BIG CRICKET TOUR

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 14, 9 October 1937, Page 17

BIG CRICKET TOUR

AUSTRALIAN TEAM itinerary in britain The itinerary arranged for the 1938 Australian cricket tour of Britain is: — April-May. April 30, May 2, 3— y. .Worcester, at Worcester. 4, 5, 6— v. Oxford University, at Oxford. 7, 9, 10 — v. Leicestershlre, at Leicester. 11, 12, 13— v. Cambridge University, at Cambridge. 14, 15, 17— v. M.C.C., at Lord's. 18, 19, 20 — v. Northamptonshire, at Northampton. 23, 23, 24— v. Surrey at the Oval. 25, 26, 27— v. Hants, at Southampton. 28, 30, 31— v. Middlesex, at Lord's. June. 1, 2, 3— v. Gloucestershire, at Bristol. 4, 6, 7— v. Essex, at Southend. 10-14— FIRST TEST, at Trent Bridge, Nottingham. 16, 16, 17 — v. Gentlemen of England, at Lord's. 18, 20, 21 — v. Lancashire, at Old Trafford. 24-28— SECOND TEST, at Lfird's. 29, 30, July 1— v. Derbyshire, at Derby. July. 2, 4, 5— v. Yorkshire, at Sheffield. 6-12— THIRD. Test; at Old Trafiord. 13, 14, 15— v. Warwickshire, at Birraingham. 16 18, 19— y. Nottingham, at Trent Bridge, Nottingham. 22-26— FOURTH TEST, at Leeds. 27, 28, 29— v. Somerset, at Taunton 30, August 1, 2— v. Glamorgan, at Swansea. August, 4, 5, 6 — Match or matches to be hrranged by Scottish Union, at Glasgow or Edinburgh. 8, 9~ y. Durham, at Sunderland. 10, 11, 12— v. Surrey, at The Oval. 13, 15, 16— v. Kent, at Canterbury. 17, 18— v. The Army, at Aldershot. 2Q-26 — FIFTH TEST, at The Oval. 27, 29, 30— v.* Sussex, at Brighton. September. August 31, September 1, 2— v. an England XI, at Blackpool. 3, 5, 6— v. an England XI, at Folkestone. 10, 12, 13— v. H. D. G. Leveson-Gower's XI, at Scarborough. 15, 16, 17— v. Gentlemen of Ireland, at Bublin. ' The itmerary* vomprises 34. or 35 matches." ' ! That will depend upon wbether the three "days" allotted Scotland are taken up with a three-day match; or with a one-day match and a two-day match; . The 1934 Australian team played a three-day match against Scotland, . at Edinburgh. The' match against the Minor Counties has"lbeeh eliminbted, and a match against H. D. G. Levespn^Gawer's' XE, at Scarbprpugh, substituted. The match against the Gentlemen pf Irelarid, at Dublin, is in lieu of the match against the North of Scotland, Forres. * * The team will leave Fremantle on March 21, and reach England on April 21, nine days before the first match. The 1934 team had only 45 days before its first matcb, apd complained that most of that time was taken up with-social functions, preventing them from practising. The team will play matches at Launceston, Hobart, Perth and Colombo on the way to England. A request from the Cricket Club of India for matches in India was declined, as was also another from the New Zealand Council that the team matches in the Dominion.