ASSOCIATION CODE

Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24899, 12 June 1946, Page 4

ASSOCIATION CODE

AUCKLAND REFEREEING CRITICISED REPORT ON TOURNAMENT MTR. G. Smith, manager and selector ol the Canterbury representative team which went to Auckland tor the Kings' Birthday inter-provincial tournament, reported to last evening’s meeting at the management committee of the Canterbury Football Association that the team had conS? rt S li ,J t,eW ver F creditably on and off the field. | * In commenting bn the final, played beand Auckland. Mr Smith held that the referee had been too slow in his rulings, and that some of his decisions were not suffleientiy definite, having been reversed by the opinions of one of the line umpire®. He said he did not wish to discredit the Auckland team, which had played fine football, but he thought Canterbury was the better team of the two. Four Canterbury goals had been disallowed, and at least two of them had been disallowed following the decision of the line umpire. In Mr Smith’s opinion both of these goals had been fair ones. Mr T. C. Gottermeyer. who represented the Canterbury referees at the tournament, endorsed all Mr Smith’s remarks.

June 22 was approved as the date M the Jones Cup match between the Can- ' terbury and Otago representative teamH. Mr Smith was again made setecSor. The committee approved a sugjcmwn by Mr Smith that' a colts’ team made up al Senior B and Senior Reserve players be selected to play South Canterbury as a curtain-raiser to the representative match. It wa® decided to play the Town v. Country match on July 20. ■■ r/j DRAW FOR SATURDAY Chatham Cup, 2.46 p.m.—Tech A v. West. E.P.; Tech B v. Wts, Sprey; This v. Nom. St. Alb; Cel v. Sham. Bar. Senior Reserve, 2,45 p.m.—Nom v. Thß, Malv; Tech B v. Cel, Ensor; West v. Ran, Elm; Ran (senior) v. Sham, Lin (friendly). Junior, 2.45 p.m.—Var A v. Cel, H. 1; Tech v. West, Beck; C.A.C. v. Var B, H. 2; This v. Sham. H. 3. Fourth Grade, 1.15 p.m.—Sham v. Tech A, Ensor; Nom v. Tech B, Mai; St. Vin v. West, H. 4. 2.45 p.m. Fifth Grade, 1.15 p.m.—Wts v. Nom A. H. 1; Ran v. West, Elm: Tech A v. This. Bar; Cel v. Tech B, Sprey; Tech C v. Tech D, Beck. , „ . Sixth Grade, 1.15 p.m.—Nom v. Cel, K. 2. Ran v. West, E.P.; Tech B v. Sham, St. Alb; Tech A v. S.J.H., S.J.H., 2.30 p.m. Seventh Grade, 1.15 p.m.-Sham A v. Nom. H. 3; S.J.H. v. Cel, S.J.H.; Sham R v. Ran. Lin. _ , Eighth Grade. 10.30 a.m.—Nom v. Cel, H. 1; Sham A v. Sham R, H. 2; Sham B v. Wts, H. 3. AWV;