CRICKET.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15748, 24 October 1914, Page 4

CRICKET.

NOTES AND COMMENTS. ' Tm cricket season will bo opened i«a •'■ when the grade competitions oi the Ww l, Association will be played. Eden P l m not being used for this round of -~,,. " l wo senior matches will bo pltftfSfeS [ Domain, Eden t. Grafton £ ft.,sfe 1 Y. Waitemala; one nt Victoria Park "RI v Ppnsonbj; and one at North Sho'r,*?" B v. North Shore. ° '* *«n ! The secretary of the Auckland CricU i I social ion, Mr. J. T. Watts, received » i from the City Council yesterday, statinV.'" the association could have the DoniSiv 1 October 31. The club officials and SS arc therefore requested to note thi X. matches commencing to-day will S. *'•■ tinued on Saturday next, b ?&&| The following will act as umpires \ifF4 day's matches:-Senior grade- £ 'V* : ' Grafton, Messrs. D. Clayton and C Oil;* University v. Waitemata. Messrs if T L : Bton and C Buw! Parcel, " PoriS" ; Messrs. Gallagher and Duffia 4°? 7 1 grade: Pencil v. Ponsonby X"Mefe? Molloy and H. White. S3la ' ''•:: The Auckland Association has Vina i. i : - luck with the Eden ground, \»r& account of various circumstances, has col *„*■ been put into sufficiently good order for nM? At the early part of the winter the pffii ' were so thoroughly soaked with the coK • pus rain that the playing of football tS them into mndholes. On top of this c. ■■' the long dry spell during which' the d?*' ' turbed soil became almost unworkable V,;»* is badly needed for the wickets ' n . : The Auckland Churches' Cricket Aw. tion will open the season to-day A totall «♦ 16 entries hag been received-five in \\l senior and 11 in the junior grade ■ gs-i? Captains for the North Shore Club's mil c teams will bo elected at 2 p.m. to-day.