CRICKET COUNCIL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23649, 5 November 1938, Page 14

CRICKET COUNCIL

HAWKE CUP MATCHES DISCUSSED QUESTION OF AUSTRALIAN VISITS <Per United Press Association) CHRISTCHURCH, Nov. 4. Only a few remits around which centred a good deal of discussion were considered at the annual meeting of the New Zealand Cricket Council to-night. Mr A. H. Allen (Otago) presided. For the South Auckland Association, Mr G. Mortlock moved that the rules governing Hawke Cup matches should be amended to provide that the ground charge did not exceed £5. This was carried unanimously. A further amendment to the rules, providing that the maximum expenditure for afternoon tea each day be 15s, was also carried. A remit, also moved by the South Auckland Association—that profits from a match be divided so that the local association receives 50 per cent., the visiting association 45 per cent, and the New Zealand Council 5 per cent., instead of 65 per cent., 30 per cent, and 5 per cent, respectively as at present—was lost. For the Southland Association Mr K. B. Bain moved that a biennial interchange of visits between Australian and New Zealand teams should be arranged. An amendment was moved by Mr W. L. King (Canterbury) that the Management Committee be thanked for its efforts in* endeavouring to arrange an interchange of visits, was carried unanimously. Mr G. T. Weston (Taranaki) moved that the associations concerned in challenge matches for the Hawke Cup should be given the right of one umpire. The motion was lest after a discussion. Officers were elected as follows - . Patron, Lord Galway; president, Mr W. R. Fee (Auckland); vice-presi-dents, the presidents of affiliated associations; Management Committee —Messrs D. E. Wanklyn, J. L. Kerr S. G. Lester, J. Ramsden, and H. M. Taylor; treasurer, Mr E. R. Caygill; secretary, Mr E. E. Luttrell; auditor. Mr A. E. Byrne. Mr Wanklyn was reappointed chairman of the Management Committee.