STIFF TOUR

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 255, 26 September 1929, Page 8

STIFF TOUR

AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS. DATES OF MATCHES. At the Australian Cricket Control meeting in Melbourne recently, the programme of the 1930 tour of England was submitted and agreed to by the board. It showed that the Australian cricketers, with tho exception of Sundays, and about five other intervals, will have very little rest from the field. The first match will commence on April 30. and tho tour ends on September 12. The list of matches, which is given below, ivas drawn up by Mr R. H. Mallett and Dr. M. McDonald, tho board’s representatives in England, April 30, May 1 and 2, v. Worcestershire, at Worcester; May 3, 4 and 6, v. Leicestershire, at Leicester; May 7, 8 and 9, v. Essex at Leyton; Mav 10, 12 and 13, v. Yorkshire, at Bradford; May 14/15 and 16, v. Lancashire, at Manchester; May 17, 19 and 20, v. M.C.C., at Lords; May 21, 22 and 23, v. Derbyshire, at Chesterfield ; May 24, 26 and 27, v. Surrey, at The Oval; May 28, 29 and 30, v. Oxford University', at Oxford; May 31, June 2 and 3, v. Hampshire, at Southampton. June 4, 5 and 6, v. Middlesex, at Lords; June 7, 9 and 10, v. Cambridge University, at Cambridge; June 13, 14, 16 and 17, First Test, at Nottingham ; June 18, 19 and 20, v. Surrey, at The Oval; June 21, 23 and 24, v. Lancashire, at Liverpool; June 27, 28, 30 and July 1, Second Test, at Lords; Julv 2, 3 and 4, v. Yorkshire, at Sheffield; July 5. 7 and 8, v. Notts, at Nottingham; July 11, 12, 14 and 15, Third Test, at Leeds; July 16 and 17, v. Scotland at Glasgow; July 18, 19 and 21, v. Scotland, at Edinburgh; July 22 and 23, v. Durham at Sunderland; July 25, 26, 28 and 29, Fourth Test, at Manchester; July 30 and 31. v. Somerset, at Taunton. August 2, 4 and 5, v. Glamorgan, at Swansea; August 6, 7 and 8, v. Warwickshire. at Birmingham; August 9, 11 and 12, v. Northamptonshire, at Northampton; August 16 to finish if necessary, Fifth Test, at The Oval; August 23. 25, and 26, v. Gloucestershire, at Cheltenham; August 27, 28 and 29 v. Kent, at Canterbury; August 30, September 1 and 2, v. Sussex, at Brighton. September 3, 4 and 5, v. an English XI., at Folkestone; September 6 and 8, v. Club Cricket Conference; September 10, 11 and 12, at Scarborough. PLAYER-WRITER’S DECISION. The board recommends that the matches at Southampton and Cheltenham be transposed, also those at Liverpool and Northampton. The executive committee of the team is empowered to arrange unofficial matches at the end of the tour in the North of Scotland. This committee has been given power to limit the match at Edinburgh to two. days. An important resolution affecting the player-writer, with a proviso designed so that it will not harshly affect a professional journalist, who is also a cricketer, was reached by the board. The resolution reads, “The board will not approve of tho selection for lhe Australian team to visit England in 1930 of any cricetekr who during the season 1929-30 writes or contributes any articles for the press, which, in the opinion of the board, comments on the play in any first-class match, or on the prospects of selection of any cricketers who may possibly be a member of such team. Any cricketer whose sole occupation is professional journalism, upon first obtaining the written permission of the chairman of the board, and until such permission is withdrawn by the chairman or the board, may write or contribute articles commenting upon the play in any such match, but only prior to the date of his selection for such teams.” SOUTH AFRICAN TOUR. The board gave further consideration to tho tour of the South African team in 1931-32. It was decided to adopt the recommendation from South Africa that the tour be limited to five months. The minimum charges for admission aro not to be less than those during recent English team’s tour. This decision was reached at the request of the South African Associative six-ball over will be adopted in Test matches against the South Africans. , ,