CRICKET.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18210, 2 October 1922, Page 5

CRICKET.

ENGLISH TEAM'S VISIT. SOME PERSONAL DETAILS. , [iFBOU OXiTL OWH COEB.EBPOND*Hr.j LONDON. Awe. 36T>eta,ila in connection witfl the two oobucrickdt tours—one to New Zealand, «td the otner to South Africa—are nor? pr»cttc« "ally eettled, though there are etiit ~ one '.or two gaps ia tho i&ide selected for New Zealand, b&cause iff is rob definitely known yet whether some of those invited will be able to obtain the necessary leave. Those who have accepted the invitation for the N-vw Zealand tout are:—A. C. MacLaren (Lt*aWißhire) captain, LieutenftntColonel J. C. Hartley (the Army and. « Su«c«x), the Hon- F. S- G. Caltborpe (Warwickshire). G. Wilson (Yorkshire), £■ CWilkinson (tt« Army, late Oxford sity), A. P. F. Chapman (Carnbridge'UiHvernity), T. C,' XioWftr (Sonieiaet), _C, J5. TitchmaraK (Herts), J. P. Macle*a; (Wowsestershiro), W. W. Hill-Wood (Cambridge' University and Derbyshire), and A. F. Freeman (Kent). Definite information concerning Mr. R. St.. L. Fowler (the Army). and, Mi. C. H. Gilwon (Cambridge Univlreity) i« awaited. Failing Mr. Gibaon, the Hon. I>. F. Brand (lato Eton) will be _ . spiffed. A second proiesaional; pirobably H- Tildesfilfty» of the ground staff at Old Txafl.'ota, 'Manchester '.1: will be xacluded. ' ' • Mr. H. !>. Swan, who.took s., cricket team for a, tour in Portugal in 1910, ard . wtc> ha# only recently returned from a visit to S»«w Zealand, will accompany the party as manager, and, "if Twoossary, can, play as reserve man. as no in "a- bat, change-slow Bowler, and- he' Seliie n«sar the The 'M.C.C.. tide-' 'Z««!aind.--tod'-v. • Australia is not intended to be_ representative of England foj;Bf terf match. Itw an attractive team, mainly composed 1 of S'onng amateurs, who will give the States in Australia and the elevens in New Zeal aid. aa it is hoiked. & capital fight, And wlay the K*me both on and off thu field!. Composed, as it is, oif well-known tiricketer* who nave done well' in- excellent coUfjHray. although lacking a fast bowler, this •• side may otherwise be regarded as lijselv -in ♦very raspecv to do ered !t to the Mother Country and to the premier club Mending them acr;;3» the neas. The Personnel. Mtv MstoLaren, i«up stranjf«r to overseas ■ spectafiorr.. He is one of the most famous and brilliant batspien that ever lived. He was in his school (Harrow/ eleven at 14, and lati#r r-ould coma into - test . rSatchea successfully with no preliminary practice. His auporb battinjf, especially at Sydney, is menjprabie. Originally a msieniffcent . antfield, he became a clever short-slip. He selecftSd and captained "tho amateur side that bftat the Australians so wonderfully . last summer,. As a leader he has vast• «wperience, and always knows his oiva taind.. . The name of Lieutenant-Colonai ./,• ,C. Hartley, D.5.0., will be well -known, in, Jfovr Zealand, for it was he who organised thti good all-round* team that was to have gpno out a year ago. He has ployed for Ton> bridge, Oxford, and Sussex, and. he was a member of Warrior's M.C.C. side wElch , went out to South Africa in 1906, where hp p'iayed ~in tuma of the i teiif' .matches. Although in his (18th year, he is a steads' bat. (pood slow bowler, and safe , field. In / a long cricket