CANTERBURY CRICKET ASSOCIATION.

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1639, 22 May 1879, Page 3

CANTERBURY CRICKET ASSOCIATION.

The annual general meeting of the Canterbury Cricket Association was held last night at the Commercial Hotel. In the absence of the President and Vice-President Mr C. 0. Corfe was voted to the chair. The minutes of the last annual meeting were read and confirmed. ACCOUNTS. The secretary submitted the following statement of accounts : —Receipts—Balance from last season, £47125; arrears from seasons 1877-8, £lO Os 6d ; contributions from clubs, U.C.C.C., £B9 6s 6d; Midland 0.0. C., £52 7a 3d ; Hagley Oak Leaf, £34 10s; Christ's College, £lO : total from clubs, £lB6 3s 9d ; fees, donations and gate money, £l7l lis 6d ; Victorian trip subscriptions, £370 3s 6d; grand total, £785 lis 3d ; payments, £744 12s sd. Balance, April; 30th, 1879, £4O 18s lOd; total £785 lis 3d. Liabilities, £2Bl 12s lOd ; amount receivable, including unpaid subscriptions on Victorian trip, balance in Bank, balance of arrears, and sundries, £74 9s lOd. The secretary stated that Mr E. 0. J. Stevens had audited the accounts and initialled the book as correct. He had been unexpectedly called away to Dunedin, which was the cause of his absence from the meeting. Mr T. D. Condell moved—" That the balance-sheet be received and adopted." Mr Secretan seconded the motion, which was agreed to. Mr A. Ollivier said the balance-sheet was a very satisfactory one. If the expenditure had been unusually large there had been unusual demands upon their receipts. If the receipts of the Australian tour had scarcely covered the expenditure, it was more than counterbalanced by the benefit which had been derived by cricket from the trip. The association, with all the demands which had been made upon it, was in a better position than it was last year, a result which was mainly duo to the zeal and exertions of the secretary, Mr Condell. He had therefore much pleasure in recording his sense of the manner in which Mr Condell had carried out his duties. ELECTION OF OFFICEBS. The next business was the election of officers. On the motion of Mr Secretan, seconded by Mr Ollivier, Mr E. C. J. Stevens was elected president. On the motion of Mr Ollivier, seconded by Mr Secretan, Mr H. P. Lance was elected vice-president. The secretary, referring to the balancesheet, said he was surprised that no member had referred to the unliquidated expenses in connection with the Victorian trip. It was time that tht>y were settled, and he thought some steps should be taken towards their settlement.

The Chairman said, as he understood it, the secretary wished to know if any gentleman had any plan to propose by which a sum of £35 in connection with the Victorian trip might be paid off. The Secretary said he had had many applications from persons to whom the money was due, which he regretted he had been unable to meet.. He had endeavoured but unsuccessfully, to obtain subscriptions towards it. Mr Ollivier suggested that a special effort should be made to clear off the small expenses incurred by the Victorian trip. He thought that if the members exerted themselves to collect small subscriptions, the amount might easily be cleared off. He himself would do his best to collect as much as possible, and if all the members followed his example they would soon have a sufficient sum to hand to the treasurer to liquidate these liabilities. It was unfair to ask an honorary officer to carry out certain duties unless he was furnished with the means of doing so. He, therefore, proposed that a special effort should be made in the direction he had pointed out. As a beginning, he would suggest that a subscription list, limited to ss, should be opened in the room.

Mr Allen said he should be happy to second Mr Ollivier's resolution, although he could scarcely see why individual members should be taxed for the benefit of the Association generally, who would reap great advantages from the visit of two teams, which had resulted from the Victorian trip. The motion was then put and agreed to. ATTENDANCE AT MEETINGS.

The Secretary said he wished to express a hope that, for the next season, more interest would be taken by the members of the Association in attendance at meetings. 0-reat inconvenience had been experienced last season by the frequent impossibility of forming a quorum, and he hoped that the officers of the Association would not have to make the sumo complaint the ensuing season. Before dispersing, the Chairman said he had a motion to bring before tho meeting, which he thought would do cricket some good. But, without going into bygone matters, or imputing motives, ho thought that a report by the local Press of a certain match which had come off had been conceived in very bad taste. The motion which he had to propose waB —"It is the opinion of the Cricket Association that the interests of cricket would be

furthered if the local papers woiii ah#?a'n from publishing accounts of Abloom'ion matches, except such accounts as wre sont through the secretary of the Association." Mr Allen, in Bpeaking to the resolution, said the question had been ventilated in Dunedin, and the point was whether a paper had a right to criticise a game on the ground. He thought the Press had a perfect right to write anything about a match, according to' the ability of the man they sent there to report it. Mr Neilson thought that Mr Corfe alluded rather to remarks on the players of a personal nature. He therefore should have much pleasure in seconding the motion. Mr Atack could not see how the supervision of the secretary, as suggested by Mr Corfe, could be carried out. Personal comments in sporting matters were unavoidable. He scarcely understood the chairman's allu aions, and should like to hear something of the comments that he alluded to. He presumed that they bore some reference to the match in whioh Lord Harris's team took part Mr Allen thought the difficulty could be got over by the secretary of the assoc'ation reporting their matches, and furnishing them to the papers without any comments. Mr Caygill said such a resolution would seem as if the association were afraid of comment, and it was doubtful if the papers would accept repirts on those conditions. They would doubtless send their own reporters, and the best plan would be, in order that the association should not be placed in a false position, not to endorse or be responsible for any reports that were not furnished by their own secretary. Mr Atack did not agree with meddling with the newspapers, although he was a newspaper man. He would move an amendment to the following effect:—" That this association does not hold itself responsible for any criticisms in matters connected with cricket that may appear in the local papers, unless authorised by the association." Mr Corfe said that in proposing his resolution he had not taken the view that the papers would imagine the Association placing themselves in antagonism with them, but that on the contrary, they would be glad to hear it, and regard the change as for their benefit and convenience. Seconded by Mr Caygill. The amendment was then put and carried, and the proceedings terminated with the usual vote of thanks to the chairman. The following are the batting and bowling averages of the past year:— MATCHES PLAYED IN AUSTRALIA. Batting Avehaqes.

