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Fijian Captain Reviews N,Z. Tour NA'PIEfi, March 29.' The. Fijian. ericketers, now reaching the el'ose of their New Zealand tour, have benefited to sueh an extent that. they loolc for ward to W tour of England, paid the eapfain, P. A. Snow, a form'er. Leieester Oounty representative who has played for Sir. Pelham Warner 's and Sir J ulian Cahn '.s XI 's, in an interview. He added- that the: team nieinbeEB had found the tou. of New .Zealand "p strenuous' one apd he' doubted -■ Wh'ethdr a visiting- ericket team. had eyer par tieipated in such a comprehensive tour. Hia side . was eompletiiig • an • itinerary with 100 miles north of Auckland as one extr'emity and the . far south .providing the otlrer, . ' ' Some of .the men weve( beginning to feel it a bit,"v said Snow, ' • but I do npt know whether to blame the . erieket or the extremeiy eordial receptions we have received e very where. " , . He dul not wish it to be thought that these remarks wero - preferred " in a spirit of crjtici.sm, for every man in the .teapi had enjoyed the tour and. knew that a toui'. of the nature of the pregeni one was too infrequently available, For that reagon they- were anxioua-jto make the best use of ; the tour. 'vivc . Everywhere they had been :they. had received invitations to return, he said When that vvonld be he eould. not'say. for it was hoped that ihe Fijian .repre .ientativ.es wouid visit ' the Old'Coimtry shortly. He felt the side was all thf better equipped for; that venture in'th. light of the oxperienee gained on tjn present tour. , Snow reinarke'd that one Of -tlve side V ,m.ost grievous losses was the easualt) on'countered in - Viliame 's injury ai We/ington. He was the team 's best bowloV. • ' His age was 45 and it • was probable that he wouifknot play.erickei again in Fiji, . - He htul* been ineluded in the team be'eause of the strength oi Itis bowling. • His inelusion had been justilied. '■ . - - 4 4 NiSW LOOK ' ' ATTIRE. Snow • al,so eoipmented on the view that the attire- aR worn by the Fijian: ropresbntatives^ exposed them . to. 5 the risk of injury. He poipted out that in Fiji one played erieket on ooeonut matting and wore soff shoes. .There was. so little diflferenee between soft shoes and bare feet that it really did not matter"* that the Fijians did nor ad opt the standard European attire, Asked if he had eneountered any outst'anding young IDominion players of the tour, Snow mentioned M. McGregor,- the -16-year-old Qtag'o representative, as being "& very promismg batsman. ' ' His innings of 70 had saved the game for Qtago. : The- captain added that the- fielding of the New Zeatiind teams had impressod hihi thfdhglibut' : the tour as being of a much ' highOf standard tnaxi he had expeeted.to flnd it.';4 Befote sailing they had bee'n led to bblieve that the fieldihg of the New Zealand teams •wouid not 'ibeasbre' "hgainst-" their own. He had not found this tp be correct. Snow admitted. that the Fijians enjoyed their qricliet best when they were up against " it and requiring runs. !fWe have batt*eclirlast throughout . the toiir, " he saidj "'and when the opportunity coihes. we do so oiit of choic'o. "

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