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Cricket Club.

It is now some years since a student of retiring habits ventured to suggest a Victoria College Cricket Club. A Hockey Club, a Football Club, flourished already, not to speak of a Tennis Club, which supplemented the attractions of combined doubles with the allurements of tea and bread and butter. Why not a cricket club ? The "leaders of College life, "fearful perhaps of the stability of the Tennis Club and the security of their bread and butter, regarded the project coldly—the thing, they said, was premature; the financial difficulties alone rendered the idea ridiculous, and finally they trusted that this mental aberration on his part was only temporary. For that year the cricket club idea died out.

Still the seed was manifestly there, as testified by the various sporadic attempts subsequently made; but the financial obstacles seemed always insurmountable. Last year a club was definitely formed and affiliated to the local controlling body, and there the matter ended.

In the interim, however, the cricketers of Victoria College have been thoroughly galvanised into activity, and are making gallant efforts to launch the club upon its career of usefulness as a permanent institution. Notwithstanding the very real disadvantage of having no regular practice facilities, the promoters have met with unexpected encouragement., and on the present showing it seems highly probable that two teams-one junior and one third grade, will take the field for College. Of course, we shall not win the championship this year. If we establish the club permanently upon a sound footing we shall be satisfied, and our prospects of doing this are tolerably bright.

It would be ungracious in us were we to conclude this brief review without a public acknowledgment of our deep gratitude to those who, though unable for various reasons to associate themselves practically with our club, have yet favored us with advice and criticism, the ripe fruits of a long and distinguished experience in local cricket. To those gentlemen our thanks. Meanwhile the subscription lists are still open, and the membership roll has still a few vacancies left for young gentlemen attending the University. Terms, 25s.

Officers Of Club.

• President : The Chairman, Professorial Board.
• Vice-Presidents : The Professors and Lecturers.
• Club-Captain : D. R. Niven. Vice-Captain : F. A. de la Mare.
• Secretary : A. MacDougal. Treasurer : V. B. Willis.
• Committee : H. F. O'Leary and W. Perry.