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Taranaki Daily News, 13 February 1922, Page 3

CRICKET.

ENGLISH TEAM'S VISIT. TOUR OF NEW ZEALAND. • AN AMATEUR ELEVEN. By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright. Received Feb. 12, 5.5 pjn. Perth, Feb.l2. The Westralian Cricket Association has received a letter from A. MacLaren advising that an English amateur cricket team is coming to play In New Zealand and Australia, and offering a match to Perth, which the association has accepted. Interviewed regarding this, the secretary of the New South Wales Cricket Association said the - association, had no official knowledge of the visit of MacLaren's team, but he neard a team was going to visit New Zealand, and that probably efforts would be made to arrang matches in Australia. He had heard it was not unlikely that New Zealand would try to get some members. of an Australian eleven to visit the Dominion. THE GAME IN ENGLAND. „ Li REPLY TO CRITICS. Received Feb. 12, 5.5 p.m. London, Feb. 10. The Hon. Lionel Tennyson, speaking at the London South Counties' Cricket Conference, denied statements that English cricketers were frightened by the Australian fast bowling. Such criticism, be said, was absolutely nonsense. There was great need for optimism In Elngllsh cricket, and he hoped we would have really fast bowlers ourselves when un English team visited Australia in 1924. He was sorry to learn Gregory was gfvmg up cricket. Armstrong's statements regarding betting and umpires were quite unfounded. He had. himself made inquiries from the Victoria Club and ascertained that there was no betting there. Great care was always taken when selecting umpires, and he was confident they were all strictly honest men. HAWKE CUP MATCH. NELSON DEFEAT WAIKATO. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Nelson. Feb. 11. Nelson retained the Hawke Cup, defeating Waikato by 121 runs. Nelson's seennd innings realised 259, after a bad start. The fielding was Indifferent, several catches being dropped. Fletcher was let off early in the innings. Wanting 250 to win, Waikato started badly, six wickets being down for 89. The innings realised 129. For Nelson's second innings Haycock made 1, Newman 26, Louisson 8, Neale 0, Fletcher 50, Kemnitz 24, Hull 4, Giblin 55, Langbein 38, Papps 20, Blamlres not out 12, extras 21. Bowling analysis: Blamires two wickets for 55 runs, Gilmour three for 40, Lentfir two for 85, Snedden two for 30, J. Pomeroy none for 28. In Waikato's second innings Snedden made 1, Blaenires 29, J. Pomeroy 7, Gilmour 14, Hawke not out 54, Loveridge 1, Barnett 8, Johnston 1, W. Pomeroy 2, Lentfir 2, Paterson 0.

Bowling analysis—Newman took four wickets for 42 runs, Haycock one for 19, Neale two for 16, Blamires two for 40, Giblin one for 3.