CRICKET.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 210, 9 October 1909, Page 6

CRICKET.

WAKBHOUSE.MJSJJ'S CLUB. A meeting of the eiujiiuyei's of Lh l .' New I'lwuouth warehouse* was lield last evening for the purpose of forming u cricket cluli. ilr. Johns was voted to liic chair, anil it was unanimously agreed to I'onn a cricket, chili, to lie c.ulcd the \\ areiiousiiiieu's Cricket t'luli. and t'liat a team he entered for the! •Saturihiy competition. The following ollicci's were elected: —l'lesiilent, .Mr. I James Sole; vice-presidents, Messrs.) liurge.ss, Davey, Kramer, Johns, Kalii-un. and Schnackenherg; captain, Mr. W. Johns; secretary and treasurer, .Mr. W. Bigelow; committee, the <..|u.u.> ..-in Messrs. Asher, i'oates and l.ee; del.'giitc, -Mr. W. Johlls. The committee are making early arrangements for the club to eominene. 1 practise, and hope thai all thu warehousemen v. ill c.i-operafe to for,in a strong club, so that the honor of the .vaiehouses may he upheld on t.lie cricket i.eld as simcssfully as it was on the [oolliall Held. XOTKS. (By "Third Slip.") Cricket at I'renui will sull'er a severe iilow this season by the defection of sev- : cral well-known players from Lhe active i list. Scholeliehl is leaving for England | shortly, and it is understood that i'uwj celt, Spun 1 , and Hull will not be available this season; aud lastly, F. Jji--.ii | has decided to play for Garriugton Komi. Hut I trust that the club will linear.h a few serviceable colts to make up their I full unit.

All cricketers wish to see the game make a progressive, not a retrogressive, movement, and it would undoubtedly 'oe a case of the hitter should Crenui have to withdraw from the Thursday competition. With a nucleus of two such enthusiasts as the Wilsons, it is to he hoped that the club will again be formed up and show some good hard fights during the coming season.

The Waitara Club lias already indulged in a few good practices, and should be in good trim by .the time Cup mutches commence. There are several new members of the club, and it is more ihan likely that a team will lie entered tor the junior competition. Thanks mainly to the untiring devo:i n of Messrs. Hawkins aud ICggleston, cli-ir ground has Ik'ou carefully shepli nled since the conclusion of the last cricket season, ami consequently it wilhout doubt, tiie liest-looking cricket

und in Taranaki to day. Tlie laid :i;nt in the e<'iitr-' is a beautiful green, ;in-.l is as level ats the proverbial billiardtable.

It would possibly bring our local Sports Ground Committee to their senses somewhat were thev to pay the Waitara cricket ground a visit and learn how to care for a sports ground.

By the way ihey show every consideration for football and none for cricket, one would b;? led to think that the grouiid i-s tliere solely for footballers.

The fact tluit it is a public ground. and, consequently, there for the indulgence of cricket just as much as lootball, seems to be ignored by this very astute governing body, and it IS high time that the cricketers took a firm stand and gave their delegate strict instructions to foster their interests more and those of the Sports Ground Committee less. It would also he an excellent idea if the said committee could be persuaded, some time before Christmas, to employ a "thoroughly practical" man to attend to the ground. If they cannot do this, they cannot reasonably expect to derive any revenue from cricket. As these gentlemen are so fond of hearing the "oof-bird chirp" (apologies for the vulgarism), surely tile pleasant prospect of a few good gates from representative fixtures this season should appeal loudly to their financial instincts, if nothing else would.

As an instance of rapid run-getting, the following should be fairly hard to beat:—The JI.C.C., playing at Lord's ia August, declared their second innings closed with five wickets down for nit. leaving the Royal Artillcn four hours in which to make 31)2. The runs were made for the loss of eight wickets, ten minutes before time, P. S. liostrow (1IJ) and A. S. Archdale (114). putting on liiG tor the third wicket in an hour and alialf.