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TROUBLE AT WANGANUI. EXECUTIVE ASKED TO RESIGN. Bv Telegraph.—Press Association. Wanganul, Last Night. A ble meeting: of cricketers and supporters of the game demanded the resignation of the Wanganul Cricket Association's executive. At the concli'sion of the day's play in the senior match, Victoria v. Iralay, on February 21, a member of the former team Is alleged t* have struck one of the umpires, who was a visitor from Dunedin. The matter was discussed by the executive last week, and
It was decided' to take no action after a motion to suspend both the player and the umpire, who wr.s alleged to have given provocation, had been defeated by one vote. This decision created indignation ajnon<r the majority of crloketars, who convened the meeting with the result stated above.
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Taranaki Daily News, 12 March 1920, Page 7
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