CRICKET ON THE BASIN IN RESERVE.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 5803, 22 January 1906, Page 7

CRICKET ON THE BASIN IN RESERVE.

(To the Editor " N.Z. Times/') Sir,—l wktli to call Lho aUuuuon of tho cricket authoriues ami the Wellington public to tho state of things on the Haaui lUvservo during the recent intorpruvuncial cricket matches. 1 refur to the ground being overrun with ssnal! lxjy-3. who crowded all tho best 1.-osiUons. roujptvd over tho tR-ata in front of tho pavilion, encroached on tho hold of play, and made themselves a general nuisance to the spectators who had paid for aduiineion. Their worst olTcnco, however, was the way they thronged round the gate by which the batsmen entered and loft tho held. The Auckland team on Monday afternoon wore playing n plucky uphill light against great odds. As each batoman came out ho had to make his way through a crowd of ragged urchins who choorod him derisively aud generally followed him somo distance on to tho field to pat his back. Each retiring batsman wa« received by tho same crowd on hig return, with jeor» and hoots. I have no hesitation in saying that such a state of things would not bo allowed in any other town in Now Zealand. If it ia impossible to make a charge for boys, stops should bo taken cither by tho City Council, tho police, or tho cricket authentic#?, to have them kept from interfering with tho enjoyment either of playem or spectators, —1 am, etc., SPORT. January 16th.