Grimsby and District Cricket League Handbook 1975

19. UMPIRES. Neutral Umpires shall officiate in all Senior Division Matches. 1:sc;h Club with a team in other Divisions shall whenever possible nominate one or more approved Umpires to officiate in its own Club matches. 20. PAYMENT OR UMPIRES. The Umpires' Fees shall be £1.00 plus any expenses incurred. This to be shared by both Clubs equally. If a match has been cancelled but the Umpires have not been informed of such cancellation and they report to the ground to officiate at the match, the Umpire sh3II be paid 50p plus any expenses incurred. 21. UMPIRES UNABLE TO TAKE APPOINTMENTS. Should any Umpire be unable to take any appointments, he must notify the Hon . Secretary of the of the Umpires' Association who will arrange a substitute from the League's list of official Umpires. 22. UMPIRES' ASSOCIATION. The Umpires' Association shall be an integ- ral part of the League and subject to its rules and requirements. 23. COMPLAINTS. In the event of any complaint being made against a Club, the Hon . Secretary should acquaint the offending Club of the exact nature of the complaint at least seven days before the League Meeting at which such com– plaint should come up for consideration. A Club shall not be called upon to answer any complaint at a League Meeting unless it has received seven days' notice as above. The complaint ITlUSt be made in writing and accompanied by a Fee of 50p. The Fee will be forfeited if the Committee consider the complaint or appeal frivolous and refunded if considered reasonable . Should the complaint be proved the offending Club shall be dealt with as the Committee may direct. 24. FINANCIAL DEFAULTERS. No player who has not fulfilled his fin– ancial obligations to his Club in this League shall be allowed to play for 2nother Club in the League . 25. RELEGATION and PROMOTION. The winning team of the 2nd Division and such lower Divisions may apply for promotion to the next highest Division subject to its ground appointments being of sufficient standard and if the promotion is approved by the League in General Meeting, bottom Club of the next highest Division will be relegated but in no instance shall this rule operate so as to allow any one Club to field two teams in the same Division. In the event of two or more teams having equal number of points at end of season for promotion and relegation purposes, a play-off shall be arranged by the League Secretarv to decide who shall be promoted or relegated. 26. RULES GOVERNING PLAY. All games to be governed by the General Rules of the M. C. C. except where certain rules are not adopted. 27 . ALTERATI ON OF RULES. Any suggested alteration of rules by Clubs shall be propos~d by one Club and seconded by another Club, both Clubs to Sf'nd suggested alteration to the League Secretary by the 31 st October each year. and such suggested alteration to be circulated amongst the Clubs to allow at least fourteen days' notice before the Annual General Meetings, ,> "' ,