"Unanswerable”

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 206, 19 November 1927, Page 13

"Unanswerable”

| CLAIMS OF AUCKLAND i AND OTAGO FOR CRICKET 1 TESTS ADMITTED BY N.Z. COUNCIL I I 1 OUTLINE OF POLICY Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, To-day. At the conference of the New Zealand cricket delegates, many different opinions were expressed as to the allocation of test matches in connection with future tours. Reese said that the question was governed by finance, and it was for this reason that Wellington and Christchurch had received so many test matches. When the council allocated matches with visiting teams, it adopted a cautious policy. In consequence, many of the associations lost, while the council made a profit. This position could not continue. The claims of Otago and Auckland were unanswerable. TESTS !N FOUR CENTRES After discussion, it was agreed that the Management Committee allot a test match to each of the four major centres in the next two tours. One remit dealt with the duration of, and hours of play for representative matches. The final decision that matches be four-day matches from 12.30 p.m. to 7 p.m. was arrived at after considerable discussion. Rule 8, providing for mutual agreement for hours of play in Hawke Cup matches, will stand. The subject of interchange of v::sits to Australia and England was discussed. A recommendation was made that visits from New Zealand teams be made every three or four years to England and Australia alternately.