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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 890, 9 August 1910, Page 7

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|jisrl,^;V:;:;football; -.. \ ?;, SATURDAY'S RUGBY EVENTS. }>v;VP-The "following are; the Rugby fixtures, ; ' grounds,'and Tcfereesfor Saturday next:— :.>r- •■'.-. J "'V'; : '.Senior. Matches.: . : '■:. ■'• y'■ ■ Oriental v. Poiieke, at Athletic Park --. N0..1,"-Mr. H^.Card,- St. Jani'is v. AthWletic/at'Athletic Park No. 2, Mr. J. >■■•;. Francis;. Wellington' v. Victoria College, ;. . tttV.Pqlb No. l.Mr. W: J. Meredith i -..-'■. Southern, v. ; Melrose, at Kar.ori~.No.-2, :•: -Mr. W. J. Spencer; Hutt v. Old Boys, at Hutt "No. l,.Mr. A: : Neilson; Petone,' a ■;_. •'■■ bye. ,:r, ;; . •■. ,-.. ■■;./.;'•:■ ■ . . " . /. j . V .';•':. Junior Matches. Melrose ' .■?'. . Selwyn, Polo No. 2, Mr. H. •'<::" Sumrrierhays; Athletio • v.-St. John", Polo . ViNo.'.S, Mr. J. Russell; Old Boys v. St. i: (James,;, at: Polo No. 4, ■ Mr.- E. Walker; ■ .'..yiotoriß: College at Miva- ;'■■■. mar Park No. 2, Mr. J.. Slenes. . ■'..: : ■j l ':'?'- Th.itd-c\iiss Matches. ■ .." ' Petone v... College,; at : Col- - .lege'.Ground, at 3, Mr. W. Church; Karori . v. St. Patrick's College, at Karori No. I,'llr. B. EVenson; Victoria College y. . Poiirua, at Porirua, Mr. H. Larway; •■■.' • Oriental v. Athletic, at Miramar Park No. ; 8, Mr.J. J. Hahoney; Ponekov. Melrose, ■■'.; at East's No. 4, :Mr. L. Keys; Southern \ . r.-St.; John,-at East's,: No. 5, Mr. J. Wey-;-7 ibourne. •:.■■.,.. ■'■■.',;'.'■". " '■;"■, . .', '~■, : 'fifiii : Fourth-class Matches. .. -■•':'. '.-Southern r.-Oriental;' at-East's No." 6, .'' ' ilni.E.vFordyteVSolwyiv. Oriental B, at ;;. ■' , DvppixStreet, Mr.,F. .Martin; St. .James ?;■; yV.'-;j,yictoria 'College,-at Anderson -ParK, ,;;,. ...Mr'.;'E.-'Tregear;; , St. , 'John's'v.: Johnson- ' villfe; -.'Mt.'/.H.'- Gauntlett; Petone t. Old' ;■"■", ;Bdy3,':at Petone' Recreation, Mr. J. D. ..;.. v -Fraserj/rAthletio .and Poneke, byes.'-.. : "' . ; V'. Fifth-class Matches. . ' ' . ; ;. ■ ; , I'.■"' -Petone-v.' Wellington College, at Col- ■■•/. -lege.Ground, at 3,-Mr. C. Bell; Hutt v. .: St.-.-Patrick's Colleee-B, at Hutt No. .2, J ■...Mr.-'Q. Kndlayj.St. Patrick's College A , ■ r T,'-Selwyii,.at : .Atnletio Park, at 1.30, Mr. ,'■.,. L;! Simpson; Athletic v. Wellington Col-;-^:!leEe,;.!;ttS?College:Ground,'at 1.30, Mr. ;T. '.'• ,'. Tnompson;.Poneke vv Melrose, at Athletic' ■'. ..■Part.Vat.l.3o, Mr.. J., Condor; Southern, a ' '•.'• bye.*.;'.-! ; :.,';..',. ■:■/■■_... ' " .-;■ , i ,'.'■ ■-..'.' , f ■ '"■'•'' ■':.■: Tramways -y. 'Star, -at Athletic' Park ",:■ N.ti.:2j:Mr:G. Howe; Oriental v. Butchers, :: -: at/Athletic Park Nα 1, Mr.' S. Standen; ,:.'. : -':'Starß.":B.;v; J Butchers,, at Newtown Park, ; ; , v Ur,>E.vrordyce; ;■ .;. \,.,.- ;\: ' ."■';; ;> : .;"- PIAT., ; •■ ;■ Discussing ' "OSside'.Mac's.", comments ■■'.'.■ ih>The DpjimoN..with regard to > the ' , qrtality of Rugby/in New South Wales, i :.: tt©..latest;Sidney.:' r ßeferee" says^- ' ,'dThpse who saw. the Sydney matches of ■■'. . the;.NeH" Zealanders in 1907,\closoly fol- : lowed,.the.tour of-.the 'Wallabies,', and ;• nave .seen the. football under .both. Northern, Union and Eugby "Onion codes in Sydney.'