VICTORIAN ELEVEN.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 84, 9 April 1925, Page 9

VICTORIAN ELEVEN.

THE TEST SELECTIONS. PROTEST FROM AUCKLAND. (By Telegraph.—l'ress Association \ CHRISTCHURCH, Wednesday. At a meeting of the management committee of the New Zealand Cricket Council the following letter in reference to the selection of the New Zealand team against the Victorian eleven was received from the secretary of the Auckland association:—"l have been instructed by my committee to address you, pointing out that the Auckland association feels that it has not been given enough consideration in respect of the appointment of selectors for the New Zealand team, and also in the allocation of Test matches. The association also feels strongly on the question of the New Zealand team having been selected prior to the completion of matches against all major associations, more especially as Auckland did not have a selector on the selection committee. The fact of the New Zealand team being selected before the match against Auckland had been played was the subject for expressions of protest on the part of members of my committee. Altogether we are thoroughly disappointed with the manner in which the association has been treated in the matter of Tost matches, and we now enter an emphatic protest." It was decided that Auckland be informed that the management committee had done what it thought best possible under the circumstances.

The North Otago association wrote stating that it was promised a two-day match with thef Victorians at a guarantee of £125. However, it got barely one and a-half clays' play, as the match could not be commenced before 3 p.m. on the first day, and had to be adandoned at 3. p.m. on the second. Application was made for the guarantee to be reduced.

The Otago association also asked for a rebate on the Victorian match, on which a loss of £82 14/6 was made. To save the expense of Sending a team to Invercargill by motor, the match w\as concluded at four o'clock, and that meant a difference of £50 to gate receipts. Both letters were deferred until the complete result of the tour had been ascertained.

She secretary reported that about £350 profit would be madn from the tour of the Victorian team. The second Test had just paid for itself.

It was decided thai the Redpath Shield, for the most meritorious performances of the season should go to R. D. Worker, who had a batting average of 49.10 in big cricket. It was reported that the cup for the best batting performance in the first Test had been won by R. C. Blunt, and that the medal for a similar performance in the second Test had been won by Worker. J