FOOTBALL.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18409, 16 June 1925, Page 12

FOOTBALL.

RUGBY.

NORTH CANTERBURY SUBUNION. The following are next Saturday's matches and referees: Seniors—Oxford v. Tuahiwi, at Oxford, H. V. JJurray; Kowai v. Glenmark, at Sefton, Jf. A. Ward: Loburn v. Cust, at Loburn, if. J. Fitzpatrick. Juniors—Woodend v. Cust. at Cust, H. R. Fiutey; Oxford v. Glenmark, at Waipara, C. Fitzpatrick; Amberley, a bye.' Tho following is the draw for the second round of the junior, competition: June 25th—Woodend v. Cust, at Cust; Oxford v. Glenmark, at Waipara; Amberley,, » bye.

June 27th—Amberley v. Woodend, at Woodend: Oxford v. Cust, at Oxford; Glenmark, t bye.

July, llth-7-Amberley v. Oxford, at Oxford; Cust v. Glenmark. at Cust; Woodend, a bye

July 18th—Amberley v. Glenmark. at Amberley: Woodend v. Oxford, at Woodend; Cunt, n bye. Jul? 25th—Amberley v. C'uat, at Amberley; Woodond v. Glenmark, at Omihi; Oxford, a. bye.

HURUNUI SUB-UNION. The first round of tho 'Huninui SubUnion's comnetifions woi concluded on Saturday. All the grounds, owing to the min that had fallen, were in a greasy condition, rcili'atiug somewhat against a good displav of footba'L

At Waiau n well-contested ?ame was vigorously fought out between the Waiau and Waikari seriiois, resulting in a win for the former by 9 points (three trios, scored by P. Stewart 2 'and A. Beavpn), to 3 (* penalty goal, kicked by MatsonV At Cheviot. Kaikoura was defeated by Cheviot by 13 points to 6. Culverden had a by.?. The junior gjme-i resulted as follows: Waikari 0 v. Wniau 3. Kaikoura 3 v. Cheviot 3. Culverden 0 v. Hanmer 23. The position of the teams now is as follows:—

Peninsula sub-union. Saturday's matches in the senior c:mpetition resulted : Okain's Bay beat Akaroa, 19 poin's to 3. Lp Bon'a Bay drew with the Maoris, neither side scoring. Little Akaloa beat United Boys by 12 points to 0. ",. Little River Club has withdrawn from the competition. The surprisa in Saturday's game* was the splendid fight the young Le Bon's team put up against tho Maoris. It was a keenly-contested game and fought out in a fine spirit right to the end.

BULLER AGGRIEVED. (PRIBS ASSOCIATION' TKI.BOEAM.I WESTPORT, June IS.

With reference to Rugby representative fixtures, it is suggested here that the New Zealand Rugby Union, in arranging tho combined Buller-West Coast match with Australia at Groymouth, has not much' idea of the geography of th<s Wfst Coast, and that the Anchor Shipping Line be asked to invite tho Management Committee when it next visits Wellington to accept a complimentary trip to. Nelson, Messrs Newman Bros.' to pick the members up 'here and briiter\'lhem on to Weßtport via- Murchison, hotolkoepers. here to accept them' as their guests and the ■ motor-car propriolors to take them ,on trips to Denniaton,' Granity, Millerton, Stockton, Seddonville, and Kar*mea, to give them a good idea of the geography _of this country. For . instance, Westpott is by road 100 miles away from Grey mouth,-Murchison, about the same distance, Kara rata 183' miles, Denniston., Millerton, and Seddonville from 120 to, 133, miles, and at most half a dozen'car loads' of passengers are like'.y io go frOriv. these districts to see the match at Grcyniouth, whereas if a separate match were held at Westport, 1600 and more miners, besides their wives and families, at Drnniston, Granity. Millerton, Stockton, .and Seddonville, all within an hour or two hours of' Westbort, and Karamea and Murehisop, with ■ a large farming population, only three to. fourJioura distant, would ba catered for, and Rugby be given a big impetus,in this district.

TO MEET ALL BLACKS. . ■ ■ , |. TEAM FOR TO-MORROW'S MATCH. (BY CABLI—rBESS ASSOCIATION— COPYRIGHT.) (AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) (Received June 15th, 9.30 p.m.)

SYDNEY, June 15. The New South Wales Rugby Union team to meet the All Blacks on Wednesday will be:-Full-back: Boss. Three-quarters; Czossman, Reid, Morriasey, Smith. Five-eighths: George. Half: Snell. Forwards:. Thorn, Laycock, Rigney, Baber, Fox, Erby, Tarleton, Ritchie.

FRENCH RUGBY TEAM. (fbess association ibleobau.)

