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Cricket.

Such was the tenor of the first Annual Report of the V.O. Cricket Club. That the youngest club at College promises to be one of the most successful, seems a reasonable conclusion from results achieved in its first year's play, and the lists are entered this season with encouragement rarely forthcoming to other College clubs. A brand new constitution, an increased membership and a credit balance, which is the more satisfactory from a cricket club who are on the threshold of the coining season, are minor assets compared wth the enthusiasm existing among members. Lack of facilities for practice severely handicapped the Club last year, but satisfactory arrangements have now been made for a regular practice wicket at the Basin Reserve.

A proposal to enter a senior team came before the Annual General Meeting, and the feeling of the members was embodied in a recommendation to the incoming committee in favour of the proposal. From a sentimental point of view, the idea is excellent, but the committee should seriously consider the practibility of such a step. The present Junior Eleven with a record of five matches won five lost last season, could not even with the promised assistance of one or two senior players, be reasonably expected to cope in any way satisfactorily to the Club or to themselves with the experienced players in senior cricket, must enter largely into the consideration. With several senior players in the Eleven, the step would be justified, but at present the time is not ripe. The contention that it is better "to lose at the top than win at the bottom" is doubtless a palliative to most College clubs, but at cricket it seems that we will the sooner win at the top by first winning at the bottom.

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