CRICKET.

Hokitika Guardian, 8 February 1924, Page 4

CRICKET.

arrival of x.s.v. team

OUT TO WIN ALL MATCHES.”

WELLINGTON, Fob. 0. The New South Wale., erickel team

arrived io-day. They had a delightful J trip across the Tasman sea, and were i met with Australian weather on arri- I val. There are some famous erieketers in the team— C. G. Macartney, W. Unrdslev, A. Malloy. W. A. Oid he hi, j T. J. Andrews, If. L. Hendry, R. | Bard, lev, A. Kippax, and others whose 1 names are well known in the cricket j world. Mr -L 11. Douglas, the father; oi a famous English cricketer, aceom- ; panics the team. Every memher of the I combination is looking forward with | keen interest to the New Zealand tour, and there is no donht that on the livid

they will vivo the New Zvtdnders a ,_r,iod taste of their quality. Gregory, i the fast howler, was unable to make the trip. The iirst match of the tour j will begin here on Friday. To-morrow t tile team will he af'eordcd a cat ic v.cl- , come. Mr K. Hcathcote WilliamsJ president of the New Zealand f rieket j Council, was among those who we!- | coined the team on arrival. j Mr C. R. Cochrane, manager of the; 1 team, thinks it. i- the host that ha, , over left New .South Wales. No ietver than six members of it are players ol international repute. Collins, Juylor, Kollawny and Gregory were unable to make the trip, hut the side is nevertheless a strong one, and especially so in batting. Macartney, Mr Cochrane says, is one of the finest batsmen in the world at the present day. Kippax,' he aded, was unquestionably a second Trumper. Tie had improved greatly since he was last, in New Zealand. and would play good, bright cricket, in fact, all the members ol

the side would. Hendry played a very , line innings against \ ietoria recently. ; Everett, was Hie new fast howler.] Punch was a very bright forceful hat i and got going straight away. He was j also a good slow change bowler, (l.eg ; break Mailvy was still the Mailvy ol j old. Mu I larky. a lefl-liand bat. had , keen scoring a great numgor ol iiiusj for St. George, and had been twellthj man for the Sheffield Shield match j against He -cored a ecu-j airy, the bowlers iueluding Hornibrook ] who was Known -in New Zealanders, j All members of ihe team could hat.; "We are out to win all matches and j win them by as much as we can,'' said j Mr Cochrane. ”Wc expect to give ex-j hihitinns of cricket quite in keeping; with the traditions of our State. New; South Wales cricket has always been bright and breezy. The fielding will be quite equal to anything yon have ever seen. I think ibis tour will he of great advantage to New Zealand. It will be an education to watch such plavers as Macartney and Kippax in action with the hat. lie added that the reports of the Blanket Shield matches in New Zealand had been fol- | lowed closely, ami the New South Wales cricket enthusiasts had been impressed l»y tin* heavy scoring in some of the matches.