CRICKET

Otago Witness, Issue 3808, 8 March 1927, Page 32

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March 11, 12, and 14.—Otago v. Melbourne Club, at Carisbrook. March 18, 19, 21 and 22.—First Test v. Melbourne Club, at Christchurch. March 23 and 24.—Dunedin Clubs v. Oamaru, at Oamaru; Otago Second Grade v. Southland Juniors, at Invercargill. March 25, 26, 27. Second Test v. Mel- — bourne Chiu, at Wellington.

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Blunt has now scored 1018 runs this Beason, included in which are four centuries in club cricket and a century for .his province. In the match between Wellington and the Melbourne team B. J. Kortlang achieved the rare distinction of topping the 1000 mark for a season of senior ■ club and representative cricket. • A. Roberts, tire youn;j Riccarton bate■man, made his second century in senior A grade cricket this season when he carried his bat for 101, lie was associated with Gorric in putting on 234 runs in 67J minutes. In 11 innings Roberts has scored 487 .runs, and with a couple ,of not outs his average is 54.11. • A disquieting feature of Wanganui’s batting against the Melbourne team was that Dempster, who was chosen for the trip to England, in the face of repeated failures this season, again failed to get going in either innings, b ing bowled by Ebeling for one run in the first innings and being run out for 11 in the second. Dempster, on this season’s form, was not worth his place in the Wellington team (says “Burwood,” in the Dominion), let alone the national side. The Rev. D. Monaghan, who about 20 years back was one of Wellington’s bestknown players, showed that her has not forgotten the game by hitting up 60 for Taranaki aaginst Melbourne in the first innings. Monaghan, in his day, was the most dangerous swerve bowler this country has produced. He has now dropped the bowler’s mantle and come out as a batsman.

C. Allcott, the Grafton Club’s allrounder, who has been included in the New Zealand team for England, is taking no chances about being thoroughly fit for the tour. In the Auckland match against the Melbourne Club’s team he ricked a foot so that he was unable to bowl in the visitors’ second innings.

MARYLEBONE TEAM TN INDIA. DELHI, February 28. The final match between the Marylebone Club and Patiala resulted in a draw. Patiala made 303 for four wickets iWazir Ali 149, Tarrant 68). Marylebone scored 252 for nine wickets (Wyatt 67, Tate 65). At one stage Marylebone had three down for 33. AVERAGES FOR THE TOUR. DELHI, March 2. The Marylebone Club’s tour was concluded with a drawn match against Patiala. The final averages show: — Batting.—Sandham, 1977 runs, average 63; Wyatt, 1821, average 53; Parsons, 1303, average 48; Tate, 1249, average 34. Bowling.—Tate, 128 wickets, average 13.04 ; Geary, 87 wickets, average 14.46. The team won 11 matches and drew 23.

MELBOURNE TEAM’S TOUR. MATCH AGAINST WELLINGTON. WELLINGTON, February 28. The superiority of Australian cricketing ability over that of New Zealand ,vas once again demonstrated at the Basin Reserve to-day, whep the visiting Melbourne Club team decisively outplayed the Wellington representative eleven and won oy 10 wickets. Able bowling by Vernon Ransford saw Wellington dismissed in their second innings for 214 runs, leaving the visitors 81 to get to win, a task Hendry and Sandford easily accomplished. Scores: —

WELLINGTON. First innings 300 • Second Innings. J. S, Hiddleston, c and b Hendry . . 35 A. M. Rollings, e Hendry, b Ransford 24 F. T. Badcock. b T. Armstrong .. .. 40 11. M. M’.Girr, st Campbell, b Ransford 1 JI. Lambert, b T. Armstrong .. .. 0 J. R. Lamason, b Ransford 15 B. J. Kortlang. b Ransford .. .. 20 W. S. Brice? b Ransford 9 H. Folev, run out 25 K. C. James, lbw, b Ebeling .. .. 15 L. Beard, not out 7 Extras 14 Total 214 Bowling Analysis.—Hendry, two for 37; Ebeling, one for 17; Ransford, five for 81; T. Armstrong, one for 43; Jewell, one for 14; Johnstone, none for eight. MELBOURNE CLUB. First innings .. . 434 Second Innings. H. L. Hendry, not out 52 H. C. Sandford, not out 27 Extras 2 Total (for no wickets) 81 Bowling Analysis.—Badcock, none for eight; Beard, .'one for 22; Brice, none for 15; M’Girr, none for 13: Hiddleston, none for 17; Hollings, none for none. MATCH IN SOUTH CANTERBURY. TIMARU, March 2. The Melbourne Cricket team concluded its match against South Canterbury this evening winning by six wickets. The weather was fine. The following are the scores: — SOUTH CANTERBURY. First Innings.

