OVERSEAS TOUR

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23109, 8 February 1937, Page 6

OVERSEAS TOUR

NEW ZEALAND CRICKETERS ITINERARY ANNOUNCED THREE TEST MATCHES (Per United Press Association) CHRISTCHURCH, Feb. 6. Full details of the itinerary arranged for the New Zealand cricketers in England this year were announced to-day by the chairman of the New Zealand Cricket Council *Mr A. T. Donnelly). The team will leave for England on March 27, and the first match of the tour is to be against a Maori Cricket Club eleven at Worcester Park on May 5. There are 37 matches on the programme in all, including tests at Lord’s, at Manchester and on the Oval. The tour embraces Scotland and Wales, and the last match is set down for September 8, 9 and 10. The full programme is:— May 5.—v., Maori Cricket Club, at Worcester Park. May 8. 10, 11.—v. Surrey, at the Oval. May 12, 13, 14.—v, M.C.C., at Lord’s.

May 15. 17, 18.—v. Glamorgan, at Cardiff. TT . May 19, 20, 21.—v. Oxford University, at Oxford. May 24, 25.—v. Staffordshire, at Stafford.

May 26, 27, 28.—v, Cambridge. May 29, 31, June I.—v. Lancashire, at Manchester. June 2,3, 4.—v. Northamptonshire, at Northampton. June 5,7, B.—v, Derbyshire, at Derby. June 9, 10, 11—v. Worcestershire, at Worcester. June 12, 14, 15.—v. Middlesex, at Lord’s. June 16, 17, 18. —v. Lancashire, at Liverpool. June 19, 21, 22.—v, Nottinghamshire, at Nottingham. June 23, 24. —v. Norfolk, at Norwich, . June 26, 28, 29.—v. England, at Lord’s. June 30, July 1, 2.—v. Somerset, at Taunton. July 3,5, 6. —v. Gloucestershire, at Bristol.

July 7,8, 9.—v. Leicestershire, at Leicester.

July 10, 12, 13. —v, Yorkshire, at Leeds.

July 14, 15.—v. Durham, at Sunderland.

July 17, 19, 20.—v. Scotland, at Glasgow. July 21, 22.—v, Scotland (twoday match), at Dunfermline. July 24, 26, 27.—v. England, at Manchester.

July 23, 29, 30.—v. Surrey, at the Oval.

July 31, August 2, 3.—v. Glamorgan, at Swansea. August 4,5, 6.—v. Warwickshire, at Birmingham. August 7,9, 10,—v. Essex, at Chelmsford.

August 11, 12.—v. Sir Julian Cahn’s Eleven, at Nottingham.

August 14, 16, 17.—v. England, at the Oval.

August 18, 19, 20.—v. Combined Services, at Portsmouth. August 21, 23, 24.—y. Hampshire, at Bournemouth.

August 25, 26, 27.—nV. :-Kent, at Canterbury. August 28, 30, 31.—v. Sussex, at Brighter!. September 1,2, 3.—v, an England Eleven, at Folkestone. September 4,6, 7.—v. Minor Counties, at Gainsborough. September 8,9, 10.—v. an England Eleven, at Scarborough.