FOOTBALL.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18422, 1 July 1925, Page 14

FOOTBALL.

CANTERBURY RUGBY UNION. MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE. The Management Committee of tho Canterbury K'.igby Union met last night. Present: Mr A. Dey (chairman) and Messrs A. - Duggan, E. B. Phillips, C. S. McCully, S. '. F. Wilson, 11. H. Xorth, C. W. Allard, R. . Vv. Britton, J. K. Moloney, A. E. ilcPhail, • G. P. Payne, S. Barrett and Dr. W. S. Sred. > The Albion Club forwarded a statement regarding a complaint that a member cf its fifth grade team, which recently played New Brighton and which won the match, was over ag?, stating that the player in question had been confused with another. It was decided to uphold tho protest and ! j award the match to New Brighton. • ! The Linwood Club forwarded a statement '. from L. Cornega concerning the time that 1 \ that* player had resided in Christchurch ; prior to last Saturday, when he played against Christchurch. " > The chairman said that.the committee de- . cided at the last meeting that Cornaga was eligible to play provided he had resided L in Christchurch for fourteen days prior to . the mntch. When his application came up last Saturday, the secretary and himself '■ , concluded that Ccrnaga had not been in [ ; Christchurch. for fourteen 24 hour perieds. i Mr Wilson stated that he was called into 1 ! the argument at the Park just, prior to i i the commencement of the match. He was ' I not aware that tho resolution had then been '■ passed. He told the Linwood- team at the . ! Park that he did not consider Cornaga I eligible to play and that he would vote ' : against them should a protest be entered. , The secretary of the club then produced 1 figures which showed that Cornaga had, ■ 'been in Christchurch for portions of fifteen • days. He informed *he team that if the ■ figures were correct (he net being aware of > the resolution) he was of the opinion that ; the player was eligible. After some disoussion, it was decided that ' the matter be recorded in the su-gestion i book in order that the whole question of players coming from other centres could be : fully gone into before next season. 1 Mr Moloney drew, attention to the bad 1 state of the south and west grounds at Lancaster Park during recent wet weather, ' and moved that the second best senior A games should be played at_ the Show : Grounds, the. motion being carried. 1 | No senior A game will be played on the I Show Grounds however, next Saturday owi j ing to the draw having already been fixed. It. was decided, to hold,a seven-a-side tour- ! nr.ment on Saturday, September 19th (Club • ! Saturday), the whole of ,the proceeds to go--1 to the clubs in proportion to the number of teams playing on that day The chairman and Mr C.S. McCully -were ayopinted to represent 'the comrryttee. on 1 the committee set up for the entertainment of the American Fleet. An application from the Wainui School ' Committee for a football was referred to , tho Peninsula Sub-Union. Messrs H. V. Harvey and W. I>. King representing the residents of St. Martins, waited on the committee a.' request for 1 assistance in the direction of erecting a pavilion in Opawa, Park. It was estimated that such a pavilion could *be erected for £l5O, ' part of which sum the Residents' Assooiation had in hand. At tho present time ' there were complaints concerning players i changing their clothes in view of the public. ; Mr Wilson pointed oxit that the Union , had no security of tenure over tho ground—they only' held it from year to year. ' After the deputation had retired, it was • decided to allot a senior match on a date s to be