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Southland Times, Issue 23308, 18 September 1937, Page 20

Essex cricket enthusiasts will be interested to .hear that Roy Sheffield, globe-trotter and former county wicket-keeper, is returning to this country next year, says an English writer. I understand, however, that he is not likely to return to Essex and county cricket. Sheffield was in Australia during the last M.C.C. tour, and is now in New Zealand. Although he is only 30, Sheffield would, it is said, like to become a first-class umpire. The president of the English Lawn Tennis Association, Sir Samuel Hoare, announced recently that the association intended consulting active players to find the best means of recapturing the Davis Cup and the Wightman Cup from America. He said he felt sure that if the association kept in close contact with the players they would regain the trophies. The association had done everything it could to keep Perry amateur, and the rumour of a disagreement with the former world champion was without foundation.