.this 'year,' will' regard .'Offside ;. -. Mac's'-; idea; of Australian play, as an anachronism. , ..It .is perhaps in some degree triie, of; Queensland football, but has . -not; heen,true-'of: New-South Wales'foot-' ■■■_-■. ball for.' about ..tenyears or so. Jlr. Mac- ' kenzie' is .always' interesting on football, ..-.;.■: but';as;;,he,h'as.perhaps not.seen Austra- ■ ,; lian Eugby.in Australia since it began to r ■ ',■;■ gradually ./work-. s up ; to the high-water mark,' .he is prone ..to base' his. arguments .' 'ori' premises: no; longer, sound. ..:, : - . .'.. ',- ■ ' "If : -the'"whole .'of. the, players of. both '/..: Eugby. games, in Sydney alone had been ' . .-■ available tomeet the New Zealand team .-■ ; thlsi'year, the New. Zealanders , wouldpro:bably hare been beaten : in all . four matches'in Sydney. : /This'-'is the uriani- ";.-• mbuSiopinion'of,Sydney men and of. not a;few -New Zealanders here. There can-not-be much wr6ng with Australian.Eugby;, when' a .Eugby ■ Union .fifteen is able to.win/a, match against.New Zealand,and ■ a-Northern.•Union'feam is able to beat ..-•■ .England on the same. day. And;there, is nothing wrong with it. The manner in which:the'English, Northern.Union team .i.' :las its opponents-in ' New' ../-'■Zealahd'-eloquently, emphasises-.the high! '■ 'quality, of Kugby, players, im. Australia/? :' v•,-■■ ■"-':'■'"'■ ; " The .'Wellington:- • Association- , jnet' ; laet ev;eningi-Mr..D. 'M'Kenzie pre- -: ■".siding. :•* ' ~ .:'./,,' ''..'.' ' The , action, of ; -the Classification Comimittee; in appointing .E..,Tregear and L. .. ('Simpson senior referees.vwas' confirmed. ■ '.--.. The.Petone branch complained that one '' soffits referees, Mr. Tinlay/, had !been '•.;.-■ /oyerlooked'-.' in . the: matter , : of S-appoint-'ments.'-he having been" given only'.three games.during theseason. ■■~.- :.- .. -.'.- , It. wai stated that Mr. -Einlay, referee, . '.had* been ■ left out owing to no proper ■b- notification having''been' made 'that-Ms :.. services were available,: but he had : been ' appointed . for next Saturday.-Secretary ':"■ i.tp;;reply accordingly. ■ •■. ' : . '. •. ■'. . .".The, Hawke's Bay. Association invited the: Wellington Association -to play a ; match at Napier.—lt was agreed to, ac- •'..■ cept'provided the Kugby Union pay ex- ■■.■-."■ penses.'.""-'";'.'. s -'V'-. , ,;-'.',■.'- ■ '■ ■■ ;■■; .'■.."' ." The Rugby'. Union notified that teams defaultingfon Saturday, July 30, had been .MornSed,.that; this sort of thing.could- ■ not.,;cpntinue and :the ; -usual fines "had . been'inflicted. ■' .'•■. :'. ..■-•■ :'G. Moran was. appointed to'referee the representative match, Welling- \ . iton-'iv: ■■ Wairarapa, to "be played at Ath-; ; lletio Park next Saturday as a. "curtain- "' Taiser" to the'cup final.. ; : . .; I '.', jHrV'"; J. Mahoney complained of ■ .the' jirethods' followed .by the Appointment 'Board: .; He had been informed prior to Ia; meeting that one of two referees would ibeKappointed for a certain match,- and • ;the information had proved .correct. '.;.' -.There'was ; a brief discussion on this ." •■'. Imatter, but,'as Mr.'Mahoney. declined'to mame'-his informant, the" chairman ruled : ■ !that the next business be taken; 1 • '-. ~ !'"; ;'Qn;the motion of the chairman it was ~.agreed:V,"That this meeting respectfully. -.".'