LOCAL CRICKET

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 41, 18 February 1930, Page 9

LOCAL CRICKET

[WAS SATURDAY A DAY ?

COMPLICATED POSITION

It appeared at one stage of the proceedings at 'the meeting of- the Wellington Cricket Association's Management Committee last evening during discussion on the position arising out o£ the wet weather on Saturday afternoon that a deadlock had been reached. After a decision had been made before midday to go ahead with all matches' on Saturday afternoon, the weather became worse, and the conditions generally were against play, but three junior grade matches and a third grade game were played. The;questiqn the Management Committee had to decide was how they should treat the teams which played and those which did not start.

Several motions and " amendments in .turn were' £iit to the meeting on the subject,; but difficulty'was experienced in obtaining a majority, decision. After considerable time had been spent discussing the position, however, it was decided to-allow the senior teams, none of which played on Saturday, and the junior grade teams, except those which played on Satiirday, to complete their engagements next Saturday, and to play „ all third grade ' matches, set down for last Saturday, nest Saturday. The chairman (Mr. P. B. Broad) said he did not see, so far as the senior teams were concerned,' how'-they could regard last Saturday as a day's play. Mr. A.' Ronaldson: "What do. you suggest ■with' regard to the junior teams?" " Mr. Broad: ''Those .that didn't start should be allowed next Saturday." Mr. J. Reid said that the matter was one to be viewed from a common-sense point of view, apart from rules and technicalities. JUNIOR MATCHES. Of the three junior games played, said Mr. L: J. Brabin, Stop Out in the D grade had 30 runs to get to obtain an outright win. The game was completed. The Jobnsonville and Karori junior A teams had about two hours' play, Johnsonyille getting a five-point. win.-, In the junior A game between University and Institute, University on the first day had scored. 300. and. Institute 50 for two wickets. Institute completed their innings, and then ■ it commenced to rain hard, stumps being drawn; University won on the first innings. •.'"■■ Mr. J. S. Hanna said he agreed with Mr. Reid that common-sense should prevail. Mr.'Read then moved: "That all senior and junior matches in which no play took place last Saturday be continued liext Saturday. That junior and third grade matches in which play commenced, arid which were not concluded be continued next Saturday from the point at which play stopped, the time played last Saturday to be deducted." Mr. Broad said he thought the junior teams which.played on Saturday had had their second, day, and that should be the end, of their matches. With regard to the third grade the position was more difficult. He did not like the idea of allowing a third day to ,the junior teams which had had a day's play on Saturday. Mr. Brabin: "I think we should .play all the. matches, with, the exception "of those that were finished." THE COMMON-SENSE VIEW. Mr. Broad: "With all due respect, that ss, I think, the common-sense view." It -was stated that at midday on Saturday only light rain was falling, and the grounds were hard, and under' the prevailing conditions/there could have been no ■other decision than that .games should be P As 6 an-amendment to Mr. Reid's no-' tion, Mr.' Broad moved that m the senior and junior, grades, except.in the case^ot the junipn games in which there was play on Saturday, play be continued next bat--lUMr.' Reid: - "What about the third J B'Mr.'Broad suggested that the third grade shouldbe dealt with separately. Ho did not think that, they should depart from the-¥ules'"of.-'criclffit."'>'''-.^~""^-':'--~v"'-'- T1 ;: ?«''--;: The amendment was, carried. Mr. Keid ■n-as the only dissentient, and ho asked that his vote be recorded. Air. -A. Ronaldson then moved an amendment-that'last Saturday be treated as a day's play in senior and junior grades. "GILBERTIAN POSITION." "I think you are making the position a little Gilbertian," said Mr. Broad. "Then; •was no play at all in the senior grade within the meaning of any rule." Mr. Roualdson's amendment was lost, .and on Mr. Broad's motion (originally the amendment to Mr. Reid's motion) being , put to.the meeting it w;as also lost. . With the position as at the commencement of the. meeting. • Mr. Reid then moved his motion again, to which Mr. Brabin moved as an amendment that all ' senior arid junior games not played last Saturday be played, and that junior games playedl last 'Saturday be treated as completed. •■"■'■ ■" • The amendment was seconded: by Mr. Broad, but the meeting was^not in favour of, it, nor did Mr: Reid's motion meet with . the: approval of-'the majority. . ;■ /-'' -. DECISION ARRIVED AT. Mr. Broad suggested that the committee should^ meet again to-night to consider the position, but, after some further discussion he said he would try once more to see if some decision could be arrived at. He moved that, except in the junior-games in which there was play'on Saturday, a. fresh Saturday allotted .for senior' and junior grades to finish the matches,; arid that the round in the third grade compjetir ' tion set down for last Saturday be played- , next Saturday,-the game between. Seatbuii ;.. and Kilbirnie to be treated as annulled.' Mr. Brabin seconded the motion. •< Mr. Reid said that he was going to vote for the motion, but he wished it to.be-un-- ,'. derstood that he was still of the opinion that the fair thing to do would have been ; to. carry: his own motion. He could, see there was no prospect of his motion being carried,.so he was prepared to vote for. • Mr. Broad's motion to get the committee out of a difficulty, and because he thought it was the next best. '"'•'■' *

The motion was then put to the meeting, »nd it.was carried.