GRIMMETT'S SERVICES

Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 23, 27 January 1940, Page 22

GRIMMETT'S SERVICES

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"BLATANT PIRACY" ALLEGED

According to recent advice, Queensland is. bidding for the services of C. V. Grimmett, .the South Australian cricketer.' Referring to ; a report that Grimmett •'hSd.:' received an \ offer of employment iri\Queensland, the' secretary of the South Astralian Cricket Association,' Mr. W. H; Jeahes; said that he had'had-no official advice on the matter. If the matter • were raised by Grimmett; it .would be considered then.

- "Other prominent" cricket" officials expressed'amazement at-the 'nature of a statement <made by ;the secretary of the :■. Queensland Cricket. Association's country committee, Mr. W. H. Adams, in" Brisbane;

"It is a queer ■ situation," said one official, "when we send a team away •to Brisbane, and. the first thing we hear is that attempts are being made to. inveigle a player .from .his home State, .and that;we 'will have to bid high';to retain his services. It is hard to believe that a responsible member oi the Queensland Cricket Association would be guilty of such blatant piracy." • ! '

Grimmett, when approached in Sydney, .said he was not yet in a position to make any statement regarding the Queensland *offer for his services.

The "Sydney Morning Herald" Brisbane correspondent stated that the secretary- of the Queensland Cricket Association's ■ country committee, Mi\ W. H-. Adams, made Grimrhett an offer to go to1 Queensland for the 1940-41 season. Grimmett informed Mr. Adams that lie would consult the secretary of the • South ■ Australian • ■ Cricket Association, Mr W. H. Jeanes. He was now engaged 'by that association as coach on a season-to-se&son basis, and he also conducted a night coaching school- for ten weeks of the season as a private venture.

"No-doubt South Australia will en-

deavour to retain Grimmett's services," said Mr. Adams, "but they will have to offer him something much more than his present salary, for I am prepared to bid high." The engagement would be a business one, with conditional cricket duties to Queensland country, cricket, Mr. Adams added. Later Grimmett would visit all country zones giving lectures and coaching.