ATHLETIC SPORTS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1791, 2 July 1913, Page 10

ATHLETIC SPORTS.

BOXING,

RUGBY CODE. -

HOCKEY.

1 CRICKET. | DISTRICT SCHEME ABOLISHED. r " FOUR YEARS' TRIAL, 1 | NOW PRONOUNCED A FAILURE. ? District cricket has had a trial for four . seasons in Wellington. It is now to be [• abolished, and .the old club system j reverted to. This was decided upon last night at a special meeting of delegates 1 to the Wellington Cricket Association. Mr. M. M. F. Luckio. presided, and thero were twenty-three delegates present, as well as a number of interested cricketers. The latter, ■ however,- had 110 voice in the proceedings. The Motion.' The first business was the consideration of the following, motion: — That tho rules of the association be - amended in the direction of removing tho district qualifications for membership of clubs, but that no club other than the present senior grade clubs shall be admitted to the senior grade during tho season 1913-14, and 1914-15; and that the Management Committee be instructed to prepare and submit to another general meeting of the association the necessary alterations in the existing rules to give effect to this, resolution. The chairman, in moving the adoption of the resolution, c-xplained that the meeting was the result of certain consideration which- the Alauagemcnt Committee had given to the subject. He traced tho ■ history of the district scheme, and inj. dicated the direction in which its pro--3 motors had hoped that it would benefit t city cricket. It had, however, failed to t come up to expectations. Junior players would not como into tho association's ranks uuder tho scheme. They had, in fact, refused promotion to tho senior raDks 111 a number of instances, preferring, apparently, to play in a rival association. After having had a fair (rial, tho scheme was not u success, either as regarded the betterment of cricket or tho financial position of the association. The chairman, however, wished it to bo under- ' stood that the district schemo was not > entirely responsible for tho unsatisfactory - financial position of the association, and f he instanced several extraordinary diffi- ■ wilties with which the Wellington Cricket i Association would, in any case, have had I to contend with. _ The present prospects of cnbket were brighter than -ever before, ) because of the regular interchange of . visits that had been arranged by the ' , vari f" s associations, and because of tho law that had been passed enabling charges . for admission to be made to the. city re- ; serves. The committee had prepared the ) resolution with the object of getting young 1 .players into the association. , 8- H°°d seconded the motion > for the adoption of tho resolution, : "Motion Did Not Go Far Enough." Mr. D. S. M'Kenzie moved as an amendment: "That the whole of tho words after membership of clubs' be struck out." He contended that the district system had been given a fair trial, and had proved on absolute failure. It was impossible for district cricket to bo successful here, as ' the city did not lend itself to'proper dis- ' trict division, and the districts-had not 1 their own grounds as .they had in Aus--1 tralia. and other places. He moved the 1 amendment because he thought that it was high time to revert to tho old club system, and he did not think that the resolution, in the form in which it had been put to the meeting, went far enough; Mr. R. W. Burbidgo seconded tho amendment. He also believed that the system had been an absolute failure— financially at all events. Thero must havo been something radically wrong with it, too; when clubs were losing so many players. Mr. M. J. Crombie announced his intontion of supporting the motion. It should be clear to everyone that this resolution, if passed in its present form, did away with district cricket absolutely. The . amendment, if carried, would mean the immediate smashing up of the present senior clubs, and, if this wero done, how were they going to discharge their liabilities? He thought that, if the mover and the seconder of the amendment considered the matter, they'would see that it did all that they desired. As for the Junior Association, he did not think that its existence should oauso alarm. 'He was disposed rather to regard it as a healthy sign that two associations should exist. Tho same state of affairs was to be seen in Australia. The amendment, on being put to the mot-ting, was lost by 18 votes to 5, and the motion waa then carried on the voices. Limit Senior Clubs to Six? Mr. F. A. Midlano (East C.C.) then moved:— "That the number of senior teams in the competition bo reduced from eight to six, and that tho Manag»ment Committee be instructed to report to a later meeting of the association which teams, in its opinion, these should be." This motion, said Mr. Midlane, was put forward by his olub (Wellington East) for tho improvement of cricket. He believed that tho standard of crickot now was much bolow what it had beau.'when they had only four senior teams in the ' competition. ' ' Mr. W. 11. L. Gibbss seconded the motion. A long discussion followed, during which delegates from every club spoko, and, in several eases, made subsequent personal explanations which prolonged the business. It was at .once apparent that there was strong opposition to tbe motion, and 011 being put to the meeting it was rejected by sixteen, votes to seven.

