DOMINION VISIT

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23150, 23 September 1938, Page 12

DOMINION VISIT

'AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS, JOUR ARRANGED FOR 1940 r>J BOARD OF CONTROL DECISION (Received September 22, 10.20 p.m.) SYDNEY, Sept. 21 - The Board of Control has decided that an Australian cricket team will ' -"Visit New Zealand in 1940. The conditions attaching to the visit are to be - ■-submitted to the New Zealand Cricket xAssociation before being disclosed here. Dr. R. Robertson was re-elected chairman of the board. Cricket authorities in New Zealand ; who have been agitating for some time - • for a tour by an Australian side will welcome the news that a team is to visit the Dominion in. 1940. Although -• ft 'the cablegram does _ not suggest that ct'" ißradman will captain the side, it is almost certain that he will make the ."'■i~tour. - The New Zealand team which toured • ' England last season, and played some , ■ matches in Australia on its return, could not speak too highly of the inter,..est taken in the players by the present captain. New Zealand has had several Aus- " tralian coaches who have produced many leading cricketers. Although it is ton - "years since an Australian team toured --■ New Zealand, champions of past days -'hare visited the Dominion, and their proved very beneficial to the younger generation of cricketers. i