BIG CRICKET

New Zealand Times, Volume LIV, Issue 12648, 7 January 1927, Page 11

BIG CRICKET

AUCKLAND v. WELLINGTON SPECIAL MATCH STARTS TO-DAY. Considerable interest centres in the special match ■ between Auckland and Wellington, tlie two undefeated teams in this season’s Plunket Shield series, which commences at the Basin Reserve this afternoon at 2 o’clock, Auckland and'Wellington are due to meet in the final of the Plunket Shield series at Auckland a month hence, so that the game commencing to-day should provide an indication of the northerners’ strength. Further interest will bo manifested in the match on account of a number of likely players for the English trip appearing on each side. E. H. Bowley, the famous Sussex professional, will attract special attention among the northerners. The Wellington team will be selected from: D. C. Collins, H. M. 3kGirr, H. Lambert, K. James. A. M. Hollings, B. J. Kortlang. F. T. Badcock, W. J. R. Christopherson, Mitchell and Lowry (Hawke’s Boy), G. Orr (Wanganui), H. B. Massey and W. Airey. The Auckland team will differ slightly from that which defeated Canterbury and Otago, as one or two members are unable to remain in Wellington. Players are being sent dour from Auckland to fill the vacancies. WELLINGTON TEAM RETURNS The Wellington representative team, which defeated Canterbury at- Christchurch, returned from the South yesterday morning. The members speak highly of the treatment accorded them during their stay in Christchuroh hy members of the' Canterbury Cricket Association and the New Zealand Cricket Conncil.