General Gossip.

NZ Truth, Issue 243, 19 February 1910, Page 3

General Gossip.

They say that the smile of secretary Vance and treasurer Stevens when the last coins were extracted from the money boxes on Saturday was worth a trip to the Sahara Desert- to see.

Sydney "Bully" tumbles m very badly —a not infrequent . happening with the red cover journal, when it writes of Wellington coming out of the late pooling squabble with a dead loss of £150. The boot is on the other leg, for the Association is over that amount to the good by the three days' takings. Lancashire cricket eleven will play all the first-class counties next summer.

Unpaid subscriptions have become such a serious matter with the Gloucestershire County Cricket Club that a special meeting was to *have been held last month to consider how the defaulters can be dealt with. It's the same bid tale with cricket, football, and other athletic institutions m New Zealand.

Prior to' his departure for New Zealand, H. Emery, was entertained at a smoke .concerts the Erskineville Town Hall, and presented by the Mayor of Erskineville with a travelling bag. Kelleway was presented with ' a travelling companion by the management and staff of the Newcastle,' and j Hunter River. Steamship Company prior to his departure for the Dominion.

The inclusion of Facy and Dodds m the Australian team now visiting the Dominion has given much satisfaction m Tasmania. There is no 'doubt that m the past the merit of Taamanian cricketers has not been sufficiently • recognised by selectors of Australian teams. The treatment of Dodds ' by' the selectors of the last Australian team was unaccountable. Having chosen him; for a trial match, and be having . done all that mortal . man could be expected to do, the selectors had a right to give him a place m the Australian team. If they did not intend to consider his claims, they had no right to play him at all. | Kelleway, says the Sydney "Sportsman," promises to be a finer batsman than howler, and is almost certain to find his way into test, . cricket. He has shown that he possesses great nerve, and plays his best at a pinch. Must people have forgotten that he played a fine innings for •31 not out against South Australia ;when New South Wales made the record 'fourth innings score of 572.