CRICKETER FOR ENGLAND
ENGAGEMENT OF CROIVIB The New Zealand and Canterbury eric-keter, I 1?. Cromb, will leave for England to take up bis engagement iri Lancashire, at the beginning of April, 1933, i.nd will lie accompanied bv Merritt, who is expected to return for the New Zealand reason about October 15. Cromb lias no intention of qualifying for county cricket, f.rnl, like Merritt, intends to play in New Zealand during the English winter. Ho .intends to plav in England for only one or two years. Arrangements have been ir.ide for the carrying on of Cromb and Merritt's sports business during their abfcence. Members of the New Zeak.ul team who toured England in 1931. were required to feign an agreement not to accept engagements in England for two years. Cromb states that this period will have expired by tho time he leaves New Zealand next April. He has, however, placed his position before the New Zealand Cricket Council, which-body disqualified W. E. Merritt from participation in international rricket in New Zealand for a breach of this agreement. Officials of the New Zealand Cricket Council have made no statement regarding Crumb's action, although it. was stated that the matter would probably come before the counciL -
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21251, 3 August 1932, Page 16
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203CRICKETER FOR ENGLAND New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21251, 3 August 1932, Page 16
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