CRICKET

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 74, 18 September 1911, Page 7

CRICKET

THE M.C.C. TEAM . / , 5 By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, September l."i. ;, Warner-announces that' J." \V;" ll&frne' will join the M.C.C team for" Australia. NEW PLYMOUTH CLI/B. At the annual meeting"'ol, t%f"Xew Plymouth Cricket Club, to, lie'-'ffefdl/'in-:t!llfe,'Towftf-HaH J Jhe ;f qlfow-i, ing, report, will be presented'by tlie cpm-j ■ihittee':—" '' "''' "'"'' '"" : ' ; '' "'"': 'Your committee has ninth pleasui'6'in' presenting the annual report and balance Sheet'for the season IUIO-IL .l)uring.J ; t|i6 past season the club had put three''teairhs in the field," viz., a senior Thursday XL," a Saturday XL, and a junior XL Thesenior XL was a very strong batting side, not less than ten of its members securing averages of 14 aint-oTer. Mr.. A,. S. Hasi-U headed the list,with the 'fine average 'of 35.8, Mr E. Lasli witli':3o.B tnid'.Mr. W. ,'C. Weston with 21).(> also having''line averages. Mr W. iV.Nicoll, who took 31. wicketH at an .average 'of fi.B'cachj'easily headed the bowling depatynje^t,""' The team only managed to S&'iire third place in the Robertson Cup competition—the weakness of their bowling being mainly responsible, for their' comparative failure. Tl(e' ! Saturday XL got into the Mimi-final in their competition, and the junior team 'oMmptot) a similar position in the junior shield competition.' So the club can only •be" ; &aid to'liave had a / moderately successful' search:' lit'conjunction with the Law Club a clay wicket was laid on the Tukapa ground, the cost ibeing borne in equal shares by each club. The cost of this work was rather more than was anticipated, owing to the difficulty in getting a suitable clay for the work, in consequence of this a ooat of tar and sand had to be used The wicket played true but somewhat slow, but should be in good shape for the coming season. Your committee met on eight occasions, Mr. 11. J. Price kindly placing his room at tho club's disposal for this purpose. The attendances were very good, averaging seven out of eight members. Messrs. E. : ,Lash' and V. Elliott, two o)d and valued members of tin; club, were elected life members. A perusal of the balance-sheet will show that the club finances are in a healthy state. There is also a good deal of material availble for the coming seson. The bat kindly presented by Mr. A. Coss for the mon improved player in the junior XL was won by Mr. W. Legg. Mrs Turnbuil generously donated a bat for competition in the Saturday games, which lias been awarded to Mr. W. T. CoddarJ. The club was represented in ihe representative team which went on tour during the Christmas holidays by five members, Messrs. W. P. Xicoll, V. Elliott. A. Bewlev, M. G. Williams and .1. M. Bury making the trip. The thanks of the club are due to the local press, both for their excellent reports of the matches and also for the liberal amount of s'iace allotted to the game by both papers.