ONE-DAY CRICKET

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20125, 20 December 1939, Page 7

ONE-DAY CRICKET

SENIOR B COMPETITION DATES FOR HAWKE CUP TOURNEY TEAM CHOSEN One-clay cricket matches will be continued in the Senior 3 Grade after the finish of the present round and tlie competition will not be divided into two sections as was done last season, according to a decision made yesterday afternoon at a meeting of the management committee of the Poverty Bay Cricket Association. It was reported that practically all the Senior B teams were in favour of continuing under the present arrangement.

There were present Messrs. ,T. deV. W. Blathwayt, chairman, V. C. R. Mitford, A. E. Bignall, E. Judge, C. R. Fraser. E. H. Bilham, G. E. Slade, G. A. Revcll, P. H. Dow, G. Hookham, and the lion, secretary, Mr. D. A, ■ Wells.

The Waikato Cricket Association wrote confirming December 30, January 1 and 2 as the dates for the Hawke Cup challenge match to be played in Hamilton. As those dates clashed with the arrangements already made on the understanding that the match would be played on January 1, 2, and 3 the secretary reported that ,the Waikato association and New Zealand council had been communicated with in an endeavour to have the dates altered to the three days in January.

D. A. Wells was appointed captain and P. H. Dow vice-captain of the Hawke Cup team. The appointment of a manager and the matter of arranging for accommodation were left in their hands.

Bat for Highest Scorer Over 50

An offer was received from Mr. S. D. Reeves of a bat for the highest scoring batsman in the Hawke Cup match, provided the score was over 50 runs. The secretary was instructed to thank Mr. Reeves for his generous offer.

The team to represent Poverty Bay in the provincial tournament to be played in Hamilton on December 25, 20, 27, and 28, and 29 was announced as follows: —D. A. Wells, captain, P. H. Dow, vice-captain, D. Cederwall, E. Gardner, E. F. James, H. Lee, W. H. Lysnar, E. Martin, J. K. Somervell, G. .VI. Stewart, and R. Thomson. Tournament Draw The draw for the matches in the provincial tournament, to be played at Seddon Park, Hamilton, is as follows: — Monday, December 25. —Auckland B v. Auckland City and Suburban; Waikato v. Poverty Bay. Tuesday, December 26. —Auckland B v. Waikato; Auckland City and Suburban v. Poverty Bay. The play-off for the two leading teams will be on Thursday and Friday, while the other two teams will have a match on another wicket. Four points will be allowed for an outright win, three for a first innings win, two for a draw, and one for a loss on the first innings. Rep. Team’s Practices Representative teams for the tournament and Hawke Cup games will prac-' tise at the Oval to-night, to-morrow, and Thursday. A suggestion from the Wairoa Cricket Association to have a fixture in Gisborne on February 18 with a Senior B representative team and a return match in Wairoa on March 10 was approved tentatively. It was decided to make the Oval wickets available for any friendly matches played during the Christmas and New Year holidays. However, it was made clear those intending to take' advantage of the offer would be required to book the wickets with the groundsman, Mr. W. Parker, as early as possible before the date set down for the match.