Herdman, c Onyons, b Dakin ...... 3 Kane, c Campbell, b Hendry 25 Mason, c Campbell, b Hendry .... 34 Davies, st. Campbell, b T. Armstrong 19 Brooks, lbw, b T. Armstrong 2 Grieve, c Rogerson, b T. Armstrong 0 Burns, c and b Hendry 19

Ditchneld, not out 16 M’Beath, run out 0 Menzies, run out 0 Harding, c Jewell, b Hendry .... 9 Extras 19 Total ..146 Bowling Analysis.—Hendry, 4 for 49; T. Armstrong, 3 for 29; Dakin, 1 for 20; Rogerson, none for 7; Onyone, none for 22. Second Innings. Mason, lbw, b Onyons 10 Kane, b Ransford ... .'. 13 Davies, b Ransford 6 Herdman, b Hendry 19 Burns, c Onyons, b Ransford 2 Brooks, run out ... 4 Ditchfield, st Campbell, bT. Armstrong 9 Grieve, b T. Armstrong 0 M’Beath, lbw, b T. Armstrong 4 Menzies, b T. Armstrong 4 Hafrding, not out 5 Extras 24 Total 100 Bowling Analysis.—Jewell none for 14, Ransford 3 for 21, Onyons 1 for 16, T. Armstrong 4 for 14, Hendry 1 for 11, MELBOURNE. First Innings. Campbell, b M’Beath 5 Ebeling, lbw, b M’Beath 28 Dakin, run out 11 Rogerson, b Herdman 38 Sandford, b M’Beath 9 Hendry, c M’Beath, b Kano 35 Onyons, b M’Beath ... .- 0 Jewell, b Herdman '27 Johnston, b Kane 14 Ransford, not out 7 T. Armstrong, b Kane 0 Extras 14 Total 189 Bowling Analysis.—Herdman 2 wickets for 39 runs. M’Beath 4 for 68, Harding none for 34, Kane 3 for 34. Second Innings. Jewell, b Kane 28 Rogerson, c Harding, b M’Beath ... 8 Johnston, c Menzies, b Kane ... ... 6 Onyons, l.bw, b M’Beath 1 F.beling, not out 12 T. Armstrong, not out 27 Extras 6 Total (for four wickets) 88

MATCH AGAINST CANTERBURY. CHRISTCHURCH, March 4. The Canterbury representatives and the Melbourne cricket team commenced a match on Lancaster Park to-day. G. Oliver and Talbot were unable to play for Canterbury, and were replaced by Gregory and Patrick. Warwick Armstrong was still absent from the visiting side. The weather was perfect, and the wicket looked a first-class one, and it played true and fast. Canterbury's total of 34G was a very creditable performance , for there was little or no luck in it, practically every chance that was given being taken. The visitors themselves were impressed by the Canterbury batting, and it certainly was a good knock to put on 346 against a really strong bowling side. Ebeling was the outstanding figure among the Melbourne bowlers. The others were all of good average merit, but of a class that never, or hardly ever, had batsmen stuck up. They relied largely on the batsmen getting themselves out, but Ebeling always looked dangerous. Considering his pace he kept an excellent length and direction, and he occasionally got a little oft turn that left the batsmen standing. Patrick, Boon, and Merritt were unlucky enough to encounter them, and in each case the ball looked as though it p iglit bowl any batsman. Ransford captained) the visitors, whilst Page led the Canterbury men. March 5. When the game with the Melbourne Cricket Club, so far as the first innings was concerned, appeared to be within the grasp of Canterbury, the home team, by bad fielding, lost its chance, a factor which caused the game to swing Melbourne’s way. Scores: —

CANTERBURY. First Innings. G. R. Gregory, lbw, b Ebeling ... 9 T. M. Hamilton, c Campbell, b Ebeling 45 W. R. Patrick, b Ebeling u M. L. Page, st Campbell, b Armstrong 77 D. C. Nixon, c Hendry, b Johnstone 45 A. Roberts, c Ebeling" b Armstrong 19 M. K. Boon, b Ebeling 59 C. E. Evans, run out 54 R. J, Read, c Johnstone, b Armstrong 22 W. E. Merritt, b Ebeling 2 W. Cunningham, not out 8 Extras 6