career he has always oGji® . credit to every side»for which he has played. He will-act as vice-captain of <'.bo team. The Hon. P. S. Gough Calthoi M. who has played for Rap ton. Cambridge, Sussex; and Warwickshire, is s.n attractive bat, corabiE* ing great punishing powers with po'iref of restraint. He is a mwlinra-paoe bcwlor who keeps an excellent lehg';h t and a very good field. Ho captains' Warwickshire ~#nd , ha» played lor the Gcratlemer*. Mr. G-eoffrey Wilson, educated at Harrow, * whep he played for hia school, and /aj C*m--:': on..*©, wh*re he ' alsci w<w ■ prominent cricktte r, now plays for YorksMsti^,: He is a eounci bat, with fine defence. Hi holds the; piroud recotd of haying mad* - tb» - highest, score, a 7&, ever ' 'credited . to « Harrovian in it* contest sigaintit Eton. Ha is captaiu of the. Yorkshire side, and is an exoeU(>nt field, especially at double-point. Deapito an injury,^to bis \m&. ,in the r *«. A C. Wflkiiscia nSltott, Oxfcrd. ! and the Grenadier GjiardsJ is tegarded a« bejng- thd fittest b&l in-the Atqd3, poi^aesiaijifir manjr itrokea miuie m ftoiahM style. '' <M*. "A* P F. Chapman, wh<V is 22 y«*rs v Of age, started. on : hi» criclcet tarMir. Uppmrham. and' ha has fellowisd itup at pMtoJdge'.aijd in.vßjtkaWte..-. '?he fltest' ; loft-handed hitter" in Jsmgland, he possesses a variety of punishing ~«fctol»M. He is » superb field, and car bowl *s a, change. He has played libr the Gentlecwn for the "k«t three years. Beasoti. fifl . scored centuries alike; In the Umv«mtr and Gentlemen v. Players—a feat unparalleled. . Mr, T. C: I«wry, i». of cOttrii. »■ New So»Jw.der, who wae prominent as a cricketer at Cwnbridgei and has for'.the. past" two M asons been much fore for Somert>wi. He is a lively, farcing bat. a good otrtfield, arid on excellent wic-ketkseper. He waa in America tn 19U0 with th<t Incognito carufat team. Worcestershire's reprtsaumtailwv Mrv J,. F. McLean (educate<l at Eton)-, is a first-rata wicketkeoper. as well as losing a stylish bs.larcan. He L<« one •of the sosson's " discoveries." • A: Hwi-Qetttog :Saoord v . Mr. C. H. Titchmarsh ha* made more runs in minor county matches' and duo encket than any Other ElnKlishman. His.fine innings for the G-entlemen a-t the OvaJ last year created a great impression... He • irtl! j probably . jprov#; the batticg mainstay of t the side, in addition to which be can ke<jp wicket. He plays (or Hertfordshire. . Mr. W. W. Hill-Wood (flton, Camfcndije. and Derbyshire) is a mofit pfttaent bat. with original style, and .is diEficuli- to disnji.-s, though withuoat puniabjns: poweTi xie ; is m cJiatyje slow bowler. . , " Mr. H. D. Swan (Uppingham and Oxford,). chairman of the Committee of wJU the first member of th» eomm. the M.C.C. ever to have, managerial capacity, ,and the fiicst siate - F. Warner Jo tour with n side- _i .. Gib«on -(Caabridg* • • JZL*n a visit t<J South Ji they be ftble to takti .BKtii c «oi£e 1 1 nfifsouiJ information couccttuw tb»?r mcJoiV ... ,<► Will be wriforte in iftwMr Fowler it thfi hero of the form#nee in the Ijng um* : M. iSJT Harrow. He. has «&«>'• sbofiw ly-mseff <11 at every opportunity .the Amy. a?«o » lmfc Should . the Hon. A ® in>te»cl of Mr. C, .Hv^tbipniuS^zwißpSlSl^^S s useful rewrvfc man aW»: S«. ; wis -f4w«*pcl -'fti.; school *lrr«a Mi. Braad; it »ww