Park to Park

Press, 24 October 1984, Page 56

Park to Park

By

JOHN COFFEY

The Lancaster Park B bowlers could hardly be blamed if they were somewhat bemused when the third round of the Trusteebank first grade cricket championship began on Monday. Opposing them as one of the Lancaster Park A opening batsmen was Ross Calder.

just two days earlier Calder had been a valued team-mate as he battled his way to a gritty century against St Albans to prevent Park B from suffering an outright loss in its first grade debut. The Park B players, especially the bowlers, would have taken far less satisfactionfrom Calder’s continued good form' on Monday; Calder made 49. The virtual. overnight transfer of Calder from one first grade team to another

caused some criticism from players in other clubs when the news filtered through to their venues. But the chairman of the Canterbury Cricket Association’s competitions committee, Arthur Graves, confirmed that Lancaster Park officials had adhered to an agreement reached before the start of the championship. The situation of one club having two first grade sides is new to Canterbury cricket, and Lancaster Park is required to pass team lists on to Mr Graves on the day before each round. In this case, Park A was without Roy Gearry and Calder, as the obvious inform batsman, was promoted to take his place. Calder has thus become the first player to have his average and Lion “player of the day” points recorded under the names of two teams.