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Grey River Argus, 24 January 1934, Page 2

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MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEET. At the fortnightly meeting of the Management Committe? of th,. West Coast ('rii'ke,! Assoeiat ion ‘there wdT present Messrs J. Paterson, (('hair), L. Hunter, L. Casev, N. Bavh’v am! 11. S. Nightingale. Tt was decided to withdraw the challenge for tho Hawke Cup as Nelson being no longer 'the holders, the Association found that they could not 'afford to send a team up to p.lay Taranaki. the present holders. It was also decided tha; the l»at presented |>v the D.C.L. Whisky Company (per Mr l\. James. N.Z, rep.) I»e awarded for -’he best average in representative games against outside Associations (Reefton and Hokitika not to count), the players having to take paid in 50 per vent. of the matches io qualify. The Secret ary was instructed to write to lhe Nelson Cricket Associa tiou congrat u]a,ti ng i; upon the great fight put up by j-s s'de against Taranaki. for the Hawke ('up. and also inviting them to visit Greymou'th to play a. game here, Saturday ami Sunday being suggested as the best days for the purpose of a gate to help this Association. It wa§ resolved to write to the Secretaries of the Canterbury and Bullet Associations thanking them for the hospi’tadity extended to the West Coast team during their visits to Christchurch and Wes,‘port respectively, particularly mentioning Mr M. C. Ward, of Christchurch. 'The Secretary was insrructed to write to the ,\ew Zealand ('rivket ('oun-<-i| ascertaining wh:r guarantee was required and if it was possible to obtain a game here against lhe Austra-