ENGLISH TEST TEAM

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 22 June 1937, Page 5

ENGLISH TEST TEAM

A COMPLIMENT TO THE NEW ZEALANDERS [United Press Association —By Electrio '1 elegraph—Copyright) LONDON, 20th June. Mr Howard Marshall, commenting on the first test team in the “Daily Telegraph,” 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 the compliment of making the side representative rather than experimental. He welcomes the selection of Hutton, who will be 21 years of age on 23rd June, and is a batsman of the Sutcliffe school with the temperament and technique esssntial for big occasions. Parks earned his place. Stephenson might be given an opportunity to show whether he is a test bowler. “The Time’s” cricketing writer expresses the opinion that Parks, whom Sutcliffe taught the virtue of restraint, will make many runs in the coming tests. The “Daily Mail,” while admitting that the team is a powerful striking force, contends th.it it is a compromise between the conflicting claims of youth and the desire to field the strongest combination possible. Doubtless the selectors feel that the experiment of the encouragement of youth must be suspended until the first test has been won, after which the problem of building up to meet Australia may govern their policy.