suggestion threatens an integral part of the game and like most expedients for brightening cricket the Gilligan plan is open to criticism. The present practice in cricket is all right so long as they play to win, and accent the luck of the game philosophically;