WELLINGTON, . June IS. The French authorities have notified that they cannot send a Rugby team nest year, but will consider an invitation for 1927, when they will be able to send a fully representative aide.

LEAGUE. WEST COAST CENTRE. (special to "tht. press.") • GREYMOUTH, June 15. Tho fortnightly meeting of the Wost Coast Rugby League was held to-night, Mr A. H. McKane presiding ovor an attendance of 17: delegates. > Motions of condolence with two players in tho loss of selatives were carried. Two players who had been ordered off the field attended and after the referees had

(riven rn explication of the circumstances one man was cautioned and in the case of tho other no action was taken. A letter was received, from the secretary of the United Football Club, advising that it had been decided r.ot to grant the use o' the United pavilion as a dressing room for third grade players. The Railway Department notified .thAt it could not run Sunday trains for football matches.

A pretest was received from the Runanga. Club against the awarding of a junior match to Greymouth, hut no action was taken. With refcrenco to an application from tho Petone Club for a match against the team winning the senior cup. it was decided to rsk the club to supply the League with ri record of its senior team's performances this eeason. '•. A letter from the secretary of the Inangahua Club praised the League for its work in the interests of the code.

The chairman congratulated Mr Wingham on his appointment as manager of the New Tie-Innd team, and said he was the father of L'aruc on the Coa;t. nrd in person was wp'l d-'orvins of the honcur. M-* Wingham. i« response, said iliat anv j"Xper'enc« he vnul.-i jain in Australia would b« nl-ced at the disrosal cf the Xew Zealand Council. l

A I'Mer from th» League mad 9 r-f'rerc? to re~>resppt"t"-e fixtures. It was d»cifl»d to write Hvisir" th«! the correspondence wa3 not deemed S"tisfantr.)'y 1 anl to refer Canterbury to a previous letter asking for information rs to terms for representative rc.-.teh/s. It vss re«o'ved to inform the New Zealand Council tho* thr- Lepgue did not consider the met ho It ndo-i-ed in staging tha trial matches vcv sotis'actory.

A 'rt'er fom t'-c W««t Cosst Rugby Union m'ifie-1 that und»r the term= cf its agreement with the Trotting Club it hpd the s->lc right, over Victoria Park, and League plavcrs should le advised tothis effect. The secrets.r- was irstrurte'd to write to the Tro'ting Club asking for further information. Tt .i-M pureed to play three rounds in the schocl c-rad". A comprint was recrivd re"ardinc the conduct cf a fnectato>- <■{ Du'-ollie. and the sjcret-T" was instmit-d to edvi°e him that any fiirilmv complaints wouHs be referred to 'he yMice.

T'ie delceatrs ol Cli-b' -oro req'-esM flirt tbe rules rep* rain/" Ir'rofcn wpre observe''. One -<?i>\itatem»nt w "rrnnted, and seven no-v rllivers were TecriJ*eipd. I', was resolved to !••!; tbr 'Referees' AbBfp ; atio-' to ri'us'f- r-f'i-p-s in two 7r\des. >r» W. Kirk (Blackball was appointed couch.

ASSOCIATION. CANTERBURY ASSOCIATION. MEETING OF EXECUTIVE. A meeting cf the executive of the Canterbury Football Association was held last night. Present—Messrs R. English (in the chair), R. B. Bunt (secretary). Dr. J. D. Marks, Messrs P. L. Davios, R. B. AValkor,

A. E. Sharman, R. Wood, J. A. Robb, W. X. Benson, and F. O. B'cntley. A letter from the N.Z.F.A., Etating that each affiliated Associlfton should, on becoming affiliated, pay an entrance fee of £2, together with a aubseript.on of £o per anrium, was received. A letter from the China United Soccer Association, in relation to a world tour in 1526, was referred to tho New Zealand Association. i Tho Wellington Footba'-l Association wrcts congratulating the Canterbury team, which was' victorious againtt the Will.ngton team, on its splendid game, and hoping that their win would help to advanie Soccer in the Canterbury district. It was decided to hold ever a Utter Irora the N.Z.F.A. in regard to the Chatham Cup competition conditions till the next meeting of tho C.F.A. The report of the Match Committee stated that, ow : ng to reports from the caretakers of the various grounds on Friday, it was decided to abandon all matches last Saturday except that between Nctaads and Sunhyaide, which was. played at English Park, the reascn being that the Sunnyside team wou'.d te unable, to got into the city next Saturday, and it wm deairablo to play that' game at English p ai4t. , ,' ■ , A discuasior. arose on the draw for next Saturday's games, as to whether Hangers v. Lyttelton or Nomads v. Western would be the better 'drawing gamo tor' English Park. The chairman said that ho thought that the latter game would be the better. Rangers were nearly always lato in turning out for a game, and a game "had naturally to wait for the laggards when played at English, Park, where the public had paid to see a good game and a rna'.ch between teams one of which was two or three men short was a farco. Such teams shou'.d not play at the Park. Mr Robb said that ho waß forced to agree with the chairman's remarks. Fifty per cent, of the Rangers' players were as keen ag any, it was the remainder of the club who were the lato on»j. which was a bit hard on the keen players. He thought, however, that on ithis occasion the Rangers' players would turn out on time. Ho hoped the committee would decide to allow the Rangers-Lytlelton match to be' placed at English Park. . . After further discussion, it was decided to play the game as scheduled. Mr Bunt reported that arrangements had bten made to have the holes in ground Jso. 2 at North Hagley Park filled up in readiness for the games next Saturday. Mr Bassett reported, on behalf of the Addington Workshops Clnb, that the Prime Minister of New Zealand, the Hon. J. G. Coates, has accepted the position of patron t* that club.

