CRICKET

Hokitika Guardian, 4 May 1931, Page 2

CRICKET

THE NEW ZEALAND TEAM. The members of the team are:— T. 0. Lowry (Rangitikei), captain. M. L. Page (Canterbury), vice-cap-tain. C. F. TV. Alleott (Auckland). R. C. Blunt (Otago). J. B. Cronib (Canterbury). C. S. Dempster (Wellington). K. G. James (Wellington). J. L. Kerr (Canterbury). A. M. Matheson (Auckland). TV. E. Merritt (Canterbury). J. E. Mills (Auckland). R. 0. Talbot (Canterbury). H. G. Vivian (Auckland). G, L. Weir (Auckland). Lowry is also the manager, .tod Allcott carries out the duties of troavnrer. The' team sailed on March 28 'on the Rangitata and arrived in London on May 1, and as a preliminary to i’.s long series of matches, it will play a one-day game with the Maori Cricket Club at Worcester Park 011 May 4. The itinerary of the team is as folfows:— May 6—Essex, nt Leyton. May 9—Leicester, nt Leicester, May J3--Hampshire, nt Southampton, 1 May IQ—Tf.C.C,, at Lord’s, May 2(l—Worcestershire, at Worcester.’’ May 23—Glamorgan, nt Cardiff. Mny 27—Oxford University, nt Oxford. May 30—Middlesex, at Lord’s, June 3—Cambridge University, nt Cambridge, June Q—Somerset, at Bath, June 10—Gloucestershire, at Glnueester. June 13—Derbyshire, at Derby, June 17—Minor Counties, nt Gainsborough. .Tune 20—Northamptonshire, nt Peterborough. June 27—England, at Lord’s. “.July 2—Staffordshire, at Stoke-on-Trent. July 4 Notts, at Nottingham. July B—Yorkshire, at Harrogate. July 11—Lancashire, at Liverpool. Julv 15—Scotland, at Glasgow. •July 18—Durban, at Sunderland. July 22—Combined Services, nt Portsmouth. July 25—Hampshire, at Bournemouth. July 20—Surrey, at Oval. August- I—Glamorgan, at Swansea. August s—Warwickshire, at Birmingham. August B—Gloucestershire, at Bristol.

August 15—Lancashire, at Manchester. •August 23—Norfolk, at Norwich. August 22—Essex, at Southend-on-Sea . August 20—Kent, at Canterbury. August 29—Sussex, nt Brighton. September 2—Gentlemen of England, at Eastbourne. September .s—An England elevens, at Folkestone. September o—Mr H. D. G, LovesonG'ower’s teljivon. at Scarborough. "September 14—Sir JuHen Cohn's eleven, at Nottingham. "Two-day matches. Rest throe days each, There will he practice games at Worcester Park on Mny 1,2, 4, and 5. On May 4 there will be a practice match against the Maori Cricket Club.