fixed by the Competitions Committee, preferably on July 15th, the ma'tch to be played on Opawa Park, and to carry a subsidy of £ for £ up to £lO on the money raised by the Association. , A challenge from the Pteninsula, SubUnion for the Delaigey Shield waa for- | warded to the Ellesmer© Sub-Union. It was agreed to accept August 22nd as 1 the date of a match between Canterbury > and tho Maoris, the gate to be divided on , a 50-50 basis with a minimum guarantee Permission was granted the Boys' High School to send two teams to Oamaru to play against the Waitaki High School on July 10th. Permission was granted the .School second team to default in their match on July Hth. • Messrs Payne and Britton were appointed an Entertainment Committee. Saturday's Draw. Tho draw for Saturday is as follows;: : Senior A—Linwood v. 'A'arsity, Lancaster Park West (H. Walker) ; Merivale v. Albion, Lancaster Park South. (M. L. Higgins); Old Boys v. Christcluirch, Lancaster Park Oval (E. Empson); North Canterbury, a bye. - Senior B—Technical v. 'Varsity, Show Grounds No. 1 (E.-Rudkin); Christchurch v. Riccarton, Riccarton ■ No. 1 (E. B. Cross); : Merivalo, a byo. .„. T , . ■■ Second Grade, A Section—Albion v. Kaiapoi, Show Grounds; No. 2 (K. H. Perrin); Merivale v. Linwood, Linwood Park • (J; Gray); Old Boyd v. 'Varsity, 'varsity Ao. 5, N.P. (P. 0. Schmidt); Christchurch a -Second Grade, B Section —Old Collegians v. West-O. Boys, Elmwood Park, No. 1 (E. E. Luttrell); Technical v. Sydenham, Sydenham Park (L. Hardie); Ropaki a bye. , Third Grade A, A Section —Old Boys A v. Y.M.C.A., Old Boys, No. 25 (O. D. Fraser); Merivale v. St. Andrew's, St. Andrew's (D. Barrett); North'Canterbury'v. Christchurch A, Rangiora, No. 1 'W Rollinson); Wharenui v. St. Bede's, St. Bede's (L. Cade); 'Varsity A, a bye. ■ .-. ■ Third' Grade A, B Section —'Varsity 0 v. Old Boys B, 'Varsity No. 29 N.P. (L. Clarkson); Christchurch B v. Wesley; Christchurch No 7, N.P. (C. W. Allard); Halswell v. Old Collegians, :;Elmwood Park, No. 2 (W. Tui-. ner); Linwood v. 'Varsity.B, Old Boys,. No. 27. N.P. (A. Hooper). Third Grade A, C Section—Riccarton v. Albion, Riccarton No. 2. (G. S. Billcliff); West O.B; v. Kaiapoi B, Kaiapoi No. 1 (J. R. Murphy); Sydenham v. Sumner, Opawa Park, No. 2 (M. Campbell) ; New Brighton, a bye. '.- ■• ' Third Grade B (Under 20) —Linwood v. Merivale B, Merivale No. 6, N.P. (H. E. Moore); Technical v. Merivale A, Ensor's road (C. McLachlan) ; 8.11.5. v. Old Boys A, 8.H.5., N.P. (L. Guiney); 'Varsity A v. St. Andrew's, St. Andrew's (W. B. Puller); Y.M.C.A. v. Old Boys B, Y.M.0.A., N.P. (H. Cox); 'Varsity Bv. Rapaki, Rapaki win. by default; N. Canterbury, a bye. Fourth Grade, A Section —Technical v. West" O." Bovs, Polo- No. 5 (J. Bradshaw) : Old Boys A v. Merivalo A, Merivale, S.P., No. 28 (A. Woodsford); Albion v. 8.H.5., Albion, S.P. (S. Barnett). Fourth Grade, B Section —Linwood v. Belfast) Polo No. 6 (F. E. King); Old Boys B v. Christchurch, Christchurch No. 24A, N.P. (M. O. Sinclair) ; Sydenham v. Merivale B, Wharenui'No. 13, N.P. (A. Rollinson); Ric-

.carton, a bye. ■': , •' Fifth Grade—Linwood v. Technical, Polo No. 7 (S.'O. Murray);- N. Canterbury v. N. Brighton, Polo No. 8 (W. Cowles); Linwood B v. Merivale A, Polo No. 2 (L. Hunt); Svdenham. v. Merivale B, Opawa Park, No. l"(D. S. Lawson) : Albion A v. Kaiapoi, Kaiapoi No. 2 (P. Lindsay); Albion B, abye. Sixth Grade—Merivale v. Linwood, Merivale No. 6, N.P., 1.30 (L. C. Hobbs); N. Brighton v. Sydenham, Christchurch No. 7, N.P., 1.30 (A. J. Mason); Technical B v. Technical C. Elisor's road, 1.30 (C. J. Goldstone) ; Technical A, a bye. Schoolboys—Linwood A v. Merivalo., Lancaster Park South, 1.30 (A. R. Henderson); 'Christchurch v.' Sydenham, Lancaster Park Oval, 1.30 (G. G. Denniston) ; Albion v. Linwood B, Lancaster Park West, 1.30 (H. Robertson). . I

