LOCAL ACTIVITY PROMISES WELL

Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 90, 13 October 1934, Page 22

LOCAL ACTIVITY PROMISES WELL

u'he newly-elected management committee of the Wellington Cricket Association has entered into tho season's work with keenneßS and it is proceed-, ing along lines which 'suggest that it means to make the most'of a season which at first glance did not appear to offer much out of the ordinary. Tho planning that has already been done by the committee points to'the season being a good deal more attractive than ■was expected' after the disappointing, though not unexpected,, announcement [that the Australian Board of Control had turned down the New Zealand Cricket Council's request for a team to come to the Dominion this summer. In ;the method of handling local affairs the committee has effected improvements, mainly in delegating to members more 'definite duties than in past years. One important innovation is the appointment of a finance committee, and another is .the setting up of a grounds committee. COACHING QUESTION.^ In other directions, too, the cpminittee is directing special attention, and, while all that it would desire to have done in the interests of cricket cannot be achieved, it is evidently right out to see that cricket is given the best service possible within the committee's power. Many enthusiasts, including the committeemen themselves, would like to see a thoroughly efficient coach doing duty in Wellington, but circumstances are such at the present time that the appointment of a professional coach cannot be entertained. However, tho matter is not being shelved for an indefinite period;. in fact, it is the aim of tho committee to place its coaching fund in a sound position in order that the question of appointing a coach can be faced with more • confidence in tho near future. For the present the committee would be well advised to carry on with a scheme such as that which was employed last season. This is in having some of1 the promising young players in attendance at the special net with those who are being considered as prospective representatives. It worked wonders' so far as some players were concerned last season. The scheme is one by which a player can be developed according to his natural ability, and in this respect it has advantages over somo of the coaching, as it happens not infrequently, that natural ability is lost by an overdose of advice.

Instead of having only one interprovincial match here this season, as was likely under the usual arrangement in regard to Plunket Shield matches, Wellington will have at least two. The first will be a special match with Auckland, and the other will be the Plunket Shield match with.' Otago. In the event of an inter-Island match being played, as has been suggested, it is hoped that Wellington will have the opportunity of staging the match. Apart from any other representative matches which might eventuate, there will be a special attraction in February in the visit of the English women's cricket team. The Wellington Crickejj Association no .doubt will, make the "Basin Eeserve available for play for the women cricketers when the tourists are in WelUngton.

SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS IN VIEW.