Cricket

The season this year has been marred by rain which culminated in washing out the Massey game. This has made it impossible for us to name the last three places in the Tournament until a later date. However it is clear that with eight members of Senior Eleven available and with the Second Grade team winning their grade (at the time of writing), our team should be a very strong one. If our batsmen, of whom on paper, at least, we have a long list, suddenly learn the meaning of application, we are certain to do well. The sight of talented University batsmen trudging dolefully pavilion wards is a far too familiar sight.

Lance and Crutts are two notable exceptions, and together with Gibson and the quickish bowling of Zohrab, Haskell and Campbell, they should form a nucleus well suited to the hard Christchurch wickets.

Jim Thompson, a Tournament veteran, is our best bat, but his slow left-handers are also suited to fast wickets and if we don't get these our bowling may prove inadequate.

One thing is certain, however; if the team holds more catches than has been done by the Senior side this year, we should prove a highly competent team.

The selected team is: J. C. Thompson, J. H. Zohrab, J. A. Gibson, M. W. Lance, B. M. Kerr, D. Ward, W. J. Haskell, D. Bayer, D. Poulton, P. Courts, C. Campbell.