GREYTOWN CRICKET CLUB

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3317, 24 September 1889, Page 2

GREYTOWN CRICKET CLUB

Annual Meeting. Tho annual meeting of tho Groytown Cricket Club was held: in the Council Chambers on Saturday evening, tho 21st inst, in tho presenco of .about twenty members. Mr Ecclelon was voted to the chair.

The minutes oi tho last meeting were read and confirmed,

Tho Secretary then read the Report and Balance-sheet, showing receipts £39 3s lid, and expenditure £3O 17s Id, leaving a credit balance offß Os lOd in the Bank. Tho Club's assets wcro £l3 lis 10(1, liabilities, nil. During the season nine matches wore played, 7 won and!! lost; of this number tho Second Eleven played 6, all of which wero won, The Senior Eleven mot the Wellington Stars who' gained a victory by 3 runs only on the first inning); they also met the Masterton eleven twico, both very pleasant matches, one of which. was lost and the other gained, At the ond, ot the season the Secretary of the Carterton Club revealed the true reason why they bad not accepted the challenge sent by tho Greytown team. Ho writes under date February 20th: -" I am sorry wo havo not been able to meet your First before, but you have only jouraelves to blame, you should have joined the Association." A friendly challenge was sent to the Associate! o» r/eljvpry 2Cth, inviting them to play a matoli with us a njonth later, viz,, 20th' March. The Secretary' ropliod as follow:—"1 have been requested to intorni you that the following 'resolution' was 1 passed list evening by tho Association, That as tho Greytown Cricket Clnbdoiis wt belong to the .Association tho Commit-

tee does not feel called upon to interfere with the Association fixtures lor that Club's benefit." Tlicso are tokens of the affectionate regard and esteem which nro felt by the Association and Carterton Cricket Club towards the Grcytown Club, which, so for as I oan see, has Riven no grounds for such hostile manifestations, I think I may say, gentlemen, that wo did not hopo to derivo any benefit from (lie match with an cloven from the Association, beyond tho pleasure of a friondly intercourse with our neighbours which tho match would have afforded us, Eliowhere wo hear ot boycotting or coercion with all their attendaut evils and discourtesy, but itßesmsio ma that there is.no need to. travel outsido tho limits of tho Wairarapa to find cases of such conduct. There is an amusing feature in tho oaso, however, I mean the absurdity of any combination of cricketers playing so called Champion Matches and claiming tin honor of being Champion club, &c., so long as there is one Club which they avoid trying conclusions with, by every moans fn their power, Tho Seorclary concluded Mb report by thanking ■ the publio for their liberal support in the past, and Mr Wobstcr for undertaking tho duties of Secretary during his six weeks absence from Groytown. The Club is also indebted to him in his capaoity as auditor. Tho Club was this year entering upon tho 23rd year of its existence, and ho hoped that its record would be as bright and satisfactory as in former years. Tho report and balance-sheet were adopted; Tho following' officers were elected —President, John 'fully Esq., (re-elected); Vice-Presidents, W. C. Buchanan Esq., M.H.E., ?. H. Wood Esq,, Mayor, and John P, Russell Esq,, J. P., (rc-clcctod), secretory and treasurer, W. H. Knell, (re-elected); general committee, Messrs J Ssjleton. H, flawko, G. Hawko, 0. Jackson, W. Judd, and W. A. Tate; captain, H. Hawke (re-eleoted); deputy captain, \V. Judd (ro-oleotcd); match committee, J. Eccleton, H. Hawke, G. Jackson, E. W. Udy; delegates to recreation ground committee, J, Eccleton, and W. J. Knoll. An offer to creot hurdles andkeop the match wicket in order throughout the season for £3los was accepted. It was unanimously agreeed not to join the Waivarapa Cricket Association, Saturday, the 12th October, was iiscd upon by the Club on which day they would open their season with.a match Capfaiu v Deputy Captain, side's to bo chosen on the ground, It was decided to send a team to Wellington this " year. They would be absent about livo days and four matches would be arranged, tho trip to tako place as early as possible in the season, Mr E. W, Udy's excellent bowling performance of 32 wickets at a cost of 1,84 runs per wicket was alluded to by the chairman. He congratulated Mr Udy and hoped that he would distinguish himself again this season, A hearty, vote of thanks to the chair oonoluded the business.