FOOTBALL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 512, 20 May 1909, Page 7

FOOTBALL.

V/EDNESDAYMATCHES, Two . Wednesday Rugby fixtures! were played at: Athletic- Parle; yesterday .afternoon; -The, •ground avas sloppy after. tho; previous night's rain, and the, conditions were ■ not favourable . to', good play. A small crowd of spectators witbhed the.matshea frott the stand,' but there ,w;as no ;very attractive play' to' kindlo enthusiasm; ■ Star and i .Butchers appeared 'to be evenly matched in the' first spell, but, towards the .dldso of tho. gaiiie, the. former'team piled on points, and won by 17 to nil. :'. Oriental defeated Tramways by 9 points-to J. ;■ STAR V. BUTCHERS. fioth sides, played ,liard 'in ; the .first, spoil,! ;ftnd Butchers were.unlucky. 1 -in;n6t scoring on a oouple of occasions. For Star,, ICilleen . scored a . try after, a 1 'neat piece, of. work,'and -this being -, unconverted, . tho ; Spell ended ; Star' 3, Butohers ;nil. .In the second-half of the match Butchers werd/kept, mainly on the ..defensive. Towards (he closo of. the: game Star pressed homo; the. attaclt,' Hunt 1 scoring two ; tries, and Brown and Lynch a try each.'; Hunt converted one, and the game thus ended;— Star 17 points, Butchers, nil. ,fv Mr. Talbot was referee. •: ■'ORIfiNTAL V. TRAMWAYS. . Oriental, playing from tho . western goal, seoured-'a. lead/of 9 points in tho .first :spell, Sandeman scoring':two tries, ".neither of which was converted, -while Logic kicked a ..penalty, goal. In tho second spell P. W. Barnes potted a goal for Tramways/ who.were, however, 'unable to wipe off tho remninder of ; the" deficit; | Oriental .were attacking ' when tho whistle sotiiided Ho-side, tha game -; ending '9; poirits> Tramways i points.- -Mr.- W. M'Ken.' zie was referee. . . . WELLINGTON RUGBY UNION. ; meeting of the Management; Committee of the iWellington . Rugby> Union was held l last night, ;Mr. Brown presiding. . • ;.:.'rho. Wanganui Union agreed to.send :t.i representative team to jplay Wellington ut "WeiIjngton: on June 3, on condition; that, the WeilingtoU: Ultion paid their travelling: and hotel expens-es, about .S-10, which atnount would to refund6d..iiext season,-when the return match Was played at Waiigaiiui.: .It,was pointed out by the ' chairman that'.'it .would for . tho Wellington' represent atives to / play a match' at Wanganni on. the cccti3ion of: its ribit to. Auckland.next year. The arrangemont. he'd been made to suit the financial convenience of the' Wang'anui .'Union. It ; 'waS decided to dsk the Referees' .Association to ' submit, names: cf. : suitable' so'; that a selection could bo made. • The secretary of tho ' Wellington - Football Club, wrote, stating that some difficulty' Was espeMenoed in seobring-a referee for; its' maich against yictoria ; College at Petono.,. ; Also during. tho fourth-class match; Wellington -. v..- Old Boys, two :balls came into \lse. . Upon one being kicked Out an Old Boys player ;threw it in to. a colleague, who scorod a try. . He' thought ■ that the rlile iVith regard to-the subject'should • be, made mofe wiflely known.. It ivas agreed to refer the Matter -to the Referees' Association. vA' -r- Gleiinie, pho had- played for; Spuni fifth-class .team,': was fuond ,to bo' over age, it \fft9 decided that that teami should forfeit the matoliOs whioh they had won with' his assistance, -v • ; . .i.. .

V:,lt.Vwas' agreed., to inform the. Marist- Bros. School-authorities > that -tho: passes adnhUi.lg schoolboys tol Athletic Parle -ivere only*viiil'abl© to. those schools'which had entered team?,.arid,that,.if the School had a.ti'am, il.e union would bo pleased to admit.it; .. . :.>R, Greeks, of Stars (Wednesday). Club, was granted L a • transfer;-.to. :the; Melrose -Football 'Perniissiori was granted, with respect'to the .follMing matches:-^. 1 : 1 John's v, Knox. Presbytermii 8.C.,. Juno '3; Government Lifo Insurance ■;¥. G.P.O. t ; on May .24.: It was decided that; C. - Stannard, who deSirtd n.'transfer: from -the Johnsonville to the Wednesday/'Butchers'.-.Club,:, should ..not :be allowed to play for Johnsonville on Saturdays. Tho Hut Mai Club' pointed otit that E: Osbourae,:who..was disqualified Whilst.a member ..of .the Melrose. Club, wished to play for. them. In- order to enable, him"to do so, it desired that/ the .'disqualification isbould.bdi removed: It was explained -'-by the chairman that - the player "had -ndt been disqualified,'- : but - had merely ; been- cited before .'the dommittoe with reference tdj.certain charges. Members agreed that could not be removed until ,tho player appeared before them. • ■ V' .: Thd'.re.drawing' ! in regard, to. next- Saturdays senior matches as; follows':—Oriental .v'. 1 Poiieke' and Melrose v. Wellington, on Athletid , Park- Victoria College .v; Petone, at Petone;' Southern-'.v. S. ; .James, at Miramar;'and Athletics a bye, owing to tho Old Boys going ■to'-Nelson, to play for the Devenish Cup. -. ' The selectors were instructed to pick the teatA' to represent Wellington versus Wanganui by Saturday next. : / ... ■ ■ . .

