N.Z. CRICKETERS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16475, 20 October 1927, Page 8

N.Z. CRICKETERS

BETTER BOWLING SIDE THAN AUSTRALIANS (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received Oct. 20. 1 p.m.) 1 LONDON, Get. 19. Mr. Douglas Hay, the manager of the New Zealand cricket team, who has been obtaining the independent judgment of well-known umpires, stales that Mr. Lc.n Brumal, who was seven times umpire in New Zealand matches, considered the New Zealanders a better bowling side than the Australians. Merritt was already superior to Arthur Mailey. The i'acnous ex-wicketkeeper, Harry Butt, considered that James had no superior behind ilie wiekc-ts, not even- in Oldfield. Mr. Hay points oift that no- county side had more than four batsmen to gain over 1000 runs in the season, while the New Zealanders had six. He considered the defeats were entirely due to tlie weak fielding, which was surprising in a young side.

THE N.S.W. MATCH

A TREMENDOUS HURDLE (Received October 20, 2 p.m.) SYDNEY, October 20. Unties., couimentrng on The (forthcoming New Zealand cricket match against New South Wales, point out that the New Zealand team will lie lacing a tremendous hurdle, as it has just completed live weeks’ travel, will hardly have last its sea legs, will he out of practice, and van hardly be expected to make a. great showing against the powerful team selected.