CRICKET.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17124, 20 April 1921, Page 5

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THE AUSTEAMAN TEAM(By Cable—Press ABscciation^opyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) PAEIS, April 18. The vanguard oi the Australian team, consisting otfMacairtney, Carter, and bmitli (manager), has reached Paris. Interviewed by the Australian Press AsBooiation, Mr Smith etated: "This a the best team tihat has ever left Australia, both on ,nd off tie field. All the members are as keen as mustard, and confident that they will retain the Ashes." . Referring to the Australians stay at Monte Carlo, Mr Smith told a story in evidence of the right of Collins to the title bestowed on him by the Englishmen of ' Lucky Collins." The cricketers entrusted him with their monev and watched him play at the gamin* tablpe, with the result that the team raked in £lO3. . The remainder <a the team will leatfe Marseilles to-morrow, arriving in Paris on the gome day, and proceeding to Loudon on Saturday. THE GAME IN THE DOMINION. SYD.VEY, April 19. Mr T- H. Howard, manager of the Australian cricket team during its New Zealand tour, said the cricketers were hospitably treated everywhere. Cricket in the Dominion was patchy, owing largely to lack of interest by the schools. There were some good players, who might develop into firstclass ones with experience. The game in Wellington 6eemed to be panning in favour, but Chriatchuich was the home of the game in New Zealand. Canterbury was progressing after a couple of lean years. There were some good players in Dunedin. The New Zealand grounds were not comparable with. Australia's,