CRICKET.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3007, 2 October 1908, Page 5

CRICKET.

Tue Taibape Club has decided to play their championship matchea on Sundays, and their acl.ion is causing considerable comment. At the annual meeting of the Taihape Club' held last Saturday Mr D. E. Par ton, an erstwhile Masterton cricketer, condemned in strong terms the playing of cricket on a Sunday. He argued that the Clui) should not wait to be "ousted,' but to anticipate public opinion and revert to Thursday afternoon pl«y, which he said would come sooner or later. He appealed to the meeting to consider the libertics of the public generally, and especially the scruples of a certain section of the community, lhe Domain Hoard was bound to take action a';

no distant date,and they should sooner retire voluntarily than be "ousted." It was a question of pitting the feelings of local residents and their own duties as townsmen against the cricket interests and conveniences of distant clubs, and he felt convinced that the chairman would lead the meeting in .deciding once and for all to abolish the Sunday game. They played cricket for recreation, and it did not matter whether they we>*e champions or not so long as they were instrumental in bringing players together and hau the approbation of the public instead of a divided club and public sympathy alienated \from the sport. After considerable discussion an amendment that ths Taihape Club play cricket on Thursday only was lost by eleven votes to seven. Those members of the Taihape Club who favour playing cricket on Thursday intend to iorm a new club.

W.F.C.A. v. RIVALS. A match was played on the Schoolgrounds yesterday afternoon between the W.F.C.A. and Rivals, and resulted in a win for the former by three runs. The following were ths scores: W.F.C.A, Hall, b Waters 2 Wilkie, c Clarke, b Edwards 9 Congdon, b Waters 15 Swan, run n ut Rothenberg, b Waters 7 Robertson, c Jones, d Wat ;rs 0 Caselberg, b Waters 3 Welch, b Gray 0 Hooper, run out 8 Daniel, not out '0 McGinnity, run out 0 Extras 12 Total 58 Bowling anaiysi?.—Waters, 5 wickets for 19 runs; Edwards, 1 wicket for 6 runs; Thompson, nil for 12 runs; Gray,- 1 wicket for 9 runs. RIVALS. Clarke, b Swan * Edwards, c Hooper, b Congdon 4 Waters, b Congdon 6 Lomas, b Swan 0 Jones, b Congdon 0 Thompson, not out 16 Gray, c Hall, b Congdon 4 McKenzie, c Oaselber.., b Hall 3 Lyttle, b Wilkie 7 McCord, c Rothenbere, b Weld 0 Hatch, c Hooper, b Welch 1 Extras 11 Total 55 Bowling analysis.—Swan, 2. wickets for 18 runs; Congdon, 4 w'ickets for 8 runs; Hall, 1 wicket for 12 runs; Welch, 2 wickets for 6 runs; Wilkie, 1 wicket for 1 run.