CRICKET.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16358, 1 November 1918, Page 2

CRICKET.

« | ' NEW ZEALAND COUNCIL. The annual meeting of the New Zealand Cricket Council was held last night, Mr P. C. Raphael presiding. The annual report, which was taken as read, stated that owing to war conditions the functions of the council had been allowed to lapßo during the past two seasons, it being felt that all its energies were required for more sorious matters. Now, however, when so many of the boys had returned and the prospects of an early peace looked bright, it was felt that the council should resume its activities, so that it might be able to give the future generations of cricketers cricket of as high a standard as it was possible to expect after the happenings of the last four years. The period reviewed started with a balance in hand of £16 2s. The balance of assets over liabilities was £65 Us lOd. It had been considered advisable to write off the item "outstanding subscriptions £98 145." The war continued to take its toll of our best, and it will always be a source of pride to think of the part taken by cricketers in the great struggle. The sympathy of the governing body of cricket in New Zealand was extended to the. relatives of the fallen and wounded. _ The balance-sheet for the period ended October 24th, 1918, showed a balance in the bank of £20 lis lOd. The liabilities were stated to be nil, and the assets were estimated at £164 5s lOd (including outstanding subscriptions £98 14s). Mr J. S. Barrett moved the adoption of the report and Balance-sheet, and said that during the past two years little had been done, as it was felt that it would not be right to provide cricket for .men who, perhaps, ought to be serving their country. • Mr F. H. Labatt seconded, and the motion was agreed to. Mr Barrett moved, "That the Plunket Shield matches be resumed on the lines laid down prior to the war, provided that players in camp shall be eligible to play only for their home province." Mr C. 6. Austin seconded, and after a brief discuesio.i, the motion was agreed to, the Auckland delegate alono recording his voto against it, doing so in accordance witn his instructions. . _ „ _ . Officers were elected as follows: —-Patron, his Excellency the Governor-General; president, Mr F. Wilding, K.C.; vice-presidents, the presidents of the affiliated associations, hon. secretary, Mr J. F. Peake; hon. treasurer, Mr W. H. Wmsor; hon. auditor, Mr F H. Labatt; Management Committee, Messrs C. G. Austin, J. S. Barrett, C. MoCoy, A. Cant, and F. C. Raphael. A lengthy discussion ensued on the question of levying subscriptions for tho year 1918-19. Ultimately, on the motion of Mr Barrett, seconded by Mr Labatt, it was decided, "That it be a recommendation to the Management Committee that the subscnntion for 1918-19 be for the major £1 le » and for the minor provinces 10s 6d. )<T . . The chairman gave notice the subscriptions for 1916-17 and 1917-18 be motion of the chairman, the. counrelatives Melbourne Cricket BSTSX. SSSwS-Sm"* in 806 -ilk th A accorded (ho retiring secretary, Mr J- S. Barrett. A series of studies of soldiers' feet and the proper fittinz of boots has been completed by a special staff of officers and expert bootmakers, under the direction of the Surgeon-General of the United States Army. In several camps in America whole regiments have had their feet measured, and hundreds of drawings have been made of oddly shaped feet. One of the results of this measuring is stated to have been a discovery that the men in the present army have bigger feet than those who served in previous wars.