CRICKET AT HOME

Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 304, 21 November 1935, Page 9

CRICKET AT HOME

NEW LEG-BEFORE RULE. LONDON, Nov. 19. Declaring that the new leg-before rule experiment has been a great success in county cricket, the advisory committee has agreed to its continuance for another season. NEW ZEALAND TOUR. TESTS AT HOME. Received November 21, 10.25 a.m. LONDON, Nov. 20. The Indian cricketers touring England in 1936 will be asked to agree to the new leg-before rule. The Board of Control has allotted three three-day Tests to New Zealand in 1937 at Lord’s, Manchester, and the Oval. They and the Indians have been allotted four days for the final Test if the rubber depends on it. The profits of the South African Tests were £16,088 as compared with £7546 in the 1929 tour. PROFIT FOR DOMINION. M.C.C. MATCH AT MELBOURNE. MELBOURNE, Nov. 20. Receipts from the M.C.C. v. Victoria match totalled £607. Because bad weather effected the gate, the Victorian Cricket Association and the Melbourne Cricket Club will forego tlieir percentage of the charge and hand practically the whole profits to the New Zealand Cricket Council, which is managing the tour. It is estimated that New Zealand will receive about £350. HOLMES’S INTENTIONS. MELBOURNE, Nov. 20. The M.C.C. team’s captain, E. R. T. Holmes, in an interview, said he expected to retire from the captaincy of Surrey after the next English season, adding: “Amateur cricket is an expensive pastime.”