PETONE CRICKET GROUNDS
roMPLAIXTS AS TO COXDITIOIf. BOKouGii corxen/s DEXIAU. In connection with ? protest recently made by the Wellington Cricket Association concerning the condition of tfc® tickets on the Petone recreation gTound, the Petone Borough Council wrote to last night** meeting of the association, stab* i:n: that the reserves committee had care* fn!!y irsvot.trd the ground, and they were in a position to emphatically deny the statement ihnt one wicket in particu’ar was covers l with docks. There were n« dorks on the wicket, nor had there been at nnv pa.t of the ground. As regards the lone: g ass on the ground, that, it was st.Pel. was being allowed to gre*v so n.s to and improve the soil. The seed would ripened in about ten days* ti ne, when the grass would be cut, and the ground thoroughly rolled. In the opinion of the committee, the ground was now in good condition for first-class cricket immediately after the New Year. The chain-.on, Mr C. G. Wilson,^ said that he was nevertheless of the opinion r .hat before championship matches were ranged for this ground it should be ;i sported hr the committee.
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New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11705, 18 December 1923, Page 10
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193PETONE CRICKET GROUNDS New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11705, 18 December 1923, Page 10
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