FOOTBALL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 536, 17 June 1909, Page 9

FOOTBALL.

WEDNESDAY RUGBY COMPETITION. Tho second round of the Wednesday Football Association's, competition was brought to a close at the Athletic Park yesterday afternoon,,in tho presence of a .fairly large number of spectators. The ground,was in perfect order, but, a. high wind swept tho playing area. Only one .of the two games set do»:n was; played, the Butchers being unable: to, plaice a team in the field to face tho Trim-' way combination, the result being that the latter team Won by default, • :

. . STAR V. ORIENTAL. ' . Vigorous forward play df a very mediocre Standard characterised the Star-Oriental match, <vhich created a good deal of interest owing to the tact that the Star team had Olily ;a' U>ad of twd ; championship points from their opponents. . At no stage' Was tho ■ game . scientific, main force being. the means of attack adopted by both sides. • The early part of tho game was in favour of the Star: forwards, but as the spell wore oft the Oriental vanguard livened uj> and pressed vigorously in . their - opponents' 2 natters during the latter part. The spell, atrevor, ended . without any score . being reCorded, notwithstanding the fact that, Oriental had no ■ fewer l than foar shots-at goal from fairly cloSe ranrt>,. ono of them, entrusted to Logle, being right in front of the pbsts,'and only .a few yards, from the goal line. ■ The Opening-of ths 64c<md half was in favour of Oriental, who had still another ineffectual Bh<st ftt' ffSftl ffOfli a penalty kick. After abont 10 minutes'defending, the Star forwards -got to B;orfc,. and took the, ball into Oriental 25, whence QoSlilig broke- away and scored -a-try, which D. Mowatt converted. From then on until just before the call of time Star attacked vigorously,, and the'forwards, besides rushing Che' Oriental llfle, repeatedly, gave their backs ntirriortfrts chances,'tfhich were resultless,'owing to the and centre threo-fiimrter fiefsisting in running across th» field, instead of cutting in. Oriental mado a final bid to equalise matters in the last minutes, but tfieir efforts 'were of no avail, and the game ended—Star 5, Oriental nil. Mr. W. M'Kcaiie was referee. . •

WELLINGTON RUGBY UNION. , THD SEtEdITOKS AND M'LEOD. !; • The Management Committee of tho Wellington Rugby Union-met Inst night, when there were present! Messrs. S. Browu (chairman), W, Perfy, :AV. Hardham, P. Peters, J. O'Sullivan, J. Sweeney, an'A J. Burns. •- <

The mattOr of arranging byes' for. Victoria College during the vacation was left in the hands of;the secretary.■/ . A transfer was granted to W. Buckcridge ffom the Selwyn Club to Tramways (Wednesday) Club. i; . A letter Was focei«d from the Athletic Club requesting that tho Athletic-ICia'. Ora junior match, which Wis played five minutes short, be replayed. It was pointed out that by closing the game before the lull tilfiOjhad expired a breach of the rules had ; been committed. A suggestion was made that the point be roferred to the Appeals Committee of the NOW Zealand Rugby Union.- After' some discussion it was founcl that there "Was a definite rule bearing on the case) and it was therefore resolv'Od that tho match bs played again at the end of the seascrn.! - ;. 7 : ■ ■ "■ A young. Jahnsonville player, D. Y'orkc, appeared . bofore • the committee to answer to a complaint mado by tho referee in the St. Patrick's College-Johnsonville match. ThO referee' Stated that the'lad in question,' in company with others, waloojitiiiually questioning his deCWiOiS atid harassing hiin. York 6 stated that the refereo "riled" his team before tho match by Warning theui •' against rough play and ;talk. Someone had' dolled thi foforee to order him I off, and . Yorke, theie.upon had applauded, •."Ileal'l Hear! -Bill. It was resolved that Yorko bo caiitloiieil.

. A further icftrenco to this incident was il\ tho Hatvtro Of a cOilimunication from Mr. Blair, liiii. sec. of the ifohusonville ClUb/stating that tho Management Committee of the club would do all'in their power to stop any member of the team treating referees with disrespect.' In regard; to "barracking," the local constable had been asked to attend at xoatches, and it' was suggested that somcono wearing tho W.R.F.U. badge should also bo present.. It was rosolved to' write to the club in appreciation of their action in tho iiiatter. -

The captain of the Polhill team attended to explain two matters in regard; to players' receipts and a wrong name ,on the'placers'list: His explanation's wore aocepte'd.as Satisfactory. It was resolved that an invitation be extended to tho Californian Bays to be present at neit Saturday's matches.

111 regard to the exclusion of M'Leod from' thft representative teani, drid .the Rugby Union's action iu dofnmiioicatlng the- inquiry of the Oriental Club to the selectors, Mr. V. R. Meredith wrote bii behalf of. the ■ selectors, stating that .they absolutely declined to discuss in any way whatsoever tho inclusion or. non-inolusion of M'Leod or anj* other player. "Wo had tliougdt," the letter Cbntiiiued,- that fre had niado. this position 61ear in our former letter but apparently it-was .not so, unloss it to that tho Management .Committee, . übder an erfoneous iiiiproisioil as to the Jurisdiction, eonsidcred that tho/ Cdflld compel a reply." A lrtomber Voiced tho opihist! Of the committee, and stated that the letter was written to tho selectors purely out of courtesy, and liad evidAfitly.-. rt6t been received as sticn. It was resolved that tho Oriental Club be Written to advising that "neither yea nor nay", could bo Obtained - from tho selectors. ,In connection with tho forthcoming tour of tho Wellington tofiWsentatlves, it was drcidoil to tho following dates to South Island Unions: Canterbury, September 4) Southland, September, 8; Otitgo, Septemlier 11.

