UPPER HUTT CRICKET LEAGUE.

Upper Hutt Weekly Review, Volume I, Issue 9, 14 February 1936, Page 3

UPPER HUTT CRICKET LEAGUE.

GENERAL NOTES. Owing- to the wet weather no matches were played during the last week. It is hoped, however, to resume again this week-end. Quite a lot of interest is being taken in_ the League from outside the district, as one of the teams has been invited to participate in a match with Kilbirnie shortly, and followers of the game are looking- forward to them putting up a good display. The League are endeavouring to play a series of representative matches on Sundays, and at present are negotiating with some of the city teams to come to the Upper Hutt and engage in such fixtures. Mr. Beech (Trentham), who has been away in the Wairarapa for a vacation, is back once again, and players are looking forward to seeing him lead his team on the ground this week. It is hoped that the rain that has recently fallen in the district will considerably improve some of the -wickets on the Park, as some of them were getting very hard indeed, and a ball coming off shax-ply was liable to be dangerous. Pat Irvine's colts are still improving and there is every prospect of young Auckram being heard of in big cricket. Trentham has a fairly well-balanced team now, and should do well for the rest' of the season. Marsden and Frances are two of the younger generation who are a great help to the team. Methodists have a surplus of players at the present time, yet it is not so long ago that it was hard for- Skipper Bal-ling-er to "rake up" a team. It was lucky for Upper Hutt that it rained last week, as it is quite possible that some of their stalwarts -would have been engaged at another sport, down at the trots. Bill Brizzle does not seem to be able to do much with the Ordnance this season. I suppose it's because some of their best players have taken up other games. Nevertheless, the team as a whole is a trier. St. Joseph's, who are at the bottom of the League, have a very hard job to field a full team every week, as some of their players work on the railway and therefore are on duty some Saturdays. Sammy Allen and Bill Tohill try their utmost to give the opposition a real hard game, but you cannot expect that two or three players will carry the baby every week. The Camp teams are still sailing along merrily, especially the "A" team, but you never can tell what is in store for them now that they have had the sequence of victories broken. It can be said, however, that whatever the result, you can always rely on a good sporting game from either of the Camp teams. There are still a couple of months left to play the game, and it is hoped by all players and spectators that the weather clerk will be really kind to them, so as to complete the League fixtures. This week's fixtures will be as originally drawn for by the Fixtures Committee. At the fortnightly meeting of the League Committee, held on "Wednesday evening, Mr. Tohill brought before the notice of the Fixtures Committee a rearrangement of grounds so that each team should get a fair share of the good grounds. After being thoroughly discussed, it was decided that the matter be left in the hands of the Fixtures Committee to go into and report later.