HURUNUI SUB-UNION. The matches in the Hurunui Sub-Union's competitions on Saturday resulted as follows: SENIOR. At Cheviot: Waiau 0 v. Cheviot 13. At Culverden: "Waikari S v. Culverden 0. Kaikoura. a bye. . i JUNIOR. ■ .Cheviot 5 v. Waiau 0. Waikari 15 v. Culverden 0. Hanmer G v. Kaikoura 3. The following teams have been selected to represent Hurunn'i against Kortn Canterbury at Amberley on Saturday : Senior—hull-back, D. Fairbrother; threequariere, C. Barnes, P. R. Deardon, P. btewaxt; iivu-eighths, D. Sironach, S. Maxwell; half, A. Stubbeifi«!<l; forwards, C. Dcan3 (wing), A. Leaven, D. Daly, A. Sloss, A. Meikle, Dr. Jennings, U. Kelly, J. B. Jackson. Emergencies—Backs: W. Winskill, K. Matson, A. Watson; forwards: J. Orchard, H. Gorrie. Juniors—R. Mcßae, G. Greatorex, H. Lunn, Y. Timms, K. Denton, C. O'Malley, E. Harrison, 11. Stack, A. Bean, R. Armstrong, B. Stevenson, D. Kay, E. Sutherland, M. Larcombe, G. Willis. Emergencies—Backs: Hackle, Morris, Davison; forwards : F. Beavcn, F. Barker.

ELLESMERE V. ASHBURTON. The following will represent Ellesmere against . Ashburton, at .Southbridge, next Saturday, in a Southbridge Shield match: Full-back, Joblin; three-quarters, Cox, Calder, Pocock; five-eighths, Hunter-Weston, Payne j half, H. Heslop; forwards, Rapley, Fougere, Gilbert, C. Miller, N. Witholl, Logan, C. Chamberlain, F. Healop. Reserves: Williamson, Wheeler, Sail, Euddenklau, Jellett, Sollett. Mr H. J. ConTav- will' be referee.

ELLESMERE SUB-UNION. A special meeting cf the Ellesmere Rugbv Sub-Union was held at Lceston on Monday. Present— Messrs H. J. Conway (president*, U. T. McMillan. W. E. Cox, j. H. Rcstall ,T. S. McClelland, 11. Gardiner, T. G. Harper, H. O. Jones, K. \\ . Macpherson, L. Harris, 'M. J. Scott, F. J. Mottrani isecretiLry). The Huninui Sub-Union snares ted July 38th as the date for the challenge match for the Southbriclge Shield. It was decided to reply that August loth v.-<r,i!d bo the first date available. Malvern applied for July ISth as the date for its match. The secretary reported having replied that this date was not available. The Peninsula Sub-Union issued a challenge for the Delarijey Shield. The president, vice-president, and Mr R. T. McMillan were appointed a sub-committee to Sx dates for further representative matches. Messrs W. C. Eggleton, R. Bruce, and F. J. Mottram were appointed selectors of a school team to meet a team from Ashburton. It was left to the selectors to get into touch with Ashburton regarding a date, and to report to the next meeting. The Canterbury Rugby Union advised that on account of the Ellesmere and Ashburton Sub-Unions beni? unable to agree on a date for the Southbridje Shield match, the latter had appealed to the Union under the rules, the Union having fixed July -4th as the date. The letter was received, and it was decided to reply expressing regret that the Union did not give Ellesmere an opportunity of stating its position before tho date was finally fixed. It was stated that in - of the wet weather, the Southbridge Recreation Ground was likely to "bo in a muddy condition next Saturday. The conditions under which the Shield was accepted stipulate that the match must be played at Southbridge. A deputation was appointed to inspect the Southbridge ground, and if they considered it unfit- for play, were authorised to secure any available paddock in the township that would suit. In reply to a letter from tho Sub-Union, i enquiring whether members of the College team would be available