CRICKET.

Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 23, 27 January 1911, Page 2

CRICKET.

THE FLTJNKET SHIELD. CANTERBURY v. AUOLLAND. The second Pluuket Shield match of tii.' -■ ii.Mjii will be commenced to-morrow. on ...... llumuin, when Canterbury repre- j wiualiri'S will endeavour to wrest the c tin i-it'd tri.puy ironi Auckland, the pre- s Bi-u'i ii 'liicrs. The history of the shield v i- viii', a brief one, and so far the c «j.'..\ provinces to have possession are 0 tii.- piuviiK.es who are battling for the p ti ...}■:., on this occasion. The shield was t p;..- -iiu-d Lo the N.Z. Cricket Association j tn our Luc Crovcrnor, Lard l'luuket, some li\i' > rill's as.'o. w-lipii it was awarded to a Caiii'-rburv !>.> the Association. At that t time il wad a dobata-ble question as to ■\\ii,l'll province wa,s entitled to hold the c tronliv, un.i the claims vi AuckJiajid were i stiuiigiy iidranced, but the powers de- i cigcJ that Canterbury were entitled to ( it an<! il jiassud to them. Next season AuckJand journeyed South, and the shield J iound a new resting place, and it has i ibeen located here ever since, so that I Auckland has the proud honour of being « the only province in the Dominion to c win it *in competition. Wellington, J Otaso, and Canterbury, have all endea- J voured to take the shield away, but ■unsuccessfully, and the present match ( makes Canterbury's third attempt to re- ' gain possession. The visitors come with 1 a. great reputation, and the side is stated ' to be an exceptionally strong one, both ' in atiJick and defence, and it is the general opinion in the South that Auckland will be hard put to it to send them home empty banded. . The Auckland eleven is a very fine ride, and although the bowling k perhaps ] hardly as strong as in former years, the batting strength is exceptionally strong, and at least nine of the eleven are capable of knocking up a century on the slightest provocation. All things considered the game promises to he the . most interesting yet played- for the , shield, and under ordinary conditions the struggle for supremacy should- be an historical one. The match starts at 11 ajn. to-morrow, and will be played to a finish, commencing at 11a.m. each day. The teams are: — CANTERBimY. J. H. Bennett, C. Boxshall, D: Reese, IA. Sims, A Norman, E. R Caygill, W. Patrick, 1). Sandman, W. Carlton, T. Carlton, H. B. Xaisk, E. X Crawshaw. AUCKLiANI). L. G. Hem-ua," W." G. Hayward, A. Hadden, E. "V. Sale, C. lOiuiri, A. Anthony, N. C."Sne'dden, F. A. ■ Pearson, A X.err, E.'Horspo6l. The Canterbury eleven" will not be finally chosen until tonmorrow morning, but if Uie weather remains fine probably Crawshaw will stand down. Messrs. W. C. Garrard and A. Sando iwill officiate as umpires.