SPORTS & GROUNDS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1718, 8 April 1913, Page 8

SPORTS & GROUNDS.

THE ALLOCATION OF RESERVES. I'OK COMING WINTER. A sub-rommitl;? of the City Council Ucsnrves C'ainniillee met: delegates reiireicntiug tl'.o various sports bodies ;it tile Town 11 oil lii.it evening to con-;ider recommendations i;g.irdiu„" the aliotulion ot the various euy spjrts grounds icr the winter .'A'ason. Councillor CI. J.''rc=t jiiesidcd, and Councillor J.. Jl'Keus'ie was alto present. • The foll-jjrhig delegates i'voin sports bodies altendoa:—Messrs. U..0. ilales and W. l'erry (representing the lfugby . Union) ; K. 1". Walls and 11. M'Keowen (representing the J-'cotball Association); 11.,1. lleaixtou ami Ij. Webb (representing the Northern' Union); C. Cathie, I'. Atkinson, ami A. A. Uennett (lloctey AssoCHlwii); and—. Casey (lacrosse). , The cliairinan niention;(i that it was desirable, "in view of. the state of the turf en the Basiii Iteservc, that only represontative. matches sliould l>o played on it. Mr.' Casey, speaking on behalf of tho Lacrosse Association, thought that this reserve should be allocated to his association, us lacrosse would do less damage to the turf than any other sport. This did'not "meet with general approval,- some members lidding that tho J aerosse .Association, would 1» favoured too much- even if they consented to go out of the ground wlipn it was required for other representative matches. Alter further discussion the following allocutions, of grounds were decided upon as a recommendation to tho council :— For Saturdays., Kewtowu Park—No; 1 north, Rugby; No. 2. south, hockey. Wakefield Park (upper)— No.,_ 1 west and No. 2-east, l'ootball Association; No. 3 south, Rugby. .Lower—No. 1 norch and No. 2 south, Northern. Union. .iJ&sin' Reserve—'lVo, grounds -west, lacrosse; No. 1 east, football Association. Kelburne Park—No. 1 'north, .Pootlxill Association; No. 2 southf Rugby. . Anderson Park—No. 1 cist, ltugby; No. 2 west, Football Association. Kilbirnife Reserve—One ground, l''ootball Association to 3 p.m.; hockey from 3 p.lll. Nairn Street Reserve—One ground, Brooklyn boys'. i For Wednesdays. Wakefield Park (lower)—Nos, 1 and 2, Anderson .Park; and Kelburno Reserve, Hockey Association. Newtown. Park, No.' 2, Wakefield Park (upper), Nos. 1 and 2, ami Kelburne Pnrk; No. I—Football Association. Newto.vn Park, No. 1, and Kelburno Park, No. 2—Rugby Union. Wakefield Park (lower), . No. 3—St. Patrick's College. j 1