FOOTBALL.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16855, 8 June 1920, Page 7

FOOTBALL.

RUGBY. THE PERMIT RULES. A COMBINED CONFERENCE. A general meeting of referee?, chib s-c-crc-taries, and captains of teams act'iig under tin Canterbury IJugby Football Union, ••va.* lield list nisrht, Mr S. F. "Wilson (president , of tho Canterbury Ilusby Union) presiding. The meeting was he'd for the purpose of discussing tho Union's permit rules in particular, and <he rul:s in general. The chairman spake briefly of the value of such meetings b;ing held at cerr-in intervals, and pointed out various directions in which a proper kno-.vledw ii-r.d uniform interpretation of the rules t.ouM prove ' highly bcncficial to players. He o'nph.u-i-o.' the need for the* enforcement of tho permit rules. I Mr C. Buchanan (chairman of tli.' l C<in j terbury Tluqby Union'# Permit Committal i read and explained the permit rule*. ami 1 ursjo-d the need for their strict enforromont. ' Ho explained the diiucultio.? tinder which hij j committee workyd in the absence of the information as to tho Qualifications, etc., -if players as laid down by tl:" itiles, and be considered (hat tho clubs themselves, through their secretaries, fhpuld, a.? in previous years, bo helcl responsible for any failure to adhere to the permit regulations. As Mr Buchanan pointed out, n failure to describe properly, or to n»s»l»ct to enter the m:nf of a player, meant, before the war. the disqualification of the toam involved, for tho mateli. After some di=cu.«ion, Mr H. Mcintosh moved, and Mr W. Ilarman secorsd-d. | that all clubs under the jurisdiction o: the Un:on should bo notified that it was tho mt-enlion of' the executive to comply implicitly in tho near future with every permit and competition law and rule of th" srarno as laid down in tho Union's book of rules. A dolesrat? from Kaiapoi stated that tli-ore ■were sirac socd players in Ji's district, but they had, in tho past, received more than on? blow to their enthusiasm owinsj- fo th" team they were set down to play failing to rut in nn app;arance, without previous notification of its intention to default. The speaker also said that teams from KiUawii and Ransrfora, when p'tijlnq- in Cliri't-cliurch. f rocuiently had to walk some distance when arriving in the city, tliu.s being unable to appear on tho field at the timo laid down b? the. Bugby Union for the. starting of mntcbrs. Wilson_read tho rules imposing fines and disqua 1i ;1 cat ion s on teams failing to comply with tho rules referred to by the previous speaker. .Mr ivTelntosh, after some discussion, altered his motion to deal with first. 6oeond, and third err ado teams only, and in its altered form tho reflation was carried. ~ ;J- F - P-nke, delegate to the reeont jNow Zealand Referees' Conference in Wellington, save an intones 1 in<r and compreh?nsivo report of th» bu=inewi dono at that conference, after which tho meeting developed into a. round-the-tablo talk on the rules and the fame in generaJ. THE INTER-ISLAND MATCH. (PRESS association telegram.) ELLINGTON, .Time 7. At a mechns of the Maua?om.»nt Committee of the New Zealand .Rugby Union, held to-night, arrangements were concluded in connexion with tlie annual fixture. North v. South Island. The chairman recommended that the match be placed in "Wellington, in view of ' tho necessity of obtaining a good Rate in_ order to tide the Union over "the Australian trip, on which a loss was exD?ci?d. A motion to this effect was submitted. An amendment making tho fixture for Christchurch wqs defeated. A further amendment, -that two matches be played —one at Christchurch on June 23rd, and tho other at TTellinprton on June 2P(h—was withdrawn on tho understanding tliat iho ouestion of a second match would he lie Id in abeyance pending the- next meeting of the ■committee. The original motion -rus then carried. Mr T). H. Stewart was appointed on© of soloct'ors of tho South Tsland ia placo of Mr Harris, wlio has resigned. NORTH CANTERBURY SUB-UNION. Tho following are the results of the garner played on Saturday Oust 9v. Wood end 0 "Waikari-United 9 v Sefton 3, Amberley 13 v. Oxford 0. PENINSULA SUB-UNION. On Saturday Akaroa met Little Akaloa on the latter's ground. The tonms were evenly matched, an<i the game resulted in a draw, neither side being ablo to score. Mr V. Craw acted as referee. This is the third time this season these teams have met, and each match has ended in a draw, tho first two games yielding a try a piece. liEAGUE. ENGLISH* TEAM IN SYDNEY. SYDNEY, June 7. The New South Wales team to meet tho Englishmen next Saturday is considerably altered from Saturday's players. Vest, Watkins, Burge, and Johnstone replace Lawrence. Caples, Tye, find Latta. Critics aro impressed by the strength of the victors, who deserved their win, as they were the better team on the day. .They showed excellent combination and wonderfully fine backing up, in. which the home team was weak, and it was largely thoir superiority in thes* departments tlia.t won them the game. Only the fine individual play of some i>f tlis Sydnevites saved them from a worse beating. With further practice the Englishmen are considered, capable of oven better things. COMBINED TEAM v. AUCKLAND. The following team ln« bnen mK.H to play against an Auckland team at Auckland on June 19th:— D. McCarthv. E. Merivtt, J. Burro we (Hawke s Bav\ Rijrby, Nic.holb, Pol'ock. Carroll. Scott (Wellington), O. Rowej J. Sanders. I. Trudgeon, H. Mnffatt (Cantnrbury), J. McTaggart. (West Coa-'rt). Aftr,r the match the New Zealand team to tho Englishmen at Lancaster Park will be eolcctcd.