COACHING PRIMARY SCHOOLBOYS

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22269, 7 December 1937, Page 18

COACHING PRIMARY SCHOOLBOYS

OUTLINE OF PROPOSED ARRANGEMENT Arrangements for the coaching of primary schoolboys were outlined to ameeting of delegates to the Canterbury Cricket Association last evening by Mr G. S. A. Biltcliff. He said that steps already been taken to improve the game for spec tators, and it was now for the association to make it more attractive for the and foster the younger members with S TheTain r SSeso £ the scheme were f?o e mTh r eir 0r their names KTn tV^^V tor a competition which would beheld and it would only be necessary for the clubs material for the children and Pr^e C materlaTnecessary would probably noicostWe than £5 or £6, Mr Biltcliff continued, and it was proposed that the association would make a grant of £5 to each club joining in the scheme. The Boys' Association would control the com--13 Mr e! R. Caygill said that the idea to hold the practices at 4 p.m. might lead to senior players being held up from their practice by the boys overstaying their time. Mr G. H. Stringer suggested that another difficulty might be in getting coaches available at 4 p.m. The suggested arrangements were embodied in a report prepared by Mr Biltcliff, and which had been circulattd to the clubs, and these proposals were adopted unanimously. Mr W. J. V. Hamilton suggested that there were some players in the third-grade competition who should be worth a.place] in a higher grade, but when they were brought up failed to make anything of a showing. He suggested that tht grade be cut in two, and it was decided to discuss the matter further at a meeting of the management committee. Mr T. W. Reese, who presided, said that it had been arranged for the four Canterbury members of the recent New Zealand touring team to give a talk to cricketers generally, and in particular to umpires and members of the Christchurch Suburban Association on Thursday evening.