PREPARING FOR FINAL TEST

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 176, 12 August 1937, Page 3

PREPARING FOR FINAL TEST

-Press Assn.-

Leading N.Z. Players Resting For Saturday FARNES STRAINS SIDE

(By Telegraph-

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NOTTINGHAM, Aug. 11. Page, Yivian, Dunning, Hadlea and1 Donnelly are resting for the Test. The Nottingham match is part of the festival arranged by Sir Juliea Cahn. to aid the funds of the Harlow Wood Hospital. There are to be three two-day matches between Sir Julien Oahn's team and teams representing Ir eland, New Zealand and Scotland at the pri,vate gronnd at Loughborough. A feaiture is the engagement of famous milij'tary bands to play at the lunch and Jtea intervals. The Welsh Guards wili jprovide selections at the New Zealandiera' match, the Coldstream Guards a't Ithe match with Iieland and the Horse' ; Guards at the match with Scotland. : The tourists are the guests of Sir, Julien Cahn while they are in Not-,' Jtingham. i Earnes strained his side during a try-, ;out at the nets yesterday at Chelms;ford. He is playing to-day against. • Middllesex and hopes to play in the; Test. ; • Robins was struck>by a bumper fromj jGover in the match with Surrey but he j •will probably be fit for the. Test. Rain fell in London last night and the weather is uncertain for the Test. Dunning was among those who took ;his Master of Arts degree on degree iday at Oxford. The New Zealanders last night re- i ceived official intimation that. they will'return via Australia, playing matches against South Australia, Yictoria and New South Wales. 1 ■ Sir Julien Cahn's team is: — Reddick, ! Mudge, Butterworth, Summer s, Morkel, | Maxwell, CaJhn, Crisp> Rhodes, Walsh. • The New Zealanders Blunt and' Dempster ara not playing.