CRICKET.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17429, 13 April 1922, Page 10

CRICKET.

NEW ZEALAND COUNCIL The Management Committee of the Xew Zealand Cricket Council met last night. Present—Messrs J. S. Barrett (chairman), S. F. ■Wilson, E. K. Caygill, D. Reese, and J. F. reported that he had received „„ fntormaiiorl so- to whetner Wanganui and sVth Si tad arranged tor a match fo°r the Hawke Cup during Easter. It was proposed tnat after this match the cup should come to Christchurch to be engraved. Tne secretary's action wud approved. Tlr Cmtha Mackenzie, M.V., wrote asking thf CouncU to arrange' a match at Easter £ aid of the fund lor the blind. It was derided, owing to the Councu'e mabih.y to arrange a match, and recognising that the object was a very fine one, to subacnoe £5 5s to the fund. It was decided to purchase a suvtab.e g.tt and present it to Warwick Armstrong, from the cricketers of New Zealand, as a memento of his many tours in. Xew Zealand. An interim balance-sheet of the inter-isiand match wa6 submitted, showing an approximate loss of £63 16a lid. Tho Redpath Cup, for tho best batting performance in New Zealand, during: the past eeawn, was" awarded to J. S. HidaVston, Wellington. The nest quarterly meeting was nxsd lor the 28th inst. , __..., In the matter submitted Dy the Waihi Association regarding the dispute in connexion with the City v. Mataura match, it was reported that the Association had been advised that'the teams must play a third day. Letters received from Mr A. C. Maclaren were to the effect that the team he was brin"ing to New Zealand and Australia would be a M.C.C. team, selected by him, and captained by The latest- communication received bv the Council was from Mr F. E.Lncev, secretary of the M.C.C. received on March 30th:—"Team under Mac'aien sanctioned, subject to satisfactory arrangements." . Members were of opinion that the team would come out under the control of the M.C.C, and that the "satisfactory arrangements" probably referred to financial arrangements. Tho chairman's and secretary's action in connexion with the correspondence on the subject was aporoved. It was decided to record a vote of thanks to Mrs G. J. L. Vernon and her 1 assistants, in dispensing tea at the match between representatives of the New Zealand Council and the Canterbury Cricket Association. Voluminous correspondence from the Associations was read with reference to the Council's proposal that the competition for the Hawke Cup should be carrieel out under the eroup system, similar to t"Ee manner in which tho"minor counties' competition in England is conducted. It was decided to recommend to the. quarterly meeting that, owing to the divergence of opinion, the ' Council invite challenges' from all the minor associations desiring to play for the Hawse Cup during next season, such challenges to be sent in before November Ist, the Management Committee to allocate the matches in the order it thinis reasonable. "~" / BOYS'- ASSOCIATION. The following team, which has been selected to represent Canterbury against the Wellington Boys' League in the Shield- match, will go Nojth by the Wabine this evening:— L. It. Gordon (Y.M.C.A.), R. Lisle (East), A. S. Billoliff (High School), B. Marshall (Technical), J. Clarke (Technical), J. Pirodergast (St. Bede's), G. Morris (Technical), C Goode (Technical), E. Ambrose (Y-M.C.A.), W.' Desmond (Technical), and J. Gohns (Technical); emergencies, G. dephano (East),. P. Farmer (Cadets), and H. McKay (St. Andrew's). , Boya selected are to rueefc at the Christ- . ohurch Railway Station .at 6.45 this evening. The game will be- played in Wellington on Easter Saturday and Monday.

TEST MATCH RECOMMENDATIONS (Sr Cable—Press Assooistion—Odpyright.s (Australian and W.Z Cable Association.) (Received April 12th, 8.40 p.m.) LONDON, April 11. The Ujarylebone Cricket Club will hold a special meeting on May . Brd to consider applying, inclusively in Australia, the recommendations of the Imperial Cricket Conference relating to the eight ball over, a lead of 200' entitling a eidv to enforce a follow on* and permitting the sweeping, and rolling of a wicket after rain has fallen.