CRICKET

Hokitika Guardian, 17 November 1933, Page 3

CRICKET

OROMB AND LANCASHIRE LEAfGU.Iv

(Australian Press Association),

SYDNEY, November 16

I. B. Crorr.’o, the New Zealand cricketer, arrived here by the Strathnaver. Interviewed, he said that Austmli ns who were contemplating joining .any League Club in ilcngranu would find, the conditions vasdy different from what they are accustomed to here. A, game wa )3 sometimes won without a regard for the true spirit of cricket. The new player would find a car .at his door for the first fortnight, but if he could not get his jp'fties, besides capturing wickets, the •Club officials would not recognise him ill the street.

Crornb paid a tribute to the West Indian, Constantine’s influence in the League cricket. His presence would lift a gate from twenty to a hundred pounds.

BCLVRD OP CONTROL,

(Received this day at 9.15 ,'a.ni.) MELBOURNE, November' 17. The Board of Control, at a special meeting, discussed the M.C-C. reply on the subject of "bodyline” and despatched ,a further -cablegram to the _M.-C.iC.> the nature whereof will not be disclosed until released 'by the Marylebone Board. 'Members left the meeting in good humour,, which is interpreted to man that the hatchet is buried at Lst.

THE HOKITIKA CLUB

Tlie Hokitika team to play Poiss at Hokitika tips week-end is as follows: Thomas, Adamson, Baird,. Johnston, Morgan, Walker, Connolly, -Stapleton (2), Pierson, Richards, Sands (12th man).