CRICKET.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13491, 18 May 1907, Page 8

CRICKET.

-A tele gram .appearing:.'-'-, in ;. Thursday; Hkiialu stated tuat the Ranfurly Shield had been allotted to Canterbury by 11 votes to six. A proposal,to hand it over to Auckland was lost by 10 votes to six. A statement ot tbe financial result of the En gush cricketing: tour is-also given, .while id is stated that -Mr. Raphael received £100 for his services as secretary, gic., during the tour. The information to hand at piesenc calls for some comment, but until i hear more on the matter 1 will refrain from saying anything. • The caretaker and his staff On the Domain Cricket Ground are hard , at- work top-dress-ing p'ractico and ■; match wickets. A■. new •toil is being used, which is being secured from the hill directly opposite the pavilion. It was this soil : that A. rK. Rolf recommended, believing it to be similar to that used on seme grounds in England, with ex- ' celleno results. It is being used purely as ' an . experiment. 'It! is really volcanic - clay. I; It is authoritatively announced that 11. 11. Spoon or will, contrary to all expectations, ] ; ; represent Lancashire in t-lio coming season. ] Last autumn Mr. Spooner thought the - chances of his being ; able to assist the county in 1907 very remote, but, fortunately, he will bo again at the disposal of the committee, and is hoping to go to Australia at the close of the season, should he •be invited. ... ■' *'• • •-