NEW ZEALAND CRICKET TOUR
TEAM’S PROSPECTS REVIEWED. ,
BOWLING UNKNOWN QUANTITY.
By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright. London, April 5.
Mr. H. D. Swan, on his arrival at Southampton from New Zealand by the Ruahine, said that he was glad the New Zealand cricket tour had not fallen through, otherwise Britain might have taken an exaggerated view of the earthquake havoc. The team was strong in batting and fielding, but the bowling was an unknown quantity as there was no fast bowler of outstanding merit. They must rely on the spin bowlers. The team was exceptionally young.
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Taranaki Daily News, 7 April 1931, Page 8
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