. .'requests the -Executive of the New Zea- : .land'.Eeferees'. Assoclatioa in the inter-' .;-■ 'ests of'the "game, and the association',, to I'; invite 'representatives of tho-press to-be "■■ present, at their meetings." In supporting his motion Mr. MTfenzie stated that. '.nbt enough was known about the proceed- . . of the New; Zealand E«ferees'- Asso- '■'. -:ciatioiL : - Its decisions upon various mat- . ■'Jters were of, a nature to gTeatly interest :the"'football world, but they were never .made;known to was one of ■those"who"'h'ad strongly supported -the jformation of the. association, and he ; opined that if the press were admitted jto its meetings it would be good for the game and good for the association itself. i On" the motion, of Mr. : Keys it was deicided that' no-referee be appointed "to •-. jeenior matches unless he attended at . ileast'one meeting in , every three of the lassociation. . '' ■ . .'■ - '■ .TEAM' NOMBNCLATUKE. n When' ; the' British -Eugby ' team for South-Africa were , parading at the sta- ■ tion in London before their departure, ; E. Temple Gurdon was approached . ;by a'vpre^sman—oneof the'new school— ' '.- sand addressed thus: '...." '.':.'... "3j the'Vay, Mr; Gurdon, what is this ■team to be called?" / V. Mr.,Gurdon could not understand tiio query, and sought enlightenment. . ":.. .'.lWell.iyou remember that the New Zea- '-. (landers:were called the 'All Blacks,' the i South ■Africans;,the 'Springboks,' and the 'Australians the 'Wallabies.' .. Don't you think'" queried the reporter,, "a name /might be given'to'this team?" , ,n" W^V ot call them The Eugby Unionthe quiet reply:of the -fa:mous footballer. :And the irony of it •would probably be lost on the pachydermatous refortcr.-"Athletic News." FOE REFUSING TO PLAY. • ■ '"• (By T«l«Eraph.-PresßT Association.) m »-, "„ Dargaville, August 8. The Nor hern Wairoa Hugby Union has disqualifieil the Dargaville Seniors till the end:'of the season for refusing to ■play Arapuhue in tho final for the cup. AUCKLAND'S. TEAM. ■' Auckland, August 8 The following team has been chosen to ■ represent Auckland against Hawkc's Bay on Saturday next:—Miller, Stewart O'leafy, Murray, Power, Mageo, Morse Wilkes, Tyler, Sellar3/ Wylic, Cunuingl ham, M'Guire, Hayward, Hall. .• ' : SCHOOL RUGBY. The primary schools of the Wairarapa will .bo:represented by the • following team : in the'match to be played against ;, Wellington representatives' at Welluv-ton

gn Saturday next:—Pull-back, Puki Mason (Grcytown); three-quarters, Kemblo (Carterton), Hrnnton and P. Blackman (Mastertou); five-eighth, G. Forman (Mastertori); half-back, A. M'Kenzio ; wings, Corlett (Mastcrton) and D. Fairbrother (Carterton); forwards, Meyrick, Nicholls,. and Grace (Carterton), Scwell, K. Bnmton, and Speedy (Mastertoii), and Mitchell (Greytown). Emergencies: Backs, Pryor (Mastertbn) mid Quinn (Greytown); forwards, L. Fairbrother {Carterton) and E. Perry (Mastcrton)..' BRITISH-NORTHERN UNION TEAM. hi Telegraph -Press /ssociation-Oopyrlehl (Rec. August 9, 0.55 a.m.) .. .■ . Sydney, kugust 8. The tour of the English Northern Union team realised approximately 412,000. The team takes .£7200 on the basis of CO per centum of the gross proceeds. The guarantee was J3000.' The amount taken in Sydney was nearly .