FOOTBALL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 604, 4 September 1909, Page 7

FOOTBALL.

): ;fS6CCB&;f REPBEES':. ASJOCIATION. ■.' '.'■'■ - 'meeting' to• form' a New Zealand- Referees! Association for,, Association -football was.; held at; tke/T.M.C.A;; lait';"- ; night. '/ Mr.n ,H.?;•■•'■' N; H»lm*s,; who V repvesintcd ; the;, New ' Zealand 'Ceuntil, presided, &nd other dclesatcs were; ; Messrs. H. Waters .(Southland), .W.Auld.Crarftr' :naki),iW: :.G,:Speed.(secretarr. Auckland /Association), 'B; Salmon l,'(secretar/'N«w'Zt«land Council),- arid Q. E. Ford T '.kim'-jlPUeo).'' , '''''•■;;""■'■•■■' T - '■'■ : "■:■<■"■ V ■• ■ ,; ; Th» eh»irrasn movW tho, adaption'-. of 'tho fello^iiii^Mnatitution:—'-.',•..." ./. ■ [ '. ,-. ;■•,- ;

Vl.'iTliis ««jb«iation shall be called the "New Eealtnd: Referees' . Association," •. and it '■. shall e«naist'«f•'■' all ;■■ laeal:', 'Associations as shell boßoine • Affiliated; ■ Its ■ headquarters '-'shall , be.in Welliijton.: 2iJts objects .shall bos,(a) To secure, uniformity in aim control of'inter, prolations and hillnfts.by referees oft the Laws, of.'Association .Football in Now' Zealand,-, (b) To-provide',referees : for all".matches when toquested to do so by the New Zealand'l'qdtba.ll Association; "(c) To' take stops,to' &soure-. liuh-' ishment. of, any person offering insult 10. a- r> feree. >(<1) To obtain rulings'frbm the' Football Association' through :-rh<) 'N.Z.F.A.y.:and di'dril buto 'same; to .all. affiliated, associations.•■' 3.; officers .shall, bo. a .president, honorary storetai>-: and treasurer, aiid a. management, coin; iriitl:«,.';c6nsistin[!..of,.qne' i by each affiliated association," and ..these shall be.eleoted.'.aiinaiilly, :i. Tjie affairs, of the association shaU,,boin: ( tho. hands .of .the "liianHgcmcnt'coniniitteo r \y'ao shall conduct all the ■ business.;and 'arrange,) for, sub-comraittees'for special work-when uicesiary.:. Half the 'humbir »f any eiimmittce shall.form a quorum.: 5. Ths annual ■■ meeting shall be held, in May, and <ne ndtlee , ," together :with a. copy'of.-report and Hlanee'-sheet;, shall ! be forwarded, to. bacli aflli'atei aMooiation. .6.'X'ho'subsoription; pay--a,ltlo;.by -eaoh-"affiliated -assooiation.sho.il \>a Is.', ti; j»jr .anhiim, payable before July i in e»(i year,, and any assdeiation being orio month ji : lirears .with'its subscdption shall ceaso to be »,'sieß'ber , .. ■ ; .',. : -:.-v. ■."■:■- ■-. ;v : ; v '-;

-.-Jir. .Speei,; sUßgested that'.tlVe wnnag«mont «BM«iilt« should pe .movable: aunually, instead »t biiag.: located . in' - Wellihgtoh, >tit tke Idea found no Support, and Mr.. Speed iid : not press it. ;;.■'"', , '■'■■■. . "'.•■■.■■'" ." .; : Thb e»nstitution was - adopted ! , without aiiendment. ; :. ■';:.. -.. V ■-..:'. ':'■'■.'"■.■

: Mr. .iv. Jloiektpn (Taranoki),. was .elected president; and Mr.' W.~ Wood,'hbn : . secretary and treasurer;,' >■■":': "'■ '■.. '■' "•"' ■ , -. : .

. It wm resjWtd to.ask the!'.affiliated 'associa-' tions.whon;appointing dolegntes to , ohoose.referees for the purpose wheiiover possible. ■'■. ■:"■'■■ '"■: The ehairman said tho n<nv associatitin would begin operations by appointing Vretbree .for tho next : matoh alt«r to-day. ;. : - . ;.' -,• 1 It '-was rcjoWed to ask the local; referees' as. sofliatioiis. to eubmif lists of, thcii'. members. '■'•' Mr. Speed- said it .was stated in the übrtll that referees in Wellington were;paid for.their services. Was/that so? ' " '" ■.1 ■ "Noes"-'aud;.laughter were the ■ answer to this question, ■ and some members inid that, on ; tho contrary; referees wore frequently out of. pocket as a result of thoir ofilcinl services. <-:v; ;' i-'A: rcpresentntivo football'match, under, tlio Northern Union rules, will' take pl.ico nt Victoria"Park, Aucklond, on October i! 5, botween teams'-reprcsentirtiT Aucklnnd and Wellington , . The' , latter team will be chosen'about tho'end of this month. It will include five or six players . from .Wellington, a similar number from-Petone, -aitil- probably :'C.'. Byrne: and,,C, Sullivan, who aro at Dresaut in Nelson. .■:.-..;•;