NO JOKE

NZ Truth, Issue 1208, 24 January 1929, Page 16

NO JOKE

Laurie Eastman's Foai^#>^rs (From *'N.Z. Truth's" Dunedin ; Rep.) . v If: participation m club matohes could be classed as a form of light diversion for a cricket-coach, Laurie Eastman m Dunedin cannot be 'said to have had much recreation this season. v < .THE. Colts ■•team, ..of ;which Eastman • . is foster-parent, was instituted by ■the ..Association, for the' purpose of giving r promising young players a chance to . show their worth. In this utility;. the Colts team has failed miserably, and Eastman's •Saturday afternoons have been more . of: a burden than a pleasure." " The' method of providing the personnel of the Colts was wrong' in the first, place. , , "Instead of bringing m a pack ofi juniors to man the team, as was done, the Colts should have comprised promising players from each senior team. Then juniors worthy of a ''try-out* could have: been draftpd to the various vacancies m the senior teams. ... The members of .^ithe'uColts are not to blamed iOr^at'least;. they were entitled to : exoneration- until the N first ! Saturday : -after? A the^i?lld a ys» when- ;: they put -their own; pot on 'by . fielding' only eight men;