FOOTBALL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 785, 7 April 1910, Page 7

FOOTBALL.

GREAT RUGBY, CARNIVAL. INTERNATIONAL CONTESTS. r Weeks before the first breath of winter ■ comes, v arrangements ■ for -'. the biggest carnival ' the /State wit .nessed (says the Sydney "Daily.. Telegraph") will have 'been • completed., The Union will present the'-most inviting programme V-"ever " arranged since oversea ; contests .have come into ' being. The'; usual 'inter-State matches .'With Queensland have been listed, "but there will probably be only three- of them in each 'State, in ; view of' the magnitude of the - season's programme. '■/ Then the popular,, gritty, and:expert•Nevr Zealand- ; ers-will send Valong : the 'strongest 'team; to be, got : together in the Dominion, which.;is; also .saying :much; < This combination will play three matches for; a certainty, and probably five., It .'may he remarked en passant that the New Zea"-.laadcis-have met the local 'Union in . fine • spirit on this occasion,' and have, practically • placed: themselves in the hands, of the New South AVales Council. They" imet. the local men in ,'a give-and-take I mood, the delegates leaving behind the mpst pleasant recollections of, the all-too-short '• conference., \ . -New.. Zealaiid 5; a10n0.-fwoiild'-'be, '.-.under ordinary circumstances, a> sufficient draw for one,season, but ithe Union,has gone one better, and "will introduce' '"for the first - time . on. any - Australian ground" ait I American team. ,The majority of the ' players,, as stated before in these will come from the- Stanford and Califomian Universities, frith one or - two of the High Schools having slight . representation. The Americans will have /five" games;, with: the "best '.of. the-local . teams, . and will thereafterwards. proceed ' to New' Zealand to try their luck there, ; 'i'hero is also under consideration a proposal to/bring another -Maori/team over, 'under : the /auspices of tlic ; Union. If negotiations. .are completed, •. the country ; centres- will; be given/the of the .dusky..warriors for soino of the dates/The closest approach to a programme of this : magnitude the State, has., yet. experienced , was.in 1904, when,an English representa-. ' tive side, the Queensland State team,. and . tho';Te Aute. boys-were here together; •

: - ASSOCIATION. MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE. The /'Management-. Committee of . theWellington Football - Association met last evening, Mr. ; B. L; Salmon,presiding. . Entries from various clubs for the.sea■6on J s'.competitiojis, and implications for .practice grounds irero referred to the Grounds Committee. -~ ■_ : St. James Club was . affiliated to the •association f as.a country club. \ . . The president - (Mr. 11. N. Holmes was i&uthorised to donfer with the chairman : of; .the/Wellington .Harbour : Board .with ! reference to the. possibility of .the board (granting special privileges with regard •to-a; boat for -players proceeding to Miraniar,'on Saturdays, the wharf being at present'closed to traffic. - • '. The* Ramblers Club' wrote stating that the: South. Wellington :Club; was playing iu. the same colours 'as they—red ;and white. It was decided that'when fie two teams met to play,' the former must play in whito of .some .other , colours. / The' Wanganui/Football Association; in a letter with reference to . the Brown (Bhield challenge match which was held Jover" from last season, asked that a , date •to fixed for the decision-of the match, shut not : bofore June 30. It was-resolved {that the. Wanganui Association ; be asked .to play on June 3. An application, from the Porirua Boys' •Club 'with reference to the acceptance of Entries was agreed to, 'the question of matches. being left to , the Boys' SubCommittee to arrauge. - ,

It .was decided that joint action be taken with the other sports bodies with reference to a conference with the Reserves Committee of the City Council on the subject of sports grounds, the object being to secure a' less rigid rule with regard to the use of the sports grounds in doubtful weather. , Permission was; granted to 'tho. St. James and Letter-Carriers Clubs to withdraw one team each- from their entries for tho competitions. /. At a large and enthusiastic. meeting Ixcld last evening it was unanimously iagreed to'form a Union Association Footfball Club, and to enter a team for the 'iWedhesday: competition. The following •gentlemen were elected to the various .offices:—Patron, C. J.. Crawford; president, ,T., Shields; vice-presidents, Messrs. CW. Drincan, P. Hatton-Miller, J. T. MilHington, H. S. Coburn, N. Bell; Wilson, I M. J. Donnelly, and P. Earlo; hon. secretary and treasurer, A. J. Williamson; lclub captain, W: H. Gayford; hon. AudiVtor, W. Duncan; management committee, IJ. Huddleston, A. J. Williamson, and W. !H. Gayford; selection committee,. R. □Read, A. J. Williamson, and the captain; delegates to Wellington Wednesday Foot--ball Association, AV. Duncan and A. J. Wilson'. Tho election of a playing captain was left over until a meeting of the team; Tho uniform is to bo red and ;blact half shirts, whito - knickers, - and fblack stockings. . .