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CRICKET
Cricket has been played in the dis-
tricts surrounding Canberra for at
least 85 years, but the present or-
ganisation governing cricket in the
Federal Capital Territory was found-
ed only 16 years ago.
It is claimed that the first club
in what is now the Territory of the
Seat of Government, was formed in
1854, at Ginninderra, with headquar-
ters in the village of Hall. The hon-
our, of taking a leading part in its
formation belongs to the late William
Davis, an influential landholder in
the early days of settlement.
The F.C.T. Cricket Association
was inaugurated at Acton Hall in
1922, and took the name of the Fed-
eral Capital Territory Cricket Asso-
ciation. Foundation clubs were Ain-
slie, Westridge, Canberra, Duntroon
Cadets, Queanbeyan, Hall, and East-
lake. Mr. P. F. Douglas was the first
president, while Col. J. T. H. Good-
win, who had been prominently as-
sociated with the game in the Ter-
ritory for some years prior to this
was elected Patron. The late Mr.
W. Knight was the first secretary.
Other officers of the Association in-
cluded Messrs. J. Esmond, W. Cot-
tingham, and the late W. Findlay.
In 1927-28, 16 clubs were affiliated
with the Association and fielded
teams. They were Acton, Ainslie
Canberra, Capitol Hill, Duntroon,
Eastlake, Hall, North Canberra
Northbourne, One Tree Hill, Quean-
heyan, Red Hill, South Eastlake,
Westlake, Westridge, and White
City.
The settlement of a permanent
population in Canberra heralded
further step in cricket organisation
and the district scheme was intro-
duced, with three grades of com-
petition cricket, A Grade, B Grade
and Sub-District.
Mr. P. F. Douglas was elected first
president in 1927-28, and on his re-
tirement from the position he was
succeeded in August, 1929, by Mr. R.
G. Kappler who has guided the As-
sociation up till the present time.
Mr. Kappler was largely responsible
for the successful negotiations which
resulted in the English XI visiting
the capital in February, last year.
Other well-known names in local
cricket administration have been
Messrs. J. H. Honeysett, H. S. Tem-
by, W. C. Tickner, H. L. Pollard, W.
McDonald, Ivo. Smith, L. G. R.
Thornber, J. Esmond, W. Fogarty,
A. J. Scott, H. Bingeman, A. D.
Forbes, C. McFadyen, T. Collopy, C.
E. Carter, F. X. Schneider, C. M.
Murden, and Dr. I. M. Mackerras.
The chief executive office-bearers
of the F.C.T. .Cricket. Association for
the year 1937-38 are as follows: Pa-
tron, Lt.-Col. J. T. H. Goodwin;
President, Mr. R. G. Kappler; Vice-
Presidents, Messrs. R. J. Maloney and
Dr. I. Mackerras; Secretary, Mr. C.
M. Murden; Asst. Sec, Mr. M. M.
Crombie; Treasurer, Mr. I. A. Smith.
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