CRICKET.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 3717, 31 December 1912, Page 7

CRICKET.

N.S.W. TEACHERS DEFEAT AVANGANUI

[PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM]

AVANGANUI, December 30

The touring N.S.AY. teachers concluded their match'with AVanganui to-day, the visitors winning by an innings and fouiruns. Scores: AVanganui 101 and 81. Teachers, 186. The wicket was mainly responsible for the poor batting.

THE ABANDONED N.S.AV. VISIT,

CHRISTCHURCH, December JO. A cable message from Sydney in /connection with the proposed visit of the New South Wales team to New Zealand is apt to mislead cricketers as to the cause of the tour falling through. The chairman of the New Zealand Cricket Council explained to a ’’Press” representative to-day that the Council considers it d-Arable to place the facts before the public. The chairman said that he was requested, while on a visit to Sydney, to interview the ' ;ecutive of the N.S.AV. Cricket Associ .ion and it was decided at that interview to ask the New Zealand Council to make an offer to pay all travelling and hotel expenses and 2s 6d per day per nu:n. This suggestion was ’carried out and an offer on those lines made by the New Zealand Council to the N.S.AV. Association. The rerly received to that offer was to the eflVi that 5s a day per man was required. In view of he fact that a strong elev< i .of well-known players was practical]assured the New Zealand Council aceed- ■ to the request, though it somewhat up: - the financial arrangements already made. A further lequest was received from the N.S.AV. Association for an additional £6O for washing and tips, which the Council could not comply with. Briefly the N.S.AV. Executive undoubtedly gave an understanding that the team would be sent if travelling and hotel expenses and 2s 6d per man per day was offered by the New- Zealand Council. Subsequently they requested a further 2s 6d per man per day and when that was agreed to by the New Zealand Council the demand for a further £6O was made. This the New- Zealand- Council could not accede to and reluctantly abandoned the tour. The additional £6O asked for would have meant that players would have received £2 12s 6d per week instead of 355, as offered by the Council.