PROSPECTIVE VISIT

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 166, 17 July 1939, Page 2

PROSPECTIVE VISIT

ENGLISH < RO<‘( ET TEAM. LONDON, .lune 26. An English croquet team is bringing the Macßobertson Shield to New Zealand at the end of the year to defend it against New Zealanders and Australians. Il '..i1l comprise six players fully representative of the best English croquet, two of men women. ‘The team is to leave England on November 9 by the Rangitanc, and is

I due at Auckland on December 13, I states a correspondent, I The captain will be LieutenantColonel W. B. Du Pre, who has visited the Dominion twice before. The other members are Miss D. D. Steel, Mrs. Neville Oddie, Dr. C. E. Pepper, lhe Rev. H. W. B. Denison, and Mr. R. Tinge.v. The manager will be Mr. H. ,d C - Dave >- r _ The .shield \va.s won by England ie when the Australian side paid a visit v/ in 1937. Colonel Du Pre is confident IC I that hi.s team can retain it. “Not only r _ are we taking thp shield lo New Zealand. but we are going lo bring it back." hc declared with a .smile. *. G Matches are lo be flayed at Auck- ? land, Wellington and Christchurch. . In view of the absence of D. V. V. 1 Hamilton Miller, the present. English I champion, and Charles Colman, open champion in .1937, and regarded as ’’ lone of lhe best croquet players in lhe II I world, lhe side is not as strong as it 11 I might, be. Nevertheless, it will play j croquet of a high standard. a i New Zealanders will bo interested jto watch Miss Steel play. She won j lhe open championship in 1925, 1933, 1 1935, and 1935 from the men. and is ' the only woman to have done so. i An indication of lhe loam’s form ! will he available next month, for they I will hr compeling in the croquet I championships al Roehamoton. j All are paying I heir own expenses •t.' for the New Zealand tour.