DAYLIGHT SAVING

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 51, 7 September 1928, Page 11

DAYLIGHT SAVING

— ♦ BENEFIT TO CEICKET In common with other centres, it was found last season that the gamo in Wellington received a decided fillip from the introduction of tho extra hour of daylight provided by Mr. Sidey's Summertime Act, states the annual report of tho Wellington Cricket Association. At tho beginning of the ieason a general meeting of the association approved extending the hours of play each Saturday to 7.30 p.m. while tho Act was in operation. It was found that this resulted in fewer games being drawn, though in some of tho lower grades, owing to tho extent of travelling, the wish was expressed that-play might terminate at 7 p.m. "This is a matter that will call for your consideration if summcrtimo is brought in again," the report adds. "Generally, however, there can bo no doubt that cricket decidedly benefited by tho change—the hours of play and for practice lengthened, greater opportunity for coaching was consequently offered, and these factors produced greater intersot in the gamo and a high level in tho play throughout the Beason."