ATHLETIC SPORTS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1556, 27 September 1912, Page 4

ATHLETIC SPORTS.

tV' * CRICKET. FINANCE'AND OTHER MATTERS. SOME CRITICISM. ' THE SPORT IN WELLINGTON. . The annual general meeting of delegate to the Wellington Cricket 'Association wa held in tile Chamber of Commerce las ill slit. Mr. M. M. I'V , Luekio presided and Ijhereweroover thirty delegates pre ■ • sent. ■ ''' ■' \' The annual report' (already published . ■andtho balance-sheet were read au< . adopted.: ; • In moving the adoption of the report ill'. Luclrio pointed : out that though.thi sctvson was a very' successful one, tin ground- '.fees, • were , meh less thai they were the 'previous season '• ■ 'whjlo 'the-:' expenditure on tin .Basin Reserve lind been ...much' greater und thp .association ,was . therefore not ii u much better position than it .had beei •tho previous year. Ho : referred: in', detai • to tno figures to show that stmio of tin principal items of expenditure were of ai extraordinary nature and would not agaii oriso for somo years. The work that. Inu ' been done to the Basin Reserve in tin winter months'would Uaro a good effect and though it would'be necessary to speni ■ jiio.ney on improvements ©very few years tho expenditure would nover likely be a: .. . heavy as it had been during the past year Mr. Jjutkie also touched 011 the questioi ot "inducements to-young players," aiu directed attention to tho proposals wliicl th<i committee had placed in the repon for: the consideration of the meeting. li< . urged the advisability of encouraginj young players to play .within thi 1, • ranks of - tho Wellington rCrickc V Association, Vhcro'" they could ge better wickots, meet better players, am übtoin more chances of improviii! tlitfifplaj'. '• 'Regarding the-Dnylight Saving., Bill, he hoped that next session i would .receive more attention at tV. hands ofvparliament. 'i'he .most serion matter,vho had,'to . refor to was the condi tion of!,the Basin Reserve, and he oiitlinec what had been done in connection wjtl tho closing of. tho, Reserve for wintc: "''sports and .tho' commencement of .tin work. When'it was .found that the ;vorl • was not as favourably a. it should;'have done, and when'work ha< to be suspended owing to tho bad weather It becanio necessary to increase the ex ponditure and put on extra lnbour. Tin Reserves Committer of the City Counci then decided toiako over tho work, and i was gone on with. at . a ihiicli faster rate Even then, a great portion of the groun< . .hud been rc-Mwn .at- su'cli a;late 'perioc that it- will hi) impossible to practice 01 those parts some months., and n< : , matches can be played-, on the matel ■ wickets.J>efbro'; November 1. Before thi ground is openod on that date, however tho consent of tho Reserves Committei Jrill bo .necessary. The eastern portioi . of tho ground is iii much bet ter condi I mir than _ ever before,; and it is confidently anticipated;-that good- practice will b; obtainable there by about the third week ii October. In view of all theso circumstances • H l6 -,^, 0 . 01^ 011 approached the autlioritiei ot Wellington College, and by their'cour- < tesy a wicket for senior matches can be obtained there on Saturdays. Moreover, tlie authorities of tho. collego, do not intend to make any charge for 1 tho wicket provided*' the . association's groundsman prepares .it..: (Applause.); Finally, Mr. Luckie referred hopefully to the improvement that might be expected in the association's finances if the City of. Wei- . lington Empowering Bill became law. ' Ho believed thero was good ehajice of -it-- seeing tho Statuto Book this session,' and • then i;n five or six years the association could .probably clear off all its debts, and relieve the City ; Council. of a lot of expenditure in I .'with the reserves. . . Professor Hunter criticised the balrinc^ sheet at* length, expressing tho opinion that the trip of the representative team to CHu-istchurch was ill-advised, and that • fcho,lieavy expenditure on tho Basin Re- , sorvo was not warranted* Ho considered that tho proposed "inducements to young were, nothing more or less than a renunciation -of tho district scheme.- H# contended that tho affairs of tho association had not received tho caro they should . have dono at the httiid9'of tho committee. .' Mr. M. J. Crombie directed his remarks in reply to Professor Hunter's criticism. . Ho defended tho action of the 1 committee in sending the team to Christchurch to play for tho Pluhkot Shield, and pointed out that representative matches were \ a source'of income to the clubs arranging them, aud were: a necessary response to the public demand for such fixtures.' Practically every member of tho district clubs would benefit by tho improvements to the Basin Reserve. Mr. D. M'Kenzio said that though a. member of the r committee he could not subscribe to the report. Ho specially objected to the lovy on members as not in the best interests of