NEW CRICKET TOURISTS
SURPRISE SELECTIONS Leaving This Month The New Zealand cricket team to tour' England will sail from Wellington on March .27. The side, the members of which have now been announced, will play 37 matches, including some in Scotland and Wales. The names of those chosen are as follows: M. L. Page.—Canterbury, Captain of the side; good all-round player A. W. Roberts—Canterbury. Another fine all-round player; likely to prove the stock bowler of the team. W. A. Hadlee—Canterbury. One of the Dominion’s most brilliant and consistent young batsmen.
J. L. Kerr—Canterbury. Very sound batsman; former winner of Redpath Cup. H. G. Vivian —Auckland. Brilliant allrounder; recognised as one of New Zealand’s finest cricketers. W M. Wallace—Auckland. Most attractive batsman, with a good variety of scoring shots; one of the colts of the side; also a splendid field. W. A. Carson —Auckland. The Dominion’s leading batsman at the moment; a rapid-scoring lefthander with an average of 125 in Plunket Shield cricket; a good field and useful change bowler. G. L. Weir —Auckland. One of New Zealand’s best all-round players; a very solid bat; a change bowler liable to break any partnership, a very safe field. J. Cowie—Auckland. Fast bowler who heads the averages in P'.unket Shield matches this season E. W. Tindill—Wellington. Only wicket-keeper chosen, and a very good one; also a batsman of more than average ability. D. A. R. Moloney—Wellington Manawatu Hawke Cup representative, formerly of Otago; sound bat; also able to bowl a fairly good slow ball. B. Griffiths—Wellington. Slow righthand bowler; has poor performances in interprovincial cricket. M. P. Donnelly—Wellington. Colt from Taranaki, where he has a series of good batting performances; played in Plunket Shield match against Auckland at Eden Park recently; earned great praise for his fielding. J. A. Dunning—Otago. Former Auckland representative; good stock bowler who occasionally makes runs. Dunning's Inclusion The surprise selections are those of Dunning and Griffiths. The former represented Auckland several seasons ago, and, since his removal to Otago, he has not done anything out of the ordinary apart from being the southern province’s stock bowler It seems as though the selectors have been influenced by his latest performance against Canterbury. Griffiths has rarely looked a bowler
of interprovincial standard, let alone being fit to represent New Zealand. He lacks the first essential of a slow bowler —ability to maintain a length. His succession of full tosses, varied by Jong hops, in the recent At.ck-land-Wellington Plunket Shield match definitely put him out of the reckoning so far as many critics were concerned. It is to be hoped for the sake of the side that the experience he will gain in England will transform him into a bowler of much higher class. The Bowling Strength Roberts, Cowie and Dunning will be the stock bowlers of the side, and all three are much the same type, with the exception that Cowie possesses more pace than the southern pair. Vivian is a tricky, slow lefthander, with ability to dismiss the best of batsman by his clever variations of pace and flight. Whether Griffiths will fulfil the confidence reposed in him by the selectors is a matter for conjecture, but he will certainly need to show a vast improvement on his very poor displays in this season’s Plunxet Shield matches. Weir, Moloney, Page and Carson should all prove useful change bowlers. With the possible exception of Dunning, Hadlee and Cowie, the side is strong in fielding. Tindill is the only wicketkeeper, but with the manager of the side, Mr T. C. Lowry, available in case of emergency, a second wicketkeeper was evidently not considered necessary. Average of the Players The following are the averages of the selected players in this season s Plunket Shield matches:—
Batting Carson Ins. ... 4 N.O. H.S. 290 Runs 500 Av. 125 Roberts . .. 3 2 75 120 120 Wallace . .. 4 1 133 279 93 Moloney . .. 5 — 190 303 60.6 Hadlee .. ... 5 — 194 249 49.8 Page .. . .. 5 — 83 228 45.6 Weir .... .. .. 4 — 53 138 34.5 Donnelly . . .. 2 /— 38 60 30 Vivian .. ... 4 — 46 112 28 Dunning . .. 6 1 45 105 21 Kerr .. . .. 5 — 27 74 14.8 Griffiths . .. 4 1 18 33 11 Cowie .. ... 2 — 3 3 1.5 Bowling R. W. Av. Cowie .. . . 240 19 12.6 Roberts .. . 92 5 18.4 Dunning . .. .. . 329 13 25.3 Vivian .. .. . 314 11 28.5 Carson .. . 106 3 35.3 Griffiths .. .. .. . 303 7 43.2 Weir .. .. . 117 1 117 Hadlee .. . . 10 — — Page .. .. . 12 Moloney .. .. .. . 26 — —
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20669, 6 March 1937, Page 16 (Supplement)
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