ANTHONY AXFORD BOLTON CRICKET LEAGUE
MINUTES OF THE GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING
TONGE C.C.
30th JULY 2012
Apologies; Mike Buckley, John Hutchinson and Karen Knott. Greenmount were not represented.
Minutes of the June Meeting; These had been circulated and were approved as a true record of proceedings.
The Chairman congratulated Horwich on winning the Dixon Air Conditioning 20/20 final.
Matters Arising; After some discussion it was agreed the previous Hamer Cup final rota would be repeated. A decision on the inter league rota will be made as it is reaching its conclusion.
A decision on the senior presentation will be made at a future meeting, and it is hoped an announcement will be made about the junior presentation at the meeting this week.
Only four clubs have responded to the League Survey.
Correspondence; LCB Social Networking Guidelines have been emailed to clubs.
Finance; The Treasurer reported a bank balance of £2908, with £1810 in the Savings Account and £2406 in the Junior Coaching Fund.
All fines have been paid to date with the exception of Little Lever. An email had been received from the club, the tone of which incurred the displeasure of some members of the Committee. However, it was agreed under the circumstances that the five point penalty would not be imposed provided an agreed sum was received by 6th August, with the balance paid by 31st August.
Part of the sponsorship money has been received.
Clubs were reminded that there will be an opportunity to change the set fines at the AGM.
The Secretary had asked Frank Hinks to take over the Chairmanship of the Sponsorship Sub Committee. Mr Hinks has co-opted Messer’s Kay, Monks and Morris to join himself and David Tattersall. Mr Hinks briefly outlined some of his ideas.
Umpires; Mr Heap said undue pressure was being made on umpires when decisions have to be made regarding fitness for play.
Time will not be added on when an injured player can be treated off the pitch, allowing play to continue.
In response to a suggestion at the last meeting that umpires may wish to comment on the match, there are concerns about who the reports will be sent to and how this will affect disciplinary reports.
New balls must be the ones stamped with the League’s name.
Details of umpires’ courses were distributed.
Mr Morris asked if all umpires were aware of the penalty for bowling overs too slowly in the second innings.
Clubs were reminded they have seven minutes to remove the covers when requested to do so by the umpires.
Reminders about missing or late umpires’ marks will be emailed to clubs when received.
Juniors; The next meeting will be on Thursday 2nd August.
The Committee approved a donation of up to £250 towards the expenses of Horwich C.C.’s Under 13 team when they take part in the national finals.
Disciplinary Reports; None, however it was noted that a club had agreed to take action with regard to an incident in a recent second team match.
Ground Report; None.
R&C Report; Mr Merry said that Heaton and Horwich had been given permission to base their Hamer Cup result on their league match, which was co-incidentally scheduled before the next round of the cup. A meeting had been held with the clubs prior to the match taking place.
The Horwich v Egerton match had been awarded to Egerton as the former had breached two points of the ECB Code of Conduct in a rain affected match.
Walkden first team had been deducted one point as their second team only had seven players at one match.
Farnworth Social Circle have contributed £172 to the Bolton League as they played without a professional in the second half of the season. Mr Kay indicated he may put forward a proposal making it compulsory to have a deputy professional in the first half of the season again. FSC will be terminating their professional’s contract and signing a replacement if he is not available for the coming weekend.
It was agreed Horwich should not be penalised for withdrawing from an Under 18 fixture, as a number of the team were playing for the Under 13s in a National KO match. The Secretary said he would forward the R&C Chair’s email to Mr Morris.
Names of ‘Starred’ players should be sent to Ron Fallows by 3rd August.
James Edmondson has transferred from Farnworth to Tonge.
Proposed Amendments to Rules: These had been emailed previously be the Secretary who quickly ran through the proposals and the reasons behind them.
Play-Cricket; The Committee agreed Chris Higginbottom from Play-Cricket should be invited to give a presentation at our next meeting.
Eagley C.C.; Posters were distributed advertising at match on August Bank Holiday Monday to celebrate the Club’s 175th year. The match will be played in 1837 clothing and to the rules of that year.
There will also be a charity match on Friday 10th August.
Lyddon Trophy; Finals day 2012 will be 9th September. 10am Flixton v Blackrod, 1pm Little Lever v Egerton, 4.30 pm Final.
Date of Next Meeting; 20th August.