CRICKET.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 231, 28 September 1915, Page 8

CRICKET.

The annual general meeting of the Parnell District Cricket flub will be held in the Parnell Football Hall, Hobson Park Road, on Wednesday, the 29th met., at 7-45 p.m. Some of the clubs in Wellington are finding it hard to put teams in the field this season. At the annual meeting of the Central Club, which finished third in the championship laet rear, mention «ac made in the report of the large number of member* who had volunteered for the front, a fact that was highly satitsfactory to the club. On account of the club being depleted of members owing to this cause jt was considered whether it should continue to exist, and after much discussion it wae eventually decided not to disband, members undertaking to do their utmost to fill up the ranks. WELLINGTON" CRICKET ASSOCIATION. The annual meeting of tlie Wellington Cricket was held Inet week. The annual report stited that the income (or the year cxce'ctUii the expen iliuire b> .Cl4ti 10/ in. ISalaneing thw with lastyearV. deficit of Jtl-.il 5/3. then»nfi now a margin of a.«*ets over liabilities of £25 14/7. It is not improbable, however, that some of the accounts will have to he written olf. and th» would probably rmult in jnit .'.car- ' ing off the debt. Aβ the. deficiency i<tood at £430 two years ago thie state of affairs must he considered as very satisfactory. The profit of £146 10/10 was really better than it app<ared .in paper, as the clu'.i's Mibscription* were reduced to the extent of £40 in the aggrcgJte, and wet weather on the Saturday of the fin»t Plunket Shield match played in Wellington deprived the association of what would otherwise have been a *u!>»tantial gate, po.-sibly £30. In lai-t year'-t report it wae mentioned that if the hM of ' Honorary memßcra could be increased to ! 100 the future sueris of the a*soci ition would be assured. The comin.ttee was still of that opinion, and urged individual playeie, who. after ell, are the association, to make an effort to substantially incre»*e the number of honorary meicbers. The blot on the balanceeheet was the amount owing to th> association by clubs for fees. In moving the adoption of tiie report, the chairman referred to the *atisfactory state of the fin.mccc, and e.\pre**eJ the opinion that the improved position was due in a large measure to the energy displayed by Mr. 0. fi. Wilson in the position of chairman if the committee. Touchine reference waa made to the many cricketer- who had fillen in battle during the pant few months. The war. would, the chairman pointed out. ha»e its i-ffevt on cricket during the coming (.eafton b\ detracting public interest from the game and by reducing the perwonnd. and careful admin.stratimi would be necessary if the present r-atwfacton state of finance was to s>e maintained.