Fijian Cricketers for NZ
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r T'HE New Zealand Cricket Council an nounced in November that it has accepted the offer of Fiji to send a team south in the 1953-54 summer season "subject to satisfactory financial terms being arranged”.
The last Fijian cricket team which visited New Zealand in 1948 won six
of the 17 matches, drew 8 and lost 3.
As with their football, the Fijians managed to make cricket seem a lot more interesting than many of the public normally expect it to be.
Mr. Vincent Cottell, who has been
assistant treasurer at Niue Is. for
the past six months, has now re turned to New Zealand.