Kippax And Oldfield Will Wait

Southland Times, Issue 24109, 24 April 1940, Page 11

Kippax And Oldfield Will Wait

H S _ In Australia they have not — I! long finished the Sheffield = El Shield tournament, and, to B everybody’s surprise, it was a g " grand season. The previous one = B was a flop. The attendances at _ Sydney, to take one place, ag- g S gregated 47,393. This time they s 0 were 144,808, and the takings E 3 p. £9115. It has been a season full g H of sparkle—hence the long faces El of Allan Kippax and Bert Old- H Pj field. It is a sad story. The fam- g S ous pair were due for a benefit = E 3 this season, but with those E ra earlier poor gates in mind, and g =s then the coming of war, they 13 said to the New South Wales pl g Cricket Association: “Thanks for g your kind offer, but do you = S 3 mind if we take our benefits El q some other time?” The associa- g tion’s consent has cost Kippax g E 3 and Oldfield a fat cheque apiece, “ and now they have not the faint- gj ??> est idea when they will get a g S benefit. § S 3 H El :.S a S EI S E 3 IS:ii'B3illffl.li!Sl"iS3l'l r ffii II