CRICKET.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 288, 2 November 1934, Page 11

CRICKET.

UMPIRES FOR TO-MORROW,

The following are the umpires for cricket matches to-morrow :

. Senior.—High School v. Y.M.C.A., High School ground, Messrs W. P. Anderson and R. D. Spraggon ; Palmerston v. City Council, Sportsground, Oval, Messrs E. J. Worry and E. Tottman; Old Boys v. United, Sportsground Oval, Messrs It. S. Watson and E. Treweek. Junior A.—Jvia Toa v. Massey College, Terrace End, Messrs E. Greer and R. Matson ; Old Boys v. Palmerston. Terrace End, Messrs F. Hubbard and F. Bowles; Combined Services v. Y.M.C.A., Sportsground No. 6, Messrs D. Jones and J. C. Lewis.

Junior B.—High School v. United, Sportsground outer area, Messrs P. T. Robinson and W. J. Watson; CityCouncil v. Combined Services, Sportsground Oval, Messrs H. K. Bennett and A. C. Dryden; Y.M.C.A. v. Kiwi A, Sportsground outer area, Messrs J. Nieholls and R. S. Warwick ; Old Boys v. Kiwi B, Sportsground outer area, Messrs J. R. Hardie and W. Kelly. Teams are as follow:

United.—Seniors: Cutler (2), Montieth, Penman, Palmer, Stephenson, Nash, Jewett, Cockery, Davis, McLaren, Baigent. Juniors: Robb. Edmunds, Wilde, Cushing. Houston, Fitzsimmons, Ormond, Pegler (2), Richardson, Barker, Hart.

City Council.—Seniors : Olliver, McVica.r, Hart, Eyre, Harding. Waugh, Morgan. Evans, Lane, Davidson, Gavey. Junior B: Burgess, Withers, Hodren, Goldfinch, Rice, Baigent,

Lang, Thompson, Hands, Lovejoy, Wiggins. Combined Services. —Junior A: W. Winks, L. Winks, R. Ridley, R. Cottier, G. Oman, R. Pledger, G. Grey, R. Greer, 1. Wilson, L. Ryan and J. A. McGavin. Junior B: Roberts, Dawe, Tester, Page, Ernstrom, Mitchell, Clausen, Hart, Gardner, Hore, Bridon Jones.

PROFESSIONALS ARRIVE. L. E. TOWNSEND’S RECORD. Following in the footsteps of wellknown Sussex professionals, A. E. Relf in pre-war days and more recently, E. H. Bowley, J. Langridge, and A. F. Wensley, the Derbyshire professional L. F. Townsend arrived from England by the Rangitiki last week to fulfil his engagement as player-coach to the Auckland Cricket Association. Although Townsend has been on several cricket tours overseas, this is his first visit to the Dominion and he is looking forward to a good season’s cricket. Another well-known cricketer, F. T. Badcock. coach to the Otago Association, was also a passenger on the Rangitiki, returning to New Zealand after a season in England as professional to the Werneth Club in the Central Lancashire League. OFF SPIN BOWLING. Townsend, who Has a very quiet manner, said he had not been quite as successful last season in England as he had been in the 1933 summer. In spite of this lie scored 1200 runs and took SO wickets, assisting his team to gain third place in the county championship. During the 1933 season, Townsend, in all first-class matches scored 2224 runs and took exactly 100 wickets. He gained the distinction of having his portrait published in Wisden’s Almanack as one of the five cricketers of the year, tribute being paid to him as a “firstrate batsman, thoroughly well equipped, a very good medium-paced right-hand bowler and a sure field.” He has toured the West Indies and India with M.C.G. teams. He has made 12.000 runs and taken 900 wickets in first-c'ass cricket. Those who have seen Townsend in action hold that his off spin bowling should prove a valuable object lesson to young Auckland cricketers, particularly as there is a shortage of good spin bowlers in club cricket at present.