New Zealand Cricket Team’s Tour

Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 65, 18 March 1937, Page 7

New Zealand Cricket Team’s Tour

ARRANGEMENTS FOR TESTS Received Wednesday, 8 p.m. LONDON, March 16. j The Board of Cricket Control an j nounced that New Zealand had agreed to an admission of two shillings for the j Tests in 1937; also to their being played :on conditions the same as those that ! prevailed during the recent Tests in Australia. The Advisory County Committee agreed: “The batsmen at the wicket* and the captain of the fielding side shall consult as to the fitness of the light, and if they are unable to agree, j the question shall be determined by the | umpires, in accordance with law 43. i Should play be suspended and condi- | tions later improve, the umpires, without waiting instructions, shall call upon play to resume." It was further agreed that all county executives, at the commencement of the season, should instruct the captains to. discourage unnecessary or doubtful appeals against the light. M.O.C. CRICKETERS AT WELLINGTON FIRST MATCH ON FRIDAY WELLINGTON, March 17. G. O. B. Allen, captpin of the M.C.C. team which arrived from Australia today by the Wanganella to play a series of matches in the Dominion, is convinced that he will never again visit Australia as a member of an English team in search of the Ashes. Asked what was the significance of the remark he was reported to have made that the final Test would be his last on the Melbourne Cricket Ground, he replied that it was quite obvious that he would never come to Australia again. “It is quite apparent that I could not stand another tour and probably I’m not good enough,” he said. Both Allen and the manager, Captain Howard, were very reticent about the Test matches and cricket generally as oetween Australia and Englanc, the former remarking that the team was looking forward to some “nice pleasant cricket free from anxiety”. Neither would express an opinion regarding playing Tests to a finish. Captain Howard said that the Australian tour had been very enjoyable and splendid hospitality was extended to the team. The team leaves to-night for Christchurch for the first match of the New Zealand tour, against a combined Utago-Canterbury team, commencing on Friday. A Government reception was tendered the team at Parliament House today. Tho Hon. P. Fraser, Minister of Education, welcomed tho visitors on behalf of the Prime Minister, who was unable to be present. He paid tribute to their sportsmanship in defeat in Australia. The New Zealand Cricket Council’s welcome was extended by the president. Allen, replying, said that the Australian tour had been a pleasant one but tho team was disappointed about tho Tests. After the third Test nothing seemed to go right for them. He wished the New Zealand team success during the English tour, expressing the opinion that they would do well. ENGLISH TEST SELECTORS ALL RE-ELECTED LONDON, March 16. The English Test cricket selectors have been re-elected. Messrs P. F. Warner (chairman), P. A. Perrin am.' T. A. Higson will all act for one year. A cable received on February 28 stated that the nomination of E. R. T Holmes and A. W. Richardson for the Test cricket selection committee foreshadowed radical changes in the personnel of the committee, as there was a feeling that the present committee was out of touch with modern cricket.