CRICKET
WELLINGTON SELECTION
wtt-i , ColTl: sPolldeilt (Percival K. Waddy) writes: "A feeling akin to amazement came over me on observing the onusswn of Airey's same from Mr! w J Welve selections from which he Wellington team to meet the M 0 C plTe/fl Friday is t0 be fl««ilv SiH. rt ♦ VMy lUtle faUlt t0 C»<l With the team as a whole, but I am at a loss to understand why the sole solector should adhere to a middle-aged man whose bowling is on . the decline and vvill avail nothing against the M.C.C. team, and whose fielding (judging by last season's performances) i f %Jl "We, «a deliberately pass over Airey, who is without doubt one of New Zealand's most promising colts The pHpT\ ,im PJ- oveme»t in Australian eucket has been attained through the preference for younger men and even youths so long refused a place in representative teams. Look at the recent N.bAV team against our coming visitors. Look at-the final Test in Melbourne early in the current year Is youth never tocome into its own on New Zealand cricket fields? What more does Mr. Brice want to entitle a man to a place than Airey has con--Blatently shown? I unhesitatingly sa y that, m omitting Airey, Mr. Brice has Hunau; ted a very grave error of judg-
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 137, 6 December 1929, Page 3
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219CRICKET Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 137, 6 December 1929, Page 3
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