CANTERBURY CRICKET ASSOCIATION.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16895, 21 November 1922, Page 2

CANTERBURY CRICKET ASSOCIATION.

7 ! MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE. a j * A meeting: of the Management Commit- > ‘ tee of the Canterbury Cricket- Association was held yesterday; present—Messrs •*. 1 * ) Red pa t h (in the chair.. D. Smith, IV. E. King. K. R. Ward, W. Simpson, J. E. R. ; ’ Smith, C. J. Goldstone and E. E. Luttrell ! * 11 (secretary). 1 The ’Wellington Association wrote stat- j 1 ing that it had decided to send a team 1 to play the Ghristchurch Association at : < Christchurch on February 0. 10 and 12. j The chairman said the position was that - * February 10 was a race day in Christ- ! s l church, auil he thought, it would be inadvisable to hold the match on the dates j 1 C* mentioned. ii Tt v.-a.R decided to write suggesting Feb- i f ruarv 23, 24 and 26 as the dates for the 1 match. The Otago Association wrote confirming ' « the dates for the Otago-Canterbury mated j —January 26. 27 and 20, or January 27, : , *2!> and 3(>. Jt was decided to accept the first-mentioned dates. , The New Zealand Council advised that ._ | Lancaster Park had been granted f<*r the second test match. New Zealand v. c M.C.C., on January 5. 6 and 8, subject to u d the approval of the association, ti Approval was given. The Auckland Association wrote ?ug- ' gesting the following dates for the Auok- , , land match at Christchurch:—December ! * 29, 30. and January 1. 5 The dates w»>re approved The New Zealand Council notified that 1 Messrs N. C. Sneddon 'Auckland). K. JI. s Tucker (Wellington) and A. Martin (Dun--0 edin) had been appointed selectors of the .„ New Zealand team during the present, seaf The City and Suburban Association adr vised that they had fired December 13 and >j 14 as the most suitable dates for a match with North Canterbury. It had been decided to play the Ellesmere Association J t on November 22 and 23. r The dates were approved. i > 1 An inquiry was received from the Wsi- j r lington Association as to whether a Can- •; , r, terbury junior representative team could „ p play a Wellington team at Wellington on j January 22 and 23, both teams to be corn- . h posed of players under twenty-five yea vs, 1 f- on October 1, 1922. J 5 The chairman said he would like to T 1 see a team go if possible, but the aeaocia- h tion was going to have a hard struggle s not to show a. very bad loss this year. ? It was decided that the match be played, - providing a team willing to pay its own expenses could be arranged. Messrs Wess ton. King and Smith were appointed se- j - lectors. 3 Application was made on behalf of ’he . Boys' Cricket Association for a wicket at Lancaster Park on January 1 and 2. *or . a game against a City and Suburban team. The matter was left in the hands of the chairman to interview the secretary cf the association, the meeting being rf ; opinion that the dates were not suitable i. in view of the Canterbury-Auckland match. _ believing that- the boys would profit more ‘ by viewing the representative game. Mr Ward reported that the Technical College Hoard of Governors had forward- ’ ed a donation of £.5 5s to the coaching f fund, and that he hail sent a letter -if thanks to the board

Reporting on behalf of the (Competition 3 "ommittee. Mr Simnson stated that < *1 Deceralier 2 and f) Lancaster Park would occupied by the Schools’ Association ind Athletic Club respectively. The use. if wickets on that occasion, however, had leen granted hv St Andrew’s and Christ’* olleces. and another wicket could he :s> :ured on the boys' ground. Mr D V. Smith reported that St Bede's Vilieire had also advised that their wicket vould he available. The chairman said he tboueht the a=e->-•iation had been rather in isrepresen* ed n their attitude towards athletics Tfo lid not think there was a cricketer who was tot keen on athletics, but the idea in ’e•idine aprainst the application from the \thletic Gluh at the last meeting wa>= that hey wanted to get as much cricket as posible on the park before Christmas. It was decided that the collection for he Bridge of Remembrance be taken » n lie two Saturdays of the next round which starts on December 2). subject to >ermission being obtained.