CRICKET

Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23315, 29 April 1941, Page 11

CRICKET

ENCOURAGEMENT OF JUNIORS SPECIAL EFFORTS BY ASSOCIATIONS Special mention of the encouragement being given by associations to junior cricket was made at the meeting of the New Zealand Cricket Council last evening. This was emphasised not only In the report of the management committee to the council, but by the president, Mr A. H. Allen, who, sending an apology for absence from Dunedin, said how keenly he felt that, in war time particularly, the younger players should be encouraged. Major D. E. Wanklyn presided at the meeting. "The committee is pleased with the encouragement being given by the associations to Junior cricket," the report of the management committee stated, "and hopes that this very necessary work will not only be sustained but also, where possible, will be enlarged upon.” It was reported to delegates that the committee had decided that the Redpath and Wlnsor Cups should not be awarded during the war period. Details were received from the Victorian Cricket Association of a world series of cricket field games proposed for the coming season, and it was decided to send the proposals on to associations. The com-petition-will include throwing the ball, four sharp runs between wickets, and hitting the ball (fungo hitting). The Victorian Association declared that the throwing and running had bad a definite influmm.m flu