CRICKET.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 621, 25 September 1909, Page 9

CRICKET.

ASSOCIATION. -.', [ EXPECTED VISIT, OP AUSTRALIANS. V NO MOEB 'TOOLING,". , .Tho annual meeting of tho Wellington Cricket Associatioii .was held last'.evening in tho Chamber of Commerce, -Mr.'.M.'.P, Luckie. was voted to.the chair.

The report and balance-sheet (summarised in theso columns two days ago) wore adopted. The chairman remarked that tho season hod been an. uneventful .one,, and better ..things wcro expected this year. It was hoped that, next soason, tho association,'-with-tho assistance of tho district clubs, would havo a fund largo' enough to justify thorn in "importing" a firstclass English professional coach. Had it not ,bcen,for tho disorganisation of cricket and its (reorganisation on the inauguration of tho district clubs, tho association might havo had a coach for the coming season. Undor tho new. ■district, schemo, every senior 1 match w.ould be ;'ih.'(its ',way .a .representative- match,; botween players of different electoral-districts, and tho game would have much greater public financial and other support now than it had under the old regime, (ilo considered that cricket would progress rapidly, that public : .(interest would bo roused,; that .-players' would take greater interest in the game, and that the association's financial position would bo improved materk ally.- With- a view, to having tho. bank (over-, .draft (.£I9G IBs.) roduced, he would recommend to the Management Committee, that a bazaar (should be held. 1 Tho. association had- suffered to'the .extent of about .£2OO in 'tho "pooling" system adopted'for the payment of expenses in.connection with;the.visit of Lord Hawko's team.; ; '■' :■ ( '■ '■:'■'.■ ' ■ ■■■■ ' - '. The following office-bearers were elected-.— Patron, His Excclloucy the Governor; president, Mr. H. D. Bell, K.C. (re-elected); viceprosidents, 'Messrs. A.' Edwards (Wellington; !-East).E. A! Wright, M.P/ (Wellington. South), P. M..8. Fisher,. M.P. (Wellington Central), Dr. Nownian (Wellington North), Dr. Boss tono), E. P, 'Bunny (Hutt), Professor ;JL B. Kirk (Victoria College), A. iMoore and Eobert -'Bead'(junior delegates); bon. secretary, Mr..Ji. B. v Vanco; (re-elected); lion, treasurer, Mr. 0. C,-' Green; hoh. auditors, .Messrs. G. Millward (re-elected) and C.H. Manson; delegates to tho New Zealand' Cricket Council, Messrs, U lrcweek. and 'J., H..AVilliams (re-elected). ~ "Mention was made of-the fact that ■ the Management, Committee of tho-association, as, previously constituted, had declined to be party '-'to any scheme • connected ,vatn, ttie yisiw of English.or Australians being on_a. pooling The financing of .the first English -tour ■had bcendono on an individual basis, bac" a'ssociatioiv 'had - guaranteed J250,' nnd_stood or fell by-the result.of its own match; {The' Wellington' match had' resulted in a satisfactory profit, and'' the result 1 was better- than that obtained by ■ other- associations in New ,Ze.v land, ; some . of' whom - lost ■ money. . When tho. next team came' it was decided by the; NewZealand Conncil to'adopt the 'pooling system. - Each association had .to guaiantca a. certain 1 "amount, arid'had to sharo tho losses. ; lhe second team-would' not :linve been invited it they had not agreed to. the "pooling proposal, a'lid the Wellington profit, was swamped by the losses elsewhere."..The visit, of'an Australian eleven, was expected early.next year, and the;, committee, as a dying body,-had-declined' to alter its resolution to bo no party to a ppolingV' scheme.-;-.-A-■ telegram had.now becn:.recfved ' from' tho association's-"delegate .on : thp New; Zealand Council to the effect that the council would probably arrange a tour, 1 - excluding . Wellington, unless, ; the .. association agreed to-" tho "pooling" system._. ~'■.;",;' ; ■'■' Tho' meeting expressed the opinion, that,this was merb'" '•"blmf," and' a resolution '.was-, passed, that tho action-of-the .-old. committee bo approved,' on.d - that itbe nnin'struotion to the Management Committee to take no ! part, in a ; tour worked on the,, "pooling _.- system... (' '. ' ' ,'■'. -.■.'": ": ,"■ ■, Strong comment v.-as made.on tka conduct the 'proceeding's.- '.Members -remarked on. thefact (that -there was no.'provision in the rules ■.for'-tho -election of a. patron, and alleged ..that the now set of rules had not - been finally adopted, although the': chairman gave a decision at tho' outset that no-amoridmonts.'could now: be made; ■• "These, meetings of .the-association havo their, comic side," said one delegate, '.'but it-is absurd to conduct business,'in this farci : ; 'cal manned."; '-,i'..-'." ■ ~, l

'.;, 7M \ ; '- THE RIVALS CLUB.' ;>:...'''.- '■"• meeting of ithojiiivhls'C.Ci'-'was' hold at- tho. Now Zealaudcr Hotel last evoiiing,'Dr. Pigeon, being ,in thri. chair.' Tho ii-' nances of the club showed a balanco.'of '.£3 18s. Tiio- following ' oiijec-bearors ; wero ..plectcd:—. 'President,' Mr. S.< Kirkenldio; vico-presidents;' ■Messrs.- Lees, C. Smith,' B.;i!.; W00d,.; -Brs., 'Faulke,-' Ewart,-.Anderson, Holmes, Collins, Martin, '■ Herbert, Gilmer, : and. Pigeonj captain, Mr.'C;-A. AVyatt (re-elected); vice-captain/Mr. L. M'Kduziß; sccretsry and treasurer, Mr. _1, Crouch (ro-elccted); hon. auditor, mana'gemeht , committeev Messrs; T. Crouch, L. M'Konzie, C. Tyrrell, C. A.' Wyatt, and Dr. Pigeon; - solection ~ committee . - Dr. ligeon, HeWvC.' A.,Wyatt, and T.-Crouch.. ",-; : Four new niombdrs were, elected.,- '.; '