NEW ZEALAND CRICKETERS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10562, 8 January 1896, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND CRICKETERS.

Mr Waine, manager of the New South Wales team, was interviewed in Wellington by the New Zealand Times. The best men ip. New. Zealand, so far an ho had seen, were Pearce, Fisher, and De Mam. The latter is the bettor bat now, but Pearcs will beat him in tima. He does not seem to kaow what nerves are. He i 3 a Cos bowler, too, but he must losrn the fine points of the game. Fisher, ia the New Zealand match, played a magnificent inning*, although he gave two chances, defending his wickets while Pearce was in, and when tbs latter was out he recogniaed that the only thing to do waa to, play aggressively'aad he did it. air Waiae speaks very highly of Fisher as a bowler. "Iv OUgo he had a wicket to suit him, and some of the balls he sent down would have beiton the best of batsmen. Give him a wicket and he would do as I well as any bowler wa have got in I Australia." Downes is a more troublesoma j trundlerthan Fisher, aDd with knowledge and I trickiuess would bsabawler second to none in Australia. Callaway would say the same thing. " He must vary his pace a little more, and not tbe frightened when U9 i 3 hit about. He must bowl with a little more head." As to the other bowlers, Mr Waine 3<id the team do Hot appear to havia been impressed with Robertson. He would be a dangerous bowler on a wicket that suited him, but would always 'prove expensive. Niycn is the beat wicket-keeper Mr Waine has seen in the colony. Clarke, he thinks, has deteriorated since he left Sydney. Ashbolt ho ] considers the best slow bowler they have met, ! and Upham the best of tho fast bowlers. Iv fielding hs thinks tho local cricketers do not want much tuition, but he strongly recoinI mends procuring the services of a good j coach. Tbe opinion of Mr Waine is that there j is very little difference between the representaI tive teams of Canterbury, Otogo, and Wellington, but after a little consideration he comes to tho conclusion that Otjgo ia the beat of them.