Saturday's Matches. The draw for next Saturday is as follows: — Senior A Grade—Lyttclton v. Rangers, at English Park (Mr Perryman); Thistle v. Sunnyside, at Sunnyside. (Mr Robinson); AVcaterh v. Nomads, at Linwood Park (Mr Mitchell). ' ~,. ~ Senior B Grade—Kaiapoi v. Addmgton Workshops, ft St. Albans Park (Mr Stout); Technical Old Boys v. St. Albans, at hnscr's road, north ground. (Mr Smythe); Villa t. Linwood, at Spreydon" Park (Mr Camnbell). _ ~ ~ Juniors—Lyttelton v. Thistle, at Lyttelton (Mr Foster); Y.M.C.A. v, Western, at North Park No. H 'Mr Knight); Rangers v. St. Albans, at North Paik No. 1 (Mr Bennett). Third Grcdc—Marists Old Boys v. Technical Old Bovs, at Ensor'a road, east ground (Mr Garnet); St. Albans v. Linwood, at North Park No. 4 (Mr Yalee); Sumner, s bye. , Fourth Grade--Lvltelton v. St. Albans, at North Park No. 2'(Mr Goldman). (All the I'bove matches wi'l commenre at 2.45 n.m.) Marists v. Sproydon, at Spreydon Pari, 1.15' n.m. (Mr Snencer). Fifth Grade, 1.13 p.m.—Technical v. Spreydon. at Ensar'd road, No. 1 (Mr Culler.); Marists t. Y.M.C.A. at Spreydon Park (Mr Wardc!!). Sixth Grade. 1.15 p.m.—Man«ts v ; St. Michael'*, at English P»rk (Mr P. L Oaviesl; Technical v. Western, at North P<»* N~. 1 (Mr Dsvey). Friendlv came—Technical Old Boys (Fourth Grade) v. Western (Filth Grade). at Linwood Park, 1.15 o.m.

ANOTHER CHINESE TEAM, (FBXSS ASSOCUTIOK TBLXGBAM.)

AUCKLAND. .Tune 15. Tho Auckland Football Association has received ft letter fvom the United Soccer Association of China suggesting a tour of New Zealand in June of next year, en routo to Great Britain. The Chinese, team, which has beaten everything in the Eaet. suggests a, tsn weeks' stny in Nw Zealand? with mutches at Chriitcburch, Wellington, Wairarapa, Wanganui. Manawatu, Tiinaru, Tavanaki, Rotorua.. Gisborne, Hawks a Bay, and Auckland.. .„,■,. The cost of tho Isew Zealand tour is estimated at five thousand pounds. ' OFFSIDE RULE ALTERED. (it cable— prbss association— coptbisht.) (BEUTER'S _ TBLtORAJJS .) PARIS, Juno 14. A meeting of tho International Association Football Board altered the offside law so that a player shall not be offside if two, instead of three, opposing players are betwesn him and the opposing goal-line. It was also decided that a. player throwing in from touch must stand outside the line instead of with his feet thereon.

SENIORS. P. AV. L. r>. rts Cheviot .. 4 .1 1 0. 6 Culverden .. .. 4 3 1 0 6 Waiau .. .. 4 3 . 1 0 6 Waikari .. i 1 3 0 o Kaikoura. .. i 0 i 0 0 JUXIOBS. P. V. L. <n. Pts Hanmer .. 5 4 1 0 8 Kaikoura 5 3 1 i 7 Cheviot .. 5 3 1 i 7 Waiaii .. 5 3 2 0 6 Waikdri ..■ n 1 4 0 0 Culrerdesi .. 0 0 5 0 0