CRICKET.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18025, 25 February 1922, Page 11

CRICKET.

AUCKLAND ASSOCIATION. CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS. The seventh round of the Auckland Cricket Association club championship matches will be continued this afternoon. The grounds aw in good order, and with fast wickets and keen outfields bright cricket should be witnessed. Two senior matches will bo resumed at Eden Park, Eden A. continuing its match, against Parnell on No. 1 wicltot, and Grafton resuming the contest against University on No. 2 wicket.. The match between Eden A. and Parnell is at an interesting stage, with tho chances of victory in tavour of Eden A„ which compiled 162 in the first innings, and has secured five Parnell wickets for 83. Parnell may m»k« a good recovery, in which case the chances are open. Grafton has' a good start on University, with a score of 260 in the first innings, but as University has lost only four wickets for lOfi runs and has several good batsmen to come, anything may happen, and the position ig interesting. Ponsonby may have wine difficulty in defeating North Shore, as, the first innings score of 177 is not flattering enough to warrant the assertion that Ponsonby will beat North Shore, which has lost, four wickets for 99 runs. The result is open, but there are possibilities of a close finish. Eden B. and Y.M-C.A. are on fairly even terms, the former having scored 161 rune in the first, innings and the latter 138 for the loss of eight wickets. The match is at a'h interesting stage, and a close game should result. The junior matches will also be reeumed today, and with fine weather and fast wickets some good performances should be registered.

'NEW ZEALAND COUNCIL. ENGLISH TEAM'S VISIT. [by association.] CHRISTCHUBCH. Friday. At the quarterly meeting of the New Zealand Cricket Council delegates, the chairman, Mr. J. S. Barrett, said that since the previous quarterly meeting the Management Committee, had discussed the question of wickets for boys but decided not to make any pronouncement. He felt the solution of the problem lay in a lighter ball reducing tie weight from sfoz. to soz. The committee recommended this for n'.xt season. He thought eight-ball overs was a mistake for school boys. Six-ball overs for boys up to a certain standard would be an advantage, In regard to the profits of the Australian tour the committee had decided to stick to its guns and to uphold the motion passed at the general meetins. It, therefore, did not distribute anything, An invitation had been .pent to' Mr. A. C. MacLaren to bring out a rfrst-class • team, and he had accepted it. Mr. MacLaren was making his' own arrangements with Australia, and the Management Committee had dropped out of that part of the scheme. He did not think there was any possibility of loss, but probably there would not be much profit. The team wonld leave England in September, and be here by Christmas., It would play probably eight matches in the Dominion. There was a chance of the council getting a South African team to visit Now Zealand. Mr, Wilson said the council should lake the whole of the takings and the risk of Mr. MacLaren's tour in New Zealand. Hn moved that the Management Committee be recommended, in the event of outside teams conr'ng to New Zealand, to arrange for the council to take all the gate money less a small percentage for the local associations on account of, any energy they might show. The motion was carried unanimously.