WELLINGTON CRICKET ASSOCIATION.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 148, 17 March 1908, Page 10

WELLINGTON CRICKET ASSOCIATION.

I 'A meeting of the, Management-, ,Copimitte« ,of the. Wellington Cricket Association was held last evening. Thcro were present: , Messrs. O. A.-Richardson (m the • chair), A. F. "Wiren, Geo. Burton, A: T. Bate,' •J.': P. Blacklock, ; S. .Jacobs, S.. Bnce, A. Green, B. L. Salmon, T. firodie, and J. Vance, hon. secretan -. ' A deputation was received from tlin Carruthers. Benefit Sports .'Committee; asking for • the use of. the "Basin Reserve, ftfr a, benefit sports meeting \on March 28! It was pointed out that up ; to. date ' the meeting ;-liad beea. given support' on 'cyery l.hnnd, andi all that was nefedeil to . ensure the ..Success ■ of,. ; tho . gathering' was to secure the' Basin Roservo. : . for March' 28.; Tlio deputation was)informed' ' of" the, present; position of the. senior' cliam- ■ pioiiship, iaiid- was *),dvcn ■a. promise that- if l .. the Old 'BoyslMidla'nd- match finished on ; Saturday next the sports body could have the-use of-the Basin,Reserve_. : : , • Tho Hawko's Bay Association, wrote, confirming the 1 datfes Marcli' 1 26, 27; and 28 for' the-- "match .Wcllingtoh'. v.; ■ Hawke's Bay, which is to .be played on tho Herctauriga Gi'ound, * Hastings, 'one of. the ' best grounds in'.'tho Dominion. It'was re-"-" solved that the team should consist of eleven inon arid a ; maha'ECr;' appointed'to'manage :tho.'tbam.-, ; Tho' '.drftwing' of the--Waiwctn-Wadestown match, for'lsst..S*turday wis: ,t« the . Match : Committee for, re-considpration. An application was receiVed froiii the. La- , crosso', Association- asking for f .the ;ise of. the .. . Basin Rosdrvo during tho winter months.. It was " decided 'to . reply ; that the Associition had ■ no .. objection,, to', ,tho lacrosse . players using- the" ground .as .far. as tba Cricket Association is concerned. ::., .. . ■ ,- . ■ ■■.

JUNIOR FIXTURES. The Clnmpionsluir Committee decided to ■ carry out tho recommendation of the Man- ; . Committee,-, and' have, drawn, tho ■ following junior fixtures for next Saturday:— Waiivetu- v. Old Boys,; TVaiwrtu; Wadestown v. "Phoenix,,. Athletic Park (2) ;; Petqnolv. St. Patrick's' Old 80.v5..--Petono (l) ;- New- ' town '..v...' Midiiiicl,, jPotone ■{%).;, Th'orml6n< : r.•; Y.M.C.A., Basin (4) ; ; .Collego v.. Gas Com. pany, College Ground Wellington A \v. Wollington 1!. Athletic .I'arki (3); St.\ John's Gollese,.. Athletic' -l'ai'k. (l)i • ..