LOSS OF SHIELD.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20440, 19 October 1934, Page 11

LOSS OF SHIELD.

Serious Matter to Board of Lancaster Park. REVENUE FOR YEAR LOWER. The Victory Park Board held its annual meeting lust evening. Those present were: —Messrs H. H. Wauchop (chairman), W. H. SVinaor, W. U King, It. B. Beattie, C. S. Thompson, A. L. M’Phail, Cx. E. King, J. K. Moloney, Dr W. ,S\ Seed and J. U. M’Gillivray (secretary). . The secretary of the Canterbury cricket Association wrote advising that it had reappointedf Messrs W. L. King, C. S. Thompson and W. H. Winsor as its representatives on the Victory Park Board of Control. Jn moving the adoption of the financial statement, the chairman said that there was a loss of £772 for the year. When it was taken into account that the amount of depreciation paid of>. was £4OO the year was fairly satisfactory. Besides that, the stands had been painted, at a cost of £287. The chairman said that the loss of the Ranfurly Shield was a serious matter to the board. The revenue from the Rugby Union was down by £786. The public did not support the interprovincial games after the loss of the Ranfurly Shield. Owing to there being only one big cricket match, the receipts from the Cricket Association were £504 less. That was accounted for by the fact that the previous year an English cricket team had visited the Dominion. There was also a small deficiency of £l3 from the Athletic Association. On the expenditure side, the board had spent a lot of money in building up the embankment. That work had been greatly appreciated by the public. He thought that the board had every reason to congratulate itself. Had the embankment not been built, there would have been a profit of about £IOO. Mr J. K. Moloney said that during the Rugby season next year there would be the trial matches for the New Zealand team, for the English tour. In 11*36, teams from Australia and perhaps America would visit the Dominion, and in 193 7 it was possible that a South African team would? tour New Zealand. He thought that it would be a good idea if the board built up its reserves to £IOOO, and allowed that sum to accumulate to provide for lean seaMr G. E. King referred to the small balance of £lB9, and said that the board had overstepped the mark in its expenditure. The chairman said that the ground was in thoroughly good order. In future little expenditure would be needed, and they had nothing to be frightened of. The report was adopted. The following officers were elected:— Chairman, Mr H. H. Wauchop; deputychairman, Mr J. K. Moloney: Ground Committee, Messrs W. U. King, A. E. M’Phail and R. B. Beattie. Votes of thanks were passed to the secretary (Air J. O. M’Gillivrawr) and Air T Hallam (caretaker of Lancaster Fa rk ).