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Stratford Evening Post, Issue 15, 5 October 1929, Page 9

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TAR AN AIvI ASSOCIATION. THE ANNUAL MEETING. The annual meeting of the Taranaki Cricket Association wa s held at Hawera last night. The balance-sheet showed that the year had been started with a credit of £3 7s 5d and finished with a debit of Is 6d. It was decided to support the New Zealand Council’s proposal to send a New Zealand team to England in 1931.

It was resolved to inform the Wellington Cricket Association that the Taranaki Association, i s in favour of the abandonment of the Town v. Country annual match at Wellington, and the substitution in its place of periodical visits to the provinces by Wellington teams. The action of the emergency committee in applying for a match against the EusT.hh team was confirmed. Messrs J. Brown (North) and H. R. Penny (South) were appointed joint selectors of the Taranaki representative teams. Mr D. F. C. Saxton was re-appoint-ed secretary and treasurer, ainl an

emergency committee consisting of Messrs Bottrill, Bates, Malone anil Hughes, and the secretary, was set up to deal with important matters requiring urgent attention, Mr T. H. Bates was appointed to represent the Taranaki Association at the forthcoming biecyiial conference of delegates at Christchurch, and Mr G. T. Weston (Christchurch) was re-appointed the association’s representative on the New Zealand Cricket Council. The annual match for the Graham Cup between North and South Taranaki was fixed to take place at Hawera on Saturday, November 30. A motion by Mr H. I). Hughes that the meetings of the association executive be held at Stratford, instead of alternately at Hawera and New Plymouth, lapsed for want of a seconder. It was decided to enter another challenge for the Hawke Cup. The Association against which Taranaki is at present drawn is Wanganui, and the match will be played at New probably Sou /or about December 6th am;l 7th. ,