CRICKET

Dominion, Volume 15, Issue 15, 12 October 1921, Page 7

CRICKET

SELECT ON OF SENIOR TEAMS &’ Y.M.C.A. AND INSTITUTE ADMITTED The Management Committee of tho Wellington Cricket Association met last evening, the chairman, Mr. C. G. Wilson, presiding. Captain Jennings, of tho Defenco Department, attended for the purpose of explaining the position with regard to military iiarades. He regretted the feeling that had been created regarding the matter. The Defenco Department wished to meet cricketers in every way possible, and with a view to overcoming the difficulty he suggested that when a player wanted to participate in a cricket match his application lor- leave from a paradci should be (iccompanied. |by an endorsement from his club secretary. This would ensure that it was not a “put-up job." The player would require to make up. his parade on another occasion. Only half a dozen or so afternoon parades had to be attended during tho year. It was realised that cricket and sport generally were of value in military training. Tho chairman said that while the association would not be a party to encouraging young pion to shirk their military duties, it considered it desirable to keep them engaged in active sport. He considered that Captain Jennings’s suggestion afforded a good way out of tho difficulty. The committee decided to notify club secretaries of tho new arrangement with tho Defence authorities, a copy of all endorsements of applications . for leave to be forwarded to the association socJ. L. Jameson wrote donating three gold medals for competition among juniors. . Tho secretary reported that entries totalling 88 teams had been received from 34 clubs. The. list included eight new clubs. The entries for the grades were as follow: —Senior, 10; Junior A, 12; Junior B, 18; Third A, 22; Third B, 11; Fourth, 15. Some discussion took place regarding the selection of teams for the senior competition, eight being required out of a total of 10 entries. It was agreed to again confer seniority on tho six clubs which played senior cricket last season, namelv: Petone, Hutt, ’lhorndon, Old Boys, Midland (East), Wellington (North). Two other clubs, Y.M.C.A. and Institute, were also admitted, to the senior competition, thus completing tho total of eight. On the motion of the chairman the disposition of matches for tho senior competition was arranged as follows:— First round: all teams to meet each other once; second round: four leading teams to play each other, and the team scoring the most championship points in the season to be declared the winners; tho remaining four teams to meet each other in separate contest. On the motion of Mr. J. Reed, seconded by Mr. H. E. Burton, it was decided that in addition to the ordinary championships a club championship bo instituted, to be awarded to the club having' the highest aggregate in all competitions, points to be awarded as follow:—Senior, multiplied by 4; junior by 3; third class by 1; fourth class, divided by 2. OPENING FIXTURES. Tho fallowing senior fixtures were arranged for the first two playing Saturdays, October 15 and 22: — Wellington v. Thorndon, Basin Reserve. Midland v. Institute, Kelburn No. 1. Y.M.C.A. v. Hutt, Hutt. Petone v. Old Boys, Petone.