CRICKET.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2016, 25 March 1914, Page 4

CRICKET.

MEETING OP THE COMmt, The iiaJwigement Committee of the WellJHgtoit Cricket Association wet Jaet evening, Mr. C. {>. Wi-lsoa-i Dresidiftg. Otliots present were: Messrs. f, jSI. Mai-tiJi, Al. J. (kotabie, It. {JokMmch, G. H. Hick son. 0. Mason, and A. A. George, and 13. Al. Bcediey feeerotary). lii reference to tlio toateh. between Kcnse'a team ami «. team representing tho Wellington Association, on Good Friday, a letter was received frpjn the secretary of Ute Wellington City and Suburbs Fedaratiwi «rf the Church of li]ng.kmd Men's: Society, cevfirihg the following resolution .passed by tlie eotmcil of his association::-' "That this isottiicil/ representing threo hundred men resident in Wellington and suburbs, -many of wherni aro keenly iirtorpsted in cricket, deplores the prapcreal to play a rojw'eseiitativo erie'k.et inaMi ov Ooofl . Friday, such -afitioii b&iug in conflict With, the religious wmyioti&ns of a. •lafgo section of tho -eHizfiilß." The secretary was instructed to formally acknowledge- receipt of tlie tetter, xho ttoserves Committee of the City Council wrote ashing whether' it had bocu found that the prcpttfaticm ot jumping pits, in the Basin B-dsei-Vo foi , athletic meetings was in a,riy wa.y -detrimental to the ground, the pits now required by a-thfctie bodies Hera 12 fc<>t by IS fest. . ■ The. sceretary wa.s ins&rticted to reply that the pits tjid damage tho .gtouud.

the MQtor-Mewer-i The Town Clerk wietd statiiig tliat tlw City Outtiitil was prepared M pi'ovido a lriotor-.mo.fi'er ai tho; Easin Heserve provided ft.o associatitJii paifl. an atmual rental of £10, niid, in additiau, I met the .ebst of \ipkefc]i.' ,' Tho etairitioii said tliat ufi did not think tlio proposal was a good one. lift advised thai' infofttiation. regarding tho utility of mtrto/r-niou'cfs Should be sought from the Mfglboufiio and Sydney elubs. Mr. Maso.n said thiH tlio pr&posalwag not ivartli consicleriiig. Hβ agreed with the chairman that tlio moiopMo-wcr ■coull net be used' in tlie roiigli parts Of the Basin Reserve, wliero the present mower often to.roko dowii.

It was decided to Inferni the' -council that the association could take no action in thp matter at'pr-ese.iifc, but would obtaiii further infomatiaH from Au-s----traiia.

The Tflwji Cle-rk MtijiM that Wift as■feoGialjioai had.been granted pernussiffn to charge for ad-mjssfon to the Basiji Beservo on March 28 alitl Apfil £ The charge- would be limited to sixpence [ier head. The cottiicH *s usual wofllcl take fceji p«r cent, of the. total gate, and Hie association WMi-ld' bo required to pay advertising ■ Ths tWrfl Chatfßlonsbip. : Mr; E>- M'Ckjjjuujll attended qji behalf of_ Wio Thtal-CUtss Qkannpiortsbip Cflmiliittee, and presented i Mpijrt in regard to a sDiflmvbat compiicafed .position wliiob baa arisen in thstp sedtJptt of the ebarapionship. It is staktl that tie fo:U Jq-wing tcatps had 'been, .chosen to playoff tiro final , .—lntone, Boys* Ip.tittite, St. David's., K-a'rari, East., and Jolinsoiiv'ille. Kacb ol the teams bad now played- atj tlio qthcrs in tho second. ■WHihd, and the ...position of the -firstfour teaas was :+* ■ '. ■■ ■ . 1-05-- Per-: .- Pts, «i.h!o cent-. -. .EPyM. \yon.SeVd.Pt-s. ago. Iristititte. ..>."■ Wi W; tt.m, : Pfttoto'...;.,. 15' IS ■■$<■ 45 : 53.45' St.jßitrid , s;v.-.15 : .0 U- -:iS- -53.3 Stoori,,-.,„. 14 : D 21.. .42- .SO.-Q- ---... ■ .-■.•■■■ *Aud ons .dwnv. .-. •,-. .. ,, a fctoiiQ and liistit.u.te thus stood pi:ac-- : Meally oqiiat o,ft » . pefeeiitago basis.. The 'JTliird-CJsss Coininittee: :consid.e;i.fid.. that those teajn-s sliotild .pla.j; p& m a cbampio.nsbii) iitial, . The instituto Gluib wita appealing agaiftst the actioii <jf Jclje Tj.Ufd-01-a-ss , -Cpißinittce in graitit-ing ' Petoiio a wiii aver Kertl/ilij the first toui)d ; . ,

•' Besides t'lie appeal' nifeiltjoned .In fbo : reportj theri> .was before the Manage* ■ inert Gommittoo: all appeal from Potone ttgWnst the granting -'of *in to the Institute teain . in a .jnatebagaiii:&t St. David's, In svi-ppoft of ithq appeal-, it was. stated, that. , , the threes point win. bad been gained o.nlj- by contittiviftg play beyO/ivd tbo legal time-. . In connection with ib,a Insti-tuto-St 4 matph, Mr. Ggldfiuch moved that Institute.-be granted only a, . two* point whij oil: tli.Q .g-i'ound- that the nis-teh had feeeii' pjayed beyond tiniey.w contravention-.of -the- xU.lesv >

Blr. HicfesQii ijioyed as ait ariienclmoat that Institute should bo uljmveda tli'recppiafc Win, oil the ground tia.ji there .had, been s iftutival agrecnienii bctiVfl.cn. the t\vp captajiiSj before ife .game began,, to.cStend tiro ii-nio $f play.' . M?i Slartin ■ see-oijctedj ' ■ •

. Tho chairman asked whether : t:h.& tn.dver .and sce&nclor dearly •u-iiderstood thiii they were cbijtqndiiig that .the two: captains by -agreement cois-id violate vth.e Miles. ■ . •

The amendineivt was dfefent&d,. . only this proposer α-ftcl seconder voting for .ft., pud thfj ttrigiiiß , ]- niflticsn was tsrrkjjL

■ A-s to the ■Petone-'SJoTtii ga-tne, JJfr. Cto.»bi.e moved that tlio two -captains be asked to appear b'efoce the ssso.c.iatitiji together writ.lt otljci , available witnesses. 'Jhis Was not seconded 1 , and Mi , . GolcMiigli ittored t that as the-fc .seo.niod- to ho no iwssitsilitf .of arriving at a sstisfcWt&ry decisroji On the- avails ableevidenes, the iecnintittee-. shoti-lit G.r* ilev 6. between I'tttxjiie an.djjpys' tijstttuto fair., tlio championship., tho ■gjMirt to ha a two-day ono, biit- to Be decided an tho first jnuiiigs in tlio .event of bad weather , .

'fiiis was" agrees} to, Mr. Cfofli.bie ■atoms -disStJiitiiig.. .