Sportsman's Notebook M.C.C. Ruling On City Club Match

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30074, 7 March 1963, Page 4

Sportsman's Notebook M.C.C. Ruling On City Club Match

The MAX. dew Ml agree with a* ■ashi’a ajraoMtaWi*- ?€* Guillen ban rooaived this advfee la a letter from * the amtotata-eeerotary of toe MAX. (Ito to B. . Carr). 1,, • wwtoh between St. AMmub and OU finUogians, T. J. A. Haydon, a St Abate player, wee batting and was nit on foe pads. The bowser appealed (for few), and the umpire (Mr L. Johnson) rejected foe appeal. Haydon toeo picked up foe bell and handed it to the OH Collegians wicket-keeper, J. X. England. Without a further tsobftl Inum wit for haodM balls Mr Jbtaton gave Haydon out, handled

Although Mr Johnson was asked by foe Old CnDa stern captain to reverse his decision, he said ho could not, as an appeal covered aU ways of going out Haydon was out. ana as * was a matter of tew he could not after hte decision.

The incident provoked lively dtoeuarion among the pLayor** Bud GuUtak fry om» disagreed with the umpire, considering that it an appeal covered au ways of going out then similarly, foe rejection of an appeal covered all incidents relating to the appeal Guiten referred tire matter to the M.C.C., and in his reply Mr Carr mid :“I would disagree with the decision given by the umpire ia this case since he already had given hte docteton on toe original appeal before the batsman bad handled the bed. He should not therefore have given an additional decision without a further appeal.” * • « Dunedin Track Some runners with no previous experience of Dunedin’S all-weather athletics track went to the national senior men’s and women’s

championships prepared to adapt themselves. A novel addition to equipment was a file.

While short spikes, from Jin to Jin long were recommended, and most athletes arrived at the meeting with a short set of mikes, some athletes were doubly prepared. After having a run on the track they were observed between events in the stand wielding a file across the spikes to shorten and fine * ♦ * Athletic Teams Widening toe scope this year for provincial representation at the national athletic championships by setting attainment standards for additional representation had little effect on the senior men’s and women’s championships at Dunedin.

In addition to the ueual three representatives, provinces with * sufficiently Mgh standard in an event may now nominate up to two additional representatives. The new provision was expected to increase the Auckland domination of the points piacings, but this was not so. Although Auckland has dominated the interprovincial pointe competition at toe championships since the war. Its run of wine being broken only in IMB and IMS by Otago ond Wellington, the over-all depth of strength of that province apparently ie not so great as generally thought.

Admittedly Auckland may have had more than three nominees for toe 880 yards, mile, and three miles bed P. G. SneU and M. G. Heiberg been available and in the women’s sprints had Mtai D. Porter also been available.

It was something of a surprise to find that in at least 10 of the 23 events contested in the men’s section st Dunedin, Auckland had only one

noorinM, and had no antaanta in the pole vault and htah jump. In several of foe other events it had taro rap* raaentettvea and onto IB a fleer caeto three, (inly in cm case did flour Aucklanders compete in too same man’s champtaMhip event, and that was in the six miles. Canterbury availed itaelf of the prtvUepe in the women's long jump and Ancktend again in the WOQMn*B fifrW-mIW •e • . Good Performance* One of the moot phasing features of foe Canterbury representative tennis team’s performance against Weillagton wm Im tsetllßßt form shown by some at CantartNuy** younger piayera. Min d. fourth top junior player beat Mrs B. Wwtßtfp b senior pteyera ia three seta ft was b flood portomßQco i by Mias Smith, for Mrs Wantael is a very eotperienoad match player. G. Davidson and L. J. Waipote did far bettor than uprated in their doubitee match by beating R. G. Clarke and J. B/Bouter, both at ahtxa have toured wife the New Zeeland Devte Cup team.