New Zealand Tour of England

Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 32, 8 February 1937, Page 7

New Zealand Tour of England

THREE TESTS TO BE PLATED P«r Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, Feb. 6. Full details of the itinerary arranged for the New Zealand cricketers in England this year were announced to-day by the chairman of the sfew Zealand Cricket Council, Mr A- T. Donnelley. The team leaves iw England on March 27 and tho first match of the tour is against the Maori Cricket Quo XI. at Worcester Park on May 5. There are 37 matches on the programme in all. including Tests ut Lords, at Manchester and on the Oral. The tour embraces Scotland tfhd Wales and the last match is set down tor September 8, 9 and 10, The full programme it:— i May 6, Maori Cricket Club, at Worcester Park. f May 8, 10, 11, Surrey, at the Oral. May 12, 13, 14, M.C.C. at Lords. , May 15, 17, lb, Glamorgan, at Car* diff. May 19, 20, 21, Oxford University] at Oxford. May 24, 25, Staffordshire, at Stafford. May 26, 27, 28, Cambridge. May 29, 31 and June X, at Manchester. June 2,3, 4, Northamptonshire, a| Northampton. j June 5,7, 8, Derbyshire at Derby] June 9, 10, 11, Worcestershire, a| Worcester. June 12, 14, 15, Middlesex, at Lords] June 16, 17, 18, Lancashire, at Livl erpool. June 19. 21, 22, at Nottingham. June 23, 24, Norfolk, ah Norwich. June 26, 28, 29, England, at Lords. June 30, July 1,2, Somerset, at Taunton. July Sj 5,6, Gloucestershire, at Bristol. July 7,8, 9, Leicestershire, at Lew ceeter. July 10, 12, 13, Yorkshire, at Leeds] July 14, 15, Durham, at Sunderland] July 17, 19, 20, Scotland, at GUuw gow. July 21, 22, Scotland (two-day match), at Dunfermline. July 24, 28, 27, England, at Manchester. July 28, 29, 30, Surrey at the Oral] July 31, August 2 and 3, Glamorgan* at Swansea. August 4,5, 6, Warwickshire, at Birmingham. August 7,9, 10, Essex, at Chelmsford. August 11, 12, Sir Julian Cahn’s XI. at Nottingham. August 14, 14, 17, England, at Oval. August 18, 19, 20, Combined Services, at Portsmouth. August 21, 23, 24, Hampshire, at Bournemouth. August 25, 26, 27, Kent, at Canterbury. August 28, 80, 31, Sussex, at Brighton. September 1,2, 3, England XI., at ITolkstown. September 4,6, 7, Minor Counties, st Gainsborough. September 8,9, 10, England XI., at Scarborough.