OLD BOYS CRICKET CLUB

Taranaki Daily News, 28 September 1929, Page 6

OLD BOYS CRICKET CLUB

SUCCESSFUL YEAR REVIEWED. PLAYERS’ GOOD PERFORMANCES. The annual meeting of the Hawera Hign School Old Boys’ Cricket Club was held last night, Mr. L. Hulbert presiding over an attendance of ten. The annual report stated, inter alia:— The season has been most enjoyable in all respects. We can still show a small balance of assets over liabilities of £4 6s 3d, although there have been some heavy calls on our resources. Besides the heavy item of material we had to meet an item of £8 for water supply and ground rent. Thanks are due to the oflicc-bearcrs and other supporters of the club for their generous assistance. Particularly must we thank Messrs. A. Gray, E. A. Pacey, 'F. Bernard, K. Knightbridge, W. W. Thomas, C. Allen and T. H. Walker for very generous donations. The one team entered in the competition by the club was successful in winning the South Taranaki senior cricket shield and in dividing honours with New Plymouth for the premiership of Taranaki. The match with New Plymouth proved a very thrilling contest, and although on the day’s play the honours went to our opponents, we put up a stubborn defence and they failed to dispose of us by the time stumps were drawn. There were some fine batting totals put up by the team during the year, the 200 mark often being passed. Some fine batting averages were secured by members of the team, that of Jack Cheevcrs with an average of 59 runs being worthy of special mention. At the same time it is worth pointing cut that'all members performed well with the bat, ten being the lowest average. It was always felt during the season that any member of the team could be called upon to get runs when required, the unfortunate part being that too often runs were not required owing to weak opposition. The bowling averages were headed by Stan Lay with an average of 6.24. The season produced some very fine bowlers, although iLwas felt that there was room for improvement in this department, and it is to be hoped that the coming season will produce some more bowlers. The club gained good representation in all representative games and players always gave a good account of themselves. Thanks arc due to the Old Girls’ Association and the ladies’ committee for the help given with the supper arrangements at the dances. We must pay a compliment to the Borough Council for the fine appearance of the sports ■grounds. Although the wickets are at times rather bumpy and slow, we feel these can be improved during the comjno- season. Thanks are due to Mr. A. W° Tugwell for his audit of the books and the newspapers for their detailed reports of - the games. The report and balance-sheet were adopted without discussion. It was decided to enter teams in both senior and junior competitions. Arrangements for the match to, be played on opening day, which was fixed for Saturday, October 5, were left in the hands of the committee. The club captain, Mr. J. Cheevcrs, said he had been in communication with the New Plymouth Club, which would like to play a match against Hawera Old Boys before the competitions commenced. The matter was left to the committee. Officers elected were: Patron, Mr. R. S. Sage; president, Mr. A. Gray; vicepresidents, eleven were elected; club captain, Mr. J. Cheevcrs; hon. secretary and treasurer, Mr. L. V, Walker; committee, Messrs. S. Lay, P. Hayes and C. Dowdle; grounds and material committee, Messrs. H. Barker, S. Lay and P. Hayes; hon. auditor, Mr. A. W. Tugwell. Three new members were elected.

LIQUOR SOLD AFTER HOURS. HOTEL LICENSEE FINED. The reserved judgment of Mr. R. W. Tate, S.M., in the case in which C. L. Kasper was charged that, being the licensee of the Waimate Hotel, Manaia, ho kept his premises open for the sale of liquor when the premises were directed to be closed, was given at the Manaia Magistrate’s Court yesterday. The defendant was convicted and fined £2, with costs 10s. Sergeant D. N.' Henry prosecuted for the police and Mr. E. M. Bcechey appeared for the defendant’, “The facts, according to the defendant,” said the magistrate, “were that one Whalen, who keeps the key of his coal yard in the office of the licensed premises and who takes his meals there, before 6 p.m. on July 17 asked the licensee for two bottles of whisky, which he requested should be put in the luggage room for him. He paid for the whisky. The luggage room is part of the licensed premises. The defendant put two bottles of whisky in that room before 6 p.m. Whalen came in after 11 p.m. with his key, was admitted, took the bottles of whisky off the shelf in the roof, put them in his pockets, and at the outside door met the police. “It is contended that the whisky was appropriated to the contract and placed in tho luggage room at Whalen’s request before 6 p.m. and that consequently no offence is disclosed. I think there was in this case no appropriation of any particular bottle or bottles of wh'isky to the contract. That could be done only with the express or implied consent of the purchaser, and there was no such consent. “At 11 p.m. ‘Whalen could have rejected the bottles set aside for him if the whisky was of a brand not to his liking and a material part of the contract was incomplete until his receipt of the bottles at 11 P- m » “The licensee will be convicted of opening hia licensed premises for the sale of liquor during the time when such premises are directed by th© Licensing Act to be closed p