ATHLETIC SPORTS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2129, 22 April 1914, Page 10

ATHLETIC SPORTS.

CRICKET.

ENGAGEMENT OF CRAWFORD,. (Bj' T«l£-sraph.—Press As6oeiation.i Dunedln, April 21. Arrangements; in conpectioa. with bringing, to Dune-din J. N. .Crawford, the warld-famad ciicketer,. advanced, another stag* at last night's ineetijig of the Otago Cricket. Association. Many supporters gave, or promised- substantial sums towards-iecaring .tbo services of Crawford, ■ who is to- bo .engaged for throe years a.( t a salary of £360 yearly. Ho will undertake to' coach young play-ers-and assist, the. Otago representative* at cricket. •

TfiAT BALANCE-SHEET AGAIN. OUfieiMn, April 'it-" Tbc Now Zealand Criefeet. Council's explanation in regard' to tli©. -payment of -us.' a day to -members of too - ;tern which .touted Australia was .considered •by' the Otago Criek^t'Association, and tfroiollowing motion wascafried :~*"Tbis tOruraiUeo considers Use council's csptoation extremely unsatisfactory, and reiterates its protest against iho council deliberately keeping-affiliated associations in ignorance of t.ho increased liabilities for which it bad arranged, moro partioulafly as this association had already expressed .to tbo council its opinion that players taking the tour shoitid themselves bo asliwl ■ to contribute towards the expenses; further, that this association oorisMers HU»;IS> of the council's rules bad'. «o beating on the question of tlio allawan.es mado to players."

MKETINP'UF C'ITV CONTROL. 119 Wellington ■ Cricket .Executive, met"last- night. Mr. C. G. AVi'son presided,and. thore were:'presoiH, also: Messrs. E. M. Beccliey, J,, Fanning, F. Martin, and3'.' -Crambio, >• It was reported t-l'vat' the ■ j tutior chain-, piouship had . resulted as follows Grade A: Artillery. lOO.iper.ce'nt,; Pori-rua,..7-l; Ctiitral, 51,85; iPetono, 37.5. Gride-B: N0rth,..35.55 per-cent.; Old' Boys/ 3'3..38 ; , Cblfcge, 40; Tiotofia-, Oolipcp,- 33.38; East, -$8.57 j Brooklyn, 25; Hull, 0, It was deefw'to. tti'set a.gq.in oh. flfey S wh£a. a ; financial st-atc-ttient mil bo brought dowu. Mr. D. Reese wrofo that the expenses of five of his tesm, which played here at Easter, iitoounted. to $16' 176. ■ Id., and that til©-other six' members would pay t-heir-own expenses;, _ ;- r , Messrs. Wfeoii'-afirl Ci-o.rti.bi6'were 'appoifitod to nicet tb© Committee, of .the City Council. on Friday next to -discuss matters corporation grounds used for cricket.

BILLIARDS

STEVENSON AND CTAY. By London, April 20. Stevenson and CJrsr-y are playing a billiard- match, 18,000 up; on iovol. .%«ns, fl>r '£500. . Tto. scores stand: . Stevenson, J3QI; Gray, 755, ••* ' '.

KGRTBERN' LEAGUE TOUR' •

By 'Tdepri-t)iL--I ! .rcs3. London, April 20. .Twenty Nbrtiieni 1 Ifttjcui players sail by the stsawcr iiiirtsora to tour Australasia.

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