CRICKET

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 31 December 1912, Page 5

CRICKET

N.S.W. TEACHERS) V. WANGANUI (By Telegraph .—Press Association. V ■ . WANGANUI, Last Night, ; ' The touring New South Wales ■teachers, concluded their mfttch with Wanganui to-day, the visitors winning < by* an minings and" four' runs.':' The filial scores were as followsWariganui 101 and 81, Now South' Wales, teachers 186. A bad wicket was mainly : fcr. the poor batting. A CRICKET MIX-UP. VISIT OF NEW SOUTH WALES T : - ■■ TEAM. : ' , ' ! . CHRISTCHURCH Last Night. ■ ' A cable messago from Sydney in | connection with the proposed visit of l a New South! Wales . team to Now I Zealand' is .apt to mislead, cricketer* as to the cause of tEe torn* falling through., The chairman-of the New Zealand Cricket Council explained to a Press representative to-day that tlr> Council considers it d&sirable to plac:v the foots before the public. The cliair-, man sand that he Hya®:' requested, whilst on a visit to Sydney, to' interview the Executive of the Now South Wales Cricket. Association, and it was decided, at that interview to ask the New Zealand Council to make am offer to pay all travelling and 'hotel expenses. smd 2s 6d per day for each man. This (suggestion was carried out an offer on those lines was ma do by the New Zealand Council to tlip Now South Wa)<\s A*sori»t!OT.The roly received to that offer was to the effect that os par day per man was required, in view of the fact that a strong eleven of well-known plavens was nrnetically assured. The New Zealand Council acceded to the request, t though, it somewhat upset •the financial arrangements, which, had already Ikmmi made. A requpisjfc from the New South Wales Afwation for an additional £6O for and tips,, which the Council eouM comply with!. Briefly the South Wales' Executive undoubtedly gave the understanding that a, team v 'onld be sent if travelling and hot"l nem.es land 2s 6d per man i>"; - was offered by the New Council. 1 Subsequently thov rwiuested a, further 2s 6d per man per 'W *"'l when that was agreed to by the N.Z. Council, a demand for a further f'fiO wa>s made. This the N.Z. Ommcil Could not accede to, and reluctantly abandoned the tour. The additional £fio jjskerl fo" vmk>. have meant that nlayers .woul'l havereceived £2 12s 6d per week instead of 3gs as offered by the Council.