ENGLISH TEAM FOR FIRST TEST

Northern Advocate, 21 June 1937, Page 6

ENGLISH TEAM FOR FIRST TEST

Representative Rather Than Experimental (Received 2 p.m.) LONDON, June 20. The English team to meet New Zealand, at Lords, in the .first cricket test, on June 26, 28 and 29, is:— C. J. Barnett (Gloucestershire). L. Hutton (Yorkshire). J. Hardstaff (Notts). W. R. Hammond (Gloucestershire). J. H. Parks (Sussex). E. Paynter (Lancashire). L. E. G. Ames (Kent). R. W. V. Robins (captain, Middlesex). W. Voce (Notts). H. Verity (Yorkshire). A. R. Goyer (Surrey). The players are arranged above in their batting order. K. Fames (Essex) was not available owing to scholastic duties. Unprecedented, But Welcome. Howard Marshall, commenting in the “Daily Telegraph” on the test team, points out that the announcement of the batting order is unprecedented, but welcome. The selectors are obviously anxious to be helpful.

They have not chosen a particularly exciting team, but have paid New Zealand a compliment by making the side representative, rather than experimental. Marshall welcomes the selection of Hutton, who is 21 on Wednesday. .He is a batsman of the Sutcliffe school with a temperament and technique essential for big occasions. Parks Will Make Runs. Parks has earned his place, but Stevenson might have been given an opportunity to show whether he is a test bowler. “The Times” expresses the opinion that Parks, whom Sutcliffe taught the virtue of restraint, will make many runs in the coming tests.