CRICKET

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 85, 30 September 1911, Page 7

CRICKET

A RETIREMENT. By.Cable-f-Cress Association —Copyright ~. ,' . Sydney, September 20. ! Maekay,; the: iwell-known batsman, is retirjpg Jrom first-class cricket. lie rfiet with an jaOeident some time ago, \jhich iscrioupjy affected his eyesight. NORTH TARANAKI ASSOCIATION. I " "annuaI'MEETING. | The meeting of the North Taranflki ' Cricket Association was held tyust night. There were present: Mr. W. president, and the follpw^g'!'4cf ] Claphain and Nanier (United Service), Nicoll and Anion j'lyfflQtyth),,! 'Pcrham, Avery and fty'de?, Migh.j fowl? 1 )- ; TJiq, i'Qgprt was presented: — ; In,.preii(fltij)g annual report your (jomniitteo l^ji., | inii<;|i pleasure in conon the increased .pj^yn',.'ifl r 'cricket during the jtast ? ,'|T,iie attendance of the public at the' various matches has been , ljirggr tjfajf jn.prcyious years, and it is to be nc^il t iliat' opce good wickets and butfields still greater supriort 4 n d, will he received train 'those no't' actively taking part in j ipat^hes^an^l help to bring the best > of ijito the prominence I I ilt 4e,sery;e'iC 'j' j 1 | In r \-(;fir( , s the old system of j Allowing .ofily one'<Jiiv for matches was

i|ev<?rted' to, a jid' your committee is of | qpiniipn 'o)Viijg to weather con- j i ditioris' p'n'tf -the amount of travelling I < tjhat. r jl6 lie "dine, it is in the best j < interests HI iticfcettthat the matches for I i ifte (( commp season. should be one-day J j I competition was j ★ontyiiW liise«f6od Club, with Urenui j as "'The Inglewood Club |< (ilao , woii : fh(i junior competition, and i <hc' to:'.be*'congratulated on its t aii^t , ..suece < 4! 11 ThS Saturday competition f won fry the' United Service Cricket Put.'".after d' nja'y-olf with the Law team"., •" J ' Wring fhd '-'sieaiciri a team represent- j ing your association journeyed to I jVangaViiiiJ' tonierstoH North and • Ha- ' yera, aW'Miile oh'tour played matches ! '\W;Watogainii. Manawatu, Nelson And " J r:iriUiitki Associations, but were defeated in all the games. The 'h'ti\tover, was not a truly repre- I aeiitatiN'4 the defeats do not J signify I'hW'thiT standard of cricket in | North "rij.iiliil l ! to that of the ) associations. The match against? t'lKV'THranaki Association was treats dh'tt' HaWk'e Cup contest. No efforls'liave been made during the past season tv> effect an amalgamation ! with' tbe'fTahVnaki' Association, and it how seems questioiuihJe whether such a (•euniofr xVtirtM'b'e in the interests of the large number of players now under your isSOQiftWjMU , ; j ; j ,F.ofi Uuvirommg season Mr. A. Hardy. who :upiti)l,l;vrjt season was your associa- [ tion's delegate.'to the Cricket Council, Willingness to again ac- : Cept. .^lic,, jjpfiition. and in view of the fccen takes in our cricket he sjhould:a»a,iii, be elected as your delegate. ; Duripg,.thpi piist, season the rules of your association have been revised by jour •a.ssticlawpii.'s sub-committee, j The.' bajaijnosheet shows a credit of :C7 l'!j balance of assets over liabilities. ( «f. into ; .p ; on r that your association onl>?, l in gate money, this MiUMwhe, [,<;!>nsjjlgvfljl ,satisfactory. \ Tivj.isolir|ijls .competition for the shield liindly-d^.j,e'(l I .by Mr. E. Whittle was won by. £he ,High School team, It is very gratifying to your committee to know that. ,thi& competition created so much interest amongst the various | i i schools. taking part, and your associa- > tiou!s thiuiks .are due to Mr. Whittle, i Mr. Bowlef,-. ajid .the teachers of the schools -for, their assistance in bringing ! the to a successful issue. ! j fii. cojiclg^iipn.ffour committee wishes i to thank ' Ways. assisted the association, particu- ■ ]«rly.the p)'e«i(Ji;iit - for his trophy, the ■ umpires, am) the New Plymouth,'ingle-I ; wood and Wa.itara papers for the large . amount .of space. occupied by reports of matches, ni|'et,ings. and matters of general interest •to cricketers. The, president, in moving the adoption. ; .of the, antnial;.report, said"that the po«i- ---' tion xif the ground last vear was most > until the. ground w'.ts t greatly improved- they could not have • good cricket..., - i Tin- rqwrt. and balance-sheet were i adopted. • Eu;n;ioN of officers. Tho ■ election• of officers resulted:— , President, Mr. W. Bcwley (re-elected); 1 vice-presidents, to be nominated by the 1 various clubs; .secretary, Mr. L. <i. Hill)

