BAY ASSOCIATION

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 701, 29 November 1933, Page 6

BAY ASSOCIATION

GENERAL BUSINESS A committee meeting of the Bay of Plenty Cricket Associat.on was also held in Mr. Musgrave's rooms on Monday night when cone: ondence Lrom the Auckland Oricktt Association relating to a Country Wleek at Eden Park from December 15 to 29, and a Town v. Country match on December 15 and 16 was received. The secretary was instructed to forward a. copy of the correspondence to the Bay of Plenty snb associa- , tion at Whakatane for its perusal, and j ith-e question of Rotorua's a'ttitude was referred to the Rotorua Cricket Association. Conference Report .Mr. H. L. Gresham, the association's delegate to the N w Zea.and • Cricket Council's Conference and an- j ual meeting held recently in Christ- j church, reported on questions dis- j eussed there and express d the opin- j ion that it was of undoubted benefit ; to minor associations that they should j be represented at these conferences, I as rnany matters were thrashed out j which in the future would be of j ■great advantage to cricket throughout the country. From opinions expressed, and discussions which took place, it was .most apparent that the New Zealand Council realised that there was much that could bq done Jp foster cricket in the country towns

of the Dominion, and more attention would he paid in the future to minor associations than had been done in the psst. If minor associations were not directly represented at these conferences, and town delegates were appointed to act on their behalf, it was only natural that small questions, which in fact had great bearing on country cricket, would be overlookod. A letter from the New Zealand Council stated that the Bay of Plenty had' been drawn against South ' Hawkes Bay in the elimination series of matches for the Hawke Cup, the winner to have the right to challenge the holders of the Cup. As the elimination matches had to be played before December 13, it was decided to forfeit to South Hawkes Biay, in order to permit them to challenge direct for the cup. In coming to this decision, the committee took into consideration thait South Hawkes Bay had performed a similar action two years ago in forfeiting to the Bay of Plenty, and members were of the opinion, that it would be a gracious act if the Bay of Plenty reciprocuted this se&son,