CRICKET MANAGEMENT.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1957, 14 January 1914, Page 4

CRICKET MANAGEMENT.

N.Z. COUNCIL CRITICMIftsSa ■ ■*'■ PROVINCIALISM ALLEGEpIfI rrS&XSW& The Wellington Cricket k+ Association', met last night, Mr. A. A\ Gcorgc'-pro-siiling. There wore ■' present' , ,*:*;also: Messrs: K. M. Beochcy (s'ocrctarv),l--I , '-' Martin (treasurer), J. ■' Fanning,SO Hiekson, C. C. J. Bay, F.Mm!;me,ram.j. Cloidliiich. '" ''.■■> '; i ',■■■ ..'4?;'; In reply to the Wellington -ARswte-; lion's offer of 50 pnr-csni. <if the "net promxls for ;i inatrli between Wcilingtoii and the New Zealand loam '-which is now touring Australia, the Now Zca- , land Cricket Council asked for a minimum guarantee of £75, -Tho council's" , letter stated: "Such a match was cod-' templated as part of tho tour, and included in the estimates am! revenue of tho tour, ami it was on the hiisis of "a surplus of at least £"■!> from this match that the guarantee from the ■ association was■ obtained." . \ t ■'.*"■■■ The council'. ,- , letter was 'considerably criticised. ..-.;■. .V .

Mr. George: I have a very .-serious grievance against this crunir.il. "I. don't know any body which has done so little for cricket. It is quilo time, we shifted the sent of Government Tho council is not in touch with oricket. ■ . ■•

Mr. Ueechey j.nid that crickot could hj governed better from Wellington than from anywhere olse.

Another member said that the council was too much in search of limelight.-. The opinion was expressed that tho council was sticking out for a profit of about £40 on tho match. ■ ....", "'"

Mr. Beechey: The position is that they say that if they can't mako a substantial profit out of tho match they won't let it bo playod.

Mr; Midlanc; The council don't "help cricket. They havo never'helped it yet. It is time they handled their business in a proper manner. They should not havo any provincial leanings. A. member. That's' it —nrovincialisin. The matter of terms for the match was referred to a sub-committee consisting of Messrs. George, Ileechey, and Midline, who were given power to act. Auckland Again, -V . It was reported that t»o Auckland team which had arranged to play here on January 22, 23, and 24, and .. in Christclvurch on January 29, 30, and'3l, would not" appear on those dates, as the G'liristelwreh dates did not suit the southern team. Auckland now preferred February 6 and 7. The association decided to take steps to hold Auckland to tho January dates. . . '■[ \ How the. Money went, A statement of accounts of the 'Wel-lington-Canterbury match, played recently at Christchurcli, was read as follows :— £ ' s, d. Gross goto receipts 98 10 0 Ground rent ~ ; 21 6 3 Gatekeepers '~ 13 5 0 Material '.. ;.. 110 0 Drag and carter : 1 18 6 Advertising and score-board.. 415 0 Umpires 4 4 0 Sundries 0 18 9 Catering 14 !) 6 N.Z. Council. 5 per cent. ... 11G 3 Wellington, 30 per cent. ... 10 17 6 Canterbury, 65 per cent. ..:.... 23 11 3 Junior and Third Championship. Tlio following report of tlio s«b- : committee set up to draw up a scheme for. the. decision of tlio junior and thirdclass championships was adopted:— .■■.• "Junior Ch.-imnionship!—l. At the conclusion of the sixth -round tlieolevetr teams in. this competition -j§haH .bo ;'jHvuled , ; 'i^tp;'"t\yp , igratles;- ; 'ttf consist of tlio'Tour tennis'liavirig tlio highest nercontago -of nnints to matches played by them. The 8 , . grade 'will .comprise, the,'remaining nevon teams. ;Aftcr three rounds hnvo uco-n-raHnpio.tcd '■in each' grade, a further round shall, if ■the Vlunior 'Championship , Corivmittee 'thiiilc fit, lip, bliiyed wherom th" two leading teams in each grade shall piny ;o(F fnr thp premier place in- such grndn. , i% The , points gained tjy.'- : v , rrcU t<"ipYih the 'first six rounds shall ho add"tt ,'to [Mioso (mined in tho rounds plpved suh'sequcntlv. .3. The clian'oipnsliii) slniH jhi awarded to such team in tiro A grade ,tlwjt..has during the whole season .obtained most points in proportion to the number of 'imtohes played by i'-. 4, Siniilnrly. tho team in grade B that has obtained the p-fit-i'st proportion nf noints t-o bp consider! tho premier, "tenin in V-'ado B. Tbo teams in this grade shall in tho final resultn bo 'grouned seoVnHv frw the teams i" iirado A, and. the loading team shall rank lower tli.xn the ■ fourth foam fii grade A. o. When in nny match tire second day's play hps not tcltnn nlnre for n»v nnart from i'i ,, ''effn'lfc of eithp'r sid°, t'm riintch VhalV''oh bn enunted in j;he {Hii'tl-ipr thoro has bwn n rpKn}f..-on tlio first innings or nntV and slisll. +.hert>fore. n«t lm reeli'onod in assessing tho percentage of "oinJn.

"Tliird-cla«s Chamnionshm.'--Thiy third-class championship shall b" decided in a .wmil.Ti- ii>ni)ne>- to -fJio junior championship, ivitli the following liccessarv modifications: —Tim A (trade to consist of the six leading teams, tlio other six teams to form a B grade. Each team to nlay tlio other five teams in its grade, the first round under.fl'' 1 ; scheme to commence on January 31, 1914, whether a.nv rounds previously drawn lmve been completed or not. "After the above five rounds haveh~>n nlayed. the Third-class Ohamnlonsliii) Committee may, if it thinks fit,' order a further round to be played in which tlio teams lending in each "ratio r.hall meet, to 'Wide the premiership in each prado. Note. —The ahovo. nrovisions for orderim; a nlav-off both in thejunior and in the third-class championships shall be brought into effect only where there aro two teams 'tying'for the first place, or where not more than ouo point Ecna'-ates them, but not wlici the effect of playing snob match would ho to leave two teams tying for the first place." ■ **"' Matches Ponding. . It was decided to play a trial third-/ class representative match_ next 1 Satnr-. day between a team picked from the city and a team chosen from the" fluttj Valley and Johnsonville. > Jlessrs. N. Berry,'A. -J. Gourlay, and .T. Smith were appointed to select the junior team which is to play a AVcdnes-. day Association second eleven on/Anniversary Day. Junior Fixtures. The following are the junior"• championship fixtures for January .17 and 2-1, the sixth round: —Brooldvn' v. : Vic-' toriii College. at College: Csntra) v.; I'orirna, at Porinia ; Old Boys v. Artii- 1 lory, Basin No. 3; North v. ' East, 7 Basin No. 4; Ifutt r. Pctone. All fixtures previously published ■ are. cancelled owing io the division, of - tlio

above teams into two grniips after ilic completion of llic sisth round.