Total 346 Bowling Analysis: H. I. Ebeling took five wickets for 102 runs, T. R. S. Rogerson none for 5, T. Armstrong three for 94, R. C. Johnstone one for 44. H. C. A. Sandford none for 22, R. Jewell none for 19. CANTERBURY. First Innings 346 Second Innings. G. R. Gregory, not out 29 I. M. Hamilton, not out ... 20 * Extras ... 1 Total for no wickets 50 MELBOURNE. First Innings. R. Jewell, b Read 3 K. C. Campbell, b Read 20 T. B. S. Rodgerson. b Merritt 22 H. L. Hendry, run out 64 H. C. A. Sandford, st. Boon, b Evans 21 B. A. Onyons, c Merritt, b Cunningham 112 R. G. Johnston, c Patrick, b Cunningham 83 P. B. Wood, c Boon, b_ Read 2 V. S, Ransford, b Cunningham 9 T. Armstrong, not out ... 3 11. I. Ebeling, c Hamilton, b Cunningham 1 Extras 10 Total „ ... 350

Bowling Analysis.—W. Cunningham, dfour for 70; R. Read, three for 81; W. Merritt, one for 80; D. C. Nixon, none for 34; C. E. Evans, one for 62; W. R. Patrick, none for 13

SOUTH OTAGO v. CENTRAL OTAGO.

South Otago, the holders of the Morris Cup, were called upon on Wednesday to defend the trophy, a challenge having been issued by Central Otago. The match was played at Carisbrook under ideal conditions, the weather being delightful and the ground In first-class order. South Otago showed their superiority in a most decided manner, winning by an innings and 172 runs. Central Otago made a poor display in their first innings, the bowling of Noble proving very deadly. H. Pearce, who made 13 before he was run out, being the only batsman to make a stand against him and Anderson. South Otago scored 292 in their first innnigs, but their batting was not as enterprising as it might have been. Tho principal scorers were 11. C. Alloo, who retired when he had made 120, L. Edwards (53 not out), Hepburn (36), and Lennox (24). Tho Central Otago bowling was poor, generally speaking, but it should be stated that cricketers in country districts like Central Otago have few opportunities of developing their play to a high standard. Central Otago "shaped better in their second innings, in which they compiled 89 runs, but the only man to make a really good stand was Cuthbertson (39). The teams were as follows: — South Otago—ll. C. Alloo (Owaka), D. Hepburn, A. Gale, and J. Pleads (Lovell’s Flat), B. Npble and Lennox (Freezing Company) R. Edwards and Anderson (Waiwera), R.' Stewart (Milburn), T. Colbourne (Kaitangata), and F. Hanna (Clinton). Central Otago—H. Pearce, F. Thurlow, R. Carr, W. Pearce, and W. Duffey (Patearoa), C. Cuthbertson, G. Glover, W. Glover, and E. Fitzgerald (Dunback), D. Sutherland and M. Heffernan (Macraes). The following are the scores: — SOUTH OTAGO. First Innings. 11. C. Alloo, retired 120 D. Hepburn, b Carr 36 A. Gale, c nd ' Carr .. 10 B. Noble, lbw. b Carr 10 R. Stewart, b Heffernan 0 L. Edwards, not out 53 J. Heads, b Duffey 11 G. Lennox, b W. Pearce 24 T. Colbourne. b Carr 1 F. Hanna, b Heffernan 5 J. A. Anderson, b Glover .. .. .. 6 Extras , ■ • 16

