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Cricket. — (1) Permits to play cricket are issued annually 

 by the Officer-in-Charge, and must be applied for previous 

 to the commencement of the cricket season in every year 

 — usually towards the end of August. The permits are 

 usually renewed from year to year provided no well- 

 grounded complaints have been made against the conduct 

 of members, and in the case of a wicket becoming vacant 

 care is taken to apportion it to the club best entitled in 

 point of numbers and age of members, giving where other 

 tilings are equal the preference to a local club. (2) No 

 charge is made for wickets. (3) All clubs obtaining per- 

 mission to play cricket must join the Association formed by 

 the clubs playing cricket in the Centennial Park. (4) Any 

 alteration of grounds in the shape of levelling or top- 

 dressing must only be made after the sanction in writing 

 of the Officer-in-Oharge has been obtained. 



The Association referred to above is called the Centennial 

 Park Cricket Association and consists of a number of clubs 

 playing in the Centennial Park. Office-bearers of the 

 Association are annually elected and further information 

 may be obtained from a hand-book published annually by 

 the Association which gives a list of office-bearers, rules, 

 competition rules, fixtures, etc. 



This Association during the playing season employs a 

 man to keep wickets and ground in proper repair ; further, 

 the Association controls the letting of wickets, in this way 

 preventing clubs from obtaining a wicket merely for money 

 making ; it also deals with the misconduct of any players 

 belonging to clubs which are affiliated. The existence of 

 the Association has been the means of improving the status 

 of cricket in the Centennial Park, and of assisting the 

 park officials in the control of both the players and the 

 onlookers. 



Football. — (1) Football permits are applied for and 

 obtained in a manner similar to that observed for the 



