CRICKET.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 22 June 1926, Page 7

CRICKET.

AUSTRALIA V. LANCASHIRE. By Cable —Press Association —Copyright Reuter’s Telegrams. (Received Juno 22, 1.30 a.m.) LONDON, June 2L Australia has lost 5 wickets for 150. (Macartney 72 not out), Richardson 20 not out. There was threatening weather after ail oppressive Sunday. The wicket was good. MacDonald and Parkin opened tho bowling. Macartney and Richardson went straight off the mark as though there had been no interruption. They settled down to an average of five runs an over.

IS YORKSHIRE GOING TO AUSTRALIA? 3y Cable —Press Association—Copyright. Australian aud N.Z. Cable Association LONDON, June 20. Mr Toone, the Yorkshire secretary, and various newspapers arc busy deny, ing that Yorkshire’cricketers arc going to Australia, but the “Daily Chronicle” made it Gicar that it was only a friendly, good humoured interchange between the members of the teams wliil o playing at Sheffield. . Naturally the question of - tours is in the hands of the Board of Control.

CASH AND CRICKET. NEWSPAPER’S LIVELY ATTACK. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cablo Association LONDON, June 20. Tlie '‘Observer,” recalling a para, graph \n Lillywhitc’s Annual of 1832, that unconsciously and perhaps without suspicion the Australians, had seriously and perceptibly aggravated the symptoms of the commercial spirit in cricket, declares that the suggestion still ■'olds. The visitors never attempted t'i disguise their paramount interest in gate returns. The increasing tendency of the last twenty years is to only regard tlie tours in two aspects —a crusade for the defeat of England and a- commercial proposition. They have never understood nor 'appreciated the importance England attaches to the county championships. If international cricket ceased we would be woefully poorer, but if county cricket lost its grip, cricket would quickly die. The lengthening of matches by a ■single day is one tiling; unlimited extension another. AVe suffered enough from the influence of the Australians’ unlimited cricket, upon our loading nlnyers. A time limit is indispensable. Tile true interests and deliul’.ts of cricket would ho mere and more obscured so long as Euc'nnd and Australia are more concerned in avoiding defeats than forcing wins. If the process advances far enough a day of reckoning will come when, the public awakens to the fact that the game is really dead, . ar.d will seek recreation elsewhere. The whole tendency of modern sport, has been to increase the pace. Js cricket alone to deliberately reverse tho process?

M.G.C. FOR AFRICA. TEAM GOING OUT IN AUTUMN. Bt Cable —Press Association—Copyright. Australian .and N.7i. Cable Association. LONDON, .Tune 20. The “AVcokly Despatch” understands that the Marvlebonc Chib is sending « team to South Africa in the autumn, with Gilligan ns captain. TaU; Ims accepted the invita' ion.