CRICKET.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXX, Issue XXVI, 27 June 1903, Page 1784

CRICKET.

DISTRICT SCHEME ADOPTED. There was a very large attendance delegates to the Auckland Cricket Association at the Amateur Sports Club on Wednesday, when the report of the sub-com-mittee appointed to ileal with the district scheme came up for consideration. Mr C. W. llemery occupied the chair. The subcommittee recommended that district clubs be formed: that the districts be City, Ponsouby, Eden, Grafton, Varnell ami North Shore; that the boundaries be defined as per plans, with a ten mile radius from the Auckland post-office; that all players residing outside the districts mentioned shall. require the permission of the committee of the Auckland Cricket Association before’being allowed to play for any district. A motion to defer the question to a meeting of all cricketers was rejected after some discussion, and the recommendation to adopt the district scheme was carried unanimously, amid applause. The next question was that of tho admission of the Auckland University College as a distiirt, Air R. B, ; Lusk moving pro forma in this direction. The admission was urged in an eloquent speech by Air Al. Walker, but" was opposed’ by "tile-'Chairman and other speakers. The metytihg rejected the proposal by. a very large majority. 'l'he other reeonimehdations of the committee wore then adopted, with the exceptioif of the boundaries of the Eden and Ponsonby districts’; which/ were referred back to the sub-committee for minor alterations. - ■ * - A committee consisting of the Management Committee and the< sub-committee were appointed to, revise the Association’s rules, ami report ft> a future meeting.