EGMONT VILLAGE

Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 13877, 1 February 1909, Page 3

EG MONT VILLAGE

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(To ih<> Kdiinr ) .^i i ,— .] udging by ins H'inark> in F; ida\ oveiiuigs ir.!<iki. "Argil* (Hie iiiunstui oi uiie hundred eyes; is mm ii annoyed and rut lied over tin- stale ol [ I lie lukapii ticket, in "Argils an are! that 1 piouu»ed tiif I nite'i >Se*\ ice H | captain and the secretary ot their club earJy in the week that the wicket would be attended to and put in hi&telass order tor to-day's match!*' iJad I he taken the trouble to imd out, he ' could have saved himself a good deal ot unnecessary worry. We have been promised by an experienced workman ' that he will have the work done in ' time for to-day's game, i cannot help t but think the JN.P.CC. have treated , "Argus' " club exceptionally well m j letting them have the use ot the , ground and matting at such a low ren- ' tal, as at the ice charged the club is making a loss on the transaction. In connection with the batting crease, | some players have a hpbit or * digging' as though gold was to be found. Perhaps "Argus" is tired of digging ior j worms to leed his numerous "ducks, " j and now w ishes someone to fill in his excavations. "Argus"' goes on to say: i "For some inexplicable reason a couple ol second-round matches have been ' placed in the third round ol the Saturday fixtures." The explanation of the "inexplicable" is that the fixture committee were of the opinion that cricket is played more tor the sake of the game than the piling up of cup points, and that the less matches iorfeited the better ior the game. I^ad it been a case ot one club being on the ground ready tor play and the other club not being prepared to carry out its engagement, the case would have been a different one. but when two clubs agree to postpone the match, a torteit would be a very harsh measure. "Argus" is wiong in stating other teams have forleitea matches when they could not muster teams, as no case has occurred this season in Saturday cricket, Egmont Village in a true sporting spirit refusing to allow Fire Brigade to forfeit to them. The match was played on New Year's Day. Where does the "differential treatment" come in!-'- — I am. etc..