the association. Mr-. I'. Midlane stated that his'club (Bast) had instructed liiin to bring under the notice of the meeting the necessity for tho revision of the district boundaries. Something was wrong when, tho East Club could, play two senior teams while other clubs wero starving foT senior members. /Mr. Luckie, in reply, declared that it was very easy for a ihari to. be a destructive critic,, when,' like I'rofessoT Hunter, he had "never borne any of the heat and the burden of the day," and knew nothing of tho difficulties under which the manage-: ment'committee had worked during the last eight or ten years!: ' ' ■ Mr. C. A. Richardson was elected a life membor of the association.. • The election of officers'resulted as follows:—Patron, his Excellencv the Governor; president, the Hon. IL j). Bell, K.C., M.L.C.; viCe-prosideuts, the ilon. I ? . M. B. Fisher, Dr. A'. IC. Newman, Dr. Boss, Pr - fossor Picken, Messrs: R. 1 A. Wright. E. P. ■Bunny, and J. P. Firth: vice-presideiit to Aaliinl Cricket Council, : the Hon. 11. D. Bell; delegates to New Zealand Cricket Council, Messrs. J. n. Williams and A. R. Holdship; managing committee; Messrs. M. jr. F. Luckie, V. B. Willis, M. .1. Crombie, E. 0. Hales, F. A. I-hws, J Fanning, F. Midl«ne, ; and C. G: Wilson; hon. secretary, Mr. E. B. Vance; hon. treasurer. Mr. W. S. Hood; lion, auditor, Mr. S. Whitta'Thorntan. . '' , ..KARORI C.C. MEETING. '. The annual general meeting of the Karori Cricket Club was / held .in tho Parochial Hall, Karori, ;on Wednesday evening,. Mr. C. I. Dasent presiding. The annual report stated, that owing to the continuance of tho district scheme of crickpt and tho consequent limitation .of area.from which- players could, be drawn, tho~menibership of tho club had not increased to.any appreciable extent, and only ono team took the field during the season. Of ohampionship -matches played, seven were'won, one .was drawn, and nine were lost. Mr. C. Coate secured the best, batting figures, with au average of 13.3, Mr. E. A tit in being a good second with an avoragp of 12.2. Tho most successful bowlers were Mr. A. Edwards (average 7.93 runs per wickct) and Mr. F. Tarr (average 0.30). Totes of thanks were passed to Messrs. C. 1. Dasent and W. Shearer for donations to the; club's funds. Tho election of officers resulted as follows Patron, Mr. W. H. D. 8011, M.P.j president, Mr. C. I. Dnsent.; vice-presi-dents, tho Revs. A. I. Hanstll and J. -R. Clark, ircssrs. R. E. Hnves. W; Shwirer, B. Burn. W. J. Hildreth, 15. E„ Hammond. M. Anderson, and .T. Brunjr; captain, Mr. T. Spiers; practice captain. Mr. F<. Atkin; secretary and treasurer, Mr. P. C. Jordan;. General Committee, cantain. practice captain, secretary, and Messrs'. 0. Coate. A. Edwards, anil W. Lowe; Mutch Committee. Me«prs. T. Spiers, E. Atkin. and C. Coate; delegate to association, W. Lowe. It was decided to cutei a team for the third olass championship. •THE VIVIAN C.C.'MEETING. Thi sixth annual meeting of the Vivian Cricket Clulj was held at the New Zealande'r Hotel. Manners Street, on Tuesday, Mr. F. Esad occupying the chair. Tho report stated, inter alia, us follows: —This being only (lie second season that the club has competed in tho senior competition, it put up a creditable stand. Altogether nino games woro played, four or which wern won, and five lost. We scored' fourteen points in tho champion* sh.'.p. and occupied third place in tho competition. The Ikilanoe to the club's credit is very sraail.- -On - sotcral occasions,

owing to the team playing short, ground fees had to bo made up. There aro also several mombers v.-'ho have not vet paid their subscriptions. Your connmtteo has much pleasure in referring to the goodfellowship displayed by members, and tho friendly and sociable way in which games were contested. Four of our . meiiibors visited Christchnrch with the Wednesday representative team, which played there on January 1 and 2, and ono of our members (!Ir. Cording) acted as captain. The batting and bowling of several of the team was very good, as will bo seen by the averages for tho seuson, Mr, W. 0. Stills being prominent on olio occasion, taking four wickets in succession. Mr. It. Caterer also did good work with the bat, securing Hho first century in the history of tho club in senior cricket. Although several of last year's members litivo left Wellington, we lmva a number of new members in view, and ought to bo a bio to put a team in the field who will uphold tlie reputation of the club. W© wish to place on record our appreciation of the work 1 done by Mr. J: Cusack, tho enc-rgetio secretary of tho association. The. report was adopted. ' The following office-bearers were elected:—Patron, Dr. Newman; presidont,. F. J. Caterer; vice-presidents, Messrs. J. G. W. Aitken. A. E. Mann, K. J). Klliott, F. R«ad, F. G. Bolton, T. Kirker, and P. Cording; hon. secretary, Mr. K. C. Hardie; delegates to tho Wednesday Association, Messrs. E. C. Hnrdio.and R. F. Caterer.

