CRICKET.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 136, 8 June 1907, Page 12

CRICKET.

E. Ackroyd, Otago representative W keter and hockey player, has taken., his residence in Christchurch,(^ [M parted for that city on Tuesday ■ilsu&. '■'■■ A. C. Maclaren has beenTnTnd* :*"?•', a few months, with a view -of geftfe his rheumatism cured. Yd S a il__f has badly spoded his cricket;'• of !»„ seasons. ' .;.''.■•■ *,' The "Daily Mail" gives-'pnti&atf• an interview with Mr. Lacey, ' BecTe |a_T of the Marylebone Club, composition of the English team "ti visit Australia next season is discussed.' J R ■ Jackson has been so far the only ___.-" "sounded" on the subject, and it. is em. r sidered certain that C. B. Pry will' fj£ ri come. At the time of the interne? ' the likely men were considered '• to; fe V" P. S. Jackson (Yorkshire), 'captain- _ A. Knox (Surrey), _"._*". Crawford (Si.' rey), E. E. Foster (Worcestershire)', ffi. L. Hutchings (Kent), R. H. SpoonaJ' (Lancashire), J. T. Tyldesley (Li_. cashire), A. Fielder (Kent), "_ Hayward (Surrey), E. Arnold V (Worcestershire), W. .R. Khodes" (Yorkshire), or C. Blyth (""""ent^c'._.': Oates (Notts). George Hirst is no. included in the list, because.ff_ra.is-''ij_Y likelihood of the famous all-ronieiet:' making another trip. Another wicketkeeper additional to Oates is a necessity, and a good, medium-paced bowler..-would,, ' also be required. For these. piactt;v -,| Humphreys (Derbyshire), Strud^cis; (Surrey), Lees (Surrey)> and A-K BiJir (Sussex) will be. strong while P. Perrin, of _ssex, to he considered.. - . •.'.•„::."'■"'. Mr. Green, ex-president of the MX3.C.H .spoahSncr—ab the-.annual-meef^gnqf, the-$ ]___ Cluby'expressed re^V._t>tha',_ r feat of the proposal to extend tKt,-l period of colonial cricketers froui... f_T.n to five years. He said: "We feel veiy-_ strongly indeed that the introduction and '■•■".:. engagement of colonial players into our; county teams is entirely against tlie-. spirit of real county cricket, and doc's much to do away with the feelings .of * esprit de corps and patriotism wMck ; used to exist and should exist in co*'. nection with county cricket. , ■ ItTs slap"' very unfair and hard upon l , our ,oin»> home-bred players. We feel also .ti*fc;' it is unfair to colonial crid-etthatiw;-, here in England should in any W»y{«t tempt to attract their good this country. What would have he®'* thought in Australia, I wonder, if a leaf, years ago their greatest and most.b-tf- . liant batsman, Victor Trumpet, had ■«£ • cepted the overtures which wfere m»de"•'. to him to come to England and qnalifyi for one of our leading counties? . *"f owd : this have been fair to Ansjiiili«i cricket? Again, there is-ho douilVtlut the existing system does put it inti to** power of the rich and wealthywonties to employ and qualify a. whole side #. outside and foreign players. Sarelyj- ! this must be against the real"!, hit of; bona fide county cricket? "V">; The Victorian Association"onJMott'day unanimously adopted the: Tepbrt'ol'-~ I the Board of Control on the subject_otthe visit of the English team to Australia next summer. In moving tn« | adoption, Mr. E. F. Mitchell, who put' '-•the matter very clearly before> tlie j Association, said the members had; not I light-heartedly entered into' the gßM»?\.'. itee of £10.000 to the Marylebone 'Uufv iFrom a business point of view, he "„;-, mo hesitation in thinking they ■ had donfii the best thing. The last Englishteaffl; I had taken half the ground | wlu'ch had amounted to over &mVarious Associations and grounds,.*£ taken the balance of the ground « and the grand stand receipts. Ajk taking this the M.C.C. had lost £ gg on the tour. On the same basis as flfetour it would take £970C1 to hnanee ,.g one. It was considered that on tg„ occasion the takings wouM be, gretg ; „ than before, even allowing conditions of weather as in I**£J£'* two previous tours the g™Js?&--had been considerably over £ 20,^. leach tour. Assuming that <*$ .<* £20,000 was taken this £ viding for the guarantee there■ *«££,' a sinTilar amount to meet all«f"°S : „ Australia _*y> d j£^£-. there was httle risk in making *?*£;■ offer Members of the Board of Co* tfol had made themselvesjomtly g, severally liable for the guarantee, t* , STSt that the not shirk their that even if the English ***WEm only came to the same_ amoua| J» , before, £8100, the a J§| have at least an equal amount, to^ ) the balance of of the report. • '