Total 292 Bowling i.alysis.—R. Carr, 152 balls, three maidens, 57 runs, four wickets; Heffernan 64 balls, 39 runs, two wickets; W. Glover 112 balls, four maidens, 22 runs one wicket; Duffey, 72 balls, one maiden 51 runs, one wicket; V 7. Pearce, 104 balls, 64 runs, one wicket; H. Pearce, 32 balls, 12 runs: Fitzgerald 24 balls. 31 runs; Carr and Heffernan bowled one wide ball each. CENTRAL OTAGO. Firs’. Innings. H. Pearce, run out ; 13 D. Sutherland, b Anderson 1 C. Cuthber on, b Noble 1 G. Glover, b Noble 5 F. Thurlow, b Noble 0 R. Carr, b Noble 0 E. Fitzgerald, b Noble 0 W. Glover, b Noble 3 W. Pearce, not out 2 M. Heffernan, b Noble 0 W. Duffey, c A 100, b Noble .. .. 2 Extras 4 Total 31 Bowling Analysis.—Noble, 58 balls, two maidens, 12 runs, eight wickets; Anderson. 48 balls, two maidens 12 runs one wicket; Lennox, eight balls, three runs. Second Innings. H. Pearce, b Gale 6 F. Thurlow, c üb., b Tale 6 G. Glover, st Heads, b Gale .. .. .. 0 C. Cuthbertson,'b .Lennox 39 D. Sutherland, b Alloo 12 R. Carr, b Lennox 11 E. Fitzgerald, not out 2 W. Glover, b Lennox 0 W. Pearce, b Hepburn 0 M. Heffernan, b Lennox 2 W. Duffey, b Hepburn .. .. t. .. 8 Extras .. .. ~ .. ’.. .. 3 Total 89 Bowling Analysis.—Gale, 32 balls, two maidens, eight runs, three wickets; Lennox, 32 balls, 17 runs, four wickets; Hepburn, 18 balls, six runs, two wickets; Alloo 40 balls, 31 runs, one .. icket; Stewart, 16 balls, one maiden three runs; Colbourne, 40 balls, one maiden, 22 runs.

THE GAME IN NEW ZEALAND.

MR VERNON RANSFORD'S VIEWS. CHRISTCHURCH, March 1. “You are fortunate in New Zealand in having tho right men looking after the game,” said Mr Vernon Ransford in an interview to-day. “They are out for the good of the sport. That is their first conconsideration all the time, but there is one thing you lack in New Zealand, and that is public support. To do any good you must have the support of the public. You don’t get it in this country. They don’t support you too well. You can’t run the game properly unless they do. ‘♦Practice is another thing. Not enough attention 'is paid to it in New Zealand. It is a game that demands assiduous practice. Unless you are prepared to give that practice you will get nowhere. You’ve got to practise and practise hard. You'll find young fellows in this country going down to the nets in a don’t-care half-hearted manner. That is no good. “Then your climatic conditions are so awkward. That’s a big drawback to good cricket. It is very hard to play decent cricket on some of these wickets. _ Perhaps for the first day they’ll be all right, but on the second they’ll be no good at all. You see how it is. The great thing is to get the wickets right. There is not enough enthusiasm amongst the players here.”

cil, held here this morning, it was decided to ask the selectors of the New Zealand team for England to meet immediately for the purpose of selecting a player to fill the vacancy caused by the inability of Badcock (Wellington) to make the trip. At this meeting the team to represent New Zealand in the first test match against the Melbourne Club will be selected. It is expected that the Selection Committee will meet in Christchurch for the purpose on Wednesday or Thursday of this week. , Regarding the question of taking an extra player with the team, the committee has decided after a conference with Messrs 11. Trumble and W. W. Armstrong to adlier# to the original programme, taking only 14 men. It was the opinion of both of the experienced Australians that 14 men would be sufficient.

DOMINION TEAM’S BACKERS. CHRISTCHURCH, March 1. Four well-known sportsmen who are owners of racehorses famous on the track form a quartet who are revealed by the share list of New Zealand Cricket (Ltd.) as strong backers of the Dominion team to tour in England. They are Messrs G. D. Greenwood, who owns Gloaming; A. B. Williams, owner of Rapine; T. •H. Lowry, owner of Desert Gold,' and J. S. Barrett, whose colours are worn by Count Cavour. THE NEW ZEALAND TEAM. The New Zealand team for the first test is: Alcott. Dacre. Mills, Lowry. Bernau, James, Blunt, Cunningham, Oliver, Page, Merritt. The fourteenth man for the tour of England is Bernau. FIRST GRADE MATCHES. ALBION DEFEATS CARISBROOK. Both Albion and Grange secured twopoint wins in First Grade cricket on Saturday, the former’s win causing a- good deal of surprise and giving them the lead in the championship. Both of the winning teams scored 415, Grange having two wickets to spare. The best performance of the day was that of Alloo, who compiled 115. and for Albion Vorrath scored 69 and Barron 68. Weather conditions were ideal, and the batting in both matches was of an unusually high standard. The championship points are now as follow:—Albion 10, Carisbrook 9, Grange 7. Dunedin 3.

