NEW ZEALAND CRICKET TOUR

Taranaki Daily News, 17 March 1931, Page 9

NEW ZEALAND CRICKET TOUR

REVISED LIST OF FIXTURES.

TEST MATCH BEGINS JUNE 27.

A copy of the revised list of cricket fixtures for the New Zealand cricket team on its forthcoming tour of England has been received from the New Zealand Cricket Council by the secretary of the Taranaki Cricket Association (Mr. J. Brodie).

The tour opens on May 4 with a oneday match against the • Maori Cricket Club at Worcester Park, and closes with a match agains-t Sir Julien Cahn’s team at Nottingham on September 14 and 15. The only Test match will be played at Lords on June 27, 29 and 30. One match will be played against Scotland at Glasgow. The team will be given very little respite, for it will be kept playing continuously for four and a half months without a break except Sundays and a few brief spells—one of a day after the opening match, one of three days immediately before the Test match against England, one of a day after the Test match, one of a day after the Durham match, one of three days after the Gloucestershire match, one of- a day after the Lancashire match and one of a. day after the game against LevesonGower’s eleven. The detailed itinerary is as follows:—< . .

May 4. —v. Maori Cricket Club, at Wor-

cester Park. *May 6, 7 and 8. —v. Essex, at Leyton. ’May 9, 11 and 12.—v. Leicestershire,

at Leicester. *May 13, 14 and 15.—v. Hampshire, at

Southampton. •May 16, 18 and 19— v. M.C.C., at Lords. •May 20, 21 and 22.—v. Worcestershire,

at Worcester. •May 23, 25 and 26. —v. Glamorgan, at

Cardiff. •May 27, 28 and 29.—v. Oxford University, at Oxford. •May 30, June 1 and 2. —y. Middlesex,

at Lord’s. ' ’June 3, 4 and s.—v. Cambridge University, at Cambridge. *June 6, 8 and 9. —v.. Somerset, at Bath. ’June 10, 11 and 12.—v. Gloucestershire,

at Gloucester. ’June 13, 15 and 16.—v. Derbyshire, at Derby., ’June 17, 18 and 19.—v. Minor Countieis, at Gainsborough. . . ’June 20, 22 and’ 23.—v. 'Northamptonshire, at Peterborough. ’June 27, 29 and 30.—v. ENGLAND, at

Lord’s. July 2 and 3.—v. / Staffordshire,- at - Stoke-on-Trent. ' !

’July 4, 6 and 7.—v. Notts, at Notting-

ham. ’July 8, 9 and 10.—v. Yorkshire, at Har-

rogate. ’July 11, 13 and 14. —v. Lancashire, at Liverpool. ’July 15, 16 and 17.—v. Scotland, at

Glasgow. ( July 18 and 20. -v. Durham, at Sun-

derland. ’July 22,. 23 and 24. —v. Combined Ser- «. vices, at ‘Portsmouth.’July 25, 27 and 28.—v. Hampshire, at

Bournemouth. ’July 29, 30 and 31.—v. Surrey, at Oval. ’August 1, 3 and 4.—v. Glamorgan, at

Swansea. ’August 5, 6 and 7.—v. Warwickshire,

at Birmingham. ’August 8, 10 and 11. —v. Gloucestershire, at Bristol (Clifton College

Ground). * August 15, 17 and IS. —v. Lancashire,

at Manchester. August 20 and 21.—v. Norfolk, at Norwich. * August 22, 24 and 25.—v. Essex, at ;

Southend-on-Sea. • . ♦August 20, 27 and 28.—v. Kent, at Canterbury. . • ' ♦August 29, 31 and Septepifaer I.—v. . Sussex, at Brighton. ♦September 2, 3 and 4—v. Gentlemen of England, at Eastbourne. ♦September 5,'7 and B.—v. An England XI., at Folkestone. “September 9, 10 and 11—v. Mr. H. D. G. Leveson-Gower’s XL, at Scarborough., September 14 and 15. —v. Sir Julien Cahn’s XI., at Nottingham. “These matches are reckoned as “firstclass” for the purposes of averages and statistics. MEMBERS OF THE TEAM. The personnel of the team is LOWRY, T. C. (Hawke’s Bay), Captain. PAGE, M. L. (Canterbury), VieeCaptain. ALLCOTT, C. F. W. (Auckland). BLUNT, R. C. (Otago). CROMB, I. B. (Canterbury). DEMPSTER, C. S. (Wellington). JAMES, K. C. (Wellington). . KERR, J. L. (Canterbury). MATHESON, A. M. (Auckland). MERRITT, W. E. (Canterbury). MILLS, J. E. (Auckland). TALBOT, R. 0. (Canterbury). VIVIAN, H. G. (Auckland). WEIR, G. L. (Auckland). PROVINCIAL CRICKET TITLE. ? STRATFORD SIDE SELECTED. . * The following will be the ‘ Stratford senior cricket team to play Tarurutapgi for the provincial championship at Victoria Park, Stratford, on Saturday, at 10.30 a.m.— : J. Hamilton, C. Gattoa. ? W. Dormer. < A. Collins. A. Wilson. ■ M. Boere. W. Hall. C. Mel. Young. . IL Donnelly. ' Gi Irving., , L. Sandford. i J. Henderson (twelfth man). - .