THE BIG CRICKET TOUR

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 66, 19 March 1938, Page 4

THE BIG CRICKET TOUR

AUSTRALIANS’ ITINERARY TOTAL OF 34 OR 35 MATCHES ! FIVE TESTS TO BE PLAYED The itinerary arranged for the 1938 Australian cricket tour of Britain |is:— April-May. April 30, May 2, 3—v. Worcester, at Worcester. 4,5, 6—v. Oxford University, at Oxford. 7,9, 10—v. Leicestershire, at Leicester. 11, 12, 13—v. Cambridge University, at Cambridge. 14, 16, 17—V. M.C.C., at Lord’s. 18, 19, 20—v. Northamptonshire, at Northampton. 21, 23, 24—v. Surrey at the Oval. 25, 26, 27—V. Hants, at Southampton. 28, 30, 31—v. Middlesex, at Lord’s. June. ’ 1,2, 3 —v. Gloucestershire, at Bristol. ’ 4,6, 7—v. Essex, at Southend. ’ 10-14—FIRST TEST, at Trent Bridge, Nottingham. 1 16, 16, 17—v. Gentlemen of England, at Lord's. . 18, 20, 21—v. Lancashire, at Old Trafford. 24-28—SECOND TEST, at Lord’s. 29, 30, July I—v. Derbyshire, at Derby. July. 2,4, s—v. Yorkshire, at Sheffield. 8-12—THIRD TEST, at Old Trafford. 13, 14, 15—v. Warwickshire, at Birmingham. 16, 18, 19—v. Nottingham, at Trent Bridge, Nottingham. 22-26—FOURTH TEST, at Leeds. 27, 28, 29—v. Somerset, at Taunton 30, August 1, 2—v. Glamorgan, at Swansea. August. 4,5, 6—Match or matches to r.<? arranged by Scottish Union, at Glasgow or, Edinburgh. 8, 9—v. Durham, at Sunderland. 10, 11, 12—v. Surrey, at The Oval. 13, 15, 16—v. Kent, at Canterbury. 17, 18—v. The Army, at Aidershot. 20-26—FIFTH TEST, at The Oval. 27, 29, 30—v. Sussex, at Brighton. September. August 31, September 1, 2—v. an Eng- : . land XI, at Blackpool. 3,5, 6—V. An England XI, at Folke- 1 stone. I 10, 12, 13—v. H. D. G. LevesonGower’s XI, at Scarborough. 1 15, 16, 17—v. Gentlemen of Ireland, at 1 Dublin. 1 The itinerary comprises 34 or 35 1 matches. I That will depend upon whether the > three days allotted Scotland are taken > up with a three-day match, or with a 1 one-day match and a two-day match. The 1934 Australian team played a ' three-day match against Scotland, at 1 Edinburgh. r The match against the Minor Coun- s ties has been eliminated, and a match * against H. D. G. Leveson-Gower’s XI, s at Scarborough, substituted. The match against the Gentlemen 1 of Ireland, at Dublin, is in lieu of the r match against the North of Scotland, t at Forres. - I The team will leave Fremantle on 1 March 21, and reach England on April £ 21, nine days before the first match. i The 1934 team had only 41 days be- s fore its first match, and complained that most of that time was taken up a with social functions, preventing them s from practising. C The team will play matches at a Launceston, Hobart, Perth and ' Colombo on the way to England. A request from the Cricket Club of 1 India for matches in India was de- a dined, as was also another from the 11 New Zealand Council that the team r matches in the Dominion. P