N.Z. Cricket Tour

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 19, 6 February 1937, Page 5

N.Z. Cricket Tour

— Press Association.l

VISIT TO ENGLAND Itinerary Includes Three Tests FIRST MATCH v. MAORIS

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CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. Full details of the itinerary arranged for the New Zealand cricketers in England this year were announced to-diay by the chaxrman of the New Zealand Cricket Council, Mr A. T. Donnelley. The team leaves for Eiigland on March 27 and the first match of the tour is against the Maori Cricket Cluo XI. at Worcester Park on May 5. There are 37 matches on the programme in all, including Tests at Lords, at Manchester and on the Oval. The tour embraces Scotland and Wales and the last match is set down for September 8, 9 and 10. The full programme is: — May 5, Maori Cricket Club, at Worcester Park. May 8, 10, 11, Surrey, at the Oval. May 12, 13, 14, M.C.C. at Lords. May 15, 17, 18, Glamorgan, at Cardiff. May 19, 20, 21, Oxford University, at Oxford. May 24, 25, Staffordshire, at Stafford. May 26, 27, 28, Cambridge. May 29, 31 and June 1, Lancashire, at Manchester. . June 2, 3, 4, Northamptonshire, at Northampton. June 5, 7, 8, Derbyshire at Derby. June 9, 10, 11, Worcesterehire, at Worcester. Jun© 12, 14, 15, Middlesex, at Lords. June 16, 17, 18, Lancashire, at Liverpool. June 19, 21, 22, Nottinghamshire, at Nottingham. June 23, 24, Norfolk, at Norwich. June 28, 28, 29, England, at Lords. June 30, July 1, 2, Somerset, at Taunton. July 3, 5, 6, Gloueestershire, at Bristol. July 7, 8, 9, Leicestershire, at Leicester. July 10, 12, 13, Ynrkshire, at Leeds. July 14, 15, Durham, at Sunderland. July 17, 19, 20, Scotland, at Glasgow. July 21, 22, Scotland (two-day match), at Dunfermline. July 24, 26, 27, England, at Manchester. July 28, 29, 30, Surrey at the Oval. July 31, August 2 and 3, Glamorgan, at Swansea. August 4, 5, 6, Warwickshire, at Birmingham. August 7, 9, 10, Essex, at Chelmeford. August 11, 12, Sir Julian Cahn's XI. at Nottingham. August 14, 16, 17, England, at Oval. August 18, 19, 20, Combined Services, at Portsmouth. August 21, 23, 24, Hampshire, at Bournemouth. August 25, 26, 27, Kent, at Cant'erbury. August 28, 30, 31, Sussex, at Brighton. September 1, 2, 3, England XI., at Folkstown. September 4, 6, 7, Minor Counties, at Gainsborough. September 8, 9, 10, England XI., at Scarborough.