CRICKET.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20440, 19 October 1934, Page 11

CRICKET.

Position of Senior Matches. SODDEK GROUNDS LIKELY. Tt. looks as if the pitches and outfields for to-morrow’s cricket will be as sodden and slow as they were last Saturday, when the first competition games were commenced. At Haglev No. 1 ground. West Christchurch. who batted all last Saturday afternoon, have 315 for only 8 wickets, so their opponents, St Albans, have the hardest part to do. Still. St Albans have some excellent batsmen, and if the wicket gives the West Christchurch bowlers no more help than it gave the St Albans trundlers, the task will not be impossible. Sydenham, with one wicket down for 44. are in a useful position to overtake the moderate Riccarton total of 124. in the game at Sydenham Park.

East Christchurch are also in a sound position, having one down for 25. and only 11.0 necessary to catch the Old Boys’ total. This game is at the Haglev No. 2 ground. Old Collegians have four down for 201 against Lancaster Park, at Rugby Park, and will need to make runs quickly to get enough to give them a chance to win.

Women’s Test Match at Lancaster Park.

USE OF GROUND GRANTED. Next vear will be a busy one for girl cricketers. The English girl players who will be touring the Dominion early in 3 935, will meet a New Zealand women’s test team, the match being played at Lancaster Park. A week before the test match a Canterbury team will meet the Englishwomen in a one-day match. At the meeting of the Lancaster Park Board of Control last evening, an application from the Canterbury Girl Cricket Association was received asking for the use of Lancaster Park, either on Wednesday, February 6, or Thursday, February 7. At the itinerary had not been definitely arranged, th*B actual date was uncertain. The application was granted subject to the usual terms and conditions. The New Zealand Women’s Cricket Council wrote asking for the use of Lancaster Park on Saturday and Monday, February 16 and 18, for a match between the English team and a New Zealand test team. The application was granted. Technical Club. Teams for to-morrow are: A Team v. High School Old Girls (friendly), at 2.3 5 p.m. sharp, at Ensor's Road—J. Head, T. Hammill. B. Havord, B. Harris, E. Jones, M.' Jones. D. Lee, M. Norman. D, Preece, R. Symons, P. Taylor, C. Taylor. B team v. Beckenham (friendly), at 2.15 sharp, at Ensors Road—l. Annan, M. Brown, G. Kinley, Grace ICinley, T. Grant. J. Martin. I. Mitchell, W. M’Beth, P. Roberts, G. Tallon, AI. Perkins. All players are requested to bring a basket. Umpires’ Team. The following plaj’ers will represent the Umpires’ Association in a cricket match against Veterans at Hagley Park Afonday at 1.30 p.m.—F. A. Lightfoot, R. K. Hawkings, G. Donaldson. A. King, W. Gough. I. Jamieson, J. Lindley, P. D. Mansell, T. Burgess, T. W. M’Clelland.