CRICKET.
AUSTRALIAN TOUR. FINAL MATCH'ABANDONED. The recent heavy rains have caused tho Eawke's Bay cricket'authorities to abandon \ the cricket match, prtvitusly- arranged to take place at Napier to-day, tor. morrow, and Monday. There have been floods in the district, and the secretary of the.New Zealand Cricket Council was acquainted with the fact by (he Hawko's Bay Association yesterday. The tour of the Australian eleven is therefore ended, and no moro matches will be played in New Zealand. Four members of the Aus-, tvalian team loave for Sydney this afternoon, four more intend to visit the Rotorua district, and the remainder will leave New Zealand by the Moeriki- on April 3.
ADVICE TO NEW ZEALANDEES. Interviewed 'after the second "test" match Armstrong, captaiu of tho Australian team, said:—'Toil must have bettor wickets if you'want to improve, the standard of your play. You have the men, Reese. and. Sims and Siedebcrg, for instance, who would be in the first flight in Australia, if they had the advantage of good wickets to play on. I don't want' to cast reflections upon anybody, but I think your grounds are not properly prepared. There is no reason whatever why, with proper preparation, you should not have as good grounds in New Zealand as anywhere in tho world. There is nothing whatever to prevent it. When you have them your cricket will go ahead. At present the bowling is not strong. You have plenty of natural bowlers, but they do not bowl with' their heads. Their one idea is to try and bowl 'that middle stump,' and they keep pegging away, quite oblivious of the fact that there are ten men in the Held to support them. B"nnett, Bricc, and Sandman, for instance, are all good bowlers, but they want to be taught how to use the wicket more." The final for the cup competition of tho Wellington Boys' Cricket League will be continued on Saturday when Y.JI.C.A. will meet Jlarist Bros, in the senior grade on Kclburno Park, nntl, St. Alloysius moet Northland in the junior grado at KowWn. t?ar>-
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 780, 1 April 1910, Page 7
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