AN AUCKLAND MATTER. ■ (nr rßLEGßipn—ritsss association.) : Auckland, May 19. : The Auckland Rugby Ullioii: decided to write to: thd NeW jZdftlttnd • Bugby Union objecting to .the affiliation of 'tho MSouth ' Auckland Union with 'tb6 New Zealand Rugby, Union ; for the following That .the boun-idarieß-when the itpplication was. mndo were iidt;prop'erly defined as per Rule 10; (2) because' M -'.the .jnisfeprdsentation that. th 6 Rotorua' Union, wshc'il to'affiliate with the new union, whereas th«y . had already, affiliated with 'the Auckland 'Union, and had stated emphatically ,thnfc:;the,v .did not wish to aiQliate with 'the new union.

WELLINGTON ■ FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION.

'; 'A ;meelJng of tlio Management Committco of the iWellington Football Association was: held in tho'Y.M.C.Ai'Rooms last oveuing; Mi'. A. 'H. Holmes. Thero'.wero' also present:—• Messrs. !,. White, B. L. Salmon, J. B. 'Patoji, 'H.; Waters, W. Auld,.J: M, Oilier/A. i Williams; J. Davidson, D. Jones, and Hi Mayer! Mr.". Wood,- .referee in ..'the < Petone-Ramblers match,; played at Petone, complained that'the groundwas <not properly marked - out, and the Petone tea(ri : . did ijOt appear, to tllne., Tho iiiattef ( of. tho marking .of the ground was left in tho liahds of Mr. Jones to rectify before any furher games aro played. .- -The secretary, of the Thistle senior first divi-.sioa.-i team; :wroto i explaining . the misunderstandhig which led- to his team-defaulting to Rovers- : on, -Saturday. :y,. Tho - team ■ ■ had- ; been misled by ,the .notices' posted, in town to tho eilect ihat, matolies: at, the Basin; Reserve and Newtown; Park, had - been' postponed.. .These gamos. Were subsequently playecL at only six Thistle men t being in attendance. The secretary' stutod that, the Rovers'-Club: claimed the - came. It was decided ■'that'-the. match should; be replayed at- tho. end .of tho season,if necessary.. , v. •• A-Petone' senior • second' division-player, ordered off 'the, field last, Saturday ■ fortnight, for offensive language used to tho;roforoe, attended: th 6 meeting, and proffered the "explanation" that he had. no idea that the refereo was close 'enough' to- hear 'him:'. He 'was . not cautioned . before -being:',ee'nt 'off., . It was' decided that: the. player be suspended for three weeks, from - the dat® ; of . the -'offence and cautioned,.';-' ~ v, .... . ;i ~. - ' It 'was related that Mr. C. D. MTntosh had accepted r :thc position; of vice-president, and,; had forwarded a donation of Jjl Is, towards the funds;Of,the association. . ■■ ' : The Swifts .Club was- granted permission to l' play a match, against Palmerston at' PalmersI ton on' June.; 3.- - ' ■ ' ' ' - . A letter also, received from the Swifts* Club withdrawing their senior second' division team from the competition, as tho club has not 'sumoient members'.to -run a team'".',in this class. 1 . .1 '• Wanderers protested against tfio win ot St. David's. The referee appointed was-unable, to bo present, and the Wadestown team . went - on . to, the field under another referee, thinking that he was tho appointee of the association. Several of the decisions of the refereo in'question were objected to. -It was decided to write to tho refereo asking him-if full time was played. . • ; . Y,M.C.A. B'appealed,against the' win of Kaiwarra in thO . junior second division match, as the,• Winners'.played a boy over 17 years of age. It was decided to;,hold the matter over pond-ing-inquiry; by .tiier sccretary. into tlio registration form. .Tho,Canterbury Association wrote asking for a decision as to whether Wellington was going' to play them on June 3. It was decided to ask the Southern Association'to nrrango for accommodation for 1 the Wellington - team Names of players willing to make tho trip were roferred to tho Selection Committee. The Miramar' Council wrote stating that the work of rolling Seatonn Park would be undertaken on payment by tlio association of 355. per day'for'hiring the roller. One day's rolling would last tho season.' Tho letter was received.■ ■ . It was decided to inform tho'Brooklyn Club that no further games conld bo played at Nairn Street until the arouml is unproved.: Tho '.Ground- Committco reported that tlio Mental Hospital .'team should not b'o asked to play off their own ground, pn account: of the Sj)et)ial conditions attaching to their playing i'lie Boys' Sub-committeo recommended(l) That the suggestion to bring tho Pctone team into tc"-' be not. in. /-tAj; to

