SPECTATORS ON FIELD

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 179, 16 August 1937, Page 5

SPECTATORS ON FIELD

Unusual Incident at The Cricket Test LOSS ON THE N.Z. T00R (From the Special Correspondent of the Onited Presa Aasociatiorr wit.li the Teiim.) (Received 16 10.55 a.m.) LONDON, Aug. 15. There was an unusual development on thc first day of the New Zcaland v. England cricket Test, when a crowd which followed thc umpires towurd the wicket on their frequent inspections damaged the bowlers' run-ups. Police assistance was invoked to keep spectators clear of the centre of the ground. Hobbs, writing in the Star, protests against the futilty of three-day Tests. He says that such games must be drawu unless the weather interferes or one side collapses complete for no good reason at all. He declares that it is absurd to bring a team half-way round the world when it is well known beforehand that the international series will produce unsatisfactory draws. Hobbs favours four-day games with New Zeqland and five-day games with Australia. Mr. T. C. Lowry ^ manager of the New Zealand team, in an interview places the probable loss of the tour at over £1000. It is hoped to recoup some of this from the three games in Australia. Sunday was beautifully fine Sunshine is foreeast for to-morrow, with the wicket probably kard and fast.