ALBION v. CARISBROOK. Albion had made 59 without the loss of a wicket when they resumed their innings against Carisbrook. Scores z CARISBROOK. First innings 338 ALBION. First Innings. Blamires, absent M 31 Binnie, b Blunt 42 Duncan, b Blunt 34 Shepherd, c Blunt, 1 M’Gavin .. .. 6 Blair, b Blunt 40 Vorrath, c Cantrell, b Dickinson .. 69 Barron, b Dickinson .. 68 Allen, not out 35 Reid, c Holden, b Cantrell 20 Clouston, b Gourlay 1 Wilson, b Gourlay 1 Extras .. .. .. » .. .. 66 Total 415 Bowling Analysis.—Dickinson, 176 balls, 105 runs, two wickets; Douglas, 104 balls, 62 runs; M’Gavin, 112 balls, one maiden, 61 runs, one wicket; Blunt, 11’2 balls, 88 runs, three t ickets; Cantrell, 40 balls, one maiden, 20 runs, one wicket; Gourlay, 21 balls, 17 runs, two wickets. THE COACH FUND. A collection at the North Ground on Saturday for the coach fund realised £l6 2s bringing the total for the two days’ play to £26 Is 3d.

GRANGE v. DUNEDIN. ' When stumps were drawn on the previous Saturday Dunedin were all out for 216, and Grange had lost one wicket for 46. Scores: DUNEDIN. First innings 216 GRANGE. First Innings. Knight, c White, b M’Grcgor .... 57 Conradi, c White, b Harrison .... 6 Elmes, c Kenny, b M’Gregor .. .. 34 Chadwick, run out .' 21 Alloo, c Ritchie, b Cherry 115 M’Mullan, b Cavanagh 50 Rush, b Sinclair 18 Walker, b Cherry 40 Brown, not out 41 Paul, not out • • • • 17 Extras 16 Total, eight wickets for .. .. 415 Bowling Analysis.—Torrance, 152 balls, 4 maiders, 51 runs; Harrison, 200 balls, 4 maidens. 88 runs, 1 wicket; M’Gregor, 88 balls, 71 runs, 2 wickets; Cavanagh, 64 balls, 1 maiden, 33 runs, 1 wicket; Cherry, 40 balls, 39 runs, 2 wi-Xets; Anderson, 48 balls, 28 runs; Sinclair, 48 balls, 69 runs, 1 wicket; Eckhoff, 8 balls, 12 runs; Ritchie, 16 balls, 1 maiden, 8 runs.

IX OTHER CENTBES.

AUCKLAND COMPETITION. AUCKLAND, March 6. In fine weather the last matches of the first round of the senior competitions were commenced at Eden Park. The home side (Eden) knocked up 423 runs for four wickets against Ponsonby. Parnell, in their first innings against Grafton, made 231 runs for eight wickets. Y.M.C.A. opened against Shore A with a score of 286 runs and got rid of three Shore batsmen for 65. There were four centuries in the day’s scores, Bowley making 115 for Y.M.C.A., Smeeton IGS for University, and Mills 124, and Postles 173 for Eden. The Grafton and New Zealand bowler Alcott is still incapacitated by foot strain received in the Melbourne v. Auckland match, and was not able to assist his qjub For Grafton, Rowntree caught four and stumped one Parnell batsmen. WANGANUI GAMES. WANGANUI, March 6. Saturday’s cricket was marked by a splendid performance by Dempster who, since his selection in the New Zealand cricket team, has put in steady practice. Playing against United, Wanganui’s hardest proposition. he put up a faultless performance, and a big battery of trundlers, including Bernau. was unable to dislodge him until he had knocked up 141 by faultless batting and beautiful scoring strokes. He then fell a victim to a slow ball, and was caught. His score included over 20 fours and sixer. Another meritorious performance on the Technical College side was put up by Thakadabour, a Fijian boy who. bv the way, is a grandson of Old King Thakadahau. This lad. whose style greatly impressed the Melbourne cricketers, has been coached by Dempster. He compiled 54 before he also fell a victim to a tricky slow ball. An unfortunate incident in this game of sparkling cricket was a mishap that occurred to Bernau, who has also been selected for the New Zealand team. He was getting in some very fast work when he ricked his shoulder. It is not serious, but. in order not to aggravate the injury he retired from the game.

