CRICKET.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue XLVII, 7 March 1912, Page 1

CRICKET.

THE AUSTRALIAN DISPUTE.- - - feeling agalnst*-the board,of .. ut CONTROL. : .:V.; - THE CHAIRMAN ASKED TO RESIGN. • '■ ; w v„. (Press Association.; —CorxiuoHX.) '(Received 8.45 a.m.) -I 1 "'" ' HOBART. This .Day, . The Mayor presided at a crowded ..meeting in the Town Hall to discuss tlio ■ cricket crisis. Mr J., Darling attacked the Board of Control, and declared that while it was constituted as at present the trouble would .never be airiicably * settled. McElhone had been the , stumbling block all through. The Victorian and New South Wales members ..." of the Board, ho alleged, bought .ovcl* the , Queensland representatives. met in caucus before the meetings, and decided what was to be done. ,It was •not true that the players w>crb - working secretly with the Melbourne Club.' , A-resolution was carried that 'McElhone be asked to resign the chairmanship of the Board, as ho did not possess the confidence of the cricket-supporting • public or the players, and .presence was a hindrance to an amicable • settlement of the dispute. ' " Other motions similar, to those at Melbourne were carried. ' ( " HAIRDRESSERS V. GROCERS. A cricket match was played, yesterday afternoon between the Hairdressers' and Grocers' teams, resulting In win .foy the. Hairdressers ,by 35 runs. The winners made 34 and 33, Edwards (not out) 17, Blincoe. 10, Bartlett 7. The Grocers put on only 22 and 10, Holbroolc 8 and' Hockey 5 being top scorers. Canning got 5 wickets for 9 runs and 3 for 4 (with the "hat trick), and Cooko 5 for 10 and .7.for 4 (including 4 wickets with successive balls). The Grocers' best bowling averages were Hockey 7 for 19 and • s*; for 13. Harford 3 for 13, and'Holbrook':3'£or 18. ' *