CRICKET.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2638, 21 October 1909, Page 6

CRICKET.

THURSDAY COMPETITION.

|/. The Thursday competition will be resumed this afternoon, when the matches commenced on the 7th inst. will he concluded.. 'Alhambra and Te Rail meet at Victoria Domain, and United and §E Y.M.C.A. on the Taruheru ground. 'if .Play commences at 2.15 p.m. The United players wfll leave town by drag from the Masonic corner at 1.30 p.m. Papps, Chamberlain, and Jti£by will fill the places in the United team, who only played eight men on the first day of the match. TUPAROA CLUB. The Tuparoa Club has re-formed this season, and has become affiliated to the Poverty Bay Crickpt Association. Mr. 1 W. H. Skitch, the well-known old Dunedin player, has taken up his residence there, and it is no doubt due to his enthusiasm that cricket has revived in the Coast township. Tuparoa. at one . time boasted a strong eleven, including such fine -all-round players as E. R. Ludbrook. A. M. Beale, and C. E. Nurse. For the past few seasoifs no club has existed at Tuparoa. but it is expected that having again formed the club will be able to put a strong eleven r in the field. Mr. Oakden, the secretary, has informed the local Cricket Association that E. R. Ludbrook will be available for the Town v.' Country match on the 30th inst.

Tuparoa and Tokomaru Clubs start the cricket campaign on the Coast with a match on November oth (King’s Birthday). RAKAUROA CLUB. The first annual meeting of the Rakauroa Cricket Club was held at Halket’s store on the loth inst. _ Those present were: Messrs J. Garside, S. Bisder, S. Y. Beaufoy/J. Devery, H. Minnis, A. Barker, and W. H. Neal. Mr. Garside was elected chairman.

Very satisfactory business has been done since the forming of the club, and it is at present 20 strong. This is only about half the members the club expect. Many letters were read from the proposed officials. Mr. J. Hutchinson was elected president, whilst Messrs W. L. Rees, J. B. Clark, and five or six others were elected vice-presidents. The members of the club thought it best to leave the question of the proposed concrete pitch to stand over for the n-resent.

The meeting was adjourned until the 23r<3 nrox.