Why the E nsl ish Cricketers Cannot Visit Us.
;, [By Teleguaph.l : (TJnITKD PKESB ASS'tCIATION. ) ' . "Napieu, Jan. 6. :'• ..James Lillywhite, who manages for theEnghsh professional cricketers, now . - m Australia,' says, m a letter to- a friend > m Napier that there is no chance of the English team visiting New Zealand this .season, as they cannot* make profitable . arraitycments because of tho stiflTness of , Dunedin, Christchurch, and Auckland, m regard to terms. The team go instead to Queensland, with a guarantee of £1000 for a trip that will occupy 22 days, and .. .clear ot all expenses. A tour through ,New Zealand would occupy: six weeks," , and the experience ;of cricket patronage here has convinced the teamthattheycpuld - not make nearly as much m this colony unless they reaped a good harvest m the large centres of population.; The time , Required ,fpr a trip through New Zealand being double what is necessary for the .Queensland tour, they have naturally de- . cided m. favour ot the latter. ' •
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 33, 9 January 1885, Page 3
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