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\OBTKAUAN AND N.Z. OASDK ASSOCIATION. pROSPE( IT S UNPROMISING. I'T.RTII, October M. The prospects for the opening match against the Knglisl. cricketers are not promising, owing to rain during the last few days. OR I OK' KT ft K LECTORS. (Received this day at 9.25 a.m.) SYDNEY, October L>. The recent choice of cricket selectors has been followed by ft Controversy between ’Warwick Armstrong and EBeau (Secretary of the Victorian CmUet Association) who was chosen as one of the selectors. Armstrong declared Lean lacked the cricket experience necessary lor ac * cepting such a position. Bean replied that nobody took notice of what Armstrong said, and that when the hist team was being chosen, Armstrong declared McDonald was not worth iv howler’s bootlace. Rush (Secretary of the Victorian Association and a. member of the Board of Control) points out that Bean was elected unanimously by the Board of Control, adding that no one takes any notice of Armstrong’s opinion in regard to international cricket. Armstrong, declining to continue the controversy said they were just the remarks one would expect and were not worth replying to.
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Hokitika Guardian, 15 October 1924, Page 3
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185CRICKET. Hokitika Guardian, 15 October 1924, Page 3
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