TEST WICKET.
"NURSED LIKE BABY."
LORDS' NEW STAND,
LONDON, April (i,
The Tren; Bridge (Notts) groundsman. Wait, r Marshall, is nursing the pilch exemsiveiy reserved for the first Test march between 1 England and Australia on June 12, as assiduously as would be a new-born baby.
It is on precisely the same site as for the -last Test played there, and Marshall says it is equal to the best in Nottingham traditions, Then! is an Empire-wide application for seats.
Night and day gangs are completing •ho new iif)l),0()0 cantilever stand at Lords, which will accommodate an additional oflOO people.. "The Australians are a very hot team, but I have no fears about the Tests. England should win," declared Lionel'Tennyson,' who has arrived in London from, the West Indies tour, which lie declared must bring several men prominently before the selectors, notably Holmes! Smith, Parker, Ealner and Hammond. He thinks the- West Indies stand a good chance of beating South Africa, and would make a strong tight against England and Australia.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 1701, 17 April 1926, Page 5
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