N.Z. COUNCIL.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19917, 2 May 1930, Page 11

N.Z. COUNCIL.

MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEETS.

A meeting of the Management Committee of the New Zealand Cricket Council wu held last evening, when the following were present:—Messrs A. T.Donnelly (chairmen), D. E. Wanklyn, H. M. Taylor, J. Benuden, E..R. CaygiU, and W. H. Wineo* (hon. secretary).

Statu of Dempster. j The chairman reported that he had been ••Iced whet would be the position of 0. S. Dempster in regard to his eligibility for selection for the New Zealand eleven which' la to tour Great Britain next season if be was appointed as offioial coach to the Wellington Cricket Asociation. Mr Donnelly stated that he had replied that his own opinion was that, although Dempster's status as regards Plunket Shield matches would be that of a resident professional,, it would not affect hi* eligibility for selection as •member of the New Zealand team. He (Mr Donnelly) understood that Dempster would not hare accepted the appointment if his eligibility was going to be affected. • It was decided that the Wellington Association bo sdviaed on the linos of Mr Donnelly's remarks. y Hawk* Cup. The hon. secretary of the Manawatu Cricket Association wrote giving details of the final, Hawke Onp match, in which Hangltikei had defeated Manawatu, and stated that it had been a great game, in which Bangitlkei had fully deserved their win, which had been secured after a great up-' hill fight. Manawatu had enjoyed the game, which was played under the best possible conditions and in the best of spirit. The members of the committee expressed their appreciation of the sporting manner in which Manawatu had accepted their eleventh hour defeat. ' <' •.: Baling Given. At the last meeting of the Management Committee, a letter was received ' from the Poverty Bay. Association in which the Council was asked to give a ruling In. connexion with • game which had then been recently played in their competition. The circumstances were that, in this match, when the scoreboard had shown that the batting side had secured a lead of two runs, the teams left the field and stumps were drawn. Later, in checking the score-books, a reporter had found an error in the totalling of the scores, and this was such that it robbed the second team of their lea,tl of two runs. After a short discussion at the time, the committee referred the mater to Messrs 3. Ramsden and P. Dalyrmple, who were appointed a subcommittee to deal with it. Last evening Messrs "Ramsden and Dalrymple forwarded a report to the committee, and, in this, the two gentlemen said inter alia: —"We beg to state that we have perused all up-to-date cricket rules to see if there were any rules bearing upon this point, but we cannot find anything, so we have followed the customary procedure in scoring—that is, that two trustworthy and competent scorers are selected, one by each club. These scorers* sit together and compare notes as to their accuracy. Apparently both captains were satisfied that the scoreboard was correct and that the necessary runs were obtained for a win. The scorebooks were then closed and -the match ended." Taxation Bemltted. Mr D. E. Wanklyn (hon. treasurer) reported that he had received advice that the New South Wales Government had decided that they were willing to remit their share of the taxation which had been charged in connexion with the matoh played by the M.0.0. team when in Sydney. • The Federal taxation authorities were still considering the matter, and it was to be hoped that they would also be willing to forgo their' share of the tax which had been charged. Mr Wanklyn explained that the total amount which had been charged against the New Zealand Council was £3Bl, and that the decision of the New South Wales Government would mean that approximately half of this amount had been recovered. The members expressed their satisfaction regarding the matter, and the hope that the Federal Government would be able to see their way to grant the Council's application. Appreciation. Mr E. C. Beale wrote stating that, in the near future, he would be leaving New Zealand for an extended visit to Great Britain and enquiring for certain information from the Council. , It was decided to forward to Mr Beale s letter appreciative of his services to the game in the Dominion, and to wish him a pleasant .voyage and the bast at succesa in the Old Country. \: = , '