CRICKET.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 935, 30 September 1910, Page 7

CRICKET.

1 ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE. "• Jlr.-M; 'P. Ijuckie.presided at alnleeting of. tho Management Committeb . of the Wellington;, CrickatA'ssocintibn,' held in tho now Occidental. Hotel lastevening.' The ..first''businias was; the. election ; of ; a " chairman of,, committee forthe ensuing season.; On. the mbtion' of Mr.i Stbvensj Mr.'Luckio was appointed' to the position.' ; In ' referring to", the "coa'cli.- fund, th'b' - chairman .'said' a- ; circular , had''^^teen. seiit out; embodying: tho.;committee's, ideas ! iii ; and .already therq-Mad :Nbw:Watv tho coacli', liad \been rappoiiited; and was'lierej.it iniiglit j be advisable . to extend tho fund. 'V Mr.i, Xaws , suggested l tkat'.a of the ,stand 'might be reserved, ; for honorary members.. ' J;; ! ~ Mr.;'Xnclcie :fa.youred,';,'the ; : .4deai;V -biit .'hardly'kno^v;'h6w''it•Hvo^^d..w6rk , . tioh' woTild be running up against'the - City -Council' if they .tried it; V: ;: . • Entries .for, the .various championships .are requested. to' be'- spnt -in ---to the secre- ' tary (slr. G. E; Stevens)' before ■ next .Tuesday;' ' rh ■ , General Business, .r Av Jetteri -ivas.,received; -from;,,. Nelson,, asking, for > match; in "Wolliiigtoii 1 : at' •Christmas qryNejv .Year.; ;decidcd to ■ reply to . the effect that ..they. -ivili; ; be 'able, to. let :tKenV:':kno\y, 'Within;rthe;'iicxt month if " a game can' bo arranged oil :either of tho dates, mentioned., The offer favourablyvrec'eived. v ,; The-Khrori BoMiigh: Council wroto. that grounds'; would be; available arid asked; if: the , same worild bo needed by ' the, association;;! ilt ' Svas decided .. to advise tlio ; council; . that a definite reply would.be,ronvarded'next week., . In speaking.,of .the:,matches for next season, Mr., Luckio said . that they would like to arrangea shield' match. against Auckland about Christmas time., v' : With Saunders in the team, tho. match, would ;be. 'muchvmorq', interesting, . and 'should 1 induco a good gate. . .'The following memorandum was received 1 from the ■ Wairarapa, Association, with the request ..that, it. should receive., careful: consideration from the Wellington Asso'ciatipp-T-'-'Tliat . a . Cricket Board of; Management bp. formed 'by .delegates appointed- by. : tho..''affiliated tassociations ,that: are situated /.'within th'e limits v of. Now Plymouth, Napier, and, Marlborough. districts.' That series of matches. , bq. arranged to bo played annually-'in' Wei'-: lingtbn, 'to, be known as tho 'country! week;'.' That tho...associations 'affiliated send representative teams to take part, in sucii-_ matches; - . That a match,; country. representatives v. /Wellington 'represeiita- . tives be : played; tiio';.members., of these, team's to bo selected -from those' taking:; part in the : series of matches played pre-, vioiisly. ,Tho' object is to encourago ..tliq game. of Cricket in Wellington and .'the : provincial districts,, and ,to {five equal op-. portunity to all-players eligible; for ,'se-. lection in the bigger cricketing events of the soaion,". The. letter was reoeived.with favour and it was decided to write for further details, and also, to advise;'the Wairarapa Association to writo t'o - all of the other: associations concerned''with a view of getting-their :viewS -on the proposal. The members' of the "commilteo all favoured the proposition, which they conceded .would be an excollent;thing:for cricket'. , : The Johnsonvillb Club wrote stating that. Mr. A. Topp, of Ngaio, had' been'appointed coach to tlie club; and it;,was' desired to know if he would bo permitted to play for Johnsonvilie.; It was. decided to forward the request; on to the Wellington: North Club,, in which district Mr. Topp : resides. Messrs. 11.I 1 . Laws, It. J..- Crombie, and ,T. Pearco 'wero appointed a ground: committee for tho'season.; ' ;, Mossrs. Tarton -and Wuns. were appointed to , act temporarily -as a junior cup committee. Mossrs. J. Douglas, J. Brotlio, and Edwards wore appointed a third-class championship committee. It was decided to , write to. tho Wellington Central Club asking it to put in a second tea'm in the senior, championship competition to avoid a byo (which, has been .'caused by tho withdrawal of I'etono). ■ , . „ , ' "Saunders.". In discussing which of tho weaker, clubs Jir. Saundors should play for during the season, the chairman .(Mr.- Luckio). said that lio favoured 'tho application of- tho Victoria College Club, - as they wero all young players,- and' necessarily colts. Mr, Willis pointed out that when occasionally they did develop a jgood man ono of tho

districts picked him up as soon as ho left college.- Ho thought that tho weakest team should liavo the services of Mr. Saunders. Mr. Parton put in a strong claim on behalf,, of Wellington South, which had lost four or five of its best players since last season. On the motion of Mr.Pearco it was decided that both. clubs submit the names'',of senior pluyei-s for the. season, tho same to bo considered at the meeting to be held on Tuesday even-, ing next. Oponing of the Soason. . It was decided to open tho'Basin Heserve for practice" to-morrow. The championship matches will commence on Saturday week. Tho practico wickets will bo practically ,the «amo as last year, with tho exception of Wellington South, which is being accommodated on tho south side of the reserve. Tho Catholic and Templars Clubs were admitted to the 'association subject to their rules being found, in order. , V WARD TO COACH AUCKLAND. ." (By Telegraph.—Press'Association!) : Auckland,: September ' 29. Ward, of Lancashire, has teen engaged as coach by . the Auckland. Cricket Association.' • ■ PUBLIC ; SCHOOL CRICEET. ' . . TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION. The annual report of tho -Wellington Public Schools' pricket Association, to! bo' presented at the annual meeting on Saturday next : (Education . Board , office, 10.30 a.m.)", states that a credit balance, of dCI 10s. 7d. is. shown on the year's working, which .is satisfactory,. .. considering that no- entrance fees were collected and no subscriptions, with the solitary exception of the one,, were received" from ■ any : source;: "In tendering my-. resignation Idesire, to thank delegates for tho gen-, erons indulgence always extended to me. in my. efforts to promote the, interests of. school cricket in Wellington,.,to the headmasters. for their financial assistance and. co-operation in the arrangement .of tho. gamej, to the Wellington-Cricket Association and the Wellington Rugby Union for their courtesy at all. times, and to those gentlemen - outside, the schools and. association who:: have always helped us to foster the best traditions of England's king of gamfes". (states,the secretary, Mr. Robert Darroch). ' ■" \ : Tho thanks of-', the association . are / due: .to the Wellington Cricket; Association and Ito'the Wellington Rugby ,Unip;n for. their kindness in providing'firstclass prepared wickets; on: the'" Athletic Park,- to Mr.' . W.'E. Bethuhe for his 'generous, donation of .dfil Is., to the Education Board'for,tho uso of tho board' room,, and to tho'headmasters who - have so . willingly, met-; the' association in the matter ■of playing games at 3 o'clock on Fridays. V Cricketers should not fail to eee : tho stock ,of cricket requisites. at -Laws : .and: .Manning's, Courtenay Place.*. - . ••