CRICKET

Evening Star, Issue 16842, 18 September 1918, Page 3

CRICKET

DUNEDIN CLUB. Tho report to bo placed before the m«mhem of tho Dunedin Crickcit Club at tho annual meeting reads ao tol.ows; —"As members are aware, the club did not p’acc any teams in tha field laot year, owing to tho impossibility of securing a sufficient number of p.ayers. In to far as club operations are concerned, thouoiore, there is nothing to report. It is with extreme regret, however, that we have to place on record the death of our much-rc.E.pacted and loyal president, Mr T. S'. Gialmrn, who to: ytins was (he recognised head o: our club. Unlike many presidents, Mr GraUim was not merely a. figurehead; ho took a live inknast in ail the club’s doings, and the due hue in the interests of cricket generally did not affect his keenness for the welfa.o cf his ‘boys,’ which keenness was nran.fcoted right to iho cud of Lii long hfo. Tho club were reprc-scn.ed attire funeral by reprisenmtiveo of present ar.d past members, and a wreath bearing iho blue and gold colons was placed on tho grave. The club bu tained another heavy loss during the year by the. death of Mr T. J. Biydcn, who was killed in action in Prance. No more genuine cricketer than • Jim ’ Bryden ever stopped on to a field. UnsKfcli, keen, and of a kindly, helpful nature, his less will be ielt by players young and o!d. As several members bava come to the conclusion that it wan’d bu inadvisable for tho club’s inaction to emtinue over another season, a canvas? Los been mads, witii the rcr-ult that a sufficient number of promisee have been obta.ncd 'to make it possible to place at least one team iu the field, and thus keep uhe flag flying pending the conclusion of tho war and the lcorganieaiion of sport generally. The Caledonian Society have met the club in an extremely generous spirit, so that ihuincal anxieties need not be anticipated, despite iho tael that- the I credit, balaneo, which h.id been nursed so | long, has at last puc ical y disappeared. It only ivmains, therefore, for the older members to rally round and help to carry on until matte s re- umo a no mil slate. The balnncc-i.'heci shows a crcd.t balance of A2 12s lid, and in addition there is n good stock of playing material.” ST. KILDA CLUB. In presentng the eleventh annual report, tho committee congratulate the club on hold- ' ji lrT up their cud in ;his branch of spoil dur(j.,* ihe pact Kir on. They wore sorely I pushed for player-.: never: help's they mv. ays managed io fulfil their Se'urday engagements and to put up a fa r fight each Line. Like eyery other dub iu_ Dunedin, St. Hilda felt itself -weakening in numbers each year, caused bv so many of the players having to tight tho Kt-errer game of war. All rue clubs prominent players hud gone to the front, and bod upiidd the honor of the ciub m a way that o-af.-tG the committee to fed insJy proud. Some had ’aid down their lives in ths great flglu—some of them, too, who i took a keen interest in all our affair® k-o it. i behoved the members who were left to carry ion the game, 010 g with younger p-aycm, | for Ihe eake cf llio.e who might come ba a when tho struggle is end d, ihe cubs team is.uior) ployed T5 mtecl re, winning 6, drawing 2, and losing 7-a natter for congratela- . tion, as half of the team each fcainuhtj were composed of junior p.ayers, r-f ot th-se acquit tug themselves very crod..ably ind cd. In inc-Pio, roaU'he?, J. Barron and ! T 1 .viimslou rojirrsented ihe club, and : wortlulv uphold their selection on each «ce«cion. The fmanda! side showed a small ’credit balance (£1 U« 2d), thanks to the mj tercst aud aupnr.rl rendered by oflicc-boarcrs I aud friends, and to tun ema.l exviendituic in material for the past sea on. Ihe. rob of honor oentaimd the names ot Eime o5 players—a fine record for a young oluo.