NUMBER OF SELECTORS

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 33, 9 February 1932, Page 14

NUMBER OF SELECTORS

PRESENT METHOD CRITICISED

"The appointment of four sclcct< yrs, one from each province, really based .on

provincial representation, is not no ccssary," said Mr. P. B. Broad, choir: jian of the Management Committee of the Wellington Cricket Association, at the weekly meeting last evening, a (hen sounding out the members o£ the committee, (o obtain then- views on L the matter. Mr. Broad's remarks foi! pwed the reading of a letter from Mr. k. V,. Byrne, one of tho local associa felon's delegates on the New Zealand O> ricket Council asking whether the nssoo iation had any matters to bring befor v. .the Tiext general meeting of delegnti & on Saturday.

For instance, in regard to th, , last team that went to England," con rtimicd Air. Broad, "not one of tho foui ; selectors had had experience of erie! cet in England, but there were sever: J firstclass cricketers, of their time, ijn the country who had had that experience, and who, in my opinion, wou1 U\ have been well qualified to select tho team."

Mr. Broad said that he had i 10 doubt tbat any three of the follow' big four men could have picked a bet' feer team than that rrhich was sent to Eng jland last year, Messrs. D. Reese, S. G. .' 3uiit.li, I). Collins, and T. C. Lowry. II & did not think for a minute that any • alteration ■would be made this year, lint, li jp thought that representations should b' j made in plenty of liniß for tlie nc.\- { biennial meeting of the council. Afc the last meeting he hf.d opposed th B appointment of four selectors, but ho wanted to know whether lie was i nterprcting the wishes of his committee. ' It might be that the appointing of foi *r selectors, one from each province, ■ pras a wiso compromise between havinj > two selectors from one province and i none from another. The other members of 11 & committee had no opinions to express and nothing further was don<\ When the application was received from the Umpires' Association for the usual grant of £7 7s, the question was raised of umpires in junio r grader which had not attended matches . to which they had been appointed. It -was explained that an official rota for the season had been prepared before 11 i O competitions commenced, but it had si jice been found impossible to adhere to it, and it had accordingly been scrapp. jtf. A RULING G IVEN. Recently the Shell ( Sub sought a I ruling from the commil ;tce in regard to \ 3. position that arose ii * a junior match against the Stop Out Club, in which the latter . s lub had been told that it could continue its innings on the second d jay of the match, after both clubs had apparently been ■under the impression that the innings had terminated on tb jo previous Saturday when the sevenf h wicket fell, and there, was not anoth Er member of the I earn present to fill t be vacancy. One of the umpires, liow< sver, ruled* that as only two minutes remained for play, time was up when ' Hi o seventh wicket fell and the team a pas therefore justified' in continuing i ifs innings on the second day. The committee d tfeided that if loss than two minutes remained for play after the wicket f. jSI, then tho inniugs could be continued , but if more than two minutes rem; jdned for play, and there was bo bats man ready to go in then the innings 1 terminated. The treasurer r feported that a numTier of club dues - (rere outstanding, and it was decided to suspend tho clubs unless the amounts , owing by them are paid by next Fri< say. • The Canterbur y Associatioa wrote thanking the oo mimittee for the ' hospitality accord*. I if'while in Wellington. *■