ON THE PITCHES

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 34, 10 February 1943, Page 5

ON THE PITCHES

ONE-DAY SERIES ENDING THIRD ROUND FINISHES THIS WEEK

Next Saturday the Auckland Cricket Association's one-day series will oe finalised, after which the lour leading Xl's will play oft" for the championship under the old scheme of two-day. contests. With six teams competing this season each had 15 games to play i? the course of the Uiree rounds, and with only this weeks fixtures remaining to complete thl programme the positions of the clubs are: Outright First Inns. Ch. P W L W L D Fts. Varsity .... 14 - - | \ | |S, Grafton .. 14 — — £ \ b 45 Parnell» ... 14 - - - | | I ll Eden 14 — ~~ 5 2 7 40 Shore* .... 14 1 — 2 * 1 |» A.S.C 14 — 1 1 » x *» •The drawn games include the second round in which no olay was possible at Deyonport. The points allocated are: Outright win, 10 victory on first innings, 6; tie, 3; draw, 2; loss on first innings, 1; no play on account of rain (when some games were played), 2; outright loss, Saturday's engagements (senior games). —A.S.C. v. Grafton-Y.M.C.A., Eden Parle No. 1, Messrs. O. R. Montgomery, R. fa. Hart; University-Middlemore v. Parnell, Eden Park No. 2, Messrs. J. C. Harris, R W. Mitchell; North Shore v. Eden-Ponsonby-Balmoral, Devonport, Messrs. W. G. Tucker, R. W. Blennerhassett. Senior B: Eden-Ponsonby-Balmoral, v. Marist, Eden Park No. 3 Mossrs. D. V. Moore, F. J. Rushton; Y.M.C.A. v. Parnell, Eden Park No. 4, Messrs. W. Webber, H. Niven; Training College v. Grafton Papatbetoe Messrs. A. J. Rankin, A. Anderson, North Shore v. A.S.C., Devonport, Mr. R. E 'C!ty l lSd Suburban: Mr. J. Ball presided at a meeting of the management committee™st evening, when it was decided to hold a special meeting on Tuesday next to consider the question of playing UvoKlay matches for .the third round. Letter/of congratulation are to be foi> warded to J. Scholium and S. Rollins ior renames. It was reported that compiling c^™ s - associatiorl secretly *ad F iefT a was; recovering froni his |evere M/T-F^ Messrs. J. Elliott, J. Bag, Green 4 ir T^wP?'MTP *'l! v Manukau A., No. | I M« 0 s?s e 'A M Sta P nley; A.E. Jupp; Manukau B. V. R.V. 8., No. 3..