NEW ZEALAND CRICKETERS
TOUR NEARLY ENDED. ONLY SIX MORE MATCHES. HAMPSHIRE GAME TO-DAY. The New Zealand cricketers’ tour ] of England Is drawing Li a close. <'niy | six more matches remain to be played. : the last one finishing <m Sep!ember 10. To-day the visitors will commence a match with Hampshire, at Bournemouth, and this county should prove a strong batting and bowling side for, during Hie last few years, they have improved out. of recognition. Last season they finished tenth in the county championship, an advance of ten placesWhen the New Zealanders made the 1927 tour they played two matches against Hampshire, the first one being abandoned owing to rain and the second, which provided the most sensational cricket of the lour, resulting in a draw. Hampshire made 104 in its first innings and New Zealand 79, the lowest total of flic tour. The county replied with 57 leaving Hie visitors with 4 5 minutes lo score 83 runs for victory. They failed to obtain for required number and the game concluded In a draw in favour of the tourists. It was a match of low scoring, none of Hie batsmen on either sidemaking sensational scores.
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Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20278, 21 August 1937, Page 8
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195NEW ZEALAND CRICKETERS Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20278, 21 August 1937, Page 8
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