WOMEN'S CRICKET

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 69, 23 March 1938, Page 7

WOMEN'S CRICKET

SPECIAL MATCHES

The executive. meeting of the Wellington Women's Cricket Association was held last evening,, Mrs. J. H. Coulter presiding, and others present being Misses A. Lawson, I. Pickering, J. Stenberg, and N. Sheridan, and Mrs. D. Simons. '

Final arrangements were made for the Palmerston North team's visit and it was reported that the Wellington junior representatives would be selected from: M. Smith, P. Pilcher, J. Dixon, P. Marshall, A. Sauriders, M. Rountree) B. Eames, White, M. Burt, P. MurdoSk, J. Oxley, J. Silt, R. Dumbleton, •and i E. Jorgenson. The visitors will arrive at 10 a.m. on Saturday and the match will commence at 1 p.m. The umpires will be Messrs. A. Tidman and S. Moulder.

A'match, Umpires v. the Executive, which should also create some interest, will be played on the other wicket at Prince of Wales Park. The following will represent the- umpires:— Messrs. F. J. Hatcher, ,A. Looner, T. Miller, J. Poultor, A. Lake, J. Rogerson, C. G. Wilson, F. Sampson, W. R. Cooke, A. Murphy, W. J. Terry. The Executive team will be: I. Pickering, J. Stenbe'rg, A. Lawson.N. Sheridan,. W. Tasker, D. Simons, E. Daniells, J. Holmes, J. Hatcher, H. Buck, and E. Page. Messrs. A. Ell and D. Hatcher will be umpires. Arrangements were also made for the visit to Auckland, when Wellington will make its third bid for the Hallyburton-Johnston Shield. The team will leave at 7.40 p.m. on Thursday, April 14, and return on Tuesday, April 18. A seven-a-side tournament will be held on Saturday, April 2, and should prove a fitting wind-up to the season. The executive has reluctantly abandoned the banquet this season. A spejcial general meeting will be held on