Sporting

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 31, 17 February 1928, Page 4

Sporting

TOUR OF THE AUSTRALIANS

BROADCAST OF RESULTS The next event of International sport to interest. New Zealanders will be the visit of the Australian cricket team, which commenced a tour of New Zealand on the 15th and 16th of this month with a game against Nelson. The strength of the visitors is apparent when one realises that the team includes stitch well known internationals as V. Richardson (S.A.), who is captain; Grimmett (S.A.), the celebrated googly bowler and a New Zealander by birth; Oldfield, of N.S.W., behind the sticks; Ponsford (V.), the greatest run-getting freak of all time; Woodfull, captain of Victoria in Sheffield and an Australian opening batsman; Kippax, captain of N.S.W. and a serious rival to Ponsford as a rungetter. . The remaining members of the team are: D. Blackie and Morton, of Victoria, both of whom are Shield bowlers; Schneider and Alexander, of South Australia, two of the most promising batsmen in Australia, Schneider having made 108 as opening batsman against New South Wales. Jackson and McNamee (N.S.W.) and Oxenham, of Queensland, complete ‘a wonderfully strong side, who should be capable of producing many runs and giving our batsmen plenty to do, be- sides giving a display of fielding that should be brilliant. By the way, McNainee is regarded in some quarters as being the man Australia is looking for to take up the mantle of fast bowler in the approaching test. The fact that England visits Australia this yea1 for a further series of tests, and that Australia will be keen to retrieve the ashes lost on the last tour of England, enhances the interest in this team’s tour of New Zealand. ~ It is a compliment to the improved standard of New Zealand cricket that such a strong combination should have been selected, and it is sighificant that the whole of the original selection have accepted the invitation to tour. Arrangements are being made to broadcast extracts of the games played in the four centres, and results of the games in the minor associations will also be broadcast from ‘all stations in the evenings. All who are interested in cricket and many besides must be anxious to see the New Zealand players who did so well during the recent tour of England, and will no doubt make every effort to be present at these games, but those unable to attend through disability or distance will be able to sustain their interest through the efforts of the Broadcasting Company to bring the game to them. The matches stillto be played are: V. Wellington, at Wellington, February 17, 18, and 20; v. Otago, at Dunedin, February 23, 25, and 27; vy. Canterbury, at Christchurch, March 2, 3, and 5; v. Auckland, at Auckland, March 9, 10, and 12; first test at Auckland, March 24, 26, and 27; second test at Dun: edin, March 31, April 2 and 3.