ATHLETIC SPORTS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1648, 15 January 1913, Page 10

ATHLETIC SPORTS.

',- —__«, 1_- ';■. CRICKET.

'SATURDAY MATCHES UPSET. RIVAL"SPORTS. ! "SLIM" TACTICS ALLEGED. , -.- ■— *— ""-"' On Saturday, next a sports carnival is ' to bo held £n. the Basin Reserve, and • thereby hangs a tale that was told at the \ meeting, of the Management .Committee of ] the Wellington, Cricket Association last ' evening by its chairman, Mr. Martin 1 Luckic.:' 'ilie: association had previously arranged its fixtures; un. the assumption J that the: Basin-Keserve would be available for, play on 'Saturday,: but'in cons'c- ] quenco ot what, in effect,'was.alleged to 1 be : ra'thcr'"srun" .tactics of the amateur athletio sports body, the 'conimitteo oili- ' cials of the Cricket Association will be J "beating the telephone wires," ay tho - Americans say, iu their.-search after other wickets whereon to square their engage- ' incuts. ■ ■'.."■■ Representatives of the Cricket Associa- ' tion, explained Mr. Luckic at the meeting 1 last evening, .had had previously a good ! deal.of discussion with Mr. M'Villy, ] chairman of tlio Amateur .Athletics Executive, with regard:to the question of dates for events on tho Basin Reserve. ' It was finally agreed that on February 1 and 15 cricket should givo place to amateur 'athletics. "Apparently without re- ] ference to us," said Mr. Luckie, "they have since applied for and secured four dates—January 18, February 1 arid 15, . and March I—the Reserves Committee ] evidently assuming that their request had been approved'by us, and despite the'fact ' that no mention of tho January 18 and 'March 1 dates linU. been made by' them to the Cricket Association. The sports have .-nowbeen advertised, and. their committee has already incurred certain expense. Under the circumstances it is •■ probably too late now. to, protest. Mr.' Crombie and myself saw Mr. M'Villy last night, and ho said he would arraugo it all right." • Mr. Luckie added that they would now hay© to suspend matches ht present in progress, finishing them later, and start a fresh round of fixtures. He moved to the effect that a strong letter of.protest be.sent to the Eeserves Committee of the City Council with a, request .that tho whole matter should he reviewed, with the object of placing matters upon a more definite arrangement in future. ''It's not a fair-.thing," said Mr. Luckie, "but, we've, had tho "same trouble with the athletic people before. This is not the first time'they have gone beljind our backs." Mr. Crombie uttered a regret, that he had not got something in writing when the negotiations were proceeding. They had had three.assurances that tho,Basin Reserve, would, be available' for Saturday's matches. ; * ' ' ■ . "We should object, to February '1- and 15," said Mr. Liickic; "but they-are im--poi'tant dates—Wellington- and Australas- - ian championships.'. .""';',." ''"• '■'• "It wa9 then: decided to"see,about other wickets ta-day.- These will be announced to-morrow; . 'WELLINGTON ASSOCIATION. ,< The Management' Committee of. the' Wellington < Cricket ■ Association met' last evening, Mr.'Martin Luckie presiding., ~-■ Referring to tlio financial results of tho. , South Melbourno match, it was reported that the receipts, roughly, totalled .£ll7 odd, and by the time all the accounts had come in, it was probable that a loss would be shown on the venture. The chairman, referring to tho recently-, -reported-'decision of the New Zealand Cricket Council with regard to the negotiations with tho New South Wales crick- . eters—the council was unable to accede to tho demands of.tho New South Wales menin the matter-of expenses—remarked, that tho council had dono tho right thing in' closing-down the hegotiO|tions, and. moved that ,a letter be sent conveying' ■ tho endorsement of tho Wellington Association in. 'regard : thereto. ■ • : ■-' ..:-.:: - Mr: Midlano thought that something might' haVo' beeir -accomplished had ' the: earlier. Had 1 this been.done, thbywould havo had Hmo . to.open negotiations■ with tho Victorian Association ■ in. the event of the New. South Wales-proposals falling through.' It was duo to their honorary members j and other supporters to see these projects through. ' ' .■-. . ";'• , The chairmnh/rcplied that negotiations 'of this kiiid'were neccssdrily'of a pro-tracted-.nature, and he did not tliink that tho council had been guilty.of v any. delay, i In their previous experience] ■ it.had never been .possible- to. . get "a:'definite' answer from the other side until half-way through the. season. It had to bo .remembered, added Mr.'Luckie, that the whole business had, to nil intents and, purposes, been nrrnnged and agreed upon/ wlien .New 1 South Wales, at,the last moment, made a further,demand, involving additional expenditure. The ehairmau's motion was adopted. A letter was received from Mr. J. C. Cusack .with reference' to the action of the committee in depriving the, Wedues-. day Association'of No. 1 wicket ou the. Basin Reserve on the occasion of the Wel-lington-Nomads match (the subject w-as' ventilated in recent correspondence J>c-. tween Mr. Cusack, secretary of tho Wed-' ' nesday Association, and Mr. Vance, secretary of tho Wellington Cricket Asso-, cidtion, published in The Dominion a few days:ago). '','.,',',''•,, ".',' The chairman explained that there had been no intention on'the part of tho Wellington Association to deprive-' tho Wednesday Association of their, playing area; and all that had been done, was to'move ■ the Wednesday men'. from ■. wickets -l; 2, and 3 to wickets 2, 3, and i.. It was • -the desire.of the Wellington Association to work in harmony with the Wednesday men. There was nqthing more to be said, however. Mr. Cusack had, rather foolishly, rushed - into print, and Mr. .Vanco had replied to him. Consideration of a request from the Wanganui Association, asking for a match on March 8 and 10,was,deferred,till next meeting. ' . •'• Two l'etono players wrote asking for transfer to junior grade, as they were prevented by military parades from at ■-. tending • 6emor • matches, and desired to get a game somewhere. The committee agreed that the question was ono oftprin-. ciple, and that it could'not grnnfv the transfer, as 6iich a concession woulth bo resented by other -'clubs., ,' A request from tho Boys' Cricket League for a third-class match, against a reprc-' sentativo team from the association clubs, was referred to tho Boys' Sub-Committee. In a felicitous note, the "Nomads" cricket team ..conveyed its hearty thanks > to. tho association for its hospitality' on . tho occasion of' their match against Wellington. ' • ' After some discussion on the • question of arranging h'ome-nnd-homo matches with Canterbury, it was decided to write to i the Canterbury Association, submitting a proposal for Wellington to visit Christclntreh on February 11, 15, and 17, Can- • terbnry to agree to a 'return match- in Wellington on March 15, 17, and 18, and 30 per cent of \ he gate to go to tho visit ■ ing .team in each case. I 'AUSTEALIAN MATCH. N. ' By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Eec. 'January 14, 9.35 p.m.) i * . Sydney, January 14. ' The inter-Stato cricket match between • New South ■ Wales • and South Australia i has been won by New South Wales by : 81 runs. South Australia, in its second ■ innings, mado -112 runs—Gehrs, 25; Mnyne, i 67; Hill, 77; • Chamberlain, 39; Campbell, 43; Moycs, 95.