BIG MATCHES THIS SEASON.

Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 73, 23 September 1922, Page 15

BIG MATCHES THIS SEASON.

In view of the visit of the English team, the question of making suitable arrangements for interprcrvincial matches is one that will require early consideration. The allocation of dates for the Plunket Shield matches might have been considered by the New Zealand Cricket Council in drawing up the programme for the English tour, so as to avoid any clashing of dates for big matches. If the dates for the English team's matches, as announced by the council, are to stand, some difficulty may bo experienced in arranging for Plunket Shield matches to be played without clashing with the Test matches. Mr. J. Reid, of the local Management Committee, has gone into the matter, and he is suggesting to the committee that the following programme would be most suitable for the major associations :—

December 8, 9, 11.—England v. Auckland, at Auckland.

December 13, 3.4.—England v. West Coast Minor Associations, at Wanganui.

Decenmber 16, 18, 19. —England v. Wellington, at Wellington.

December 23, 25, 26. —Auckland v. Wellington 1, at Wellington. England v, Canterbury, at ChristcTiurch.

December 30, January 1, 2.—Engv. New Zealand, at Wellington. Auckland v. Canterbury, at Christcburch..

January 5, 6, 8. —Auckland v. Otago, at Dunedin. England v. New Zealand, at Chrislcliiirch.

January 9, 10. —England v. South Inland Minor Association, at Ximaru.

January 12, 13, 15.—England v. Otago, at Dunedin. January 19, 20.—England v. Southland, at Invercargill. January 19, 20, 22.—Wellington v. Canterbury, at Chrietchurch. January 26, 27, 29,—England v. New Zealand, at Wellington. Wellington v. Otago, at Dunedin. February 2, 3.—England v. East Coast Minor Associations, at Napier. February 10,- 12, 13.—England v. Auckland, at Auckland. Canterbury v. Otago, at Dunedin, as arranged by these associations. Wellington v. Hawkes Bay, at Wellington, as usual.

In the annual report of the Wellington Cricket Association, it waa stated that the Umpires' Association had proved itself a very live body during the season, and especial thanks were due to it for the way in which it provided umpires for important matches in the third and fourth grades. This happy state of affairs was due to the untiring efforts of Messrs. W. E. Bock and W. S. Hood, chairman and secretary respectively.