CRICKETING TOURS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1798, 10 July 1913, Page 5

CRICKETING TOURS.

REPORT ON RECENT SCANDAL. CHARGES NOT SUSTAINED. Br' Talegmph—Pr«al Auoclatlon—OopyrluM Sydney, July 9. In its report the Special Committee appointed by tho Board of Cricket Control to inquiro into certain charges against several members of the last Australian, team that visited England, finds that many of the complaints wore not substantiated by ovidence, and, in regard to those that were, the coinmitteo fails to see that the board would bo justified in taking further action. The committee regrets that the powers conferred by the boafd on the Finance Committee that supervised tho tour were not carried out, and recommends that with regard to future tours steps should bo taken to provont a recurrence of this neglect. The committee strongly endorses the recommendation of the manager of tho team that in the selection of future teams to visit England and South Africa the qualifications of candidates other than individual cricket ability should be weighed, and the names of all candidates submitted to the board for approval., The board adopted the report. AUSTRALIAN ORICKETERS. WIN AT PHILADELPHIA. Br T»lea«u>h—Pr«i» Aaaocifttlon— C«i>yrJoM New. York, July 8. At Philadelphia, the Australian cricketers defeated a United States-Canadian team by one wicket and 117 runs. Australia in their first innings 6cored 233, and in the second lost nine for 417— Bardsley (not out) 142. America's first innings realised 90, and the second 142,