CRICKET.
THE UNPOPULAR BOARD. MeELHORNE ASKED TO RESION. (Received 7. 11.35 a.m.) Hobart. March 7. The Ma\or presided at a -rovd-c! on eting in the Town Hall to .ii -.-. i.-s the cricket crisis. Mr. Joe Darling attacked the board and declared that while constituted as it was at present tintrouble would never be amicably settled. McElhone was the stumbling block all through. Victorian ami New South Wales members of the board were bought over. The Queensland representatives met in a caucus before the board’s meetings and decided what was to be done It was not. true that the players were workinsr secretly with the Melbourne club.
A resolution was carried that MeElhone should be asked to resign the chairmanship of thi* board as he had not the confidence of the cricket suppertins public and players, and his presence was a hindrance to an amicable settlement of the dispute. ' Other motions similar to tho<pin Melbourne were carried.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 70, 7 March 1912, Page 5
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