CRICKET.

Waikato Times, Volume 106, Issue 17885, 4 December 1929, Page 13

CRICKET.

THE ENGLISH TEAM. BOWLEY* FOR ROTORUA. TEAM’S BAD LUCK IN AUSTRALIA. WELLINGTON, Wednesday. Bowley, who is suffering from neuritis, .was advised to go to Rotorua for three weeks’ treatment, and he leaves by the limited express to-morrow night. The ex-Auckland coach said that the team had not been able to do itself justice in Australia owing to the exceptional run of bad luck in the matter of injuries and sickness. In no match in Australia had the team been at full strength. “It was just bad luck,” he said, “but it' we had had a full side we might have scrambled through without a reverse.” There was no doubt about the side being a good one all round, said Bowley. It was very strong in batting, and it.had four fast-medium bowlers, Nichols, in fact, being a fast bowler, and Allom, Barrett and Worthington of the fast-medium style. Woolley, Duleepsinhji, Nicholls, Turnbull, and Gilligan were all showing form with the bat, and Dawson had indicated at Sydney that he was striking form. Woolley and Duleepsinhji were the two finest batsmen in England to watch. The team as a whole, he considered, would play bright cricket, and there would be no sitting on the bat. They hoped to give a really good account of themselves in New Zealand. ENGLISH CRICKETERS ARRIVE. (By Telegraph.—Press Association,! WELLINGTON, Tuesday. Woolley, .Bowley and Cornford, of the English cricket team, arrived by the Marama from Sydney.