Mr. Cockers request for games at Porirua, a team, arranged hy Mr. Holmes, go out on Juno 3.- It was further - suggested that a Marist Brod. or another school team might also bo asked to go out. (3) That tho Otago, Football .Association, bo-a9ked, to send, a boys* team to play a team, of, "Wellington boys, preferably hoys under 15, such iriatch to bo played in September. Tha cOmmitteo would undertake to have the team billeted while in Wellington. (-1) That matches bo played-at the end of the season between junior second and third division teams.The report was adopted. • -v ■ ■ _ A sub-committee,./consisting. :of , Messrs. Holmes, .Roberts, Courtney, Mayer, and Williams, : was appointed to see. if the necessary guarantors for the Wellington Association guarantee of towards tho. tour of:the South African teafn could be arranged. .An application from the Brooklyn Clnb -to be allowed to enter another team for the junior third division. B grade was referred to tho Boys J Sab-committee. ' • . It was decided that tho Porirua Ay, Petone match, which went, to Porirua by default, I should bo placed at the eiid of the season if necessary,' considering the special circumstances the Petone tea.m was placed in.' FIXTURES AND- REFEREES. , Fixtures ■ and referees l for Saturday were drawn as under-.— . Senior I^agno/First Division: Wanderers v. Y.M.C.A», JJusin Reserve, Mr. H. Waters; Rovers v.. Diamonds, No. 2 Miramar,: Mr. W. Wood; Swifts v. Thistle, at Petone, Mr. W. Auld; St. John's v. Ramblors, .Newtown-Park, Mr. J. Davidson.- . '•'./ Second Division: Mental Hospital V. ;Porirua A, .At Hospital, Mr. : -Mayer; Porirua.B v. Kovers, at Porirua, Mr, 13. Windley ,* Dianionds ; v, Wanderers* No. 6 Miramar, Mr, W. Press; Y.M.C.A. v. Thistle, No. 3 Miramar, Mr, H. Smith; Marist Old : Boys v» Letter-Carriers, Seatotin -Park, Mr,. ..P.; 0 Connell. , Junior. League, First Division: Wadestown r. .Brooklyn,. No. -1 Miramar,-Mr. A.'Newbold; St, David's ,v. Diamonds, Cuba Street, Petone, 3 p.m., Rov. J. D. Russell;, Y.M.C.A, A -'n \ YiM.C.A. B, MaidmentV Petone, 3 p.m., Mr. E. 11. Homo. ; •, , Second Division: Y.M.C.A; B v. Marist B, No, 4 Miramar, Mr. Walls; Swifts v. Marist I A"; No. 8 Miramar, 3 p.m., Mr. M'lntyre; Petone v. ICharidallah, Maidmenfs,,-Petone, 2 &m., Mr. -B. :H. -Horne; Institute t. : Rangers, o. 7 Miramar, 3 p.m., Mr. Havton; Ramblers v. Brooklyn, No. 9 Miramar, 3 p.m., Mr. S. Guy ; Congregational r. Diamonds, No; 10 Miramajy.3 p.m., Mr., Thomson; YiM.C.A. A :v. Kaiwarra,; No, VMirainar, Mr. J. Ferguson,' Third A Division:'Y.M.C.A. A v. Diamonds, Basin Reservo, 2 p.m.,.Mr. Bernard; Y.M.C.A. B v. BrooUyn A. No 2 Miramar, 2 p.m., Mr. VV. Wood; Petone v.; Institute A, Petone, 2 p.m., Mr. W. Auld; South Wellington v. Marist A, Ni^tonn Park, 2 p.m., Mr, J.;Davidson. B Division: Rangers Bv. Swifts,--No. .8 Mira™ar) 2 p.m., Mr. S. Guy; Rangers Av. Marist B, No. 9 Miramar, 2 p.m.', Sir, M'lntyis; Institute B v. Ramblers, :No. 3 Miramar; 2 p.m., Mr.- H. Fisher;; Y.M.C.A. C r. Technical, No. 7 Miramar, 2 p.m., Mr. Hayton; Brooklyn B v. Marist' C, No. 10 Miramar, 2 om., Mr. Thomson. y \ -

_T.he- following- Will represent the foa Porirua United in the league, matohes (senior second division) on^Saturday :—A 'v. .Moiital hospital: C< Davis, B. YVi Neera, V. Moxted, E. Mexted; E. v'Whitehouse,: F. Goldsmith, J; Solomdn, W.' league, -B. Parata, J. Tol. C. Wi Neera; emergencies, ,W. Wi Neera, J. Harriss. B: v. Rovers:. G. Katene, W. Arthur, R. Newman, 'l'engi; V. B. Briggs, A.v Whitehouse,' J. Thompson, Joe -Wi Neera, W. : Matenga, G. Greer j, emergencies, Iferehoma,' H.. Adams/D. 'I'rosser. -