CITY COUNCIL AND CRICKET COACH.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1052, 15 February 1911, Page 6

CITY COUNCIL AND CRICKET COACH.

SUNDAYWORK ON THE BASIN;) At a. meeting of the committee,of tha ■■Wellington.-' Cricket."- .Association, last - evening a letter was received from .tie Town Clerk asking the association,to explain the conduct of Mr. Saunders, ■. the cricket "coach,".ih.atteraptiris to prepare/; a wicket on the Basin Reserve on i Sunday morning. ■ The letter alleged that - the y "coach" had refused to stop,irork.Tfhen requested todo so by the custodian,land : , continued'to work until the ralice' arriy- / 'cd and. intervened. The letter added that the council would.not; tolerate "any..work , v being done, in the reserve on Sunday. The "■-. chairman /said -he. had' heard' a slightly : different -version 'of the i matter;/- -llr. • Saunders' had, he'JJeleived, prenafad-fpr. •work' without, any "authority i : from'. sthe.'.. association, and when, told to ' cease-.bj the custodian askedfor a higher authority. ■■ From ;what'the chairman" had' gati-/ cred, the higher authority,'Md'ibeea.,. telephoned 1 to; and "without the anSwe? ;■. '.■. being "communicated, to Mr. Saiinders the'; pblica.had. been brought.,- No work had actually; been done, cln;. Australia■ they. ; were.'in J;he. habit,, of preparing, some Wickets on- Sunday; and that may .have. accounted for* the. occurrence. It .was decided to obtain' an "explanation and. then forward a reply; to, tlie council,;- stating that the association had '■ no that the'work was being'done on Sunday ;and had not authorised it. 7', % ■;/,