THE VISITORS' IMPRESSIONS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9642, 17 January 1903, Page 4

THE VISITORS' IMPRESSIONS.

Interviewed by the representative of the Dunedin Star, who is touring the North Island with the English cricketers, Mr Warner said the besfc ground they had yet played on was the Auckland Domain and the best wicket that at Napier, but the Napier ground was ridiclously small J especially for straight drives. It was hardly fair to judge a cricketer by a single match, but Hay, of Auckland, struck the team as the best batsman, and McCarthy, of Hawera, as the best bowler. The latter seemed to have more possibilities than anyone else. Lusk was « fair bowler who curled m the air, and got three men out off ten overs, which was a good performance. Marshall, of Wanganui, seemed to be a likely man for the New Zealand representative team. If Trott could get leave from the Hawke's Bay Association he would accompany the Englishmen to Australia, and play at ; Sydney and Melbourne, m which case Whatman would remain m this colony and join Leatham m a deerstalking expedition. The main fault with the cricket so far seen m the colony was the failure of the captains to improve the disposition of the field to meet batsmen's strokes. Cricket, too, would be greatly improved by tnte engagement m the off season at Home of two or three professional bowlers. Tliree of the members of the team are acting as Press correspondents, viz., Johnson, for the Sporting Life, r Hargreave for the Athletic News (Manchester), and Warner also compiling an illustrated book on "Cricket m Maoriland," which will be published by Longman's. v

While realising that only the weak- n ost teams have been so far met, the si Englishmen are disappointed at the eric- / kot they have scon, particularly that at ii Auckland. It has been decided that the visitors ii shall travel overland from Nelson to (irevmouth. v „. S n