0) 03 So a .3 A o +3 o a H 0) Pt V} tog "3 4J a w a in a raw s I § OM y-l HO >M rt M A S 2 H «J D. Ashby 7 13 211 44 69 3 21-1 T. S. Baker ... 7 12 124 30 42 0 10-4 E. Fowler 7 10 84 20 26 3 12 ''.Frith 7 10 71 19 19 2 87 W. Frith 7 10 209 54 60 2 26-1 E. T. A. Fnller... 7 10 54 23 23 1 6 J.F. Hartland... 7 12 9 8-4 29 29 1 7'7 G. H. Lee c 97 29 38 0 10.7 W.F. Neilson... 7 10 192 48 48 0 192 A. M. Ollivier... 7 12 278 48 83 2 27-8 G. Watson 7 11 102 29 58 1 10-2 Bo VLINt Averages. 0? M IS > O •i] a B M i o M o to 0) 13 n M 0 iZ! u a> . Pi+3 ,M B.S g£ M D. Ashby 241-2 9" 370 27 27 0 1319 U. Frith 224 101 315 25 0 0 12-15 W. Frith 210 78 451 26 3 1 179 E. T. A. Fnller... 54 16 122 2 4 0 61 G. G. Lee 188 47 380 13 0 3 293 W. F. Neilson.., 19 0 71 4 1 0 17'3

ASSOCIATION MATCHES, PLAYED AT CHRISTCHURCH. Batting Averages. 0) O A o d 05 SO) ; 'a \ I 05 a a .a| ■s'3 8.9 Sa o 1* +3 o a N IS u 05 ft m 05 tO Pi 05 a a a i « a fl SH «T J. Allen 12 — 15 97 19 19 0 67 D. Ashby 14 19 367 75 75 2 21-10 W. Beard 17 19 77 12 12 6 5-12 T. W. Couran ... 7 10 113 34 34 0 11-3 C. C. Corfe 13 16 1 203 69 69 2 19-8 E. J. Cotterill ... 5 6 I 113 41 64 0 18-5 J. Fairhurst 4 6 58 33 33 1 113 E. Fowler 5 6 73 ::i 34 0 12-1 J. Fowler 12 13 192 40 46 0 14-10 C. Frith 6 6 26 It 14 1 51 W. Frith 8 10 132 38 63 0 13-2 E. T. A. Fuller ... 6 6 1 24 12 12 1 4-4 R. D. Harman ... 9 11 1 94 ! .?!i 32 3 ii-e J. F. Hartland ... 12 16 | 333, 127 127 6 33-3 T.Jones 6 6 ! 22 10 10 0 3-4 G. H. Lee 5 6 37 20 21 1 7-2 A. Longden 10 15 ! 111 37 37 2 87 R. MacDonnell ... 5 7 49 19 19 0 7' 4-3 W. V. Millton ... 4 7 ! 27 9 10 1 1 H. W. Moore 5 6 61 26 26 0 10-1 F. H. Morice 11 14 ! 86 19 25 o 6-2 W. F. Neilson ... 13 17 ! 271 54 54 2 ] 181 A. M. Ollivier ... 11 15 J 252 53 53 1 1 18H. H. Secretan ... 14 16 2S9, 91 91 4 241 T. Skelton 8 10 i 47 19 32 19 2 57 E. C. J. Stevens... 15 19 ; 188 32 2 111 G. A. Turner ... 13 16 ! 113 20 30 2 8-1 G. Watson 11 12 i 97 37 37 0 81 A. C. Wilson ... 12 16 ! 111 29 34 1 7-6 J. Wood i 11 14 i 112 22 29 0 8Bow r LIN( i Av 03 EUAC IKS. 75 ; to D. Ashby s* t 01 > o 382 05 •a '3 125 710 O M 72 17 ■*» 0 0 ii 9 62 W. Beard 281 90 510 50 0 0 10-10 C. C. Corfe 115 30 239 1 21 40 3 0 11-8 C. Frith 158 60 256 0 1 6-16 W. Frith 119 39 278 32 3 1 8-22 E. T. A. Fuller ... 131 33 273 25 0 0 10-23 G. H. Lee 69 1 12 183 12 1 0 15-3 F. H. Morice 28 7 58 1 3 0 58W. F. Neilson ... 36 3 107 9 6 0 11-8 H. H. Secretan ... 41 1 io 93 5 1 0 18-3 T. Skelton 99 I 21 89 11 0 0 8-1 G.A.Turner ... 194 57 436 23 1 0 18-22