HOSPITAL JUNIOR CRICKET "V... TEAM "V:

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 8 October 1936, Page 10

HOSPITAL JUNIOR CRICKET "V... TEAM "V:

REMAIN IN THE A GRADE > COMPETITION;/ : ,-v : ASSOCIATION’S DECISION vb At '.a meeting;of the .City Cricket Association : in 1932 it wasf decided; that the team which' .finished bottpiri; each year in. the Junior A grade should be relegated to: the B grade;: and the winners of the Junior'-B' grade should compete the following year in the A. grade. However Hospital finished at the bottom of the A grade ladder last season, and the secretary of the association in his' annual report last, evening pointed out that in view of: the team’s .previous performances.Jn the B grade," and owing (to The: ,: fact that the' Hospital ground was essen-ji tial as an A grade ground the Asso-j. ciation should consider allowing them/, to remain in the,A; -grade., It was an j isolated case where the system de-.’ cided on .in .1932 pid’not ,work well in': practice. Hospital had had-; several drawn matches, which they claimed would have resulted in ', decision :: in their favour (had the visiting 1 ' teamsbeen on; the ground ready to start j punctually. ' ;• ;,i j By the unanimous vote of the meet-1 ing it was resolved that the motion | of 1932 regarding the relegation of the bottom team, be rescinded. It was then resolved'that the Junior A competition for. 1936-7. consist; of all',the ! teams that were in the A grade last year, with the addition of . Y.M-C.A.’s,, A team, which has been promoted. j The position was rendered . easier by the fact, that,Y.M.C.A. are■ . also :: putting in a B team this year.