Selectors’ burden splits cricket assn

Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34099, 11 March 1976, Page 20

Selectors’ burden splits cricket assn

Vi«w« to whether the Canterbury Shell cricket nelectcrs should be entirely r»->OOnsibl* ChOO'>»nn the Canterbury R «nd Rothmans reams •* wel* es the senior J rruid that rt is »">m Oe-einixr through t»» - Sh«trp w Ur» t|t«ti st -■ e- panel anothei convener nt the ■*-id the of the other two p<»-.cis situetron rhar. • hat exists r-ted if. w jr R

-hould he of ’Bis befute pr- n'em' nun fe>t themselves? " Mt (i W Frampton disag iced, -ci ■ ’or-. Miuuid keep in ■ • the up and uorr. - g p’a; ers and keep continu •• with them as the* progress.’’ M' Shaip “Impossible. As we S •tv -) away w it h t he senior team." Mr Fi- mpton: “They shouldn't be ’“ Mr Sharp “There is no ieai

.<o we could he in two places at once Mt R G Knowles supported Mr Frampton Fie said that it was important to maintain con'iniiity of selection the same pane! picking the same groups “I would not like to see fragmentation we should have • •ont»nuit\ in selectors for all ’hree teams." said Mr I. P Anierson. “Is it not thereto: e logical to •all for nominations for selectors of the three teams at the samei ‘Hm#*.’’ Queried Mr X G. O. Ockwell. The meeting agreed ihat nominations for Brabin. Rothman* and Shell selectors close on April 30 and Hie appointments h« made • ’he first meeting after that date. Pre'iousl.'. nominations for ''hell selectors were scheduled to '•lose at the end of Mar«h Mr Sharp and Mr D I McKendr> •have boon nominated as Shell selectors to date The secretar' Mi D G Harrison' ad'ised that the Dunedin f Ticket ( Tub vould be the Otago • epresentati'e to play the ( anterbury regional winner. High School old Bo>s. in the South Island final of the Scliicksoon*nr*>d national u.uh ... nionship r he fixture, which will be tele- ' i*ed. will he held at Hagley Oval on March 21. Replying to criticism b> Mr Sharp on lack of publicity on Die Shell Troph\ final between Canerbur' and Otago, which starts • n Frida>. Mr R G. Knowles iiade a plea for the *e!evtors to -mnounce the tram at the earliest possible date.