DARGAVILLE SHIELD
BAY CHALLENGE IN MATCH AT WHANGAREI INTERESTING CRICKET ITEMS. This season, Bay of Islands will be the first challengers for the Dargaville Shield, which carries with it the North Auckland chicket championship. The Whangarei Cricket Association Management Committee accepted the dates submitted by the Bay, December 14 and 15. Mangonui are applying for a match towards the middle of January, and the fixture with Rodney will be played on January 28 and 29.
On December 15, a Whangarei representative side, largely drawn from the junior ranks, will play the MidNorthern Sub-Association, probably at Opuawhanga, where a concrete wicket is available. At the last, meeting •of the Management committee, Mr C. Mcßeath, who is now residing at Onerahi, handed in his resignation as sole selector. Tribute was done to the good work performed by Mr Mcßeath, •who was successful in assembling |the team which won and retained the Dargaville Shield. Mr W. Wilson, who also acts for North Auckland, was appointed to the position, a move which carried the full confidence of all delegates.
As Mr F, Croft is playin gregularly for the Hikurangi senior eleven, he asked to be relieved of his position as junior selector, and Mr H, Penning, of Portland, was appointed in his stead. ,
The Powell Cup was handed over to Messrs Rusk and M. Bay, representatives of the MidrNorthern Sub-As-sociation.
The first round of the Whangarei senior championship will conclude next Saturday, and following the interim for the representative fixture the next week, the Wilding-Whimp subsidiary competition will commence on December 21. Country Week. The Country Week tournament will be held in Auckland on December 26, 27, 28, 30 and 31. The first two days’ play will be at the Devonport Domain, while the remainder of the tournament will be decided at Eden Park. Selectors for Northern Associations should forward nominations of suitable players who will be available, to Mr W. Wilson as soon as possible.
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Northern Advocate, 5 December 1935, Page 6
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322DARGAVILLE SHIELD Northern Advocate, 5 December 1935, Page 6
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