LONDON'S GAMES
■iiV;v;a! : ;;; : ;cmcraT; : FiGUK^ ; ; ;:'A -return ;showing' the' extent ;to which' Couify .Council /f or ■ the playing' : of-, games : in ".the; parks'-and/open spaces-have been .resorted teigiyes.sbme'int'eresting figures'.; Apparehtly;:aaTO,';tennis.has 'declined,in. popularity,,/and//quoits,■-.; : tbbV'.'.r On//the : other'; hand, ,leapt ; .up;ii]i: popular esteem ;is'indicated. ;by ; . a ;large.'increase'.,' in '■ the ?.number-/'of : i ,fo:-27,267v,thi5' year. y;Hockey':also.seems:td-have "caught ..on." .VLacrosse; does ;'nbt. seem, to', be:' pppu-' .lar;-::'i:Follbwing,\ire'. ; the; l ..three : years'/fig,ures;for/'eight: 'descriptions'/of .games:-/;"■'.' AS:'• VV::-;,-" ■'■• ;..Matches::Tear::ended; '■'/./ : ' 30,': 'Sept; 30,: Sept. 80, 'Mi':■■-: W-:' -«' /'1907.-S-:; ■:; 1908.;; ; v 1909j' : /. ■Bowls v;V.;™™':;21,927"; ; V^8^949-'1:'27,267;' ::CricketV^.-,.;;.; : ;:. : 29,010 :.:23,024 : ..: :Croquett= ; :.sU';*l;376 -;;'".I,SIBV-:;i;271';, 14,973 :; -14,308:.: -Hockey :;^;;_;::V2,336 ! V-. 2,222 /: :;2,704//- • Lacrosse';:^.;:;;V: ; ;-ai4,;/f:;:i-:9G; * p:-'B6- •'' Lawh:tennis'..:- 1 ;97;489^V-97,505:'88,448 :" Quoits::.//;;^;/..';/3,792 .C5-7,689-;v'J'.'S;ol3'■»':
;'-.'•!.Thefigures..relating;to.cricket and.football'show. some~ diminution,', but: there has , been/a''cpilsiderablo; increase in'.tlie .nuniT; ber'of fpitches',for: .whioh/:no statistics/'are.available;:; / The./fikures ..whichafe/nyailable,'serve',: however;: to.' in-' games, retain, and the demand for pitches forxboth' games .is i stated: to; be much. in. '
hurling,'and: shinty-are ambng'other games/for;which, :the' : council; affords facilities.:/ ;■:,-:::/; /; : ' /•'
XiOwing;fco;.'the. boycott'bf ,The.-.DoiriKioN ;by-,the 1 Administration 'as regards. Goyerhhient. advertising,.-we::publish : .,:at, ouri' bwhjl&st■ in 'this :i&ue/ notice's regardr in'gvthe.jjpayhiont'.bf'inebnie.tax.and the discontiijuarice) of;, the:'.iVVellihgton-Auok-land: extra : express;,trains.'/■';:,-*: -}."'■■:■'■ Q :V
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 709, 7 January 1910, Page 5
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175LONDON'S GAMES Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 709, 7 January 1910, Page 5
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