Cricket Club.

The outlook for the coming season could not well be brighter, as the last two seasons have been instrumental in placing the Club on that sound footing which it enjoyed in the distant visionary "pal my days." Cricket in the 'Varsity did not make a successful come-back after the war; but thanks to the enthusiasm shown during the last two years, the 'Varsity Club has shown the cricket world that youth is irrepressible. It is now up to those., who have not yet done their bit for their 'Varsity on the field of sport, to rally round and carry on the work which, in joining up with other clubs, they have hitherto helped to baffle.

The Club has at last fought its way into senior ranks, and the support of those young clubs, who in the true sporting spirit have wished to reward where reward was due, is a most gratifying feature. Ever since pre-war days the 'Varsity Cricket Club has had to be satisfied with junior status. Until two or three years ago the Club was controlled by older students, most of whom were ex-students and not actually attending lectures. Two years ago a deal of friction and some little feeling was instrumental in causing these senior members of the Club to leave in a body. For a time prospects of a successful year looked very black; but a young committee elected, the younger members of the Club rose to the occasion, and for the first time in the history of the Club, carried off a championship. The Club was still too weak to be given senior status, although the 1st eleven had, in no uncertain manner, shown that they were fully qualified for that honour.

Again the 1st eleven were successful in gaining championship honours, and this time the technical difficulty, which had prevented an application for senior status the previous year, was non-existent. The Club's cause was taken up by some prominent members of the cricketing fraternity, and at a specially convened meeting' of the Wellington Cricket Association, the 'Varsity was once more elevated to senior ranks.

The team which has thus succeeded in again placing University cricket on the map is probably the youngest team that has ever represented the 'Varsity, and its success has established a new standard of cricket for the Club to live up to.