4 , ATHLETIC SPORTS. . several moinbers who nave not yet paid : j : • their subscriptions. Your committee has I CPIflfPT " much pleasure in referring to the good1, fellowship displayed by members, and tho ' friendly and sociable way in which games were contested. Four of our . meiiibors FINANCE 'AND OTHER MATTERS. visited Christchurch with the Wednesday , » representative team, which played there _ on January l and 2, and ono of our inemSOME CRITICISM- bers (Hr. Cording)acted as captain. The r > batting and bowling of several of the , team was very good, as will bo seen by the THE SPORT IN WELLINGTON, averages for tho season, Mr, \V. 0. Stills being prominent on one occasion, taking h. -®he annual general meeting of delegates *? ur wiekets in fniccession. Mr. K. Caterer i * ■ j. ... , , , , ... also did good work with the bat, securing : ; to the Wellington Cricket Association was v t | W ' first- century in the historv of the' held in tile Chamber of Commerce-last club in senior cricket. Although several ; night. Mr. M. M. ■ ]?; Luckie presided, of lost year's members havo left Wellingi . and there'were-over thirty delegates pre- ton, we have a number of new members sent ' ■■■■.?'. 1,1 view, and ought to bo oblo to put a rn ," , • -. ;, .."i , team in the field who will uphold tlie The annual report (already published) 'reputation of the club. W© wish to place ■ ■ and the balance-sheet were read and on record our appreciation of the work adopted.:' done by Mr. J; Cusack, the energetic ,: - In moving the adoption of the report, secretary of the association. Mi\ Luclrio pointed : out that though the . A! 1 e -W, 01 . wa3 a i. P, ' , . setvson was a very' successful one, the -I he following office-bearers were electground- "fees, - were .much less than ed: Patron, Dr. Newman; president,, K they were tho 'previous season, J. Caterer; Messrs. J. G. -- while • .'the-.-' • expenditure on the W. Allien. A. E. Mann, R ; D. Mhott, F. . Basin Reserve had been much greater, 5' ca, '» 1'., G.-Bolton, T. hirker, and P. and th*> -association-,wastherefore not in ; Cording j hon. secretary, Mr. J5. C. 1 : u much better position than it .had bean Hardie; delegates to the Wednesday AsI the previous year. Ho : referred: in', detail. ™®«>tion, Messrs. E. C. Hardie.and R. 1'. • to the figures to show that stmio of the Caterer. • - principal items of expenditure were of an , -twtting Averages, extraordinary nature and would not again T'l. H.S. Ings. N.O. Av. ■- ! arise for somo years. The work that, had Dumbloton ...... 80 80 2 . — 10.0 .>.'■■■ been done to the Basin Reserve in tho Sullivan 114 74 • 5- — 22.4 winter months would havo a good effect, Carson 150 81- 8 1 22.2 ;. and though it would'be necessary to spend Dempsey 107 92 10 1 21.7 I ■ money on improvements every few years, Caterer 260 123 14 1 20.0 'the. expenditure would nover likely be ns Mills 202 59 11 1 21.2 .. . heavy as it had been during the past year. 'Bromley '.172 75 - 9 — 19.1 Mr, Jju'ckie also touched on the question Cording 199 61 13 2 18.1 ot "inducements to-young players," and Castles 142 43 14 — 10.2 > directed attention to tho proposals which Hill. 81 33 8 — 10.1 • tfoi committee had placed in the report Hydon 120 30 13 — 0.9 for: the consideration of the meeting. Iio Tluddlestono ...; .51 10 11 4 7.2 [ - . urged tho advisability of encouraging Read 47 11 10 3 g!s : young players to play .within the Anderson '8 '3 4 1 22 I.'.:, ranks of - tho Wellington ; Cricket Hastings 5 3,4,— l.l i' V Association,''Vhero: ~ they could get 1 1 better wickets, meet better players, and Bowlin" Averages ubtom more chances of improving • * f thefr'play."?"Regarding the-Daylight iJav- «... • . »Vkts. Huns. Avgo. iiig ...Bill, he hoped that next session it . J 13 8-3 1 •'would .jreceiyp. .more attention at the Carson . 9 147 10.7 i hands of.'''Parliament. The .most serious . ? ?? '2.1 v ' wattervho had 'to refor to was the condi- p„ ,". an ,)! JjJ 12,1 ' tion of!,the Basin Reserve, and lie outlined cjr ; J® 130 13.0 f what had been done in connection with Vim no - tho closing of. tho, Reserve for winter t\ '*? *}' ; • ' 'sports and . tho''commencement of the 11 J?'? work. Wheiv'it was,found that the work „ "•' 'was not 'progressing as favourably as '„ "7? ' it should;hnve done, and when'work had ' r -5 t to be suspended owing to the bad weather, n't It hecamo neccssary to increas© the ex- * *