CONTROL OF GAME.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 291, 8 December 1937, Page 24

CONTROL OF GAME.

THE PLUNKET SHIELD.

OTAGO AND CANTERBURY.

MANAGERS AND UMPIRES.

At last night's meeting of the Auckland Cricket Association Messrs. P. Shaw and J. H. Watts were appointed as the Auckland team's manager and the ground manager respectively for the Otago and Canterbury Plunket Shield matches early in January.

Umpires for the representative games: — Otago match. Messrs. O. R. Montgomery and R. Blennerhasset: Canterbury match, Messrs. O. R. Montgomery and R. H. Simmonds.

Mr. W. G. Miller was appointed manager of the second Auckland representative team to visit Gisborne at Christmas.

Approval was given to Mr. E. J. Price's itinerary for the Braibin Cup (Junior representative team's southern tour) Leave Auckland December 25. Play Wellington December 27 and 28. Play Canterbury December 29 and 30. Play Wellington Mercantile League December 31 and January 1, Play Hawke's Bay January 3 and 4. Play Manawatu January 5 and 6. Return to Auckland January 7. The eleven players to make the trip will be chosen on Monday night.

Players who were to have practised last evening are asked to attend a practice next Monday. To-morrow night's practice will be held as arranged.

Five districts at least will be represented at the annual country week tourney to be held between Christmas and New Year, reported Mr. W. G. Miller. Teams had entered from Cambridge, Waipa, Putaruru, Rodney and Franklin, and, necessary, an Auckland team will be fielded to avoid the bye.

The tourney will be held either at the Domain or at the North Shore ground. Messrs. R. Blennerhaaset and D. V. Moore were appointed managers.

In view of the approaching representative games it waa decided to bring the honours board in the Eden Park ( pavilion up to <fote by adding to it the performances of the Auckland players on the recent English tour.

It waa decided to circularise clubs that unless public announcement waa made by noon on Saturdays that matches had been abandoned, players were to understand that games would be played. There had been considerable confusion over this in' the past.