SUBURBAN CRICKET
Increase Of Support Only once has the Christchurch Suburban Cricket Association had a heavier entry than it did last season, when 84 teams took part. Twenty years earlier there had been 85. This numerical strength is mentioned in the association’s annual report, which indicates a healthy state of affairs in the game generally. The report commended the introduction of the A.N.Z. Bank knock-out competition, in which the Suburban team was beaten in a semi-final. Suburban had a most successful representative season, and the grade competitions were again very keenly contested; in seven of the 10 grades the winning margin was 10 points or fewer. The most sober feature of the report is In the reference to the City Council’s increase
in ground fees. One pitch, prepared and maintained will cost $142.50 in the coming season, compared with $95 last summer.
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Press, Volume CX, Issue 32379, 19 August 1970, Page 10
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