CRICKET PROBLEMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 253, 22 September 1933, Page 7

CRICKET PROBLEMS.

AUSTRALIAN BOARD MEETING. Received September 22, 10.10 a.m. _ SYDNEY, -Sept. 21. The Australian Board of Control met at Sydney to-day and discussed important business associated with the next cricket tour of England. Mr R. A. Oxlade, of Sydney, was appointed chairman in succession to Dr. Robertson, Mr W. C. Bull was elected treasurer. The Board of Control approved of the following itinerary ■' for a tour ’of England next year by an Australian team:— May 2—v. Worcester. May s—v. Leicester. May 9—v. Cambridge University.

May 12—v. Marylebone. May 16—v. Essex. May 19—v. Oxford University. May 23—v. Hampshire. May 26—v. Middlesex. May 30—v. Surrey. June 2—v. Lancashire. June 6 and 7—Free. June B—First Test, at Nottingham. June 13 —v. Northampton. June 16—v. Gentlemen of England, at Lord’s. June 20 and 21, free. June 22—Second Test, at Lord's. June 27—v. Somerset. June 30—v. Surrey. . July 4 and s—Free. July 10—Third test at Manchester. July 11—v. Derby. July 14—v. Yorkshire. July 18 and 19, free. July 20—Fourth Test, at Leeds. July 25—v. Durham. July 27 —v. Scotland, at Edinburgh. July 31—Free. August I—v., Gloucester. August 4—v. Glamorgan. August B—v. Warwickshire. August 11—v, Nottingham. August 15—v. Army, at Aldershot. August 16 and 17—Free. August 18—Fifth Test, at Oval. August 25—v. Sussex. August 29—v. Kent. Sept I—v.1 —v. Eleven of England, at Folkestone. September s—v. Minor Counties, at Oval. September 7-—Free. September B—v.8 —v. Hon LevesonGower’s Eleven, at Scarborough. There is also a match at Forres (Scotland) on a date to be arranged. The board decided to support the inclusion of a special rule covering the qualification for Test matches providing for players of Indian nationality. It was announced that there was no further development of the body-line bowling dispute with Marylebone. M.C.C. TOUR OF INDIA. Answering Indian complaints about the lack of famous names in the M.C.C. team to tour India, the London Daily Herald describes Indian cricketers as the “babes” of international cricket, and says it believes that the English team will prove as hot as the Indians could wish. “Moreover,” the paper adds, “England must consider the Australians’ visit in 1934. It would be inconsiderate of the M.C.C. to expect Hammond, Sutcliffe, Ames, Wyatt, and Paynter, all of whom declined the Indian tour, to play year after year and remain fresh for the all-important Australian matches.”