A CRICKET DISPUTE
RESIGNATION OF EXECUTIVE DEMANDED. PEB PRESS ASSOCIATION. WANGANUI, March 11. A big meeting of cricketers and supporters of the game demanded the. resignation of the ' Cricket Association’s executive. At the conclusion of tho day’s play in tho seniormatch, Victoria v. linlay, on February 21st, a member of the former team is alleged to have struck one of the umpires, who was a. visitor from Dunedin, and he was out for a couple of hours. The matter was discussed by urn executive last week, and ,it decided to take. Ho action after a motion to suspend both players and the umpire, who is alleged to have given provocation, had been defeated by one vote. This decision created indignation among the majority of cricketers, who convened a meeting with the result stated above.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10536, 12 March 1920, Page 7
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134A CRICKET DISPUTE New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10536, 12 March 1920, Page 7
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