for all representative matches, the Director of the College, Mr R. E. Alexander, waited on the meeting and explained that the College football season was regarded as finished at the close of the second term, and after the term holidays, no more footba 1 ! was played except for a special reason. He was not in favour of allowing a few footballers to continue playing while the rest of the team stood on the line, as was the case with representative matches. The College players would not bo available, therefore, for ally football after the holidays. The United Club protested against the decision of the referee in the Southbridge v. United third grade match on June 6th, "in which it was stated that a try had been awarded to the Southbridge team against the United team. The referee, Mr F. A. Strack, attended the meeting and gave his version of the incident. It was decided that the game should be cancelled, and replayed if the scores coulH affect the competition result. A junior player, who was ordered off the field iii the Lees ton-v. United match, was cautioned. A discussion took place as to the ground on which the McClelland Cup match, between the winners and runners-up' in the senior competition, should be played. The rules governing the Cup provide that the first'match must be played on the Southbridge ground, and that in future years the Sub-Union shall fix the ground. Delegates expressed the view that there was no need to legislate with regard to the ground this year. There would be ample time for that when the occasion arose. The secretary of the Leeston Club notified that application was being made for permission to pla.y future matches on the Show Ground, and requested the SubUnion's approval of the change, should the A and P. Association grant permission. Approval was unanimously granted'. The Waihora Club applied' for permission to play D. M. Lamb, of Birdling's Flat. Tho letter was held over until ■ permission was granted) by tile Peninsula Sub-Union, NORTH CANTERBURY SUB-UNION Last Saturday's matches resulted as follows: SENIORS. . Kowai 17 t. Loburn 0; referee, G. T. McNally. Tuahiwi 18 v. Glcntunncl 3; referee, J. Rhodes. . Oust *3 v. Oxfotrd 3; K. D. Henderson. ' JUNIORS. "Woodcnd 8 Vi Amborley 3; referee, R. Flutcy. - Cast 6 v. Oxford 7; referee, R: Burt. Glentumiel a bye. Next Saturday's matches aro all off on account of tho representative matches between Hurunui and North Canterbury, to be plp.yed at. Amborley-. • 4 ASHBURTON SUB ? UNION. Tho following referees have been appointed for'SatuiHay's matches: Junior grade—MetEven. y. Rakaia, at Rakaia, Mr Shannon; Allenton : v. Spring-burn-Mount Somers,- at' Mount Somers, Mr Di- Herron; Hinds- v. Old Boys, at Hinds, Mr A. H. Guiney. ' Third grade—High School; v. Tinwald,. at Tinwald; Mr A. Scott; Rakaia v. Old Boys, at Rakaia, Mr H. J. Chapman; Technical School Old 'Boys •v. Allenton, 'at Show Grounds, Mr W. J. Douglas. . Fourth grade—Rakaia A v. High School C, at Rakaia, Mr H.'Porter; High School A v. Technical School Old Boys, at Show Grounds. Mr C. Day, High School B v. Rakaia (B, at Show; Grounds, Mr' L. Marshall. . ' LEAGUE. NEW SOUTH WALES ITINERARY. (BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT,)' (AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) (Received Juno 30th, 10.5 p.m.) SYDNEY, June 30. The itinerary for the New Zealand Rugby Leaguo team's tour is as follows: July lltli, against New South Wales, at Sydney. July 15th, against Australian Universities, at Sydney. July 18th, against Newcastle, at Newcastle. July 23rd, against cither New South "Wales or' Australia, at Sydney. July 25th, against New South' Wales, at Newcastle."