CRICKET—THE COMING MATCH.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 4948, 31 January 1877, Page 3

CRICKET—THE COMING MATCH.

-V Vic BY TOM BROWN. • < . ; Indisposition has prevented me Writing iStefyVbut ‘as the English match is, so near, .aftd.that, angnst body the Match Committee tfcae at last condescended to'choose the twentytwo, I shall,make an effort .tq'say my’say. In placeT asa rather surprised the. nnhuriness-like manner in .winch the team has *b«eii' choiseh, ;) 'iind : '-itt • the ■ second place. I fail to. see why .the English Cricketers Committee 1 or,, properly speaking, the "En^^br-Cricketers “Beceptipn: Committee ~ ■‘tb’e I righll to Say! who should be Match .Committee. This was..* matter f«»tfreljr<'out.of their province, and should have keen Jpft ihfthc hands of the proper authorities, Wellington . Cricketers’ Association 1 i Jiateh Committee. They were quite at liberty : -|b«arryout all the business arrangements, but delegate power to throe persona, while the | -asecciation named was . --in. existence,’ 'was; tihnply carrying the thing too far, and.-’throw-' f |D(T a'slight upon a body whose sole right it ■ was to perform this duty, I: mean no disreSpeet to the three-gentlemen who acted as theMatch; Committee; faj- from it, Tdon’thelieve < ‘three as'good men could be fotmd to'do,the 1 duty better. It’s the principle of the thing Ij Object to, and I expect the association will do ; ifhe^Mune. I presume the names of the twenty-two- ' names have.been so twisted and turned; about within the last few days that even now! Ipi-Krald not wonder if some of them are not. .stniok out and fresh ones jadded. The grand; mistake the committee has made is in in*! Ending Worry in the team, to the exclusion of eßiaiasi Werry has had littie or no practice, and even if he -ink in prifctioej I don't Considerrhim as goodft man. as Evans, for the ■Jabw; can both, bat, field, and . bowl, and with %he exception of Bryce, he fe’tho only modidmtfieS bowler Welli#k '"fcijh . Kvwjb eertthdy thbuld be ope ofc the team,,if it,is only for his bowling, for it will be found that the jDe&nm-paced bowling will do the. .most ' Shaw, the great English jtrundlar. Is ;A bowler of this’ description, and who is •9-successful with the leather sphere as bp. Aaron and Eulton I don’t know anything atsTlrti;' Kit from what I bear, they are likely Slo oive-a good account of 'OfomselveC I have ” til the others . play,'' and ..I hope, t j _ see dp;,well- .My advice .to them all Is to iheir “ peckers’ 1 up and don’t got funkey; •fa'‘.an element that frequently creeps jricket .and sheila It—©nee,, it gets in is very little chance ol atofiAag its 80, cricketers beware of It. . - - ■■■ • 1 Bbonld like to hear of more, practice being ’done, .‘and I am sorry the;Match Committee Jias .not been able to let . the team go Into the field together. I daresay the proper person or perrons whose duty it was to have seen to this

■ before will wish wheu he or they see the team go into the field that my advice bad been taken a few months ago. _ - , ■ ... Thti most important part in connection with ; the match is the election of captain, This is a matter that causes a let of ill-feeling, unless : there happens to be m the team one who is generally, liked. Now, I think, there: is one in the Wellington twenty-two of this description, and one who will dh his men justice. The gentleman I refer to is Mr. Knapp, and I trust the team will elect him; I have heard him spoken of by several members of the team as the most suitable man to have, and with them I quite agree.; I. trust Mr. Kyiapp will not decline the honor,'as I have heard be will, as his acceptance of it will save a considerable amount of ill-feeling. ; .