.".'•"■ TO THE EDITOR. Sir--t"'-observe that the footballers have decidedto play the match with the Auckland representatives on the Oval., Much damage has already been done'to'the'turf, and efforts are now being made by the Dunedin Cricket Club to put the ground iv decent order for the coming season., Fresh turf has been obtained to repair the damage,' imd .English 'grass seed has been sown'oh the almost innumerable spots from which the grass has .been kicked off and killed .by the magnanimous and redoubtable: warriors who. are about shortly to annihilate the unfortunate Aucklanders. Football players have had the use of the ground and the pavilion | during this whiter, and shoidd* now retire witti a good grace. Instead of *!oing,so,; however, they coolly hold a meeting in the pavilion of the Dunedin Cricket Club, and, in the face of repeated requests to discontinue playing, pass a resolution that the contemplated match with Auckland be played on the Club's ground... Surely this is adding insult to injury withiii, vengeauce 1... The statement, ■ too, '.was- made that—" The agitation regarding the: Oval was due to the selfishness of only two or three mem bers of the Dunedin Cricket, Club.". YThd^e,'1. however, who are acquainted with . the, facts of the case know that the first action was taken at a general meeting of cricketers, who _ almost unanimously passed a resolution caUing: the j attention of the Football Club to the damage ! done to the Cricket Ground, .and .requesting them to stop playing. " Steps should be taken to jirevent the perpe tration of any such wanton mischief and injury as that contemplated.—l am, &C;,' Fair Play*

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