CRICKET

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 1 August 1929, Page 5

CRICKET

VISIT OF ENGLISH TEAM jj ■ -I : (By Telegraph—Press Association) WELLINGTON, This Day. The local Cricket Association does not view the terms asked by the Cricket Council for matches with the English team with equanimity* as £375 is considered too m,uch as far as Wellington |. is' concerned. The association expressed willingness to -pay this amount if the vacant day after the Wellington fixture is added on and the game made a fourday match. Attention is also drawn to the fact that the dates allotted for the test in Wellington dash with the Racing Club’s big summer fixture, and it is considered that this will materially i ,’ affect the attendance. * DUNEDIN, This Day. When the New Zealand Cricket Coun--1 icil’s letter offering a match to Otago against the English team for a guarantee ;• of £375 came before the Otago Association,, the opinion was expressed that the council was asking too much. One speaker remarked that the New Zealand Council had undertaken a big risk, and that the English Association should finance its own teams on tours of New Zealand.. The secretary stated that Otago would have to take £6OO at the gates to cover expenses, while the big- - ges*£ gate ever taken, was £450. It was decided'to reply that Otago was' considering the matter. A suggestion was made that citizens be asked to make a guarantee towards the team’s visit- to Dunedin.