Cricket Broadcasts

Radio Record, Volume VI, Issue 19, 18 November 1932, Page 5

Cricket Broadcasts

Broadcasts of the Season RICKET enthusiasts will be well catered for by the Broadcasting Board during the cricket season if negotiations at present in progress prove successful. The board hopes to be able to arrange for a ball by ball description of the M.C.C. matches, which are scheduled for the following dates :- March 21-22, y. Wellington, at Wellington. March, 24, 25, 27, v. New Zealand, at Christeburch. April 1, 3, 4, v. New Zealand, at Auckland. It is also proposed to broadcast, at hourly intervals during the matches, resumes of the Plunket Shield matches for 1982-33, the dates for which are :- December 24 to 28, 1932: Canterbury v. Auckland, at Christchurch. December 24 to 28, 19382: Otago v. Wellington, at Dunedin. December 31, 1932, to January 4. 1938: Canterbury v. Wellington, at Christchurch. December 31, 19382, to January 4, 1933: Otago v. Auckland, at Auckland. January. 20 to 24, 1983: Wellington v, Auckland, at Wellington, February 3 to 7, 1983: Canterbury v. Otago, at Dunedin. The above proposed broadeasts are subject to the necessary approval being forthcoming from the New Zealand Cricket Council. A series of weekly talks from 3YA on matters of interest to cricketers will be given at 9 p.m. by Mr. W. B. Mérritt on the following evenings :-- Monday, November 21; Monday, November 28; Monday, December 5; and Monday, December 12; and a series

of similar talks will be broadcast frong 1YA by Mr. Ces. Dacre commencing early next month Mr. Dacre was to have ‘commenced his series of -talks next week, but owing to throat trouble he has found it necessary to defer, his opening talk for 2a week or tra |