(re-elected); treasurer, Mr. W. P. Nicoll; auditor, Mr. ll.Stocker; selector of •representative teams, Mr. Frank Robertson; delegate to Sports flroim<l Committee. Mr. K. liittle; Thtir-dav championship committee. Messrs. Whittle, CI egg, Avery and Xicoll; iKatuNlay eon im i ttee, Messrs. Pa ton, Williams and Bain; delegate to the Cricket Council, Mr. A. Hardy. 'ln returning thanks for his re-election, tile president said that ill the past yeai lie had given a pair or gloves and a pair of pads as trophies to lie awarded at the

discretion oj the association. Ue would alter the trophy to a lint if thought preferable. Iml lie had an idea that the presentation bats usually found their way into the same hands. He oll'oreil a trophy for the coining season, and to donate a guinea to the ground improvement funds. (Apiikiu.se.) THE lIAWKE (TP. Mr. F. C. Raphael, lion, secretary of the New Zealand Cricket Council, wrote that -Mr. G. 1'". Francis had given notict that lie would move at the annual meeting of the council that the rules of the ITawke Challenge Cup be amended to take effect from and including ■the season ]M2-'lfllH, as follows: (1) The cup shall 'he known as "The Ilawke Cup," and shall lie open for competition by teams representing the second grade associations; {'2) the New Zealand Cricket 1 Council shall award the cup to the a.s- ---' sociation being the ■winner of a tonrna--1 ment to lie arranged by the council each I' season, a.inl such association shall hold ■ the cup until the following year's tournament is decided.--Referred to the asso--IU. ciation's delegate.

THE -SCHOOLS- COMPETITION. Mr. 10. Whittle formally Inuided o-ver J, to the association- the shield donated bv ( liim during last svsikou for I lie school's competition, lie had for many years appealed for .support of school cricket., and >. promised a shield. When he learned last I year that a school competition was being I initiated he immediately had this shield | prepared. He hoped that it would be I the means of .bringing on a number ofl

young cricketers. The president then presented the shield, on behalf of the association, to Mr. Ryder, delegate of the High School Chib. He .trusted that the High School team would do its best to hold the shield for another year, and produce a good crop of young cricketers. IMr. Ryder, in receiving the shield, thanked Mr. Whittle for the keen interest he had winced in encouraging cricket amongst the schooli)>oys. It had already had the desired effect. Before the competition started they usually had al»ut twelve boys at the practice nets. Now l there were about 44, and there would be still more this- season. 'Hie High School boye were very keen on keeping the oup. It was intended to enter two teams in the association's junior competition, and perhaps a third, and to enter teams -beyond those for the schools competition. He admired the way in which the primary schools played the game last season against the only secondary team, which, of course, had bigger boys. The. West End team was a very fine team, and would hold its own against any primary team that he had seen play. He mentioned that the High Schol team was not composed of the biggest and best cricketers. They had had a. team in the Thursday competition, and two in the schools contest, and the third team won this shield. He would like to see some country schools competing. Mr. Whittle suggested the necessity for grading the High School players, hut Mr. ißyder said: that, as in the past season, the 'boys were anxious to make the competition a close one, and they could be depended on not to take any advantage.

It -was decided to institute an annual competition amongst the public schools for the shield, which would be known as the North Taranaki Cricket Association's Challenge Shield. It was decided to affiliate the competing school clubs free, and bo ask each school entering a team to nominate a delegate to a management committee for the competition. GENERAL. The United Service Club's delegate asked for a better practice wicket for his club this season.

Owing to the required notice not having l)ce.n given the consideration of the draft rules could not be taken. The secretary was empowered to have copies of the rules typewritten and circulated amongst the clubs for discussion, the association to hold a special meeting in a fortnight's time to adopt them. The secretary announced that entries for the association's competitions would close on October 14.