GAMES AT WELLINGTON. WELLINGTON. March 6. Cricket matches were continud yesterdav in perfect weather. Wellington 300 (W. R. Airey 109, H. E. Burton 75) beat Hutt 264. Old Boys, nine wickets for 324 (K. C. James 88, H. C. Bailey 77), beat University. 189 and none for 50. Institute, who scored -523 runs, drew with Midland, six for 477 (W. Baker 226. not out. M. J. Dind 94) > Y.M.C.A.. 207 and seven for 221 (H. Mnrphy. not out). beat Thorndon, 201 (B. J. Kortlang 58). Kilbirnie 404 beat Petone 343 (W. S. Bricg 103, A. Finlayson 56). MATCHES AT INVERCARGILL. INVERCARGILL, March 6. Appleby made a valiant attempt to head Invercargill’s big total of the previous week (348), but after a good start by the first four batsmen the side collapsed. and failed by 86 runs. Groves and Poole, the not out men, resumed Appleby’s innings, and took the seore from 95 for one to 179 for two. J. Lilley and Carson then became associated in a good partnership, and the score later read 237 for four wickets. Goodsir, however, got to work among the tail, with

the result that the last six wickets cntributed only 25 runs. For Appleby, Poole vj|(B3), Groves (61), J. Lilley (34), and - Carson (24) were the principal run- : getters in a score of 262. Bowling for '/Invercargill, Brown secured 4 wickets •> for 48 runs, and Goodsir 4 for 81. In- .. vercargill - went to the wickets for a second time, and when stumps were drawn - had 122 on for three wickets (Scott 54, ; Hammond 49). Invercargill secured a twopoint win on the first innings. At Bluff the port men, who made 201 in the first innings, defeated Marist by an innings, and secured their first win for the season. --rw| Union and Celtic (Gore) met in Invercargill, the game resulting in victory f.r the local team. Celtic declared with 155 runs for seven wickets (Bogue 44, P. Mallon. 33, M'Dowall 30, Hamilton 23), and Union replied with 162 for one wicket (Kilby 75 not out, Dixon 75). Wish, Smith, and Dixon (two each) secured the wickets for Union. < MATCHES IX SYDNEY. SYDNEY, March 6. Heavy rain late in the afternoon interrupted e grade cricket matches yesterday. Playing for Balmain against Northern Districts, A. Jackson scored 94, and playing for St. George against Randwick Rembert scored 67. BIG SCORES IN MELBOURNE. MELBOURNE, March 6. Playing for St. Kilda aaginst North Melbourne, Ponsford made 202 not out. Playing for Richmond against Melbourne, Clive Sindrey made 207 not out. Playing for Collingwood against University, Ryder scored 70. ,

PUBLIC MEETING OF CITIZENS. The movement in the direction of securing better grounds for cricket and for obtaining the services of a coach for the benefit of the younger players was definitely set on foot on Wednesday night, and, judging by . the feeling then displayed, it should be brought to J successful issue within the near future. The meeting was attended by about 70 or 80 people, and amongst those present were many prominent citizens, who can be looked to to lend valuable support to the scheme. A strong sub-committee was set up with the object of securing the necessary guarantees for obtaining the services of a coach, and a recommendation which should ultimately lead to a decided improvement in the condition of the grounds was adopted. The meeting, which was held in the Town Hall, was presided over by the Mayor (Mr H. L. Tapley, M.P.). The Mayor apologised for the absence of Sir William Sim, Bishop Richards (who was entirely in sympathy with the project). Sir C. E. Statham, and a number of others. After Mr Tapley and Mr L. Joel (president of the Otago Cricket Association) had addressed those present, Mr C. W. Rattray moved as follows“ That it is the opinion of this meeting of citizens that an effort should be made to obtain a coach with a view to improving .the game of cricket in the province.” Mr G. W. B. Macdonald seconded the motion, and it was carried unanimously. Mr A. C. Hanlon then moved:—“That a sub-committee consisting of Messrs C. W. Rattray, G. R. Ritchie, C. Speight, A. H. Fisher, J. Hope, R. Hudson, A. H. Allen, L. J. Joel, J. J, Clark, C. 'Todd, H. F. Sincock, A. Martin. J. J. Mallard, Crosby Morris, D. Al. Stuart, Dr Fitzgerald, and the mover bo appointed, with power to add to its number, to secure the necessary guarantees for obtaining a coach.” Mr Crosby Morris seconded the motion, and it was carried unanimously. Mr D. M. Stuart (president of the Otago Rugby Union) sai I he thought the City Council was doing what it considered best in regard to grounds, but the trouble was that it did not know just what was wanted. He would move — “That it be a recommendation to the sporting bodies to call a meeting of representatives of the various branches of sport to discuss the question of playing areas, and to submit a report to the City •Council.” The motion was seconded by Mr 11. J. Duncan.