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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria University, Wellington N.Z. Vol. 22, No. 1. March 2, 1959
[Introduction]
The New Zealand University cricket team now touring Australia are out to shatter the claim of the New Zealand Cricket Council that University cricket is at a low level.
For some years the N.Z.C.C. has refused to grant a fixture between a full strength N.Z.U. side and a touring international team.
Such a fixture—the dream of University cricket administrators—could materialise if the present team is able to hold its own with the best in Australia.
Captained by Victoria's J. C. Thomson, the side is playing spirited and imaginative cricket. The batting is strong, with a nucleus of Plunket Shield and provincial representatives. Heading the list are P. Z. Harris, J. C. Thomson, G. T. Dowling, M. H. Lance, G. A. Leggat and P. Morris.