THE PROFESSIONALS ON TOUR. interesting particulars'. 6f 'the Australian tour-of the New Zoalafid profes6'iottal football MpreSerttatiVes aw eentaiilcd in a. letter from the manager, Mr. D. i'raser, to Mr. R. AV. Short, of 1 Petono, received yesterday. - ■ "The tour," the writer commences, "is guaranteed a'financial success, our share of the first Wo gates coming to iMfli 16s. 4d. Wo aro having really bad liyjk in our matches. In the first game we lost tlio services of Lile (Petono) owing to ii sprained atlkle, and George (Auckland), knee injured, and In the seeond match SpeiicCr (Wellington). 'K-rtken jawbone, M'Deiiald (Auckland), shoulder 'ffijured, iliid J. Barber (Potone), influenza. team is niofe 6r lesfj kliotked about. Wo were beaten by condition aid combination ih'the first game. We led for a long time in the but in<tlle lMt few tuiftutes tltey scored' and heat Siiefltfef 1 erst Us tho sccoild iiiateh by letting them in twice. The. first time i kick of. his was charged down whan ho had plenty of time to get a good one lit, arfd, on the fstoikl occasion, they beat him badly, We had great crowds to see the first two matches/19,000

first game and 30,000 at the scfcond, despite the attraction of the Wallaby amateur match on the cricket ground. This is the best behaved team I've ever travelled with. They are a real nice lot, and are no trouble at all to manage." It seems that the net profit will be in tho neighbourhood of .£IOOO. * ■.

ASSOCIATION. MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE. The Management Committee of the Wellington Football Association met last evening, Mr. H. N. Holmes presiding. A letter was received from the Swifts Club, withdrawing the senior second division team from the championship, and entering a junior second division team.—Approved. .Permission was granted for a friendly match to be played between Porirna A and Wanderers at Porirna, on Saturday next. , Some discussion arose in connection with the first of the Brown Shield challenge matches, 'l'aranaki v. Wellington, on July 10 next. It tfas decided that the match be played at Newtown Park, and that the City Council be approached with a request that permission be granted the association to take up a collection. ,A letter was received from H.M.S. Challenger's football team asking for a Saturday afternoon match.—Arrangements to bo made. The following team was selected to represent Wellington in tho match against Palmerston North on June 23:—

Goal, M'Lean (Ramblers); backs, Overend (Diamonds) and Jardine (Wanderers); halfbacks, Barrett (Diamonds), Cumroings and Birss (Thistle); forwards, Saunders (Swifts), Elliott (Mental Hospital), Phillips (Thistle), J. Reddy (Diamonds), and A. Loire (Diamonds). The chairman reported that, in company with the chairman of the Wellington Hockey Association (Mr. Organ) and the chairman of the Wellington Lacrosse . Association (Mr. Casey), he waited npon the Reserves Committee of the. City Council, and pointed ont that the frequent postponements of the games controlled by the three sports bodies, and played on the city reserves, were dislocating their, respective fixtures. Tho deputation was received in a friendly and conciliatory spirit. Mr. J. P. Lake, chairman of the Keserves Committee, pointed out that the mattor was, of course, one for the (UciSion of the permanent officials; but he would suggest fo the Officer in charge of tho reserves that postponement decisions bo deferred nnfil noon on the day Of play._

jlr. J. B. Paton, referee in the Newtown Park fifcturos on Saturday last, wrote ing that the Association ground Was not marked, and that during the progress of tho senior match, the players in a Rugby game on the adjoining ground ran across the Association ground. Ho' suggested that the matter be reported to'the Itugby Union.—Adopted/ Mr. B. L. Salmon, referee, teported that neither of the goal-keepers in the Diamonds r. Y.M.C.A. match at tho Basin Reserro were fn football costume, and so were not easily distinguishable _ from tho spectators. He also drew attention to the necessity for the provision of goal-nets, particularly in the Basin Reserve matches, which drew large crowds.' It was resolved that action be taken in regard to both questions raised in the letter. ■

' Irvine, of.; tho Wanderers' Club, attended to giva evidence in his own belinlf in connection with his application for a transfer to | the Swifts Club. Having heard his evidence, and having also dealt with allegations and counterallegations raised by the respective clubs, tho dommittee resolved, on ttid motion of Mr. Roberts, that tho application ha not granted. 'Mr. H. G. Mayer'was appointed-to manage the team which is to visit Palmerston- North on June 23. : The Diamonds' v. St. David's Junior league, First Division, will not be played on Saturday, as a ground is not available. - ■ Junior League, Second Division, fixtures are amended as follow:—Swifts B v. Hangers, No. 8 Miraraar f 2 p.m., Mr. S. Guy; Congregational, | a,bye. .-: -

■ -REFEREES' ASSOCIATION. , • A well-attended meeting of the Association football Referees' Association was: held last evening, Mr. \V. Auld presiding. Mr. B. h. Salmon tabled n motion to the effect that Mr. \Y. Woods, who resided at the Y.M.C.A., was, ' residence notwithstanding, Eligible to referes in matches wherein the Y.M.C.A. was represented. ■ Tho motion was Seconded. Cdrtsicterabls discussion took placo On the motion. and Mr. Woods expressed his Opinion that he could not referee id' any .match wliilo under a "ban." He was neither h lneniber erf the Y.M.C.A., nor of tho YiM.C.A. Club. .It,was explained that the motion cast no reflection upon the Appointment Committco. The motion was carried.

Mr. B. L. Sttlittoik wrote complaining that Y.M.C.Arhad verbally objected to his refereeing in the Diamonds-Y.M.C.A. match.' After explanation, It was decided to confirm thei action of the Appointment Committee in retaining'.ifr, Sainton. i It was agreed to hold a conference of referees for the purpose of thoroughly discussing the rules Of this game.