CRICKET

Hokitika Guardian, 1 December 1933, Page 6

CRICKET

“TESTS NO LONGER A GAME-”

(United Press Association —By Electric, Telegraph—Copyright.)

LONDON, November 29

“Afe sports crowds cruel?” asks the, sporting'editor of the ‘‘Dally Mail.” “We have reached a stage when leaders of every sport are demanded, ’’ he added- ,

“Sports have become so exacting that only those with brains of ice and bodies of steel and whipcord can hope to stand the strain.

“Th e English and Australian cricketers wer,p ypry near to. ,a- ' 'breakdown, more than once in the last tests.

“Test cricket is no longer a game but a stern, relentless fight. Th e Board of Control drinks suggestion was eau s ed by the crowd’s irritation about frequent delays- -- . ••• A—* - • “The did npt realise the effect of 'the tropical heat bn the English. bowlers, who could not eat lunch and had to rely ...on sips of champagne, yet this meant much barracking.”

WELLINGTON TOWN V COUNTRY

WELLINGTON, November 30.

The match Town v. Country .resulted in a draw. Country opened its se. r cond innings at 2.40' p.m., and batted out time for a draw. At stumps ,they had eight down for 201 runs. .The play all round was much better than on the opening .day. O’Brien and Cameron batted pell,- for Country, >-.foivb\vhom Hatch created an impression' adf a fast bowler. The Town Blundell, O’Neill and’ Morgan were particularly good, getting plenty of; work-:- Am the ball.