TENNYSON'S TEAM

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 2, 25 September 1937, Page 18

TENNYSON'S TEAM

SIDE TO PLAY INDIA TEN HAVE PLAYED FOR ENGLAND For his tour in India Lord Tennyson has gQt together what is the strongest "unoflicial" team which has left the country since the visit of English crieketers to Australia was taken over by the M.C.C., says a London correspondent. His one disappointment has been that Hammond did not accept his invitation to join the party. At the same time the decision has pleased the authorities, and it is possible that they used their influence in persuading the Gloucestershire man to remain at home and

rest during the winter. Had Hammond gorie to India it would have meant that he would have played for eighteen months without a break, and this might have affected his form when the Australians are here next summer. Lord Tennyson's team comprises 15 players, and as many >as 10 have played for England. These are: Lord Tennyson, I. A. R. Peebles, Goddard, Worthington, Wellard, Gover, James Parks, James Langridge, Hardstaff, and P. Smith. Peebles has taken the place of A. P. F. Chapman, and of the other original selections Wellard has been substituted for Voce and Worthington for Hammond. The strength of the team, and it is essential one on tour, is that as many as nine of the players can bowl as well as bat. In addition to Lord Tennyson and Peebles, the amateurs are Ihe two University players, N. W. d. Yardley and P. A. Gibb, and T. O. Jameson, of Hampshire. Gibb and Yardley have both' played for Yorkshire this season, the latter with conspicuous success. He has just made a brilliant century agaist Suirey, and he has such obvious possibilities that he is sure to be considered for next season's Tests^