CRICKET CLUB

Waipa Post, Volume 32, Issue 1927, 28 October 1926, Page 5

CRICKET CLUB

•MEETING OF 'DO’CAL ENTHUSIASTS. Th|?le was not a large attendance of those initoreteted.in the game of cricket enthusiasts .at Ithe meeting h'elld last evening to ‘Consider the formation of a cricktElt.xlub in Tl=| Awamutu. 'Mr 'C. W. Riclcit, convener, was voted to the chair. The chairmen said- lrg was sorry tlteire was hot a larg(;!r attendance; however, ithe main thing was to gist terpthe'r a team, and then see what •support was forthcoming. Mr M. Barnett said that according to report tbis're were sufficient players offering to form a club; ti.ilt blslfore taking a Definite step in that direction, and incurring expenditure, thf? meeting should have something more definite in ithe 'way of support. -.After a .general discussion on the advisability c-f forming a club it was decided 1o seek more m) embers, and, a- a start, to challenge the Korakonui Cricket Club' to a match on 6th November, when it was hoped there would Be sufficient interest displayed to warrant. the election of officers. A good deal of material was foud to be availalle, and other necessary apparatus was promised as a loan. If the Korakonui team will come to. Tie Awamutu on 'Saturday weak a reiturn match will he played at Korakomti.. There:’was a prospect of arranging matches with teams from . (the 'Mental Hospital and the Borstal Institute staffs, while it was stated It hat a- team could be got together in Paterangi district. It was stated that a team from, the qfaff of the Njelw Zealand' Dairy Company’s factories wclu'ld Ibiei available for a match, while Ithe O'torohanga Club coul/d probably also be met. 'The old concrete pitch in Albert Park uvas said to be in good order, but. clay or mattling wa, s necessary. The chairman oi'fe.ffid to arrange for some clay to' hie placed on the pitch, and! this was gladly accepted. It was decided to hold practices on Wednesday and Friday evenings next week, anld probably also on Saturday afternoon of this week. Mr W |M.: winter stated that several of the senior school boys weite keien on the game, and they would doubtless .attend practices regularly. It was eventually decidied' to defer ithe election of officers until a meeting to be hleld immediately after the first match. Meantime' Messrs C. W. Riickit, M. 'Barnett, and W. M. Winter were appointed to iselect a team to meet the Korakonui team on 6th November. Mr J. Philp said he had bie'en assured tthat a team from Ainapuni would b glalcs to play a maltch with ija Awamutu. A hearty vote of thanks was accorded Ithe conveners of the meleting far their enterprise.