CRICKET.

Evening Post, Volume LXVIII, Issue 61, 9 September 1904, Page 2

CRICKET.

AUSTHAIi CLUB. Tho members of lue ncwlv -formed Austral Club m«t at Mr. E. C. Batkin's room hust night, Mx*. Henry Ivory, fhe club's first President, occupying the ohnir. ihe rules drafted by ■;i sub-committco wero pua&ed by the mcctau^ with slight amendments. 'The club's colours are to be Cambridge blue, and tho s>ubsc\*iption wns fixed at 30s for senior members and 15s for players under tho «go ol 31 years, 'iho following officers mcto Heeled: — l'atrou, Mr. C, H. Baxter; I'iwident, Mr. Henry Ivory ; General OonTimtUNi, Momsiu. W. U. Barfclett, h. G. \'iviau, A. 15. Dnkin, W. G. Robinson, D. M.' Arthur; Dcl«gatcs to the A.iMicint'lon, Messrs. A. H. Goass, A. E. Dakin, <mcLW. G. Robinson; Auditor, Mr. W. H. Honey; Club Captain, Mr. H. Martin; Secretary, Mr. A. H. Goss; Tr«?Asui\sr, Mr. J. 1\ Kelly. The election of' the Vice-Presidenta and Match Committees was h«ld ' ever. The Secivtnry*sfcated thnt,42 members had been onl bllwi and promises of support were^ boiug received, daily. The meeting decided to enter teams for the seyioi 1 , junior, wid third-cLiss championship* during tho approaching seiißon. Tho members unanimously decided to instruct tho dub'a delegates to vote for tho motion to admit Uiu prow representatives at all meetings of the Association. The Chairman Btatoii that it wns in the beet interests of tinnport thnt the actions of the Association's delegate should bo published, ns the outside plny«rs and public desired to know what wns going on. Mr. Ivory promised n trophy to tho club, nlso a suitable room for committee meetings. Ho asked members to remember the motto of the lnnd of their birth, "Advance Australia," and hoped tho various teams would, have a lnrgo number of victories to their credit at' tho end of tho 1904-05 season. The usual compliment to the Chairman terminated nn enthusiastic meeting. The Wellington Junior Cricket Association has been granted the uso of the Newtown Park by the City Council for the forthcoming season, on the same terms ns lost year,