MEN SELECTED TO TRAIN. In view of tho match against Auckland on July 19, the selector has selected tho following players to train from which the final team to make tho trip will bo selected:—Evenson, Mitchinson, E. Ryan, Young, Ivinvig, T'womey, Tilyard, M'Kenzie, Kamsdeii, Eoberts, Francisi Hills, Paton, Gillespie, Wilson, Miller, W. l?yan, Bell, D. Sullivan, Oafces, Cunningham. The above are asked to meet at the Athletic Gymnasium on Thursday evening at 8.30 o'clock.

FIXTURES FOR SATURDAY. Senior.—United v. Karori, at liarori Park No. 2. Victoria College v. Government Insurance, at Karori Park No. 7. Metropolitan v. Wellington, at Karori Park No. 1. Junior.—Victoria College A v. Karori, at Karori Park No. G. Sf'Augustine's v. K.Y.M.1., at Hutt Park. Hutt Valley v. United, at Newtown Pork. Victoria Col- i lego B v. Gregg's, at Wakefield Park No. 1. St. Murk's v. Wellington, at Wakefield Park No. 2. Third Class.—Wellington A v. United, at Karori I'ark No. 3. Victoria College v. Government Insurance, at Karori Park No. 8. St. Augustine's v. 1C.Y.M.1., at Hutt Park. Kilbirnie Anglicans v. Miraniar, at Kilbirnie. Wellington B and Hutt Valley, a bye. LADIES' MATCHES. Senior.—Rambler A v. Girls' College, at Karori Park No. 2. Syrens v. Rambler 15, at Karori Pari: No. 8. Gregg's v. Victoria College, at Karori Park No. 3. St. Augustino's v. -College Old Girls, at l'ctone. Junior.—Kiwi v. Technical School, at Karori Park No. 4. College Old Girls v. l'etouo District. High School, at Karori Park No. 7. St. Augustino's, a bye.

GOLF.

THE M IK A MAR CLUB. The winner of the Bogey Competition played by the Miramar'Golf Club on Saturday w(ui p. D. JBlrkntt, wliojo c«.i4 Ulwwod !'sdi wuarft."- IL'fcj but isues siron ,

in wore: D. D. Birkett (15), all square; I'. C'. Freeth (4), 2 down; H. S. Hislop (15), 2 down; V, G. Rhind (9), 3 down; H. ». King (18), i down. As notified in a former issue, tlio members of the Wellington Golf Club will play d mixed foursome on Saturday next, entries for which close at Tisdall's tomorrow at 5 p.m. A dance will bo held at the clubhouse tho same evening at 8.15 o'clock.

"HOCK" KEYS AND HAGERTY. The secretary of tiro Wellington Boxing Association stales:—As tho day of tho contest approaches, interest increases in the meeting between Keys and Hagerty at the Town Hall to-morrow night. Yesterday there was a keen demand for seats, and (he record for booking when Tracy met Unliolz hero has been considerably exceeded. Reports from both tho principals are to the effect that they are in tho bast of condition. Keys completed his sparring on Saturday, and lins only been doing light training work since. liagerty continues his work at Cloake's, his principal sparring being with Frank Ellis and the brothers Leary. Ho hitf- impressed those who have seen' his work with his increased speed since iiq last appeared here. Owing' to representations by suburban .patrons, arrangements have been, made to delay the last' train to Johnsonville, and to tho Hutt. His Excellency tlie Governor has intimated his intention of being present to-morrow night. CANTERBURY CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM. (By Teleeranh — Press Asjociation.) Christchurch, July 1. At a meeting of the committee of the Christchurch Sports Club to-night the following team was chosen to represent Canterbury in the New Zealand championship boxing tournament, to bo held at Timaru: —Bantam, W. Cooper; fea-ther-weight, H. Vornall; light-weight, J. Penrose; welter-weight, J. ii'Miun; middle-weight,, J. Manning; heavyweight, P. Burgess; manager, H. Feinhols; trainer, J. Priestnall; delegates to Boxing Conference, Messrs. W. J. Moir and F. A. Hornabrook. SOUTH CANTERBURY TOURNEY. Timaru, July 1. Tho South Canterbury boxing championships were held to-night before a crowded attendance. The finals were:— Bantam: G. Gunn beat Fox (Waimate) on points. Feather-weight: Stewait beat Collins on -points. Light-weight: Shult beat Morrison (Geraldine). Middlewiight: Clark beat M'Kilhip on points. Heavy-weight: Hook' knocked out O'Connor (Levels) iu tho third round. LAWN TENNIS. ALL-ENGLAND CHAMPIONSHIPS. By Telegraph—Prcaa Association—Copyrieht London, Juno 30. O'Loughlin (America) beat Parke (England), 6—4, 7—5, 6 —t, in the championship singles at Wimbledon. In tho All-England Plate, second round, Jones .beat Hotham, 7—5.