CRICKET.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 639, 16 October 1909, Page 10

CRICKET.

, REVISION Of RUMS. " A special.meeting of the Wellington Cricket Association was held in the Chamber of Commerce Hall last evening, Professor Hunter presiding.. ■.:■'■ -, ■'.'.■ : The rules recently drawn up wore reviewed and subjected to numerous amendments. A rule was ■ added providing that a player must be resident in Wellington for a clear seven days before he can take part:in championship matches.. Therulo is not to apply, to players in continuous employment, who may have boon; transferred to Wellington from some other' centre. '■ Exception is thus made for,_ soy, a bank, clerk being- transferred' from Chnstohurchi on a Saturday ori which a local matoh concludes; if "he were-.not granted. exemption, ho .would not bo able to take-part in the matches for threo weeks.' ■. : . In the event of a being: suspended by his club, or being guilty of unseemly conduct, or wilful infringement of-the. rules, the Management Committee arc. given power to inflict such penalties as they deem- necessary. A.n ; addition ; to this regulation-was agreodto, giving the niomber concerned the right of appeal to the New Zealand Cricket Council, the appeal, to be forwarded through- the Wellington:; Cricket within-. U ■ days of their decision being given, - .■•■'■' It is agreed that tno annual subscription shall bo payable within. ono month after the dato of-the, annual meeting,of. the association, 'i A new regulation, adopted readß:—The secretary or treasurer may. or: may. not bo' honor-: ary, hut.'in the.event of either being a'salaried officer of the association, such officer phall hold office, during tho pleasure of the Management .Committee. ... After protracted discussion,.-"' it .Was ruled that, "All members of. district clubs having practico wickets on tho Basin Reserve. shall pay an annual registration fee of 2s. 6d." The Management Committee is given power to arrange, oontrol, and manage r.U association matches, and appoint subsidiary committees; No ouorum was present when the delegates from ■ Wellington South endeavoured 'to. move the following:—"The boundary of the Wellington South District be extended to include that portion of tho city; of Wellington bounded on tho north by Hospital Road and Gullv to tho Town Belt, thence on tho east by" the Town Belt to Mein i Street, on the west by a Pmall. portion. of Adelaide Eoad and the whole of Revans Street, and on tho south by the whole of Mein Street, at present included in the' Wellington' East : District.,:

TO-DAY'S TEAMS." Following is the Wellihgton North District Club'team, chosen to'play Wellington East A on the' Basin this afternoon:—Waters, Black J lock,' Richardson,'. Williams, Uphara, S. Hickson, Wynyard, Luckie, Phillips, Mansom J. Moore. Emergencies: Willis (batting), Hill (bowling).'■ '• ■: ' ■"-" ■'' "■' The Vetono team to meet Wellington South ; at the Basin Reserve t'o-day is as follows:—' Brice, Catei Dalgleish, Bennett, .Green, Nunn, Joyco, Reynolds, Powell, Bowman, and Senior.