CRICKET ASSOCIATION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19230, 20 January 1926, Page 12

CRICKET ASSOCIATION.

MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE. EASTER MATCHES ARRANGED. The Management Committee of the Auckland Cricket Association met last evening, Mr. N. C. Sneddon presiding. The North Taranaki Cricket Association wroto stating that Good Friday and Easter Saturday would be convenient dates for a match in Auckland against a good Auckland representative side. The dates were agreed to. Another match is to be played at Eden Park on the same days. A combined team from the three minor associations in the Auckland Province, Waikato, Wadapt! and Poverty Bay will play another Auckland team. The association hopes to make this an annual fixture to assist the selectors in seeing country talent.

A request from the Poverty Bay Association for a match had to be declined. Owing to the two games at Easter and the i-rip to Wellington, the association could not get a. team away, but it decided to invito Poteitj Bay to renew the application next season. It was decided to .play competition matches all day on; Anniversary Cay, January 29. Play m all grades will commence at 9.30. , • • A case of übo of bad language in a junior match came before the committee. ltus having been dealt with, it was to instruct tho junior committee to point out to clubs that bad language was becoming very prevalent among junior players ana to urge their co-operation in its suppression.

FIXTURES FOR SATURDAY. Following are tho arrangements, for SatUr Graf?oxi a ™° Ponsonby, Eden Park No. 1. Messrs. Levien and Duff; Univeisitj Eden, Eden Park No 2, Messrs. Goldsworthy and Johnston; North Shore v. I arnell, North Shore, Messrs. Lrater and Mulll Second Grade.— Ponsonby v. Parnell A. Eden Park; Parnell B v. North Shore A, North Shore; North Shore B v University. North Shore; Eden v. Papatoetoe. Papatoetoe; Grafton v. Windmill. Eden Park; University Colts, a bye. Third Grade.—A Section: Eden v. North Shore. North Shore; Grafton, v. Ponsonby A, Victoria Park; Parnell win by default from Grammar School; Windmill win by default from King's College. B Section: Swanson v. Ponsonby B, Swanson; Kingsland v. Epsom "United, Eden Park; Onehunga Athletic v. Hobsonville, Hobsonville; All Saints, a bye. Fourth Grade—A Section: Leyß Institute v. Comrades, Victoria Park; V.x.M.I. v. All Saints A, Victoria Park; Windmill v. Kingsland (postponod); P. and T. A, a bye. B Section: Swanson v. North Shore, bwanson; All Saints B v. Hovers Methodists, Victoria Park; Northcote v. Herald, Victoria Park; P. and T. B, a bye.