FOR ENGLAND

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 37, 27 February 1937, Page 14

FOR ENGLAND

"Batsman.").

D0MINI0/t CRICKET TEAM At '' IHE FI)f\L SELECTION MADE i* i* " . DOl^ffiLLY FTNDS A PLACE

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'frht long-awaited completion of t'Ae New Zealand cricket team to tour Great Britain has been announced ' and taken over all, it has given general satisfaction. The complete side is as follows: — M. L. Page (Canterbury), captain. W. Carson (Auckland). - , J. Cowie (Auckland). M. P. Donnelly (Taranaki), J. Dunning (Otago). B. Grifiiths (Wellington). W. A. Hadlee (Canterbury). J. L. Kerr (Canterbury). D. A. R. Moloney (Wellington). A. W. Roberts (Canterbury). E. W. Tindill (Wellington). H. G. Vivian (Auckland). M. W. Wallace (Auckland). G. L. Weir (Auckland). General satisfaction will • be expressed at the inclusion of Donnelly, the youngster from Taranaki. It is true that his selection came as a sur-, prise to some. It is pleasing to sr/k him making the grade and it will be all to the good of cricket in. the mountain province. . It has come as a surprise to( some that Cromb did not get a pJ^Ace, but it was fairly obvious that c^Ce Page was selected the need for ieadership, whicli would have bee^i a factor weighing in Cromb's fayour apart altogether from his abilb# in the game, had disappeared. It v^as logical to expect that Cromb an^ Page were competitors for the ca,ptainey and once that competitive Clement had been sattled to the Satisfaction of the selectors, whoeyer did not get into the team of the tyro concerned would not be further '^onsidered as a player. The Cromb, v. Page rivalry was a knotty prc/ftlem for Canterbury critics and they , will Undoubtedly not hold yrith the^ view expressed above. Anotl/ter player who had gooa chaneys of making the team was GallichaA (Manawatu). He made a good sho'^ing as a bowler against Auckland for- the Plunket Shield, having made tiie Wellington team for that important match. Jack Lamason, the Wel'Ifaigton captain, had a great deal of praise for Gallichan, who bowls a left-arm leg-break, but is a righthanded bat and can wield the willow to success. Lamason was confident that Gallichan would make the team. ft is a pity in more ways than one that he didn't. Lamason, while. praising Gallichan, was not so complimentary of Grifflths, yet Grsfcths has

won recognition from the Selectors. In.all teams of this sofrt, however, a question of balance ehters into the selection. One would have to look along the arguments of the selectors first before being dogmatic on any point. When selectors sit down to choose a sports team they look for an all-round combihation. In crick; batting is not tbe only factor, nor boWling either. Fielding is important. Looking at the team as it stands one can truthfujly say that the selectors have made a good job of balance. Congrattilations to Tindill on getting anotner trip Home so soon after his joutney with Manchesteris All Blacks^ This will be an easier tour in soi^ve respects than that, and the glory of Britain in the summer will be ''a distinct contrast to the biting cdjd of England in 'the winter. Tln^1 will renew many of the friendships he formed as a Rugby player in 'a totally different atmosphere to that surrounding Twickenham whett Rugby fever ls at its height. •' --