Southland's View Of Loss On Rugby Game

Chronicle (Levin), 17 February 1948, Page 7

Southland's View Of Loss On Rugby Game

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IX V LRCARGI LL, Feb. 16. Poiiil'nig "Ut that assembly eosLs hal n niDiintt'd to about £700, mombers of the management coinmit tee of the Sfnitliland Rugby Union exjwessed the upinioii at a nu:eti')g tonight. that it would be unfair i'or the New Zealand Kugby I'nion to eondenin Southland fuiMke loss oi' £00 on the North-Gouth jnati'h. reporua! at the la.st meeting oi ihe New Zealand I'uion. It considered that if assembly costs had been normal a -plane was used to trausport pl&}-crs---a good proiit would have bcen niade. A statemeut prepared bv the secretary, Mr tt. II. Geddes, showed assembly expenses and manager's and selector's expenses aiuounted to £700 compared wit.li £280 at Wellington in 1940. £895 at Auckland in 1945 and £196 at Christchurch in 1944. They had been disappoiuted to fiucl Ihat the Jixture had been ruu at a loss. suid the president, Mr H. J. AlcEwen. It was unfortunale that the malcli had been played out of seitson. Oetobcr was t oo fate for a farming community surh as South land. If the game had I been plaved in August there would ha\ e been a niuch bigger atteudance. It did not appear that plane travel in Xew Zealand was an econoniical proposition for football teams as yet. Hotel expenses had bee$ moderate and it seemed assembly and the manager's expenses. aiuounted to about £700. The t reasurer. Alr J. L. Oughton, pointed out that the Southland Union liad not lost nny monev on the mateh. Its share had been £290. A total of £700 had been sentHo Wellington out of ihe proceeds. _______