CRICKET ON SUNDAYS
A request by Messrs. A. M. Rose and C. ■W. Lawrie, on behalf of the Pukekohe Cricket Association, that permission be given for the playing of pricket on Bledisloe Park on Sundays, "was granted by the Pukekohe Borough Council on Wednesday night (states a correspondent). The deputation stated that there would be no organised competitions on Sundays.
"Two years ago I would have opposed the granting of permission tooth and nail," said the Mayor (Mr. C. K. Lawrie), in moving that the council consent to cricket being played on Sundays from 11.15 in the morning onward. "But.times are changing," he added. "Golf and football are played on Sundays, and now we have bowls here, too. I do not know that I would play, but we have to recognise that people will play in any case. Cricket is a good clean sport, and young men are better playing it than congregating round the streets."
The motion was carried, with only one dissentient.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 106, 31 October 1936, Page 6
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164CRICKET ON SUNDAYS Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 106, 31 October 1936, Page 6
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