CRICKET

Dominion, Volume 15, Issue 56, 30 November 1921, Page 7

CRICKET

MEETING 0P r .^gJi NGTON ASS °'

A meeting of tho Wellington Cricket Aiocffition over which the chairman (Mr C G Wilson) presided, was held evening, when there were also present: Messrs. W. G. Hughes B L. Salmon, P. R. Fulton W. A Bak , R. S. Johnston, and J- Reid (actm a "The'secretary of the Wellington Public Schools’ Association wrote Mating that as a result of the appeal by the Management Committee to senior club, fo foster the sport among boys, several had responded, and already an improvement was noticeable in the standard of P AL communication was received from the secretary of the New Zealand Council Christchurch., advising that JM . ■ S. ’ Barrett had been elected the chairman for' the ensuing year. The wntei stated that an invitation had tended to the Australian Board of Con trol to send a team to the an eight-week tour during the months of February and March. The letter also advised that a cablegram had been dispatched to Mr. A. A. MacLaren, inviting him to bring an English amateur team to New Zealand during the season 19’2-23. The committee was hopetui, if”the four eventuated, that the question of financing it would be so arranged that the association would not bo called upon to furnish guarantees. Apropos of the Australian visit the Rowing resolution recently sent to the New Zealand Council by the Otago Associotion was enclosed witn the "That this association, 'having further considered the position of the guarantee given last season for a match against the Australian, team, is strongly o . m opinion that the New Zealand Cricket Council should have refunded to each association tho difference . hMween amounts guaranteed, and paid by the associations, and tho proportional expenses of the teams. If considers that the council should not benefit by having over-estimated the expenses of the tour, and by having, consequently, obtained larger guarantees than were absolutely necessary. This action has taken from the local association lhe profits to which they were undoubtedly entitled. The communication was received. ’lt was decided to. grant .the sum of ,£3O towards the expenses incidental to tho 4 rip in connection with the jimior repwentative match at Christchurch on January 2 and' 3.

LOWER-GRADE FIXTURES. The junior fixtures will be the same as were drawn last week. Those of the third and fourth grades are as follow: Third A: Central Mission v. I-M.C.A. at Duppa Street No. 2; Marist v. Kilbirnie at Kilbirnie No. 2; Weßnigton v. Karori at Karon No. 3; Poneke v. Thorndon at Newtown No. 2; Wellington College v. St. Patrick’s College at College; Railways v. Northland at Karon No. 2; Midland v. Institute at Duppa Street No. 4; Trentham v. Hutt at Trentham; Old Boys, a bye. Third B: Y.M.C.A. v. Northland at. Kelburn No. 4; Central Mission v. Lyall Bay at Duppa Street No. 3; Hutt v. Kilbirnie at Hutt; Johnsonville v. Petone at Pctone; Makara v. University at Karori No. 5; Midland v. Railways at Newtown No. 3; Wesley v. Karon, at Karori No. 4. . Fourth: Hutt v. Central Mission at Hutt; Y.M.C.A. C v. Marist at' Newtown No. 4; Wellington College v Miramar at College; Wellesley v. I.M.C.A. B at Newtown No. 5; Scots College B v Thorndon at Scots College; Government Printing Office v. Scots College A at Scots College; Y.M.C.A. A v. Petone at Petone. q'ho third and fourth-grade matches originally fixed for Saturday last will he “played on Saturday. December 10.