CRICKET

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 139, 9 December 1924, Page 14

CRICKET

WELLINGTON ASSOCIATION

PLUNKET SHIELD DATES.

The Bxecutive of ■ the Wellington Cricket Association met last evening, the chairman (Mr. 0. J. Wilson) presiding, lnere were also present :—Messrs F M Martin, J. Hutchings, D. M'Kenzie, B. L. Salmon, P, B. Broad, and E. Darrooh (secretary). Iyegard to the selection of the country team to pl ay the town in Wellington onWth and 20th December, it wfs decided to appoint Mr. Ongley, of Pal.merston North, ar the sole selector of the country team. On the suggestion of Mr Broad it was further dtcided. to write to the minor associations, asking them to nominate delegates to attend I conference m Wellington while the Town ' v Country matc h is being played, in order to arrange a satisfactory scheme luture yel c. Ctl°a °f CoUn^ tea™ j» The difficulty of arranging a mutually acceptable date for Plunket. Shield matches cropped up again in interprovincial correspondence. The Auckland Uricket Association wrote stating that it could not alter its dates with Canterbury and Otago already arranged— Canterbury at Christmas and Otago at the New lear. It was mentioned that members took strong exception to some f« -th? reported- remarks of members of the Wellington Association. The pro--posal to alter the rules in Plunket Shield matches came originally from Otago. The chairman said he thought they ought to endeavour to "foster good feeling, and he would suggest that they should accept the Auckland . proposal and endeavour to arrive at a more satisfactory arrangement for future seasons. Wellington would, under the- .proposal, play Canterbury at Christchurch on Ist, 2nd, and 3rd January,, and leave the dates open for the Otago and Auckland matches. v.Mr. Buck mentioned that the Otago,Canterbury match-had been played for forty .years; at. Christmas, and this was .the.:first break. ■The chairman's suggestion -was agreed to unanimously, and the secretary was instructed accordingly. ' : .. The Championship Committee gave the following- selection for the colts' team, the fifteen to practise on the Basin Reserve Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday nights, beginning next Wednesday: —'Varsity—Arndt, Greig, Hollings, D. W. M'Kenzie; Hutt—Warnes and Adams; Midland—Barber, Spenco, Stan:didge, Ruddlesden; Institute—Massey, Npofc; Wellington—Monkhouse; Y.M.C.A.—Lamason arid J. R. Virtue.