CRICKET.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14929, 29 February 1912, Page 9

CRICKET.

THE PLUNKET SHIELD. The Auckland Cricket Association has received ' official notification to the effect that the proposed j visit of a Canterbury eleven to this city next | month in quest of the recently-won Plunket shield has been abandoned. ' RETURN QF AUCKLAND REPRE- ; SENTATIVE TEAM. ; The Auckland representative cricket team reI turned from its successful Southern tour yester- . day morning, and the players were welcomed at 1 the railway station by members of the sseociaiion I and prominent supporters. I "" j PIAKO ASSOCIATION'S CHAMPION- | SHIP. I The final match for the I'iako Cricket. AssociI ;ition'ii championship was played on Saturday. ! The Morrinsville and Waitou Clubs being equal i with 10 points each at the end of the fourth j round, the deciding niale'u took place at Te I Aroha. Morrinsville made 113, the best contii- ; butioils to the score being miulo by K. Humi phreys (46, not- out), A. Aitkcu (18), Parlour (14), ;W. Aitken (10), and extras (15). Lamb took ; three wickets for 29 runs. Viaitoa's innings I closed for 36. Parlour bowling splendidly and i taking two wickets in succession on two occasion I one! capturing in nil seven wickets for 13 runs. j Tinrmins, with 12, was the only Waitoa batsman i iii reach double figures. Morrlnsvillo thus von ; by 77 runs on the first innings and took the . championship for the second season in succession.