CRICKET.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 14927, 1 September 1910, Page 10

CRICKET.

Br Lonosup. The district schema of the Auckland Cricket Association ■ hss been modified. Under the altered rules any;player who has played for the same district olub for fivo consecutive seasons .-nay, i£ ho so desires, play for that d'strict for the rest of his cricket career. A proviso is added that if, ; after exercising this y-rivilegc any player shall play for another club the'privilege shall cea-se to operate. Mr Abe liaiby and t.h> Transvaal Cricket ' Union are the principal guarantors of the' £5000 required for a South African team ;to visit Australia. The news that tho South Africans will visit Australia this year will be received wit-h ddigiht throughout the Commonwealth and England. The English authorities were almost as much concerned about the - trouble, which has now bson settled, as Australians, because the triangular tests to be played hi TCng, land in 1912 depended upon the South Africans visiting Australia. If they had not dono so the scheme would have fallen through, Australia having only agreed to it on condition that South Africa first visited the Commonwealth. The South African Association has agreed to fire tost matohes in Australia. Tto team.will arrive at Adelaide on -October 26. A. E. Rolf accomplished a fine bowling performance for Sussex against Warwickshire on June 30, abd Jmy 1 and 2, in wliioli Sussex won by 5j runs. In tho firs', innings Keif secured June wickets for 95 iruns, and in the . second tlvree for 30.