MAORILAND TEAM.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 22, 27 January 1936, Page 12

MAORILAND TEAM.

POPULARITY IN FIJI. Prior to leaving Fiji the Maoriland cricket team was dined at the Grand Pacific Hotel, Suva, by the Suva Cricket Club, when a silver cup was presented to Bruce Massey (the team's captain), for his allround performances, and a bat to W. Dunning as most prolific scorer of the tour. Cash prizes were presented, to Fijian players for performances in batting, bowling and on the field. The team's manager, Mr. E. Sutherland, was given a walking stick of Fiji ebony with a handle of whale's tooth ivory, to be conveyed by him to Mr. E. C. Beale, of Auckland, "asking him to convey to Mr. Beale the best wishes of all cricketers in Fiji and their appreciation of the trouble, and effort he had put in in organising the team to go on tour." In a letter received by Mr. Beale from Mr. Gordon Sutherland, secretary of the Suva club,' the statement is made that "your team has been so popular that nobody has allowed them to rest at all. lam very | glad to be able to assure you that every person who came into contact with them was sincerely pleased to have met such jolly good chaps, and I know some -firm friendships have been established." The writer adds that the tour "has been, owing to the ability of the visitors, the most pleasurable and sporting ever experienced in this country, from the point of view of residents of Fiji"; and he concludes with thanks to Mr. Beale tor his j work in organises the tourj

AUCKLAND V. WELLINGTON. THREE CHANGES IN NORTHERN XI. The selectors, Messrs. N. C. Snedden, H. Duncan and A. J. Postles, have selected the following team to represent Auckland in its final Plunket Shield match, against Wellington, at the Basin Reserve, on February 8, 10 and 11: — A. .T. Postles (captain) (Eden). i J. E. Mills (Eden). J L. F. Townsend (Eden). i P. E. Whitelaw (Parnell). M. W. Wallace (Parnell). J. Cowie (Grafton). ' A. M. Matheson (University). ' ]). R. Garrard (University). H. T. Pearson (King's College Old Boys). < G. Hook (Y.M.C.A,) D. B. Edmonds (North Shore). H. G. Vivian and G. L. Weir arc not < available. They arc replaced by Garrard i and Pearson; while Edmonds, last year's « wickctkeeper takes over from W. Hayward. (Eden) who played against Otago - and Canterbury. i R.S.A. MATCHES. POINT CHEVALIER A V. EDEN - ROSKILL ; Point Chevalier.—4o (SutelifTc IS). 1 Bowling: Axon live for 19, McMurtry live for 18. Eden-Roskill. —22 (McMurtry 12). Bowling: White three for 5, Moffltt three for I, Saundcrcock four for 15. R.S.A. V. AVONDALE. Avondalc. —First innings, 60. Bowling: Miller four for 16, McLauglilan four for 12. U.S.A. —First innings. 108 (McLauglilan : 33, Strong 30 not out, Fitzgerald IS, Smith 11). ' ONEHUNGA V. GREY LYNN. Onehunga Returned Soldiers 84, beat Grey Lynn Returned Soldiers, 82. POINT COMBINED V. PARNELL. Joint Combined.—First iniugs, 47. Bowling : Mnckie live for 14. Parnell, first Innings 50. TAKAPUNA A V. TAKAPUNA B. Takapuna A, 42 (Hunt 13). Takapuna B, 143 (Phillips 52, retired, Nettleton 43,

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