SUNDAY PLAY

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 31, 3 July 1939, Page 5

SUNDAY PLAY

q——t—— „ OBJECTION BY BOARD E HOCKEY TO BE STOPPED ■ a Objection lo the noise of barrac v ers that usually attended the hockt n matches played on Sundays in tl )_ Whakatane Domain, was voiced 1 >. a number of members of the Domai 0 Board last Thursday evening. It w; e claimed by .speakers that the Hockc Club had not even had the courte:i- to apply for permission to use till grounds, quite apart from using it o - Sundays to which many people stron 11 lv objected. 1 Mr C. A. Suckling said that tl: l beard appeared to have been show i scant consideration. First the hot % key players said they had pexmissio t and the next thing —they were plaj j ing on Ihe giounds. As far as h could remember the board had neve - at any time considered granting th ; use of the grounds for organise. ' sport on Sunday. | THE CRICKETERS Mr C. W. Loane: We 'did, soir.< years ago, take exception to the foot bailers using the grounds on Sunday but it was iound that the player, were merely practising. The que;; lion opened up a wide subject as tin cricketers had used, the grounds or Sundays all last season, though there was not half the noise attached to f game of cricket and noise was what people objected to. Mr Suckling: ''But it is organises games we object to." The Chairman Mr G. Brabant, sail that the cheering and barracking offended people who wished to spend the day quietly. Mr Loane sketched the experience of the board with the hockey players in the past. A special playing area had been ploughed up ior their benefit he said, on the understanding that the players levelled it and sowed it down. After the board had gone to the expense of ploughing the hockey players had repudiated their responsibility. Mr Sutherland contended that the board had been 'let down' by the [hockey players on that occasion. The secretary said he had received a letter from the hockey club but unfortunately had overlooked bringing it. However it would- not influenee the question of Sunday play. He asked what would be the attitude ol the board towards the playing of cricket on Sunday. BOISTEROUS GAME Mr Loane saixl there was no comparison a,s far as noise went. Hockey was a boisterous game, and in any case he understood that there was a movement afoot to play only on Sat. urday's next year. Mr Suckling: I consider it presumptuous on the part of the- hockey players to use the grounds without permission. The Secretary: Its getting a bit of a habit. Even the cricket club faiied to apply for permission. Mr Loane: One of them told me he had permission from our chairman Mr Brabant: He didn't get it from me. I do not object to cricket but hockey is a different matter. The board decided to refuse permission for organised games of hockey on Sundays. The question of accommodating the hockey games was next discussed it being decided to utilise portion, v>f the old grounds. The chairman and secretary were appointed to meet the hockey members and discuss the venue of games in future. The secretary w r as instructed to notify the hockey club accordingly.