DAMAGE TO GROUNDS

Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28734, 4 November 1958, Page 7

DAMAGE TO GROUNDS

Playing In Rain

Criticism of damage done on pitches in Christchurch through the playing of cricket in the rain did not affect the Canterbury Cricket Association as much as the Christchurch City and Suburban Association, said Mr E. C. Milne at a management committee meeting of the Canterbury association .ast evening. He reported on a meeting of members of the two associations with Mr H. G. Gilpin. director of parks and reserves for the Christchurch City Council

* \Ve met Mr Gilpin, and it was apparent right from the start that it did not affect this association as much as the suburban association. They play on council grounds more than we do. The upshot of the meeting was that we hope to come to some arrangement with the City and Suburban Association to postpone matches jointly.” As the Canterbury Association began its competition matches a: a different time from the Suburban Association, and as its grounds were not as scattered as those of the Suburban Association. joint’ postponement could be difficult, said Mr Milne. “I do not see how we could possibly have a joint time for the postponement of games. We are centralised, and we could postpone later than them. We realise the difficulties Mr Gilpin is under.” he said.

Subsidy For Boys’ Teams A subsidy of £1 a team will be paid to each club with a team competing in the newly formed Canterbury Cricket Association’s boys’ competition, which is held on Saturday mornings. A recommendation that this subsidy be paid was adopted at a meeting of the management committee of the association last evening. The subsidy would assist the clubs in the maintenance of materials for the teams, and would be preferable to the association’s purchasing materials at the beginning of the season for the clubs, said Mr J. C. Saunders. “It is small enough a subsidy, but at least it is a start.” he said.

Statue 130 Feet High.— The largest equestrian statue in the world is to be erected in Sao Paulo as a monument to Brazil’s patron of the army,, the Duke of Caxias. The monument will be 130 ft high and its concrete structure is equal to that of an eightstorey building. Thirty tons of bronze went into the making of the statue at a total cost estimated at about £27,ooo.—Reuter.