M.C.C.'S PROPOSED TOUR OF NEW ZEALAND

Chronicle (Levin), 10 January 1947, Page 7

M.C.C.'S PROPOSED TOUR OF NEW ZEALAND

-Press Association ,

By Telearayh—

AUCKLAND, dan. 9. I Wlien Jlr, D. E. Wanklyn, eliainnan; of the management eoiuniittee of thei New Zealand Cricket Conucil, arrived: in Auckland by the Tasman ilyingboat from Byi'lney after seeing th.e ihinl lest i lie said tlic M.C.C. tour of New Zealaad : depended upon the success of the pre sent elTorts lo secure air trjuisport iorj the leam. Until that jiroldeni wa? | . solved it was iui]>ossil)le. to say tlcfiiii 1 0 j iy whetiier they would visil the lhtniin 1 ion at the eonclusion of their jiresent; tour. The lifth test was due to be con- \ eluded in Sydney 011 .Uarch 5. Mr. Wanklyn said tenative ]>rograiunies had been diseussed with a view to putting tlieni into operation wlien it was fouud just how much tiiue the Englislimen would have at their dis])0.sal. The players wero due back at their country clubs early iu'May and they had the South Africans touring England this winter. Both members of Ihe management of the M.C.C. team had expressed a keen personal desire to visit the Doniinion. The. last tour by an M.C.C. team was 111 198(5, the only members of the present team present 011 that occasion being Hammond and Voce and tiie manager, ifajor llard.