CRICKET PRACTICE AT THE RESERVE

Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 114, 10 November 1934, Page 8

CRICKET PRACTICE AT THE RESERVE

(To thi Etfitor.) Sir, —I •would like to draw the attention of the City Council authorities and the Wellington cricket authorities to a danger that iexists, during net practice at the Basin Reserve. It; is a common practice for players to get away from the nets to the unused portion of the field, near, the pathway .fronting the stand and children's playing area. There one of them hits the ball high up in the air, let us, say about 60 feet or more, to a crowd of fielders about SO yards away, thei effort resembling a mighty hit to the boundary, and for the purpose of theso players taking long dropping catches. This idea of practice is' quite a good thing, but should be don© elsewhere. On Wednesday evening I witnessed three hits land on the pathway, twice narrowly missing two people who were walking past. No one has got a. chance of dodging a'dropping ball if they are unaware of the stroke being made. What chance has a child got if it should happen to venture from the playing area? As tho ground is open to the public as a right-of-way, the onus of the safety of the public rests equally upon the shoulders of the.City Council and the W.C.A.—I am, etc., Albion boveb.|