NEW ZEALAND CRICKETERS -- BURKE, Cecil (b. 1914); Verdun SCOTT (1916-80) and Eric PETRIE (b. 1927) -- A 3pp a.l.s. by Burke, dated 11 Mawa Rd, Anchunga, Auckland, 16th October 1958, to Robin McConnell, on spinning: "the most interesting but hardest branch of bowling. To be successful requires constant practice ... concentrate on length the foremost essential of any bowler ... a real leg spinner must co-ordinate finger spin with a sharp turn of the wrist so that the palm of the hand is pointing in the direction of gully after delivery;" a 2pp. a.l.s. by Scott, dated 31 Clarence St, Devonport, Auckland, November 19th 1958, advising McConnell to: "Listen to all the advice you will receive ... Sift out anything good that might help you and forget the rest;" a 2pp a.l.s. by Petrie, dated Gibson Rd, Hamilton, 20th October 1958, to McConnell, describing the English cricket grounds as: "first-class ... Lord's has an atmosphere which is difficult to describe but it is apparent immediately one enters through the W.G. Grace Gates ... it was a thrill of a lifetime stepping out on the hallowed turf of such famous grounds ... the playing surface of these grounds is like green velvet," all three in their original s.a.e; together with 11 other a.l.s. by New Zealand cricketers, including T.C. Lowery, John Beck, Bill Merritt, F.L.H. Mooney, G.O. Rabone, Tom Burtt, Ross Morgan, G.L. Weir, Bill Playle, H.B. Cave, Eric Tindill, W.A. Hadlee, J. Sparling, H. Vivian, M.G. Page and three signed photographs of Sparling, Vivian and Page. (21)