£9000.. " ASSOCIATION. I \ DRASTIC MEASURES. , (By Tekgraßti.-Vross A.ssocisition.l , ■'■ . . •. Dunedin, "'August 8.. .At a meeting of the Football Association to-night, P. Aitcheson, a member of the Alliance Club, was suspended till the end o£ 1915 for continued tripping; and Mi'Leod, a member of tho same club was similarly dealt with for I violent charging and kicking. Cormack, also of the Alliance Club, was suspended till the end of June, 1911, for striking an opponent. A suspension of five years, I imposed on,Lawson(Morhington Club) by , the.Wednesdaj Association for strmug a 1 referee, iras endorsed. ';.,.■ . .RAMBLERS' CLUB .DINNER. ; The Ramblers ■ Association'." Football team','who won the' 11)10 championship for the first timo since their inception seven years ago, celebrated tho occasion by hoiding a dinner at the New Zealandor Hotel last craning. .There • were fifty quests present, Major Mackintosh presiding. After dinner a number.'of toasts were honoured, the principal ones being as follows :•—"The King," (Chairman Major Mackintosh); "The Rair.blers Team" (Mr. J.'J". .Roberts); "New Zealand Football Associii-tion" (Jfr. E.-F. 'Jrackay); "Tiio Wellington,' Football Association' , (Mr. It. Tl.M'Lean);' "Tho Wellington Referees' Aesociation"-.(lfr. W. Duncan); and "The Press." A. capital progrnmme was ]j/«Wded.by the promoter? '. of tho (unction, ■the following contributing! Messrs. Jackson, H. G. Jfayer, Jas. Paton, Broivn' (sketching), -Blamford, ' Bostin, Major Mackintosh, and. DrMsaacs. . • During the course of;the evening the ' different : . speakers congratulated „ the Ramblers .Club on / the improved , form shown from year to year, and esiiecially upon the sportsmanlike spirit which characterised their play on the field. A very successful evening ",vas tiToug'ht. to a close by the singing of "Auld Lang Syne." In the Boys' Sixth Division grade on Saturday Poririia defeated Y.M.C.A. by 2 goals to 1. Harris scored both goals for the winners; .-■■•-, •-."'• •■ ' .;.:■ ' ■■. '^■''•', GOLF..-'- ■'/■'" MASTERTON. AND...FEATHERSTON, A return match, between the Featherston and Mastertbn Golf OlubS was played on the Lansdowne' links on Saturday last, and resulted in a win tor ■ Mastertou by eight -matches .to one. W. H. Robieson beat .G. T." Fenwick, 3 up and 1, to play; A. B..Lawrence beat G. T. Allen, 6 up and 5 to play; W. H. Booth beat G. Fenwick, 8 up and G to play; B. Booth beat A. J. Toogood, 5 up and 3 to play; A. E. Sclandte beat F. Bladen, 2 up and 1 to play;> G. G. Aitken lost to J. W. Card, 4 down and 3 to play; C. W. Perry beat J. I. Bicknell, 3. up and 2 to play; F. H..Elcoate beat F..0. Ever-' ton, 5 up and 3 to play; J. Gray beat Q, Donald, 7 up and 6 to play. -.■ ■.! . '■' ' ■■■ ,

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, .' WILDING AT OSTEND. , By TelegTapn—Press Association—Copyright.. . . ■'■• "■"'■■•■ ■■'"'" London,' August 7.' ; i Wilding won tho singles .championship at ; . Ostend, beating Trasenster, 6—2, 6—a, 6—l. ." / BOUENEMOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP. London, August 7.' ' G. A. Thomas defeated Doust in tho final of the Bournemouth championship singles, .6-3,. 7-5. : . Doust and Pockley defeated Thomas and Wallis Myers, 6—2, 6—4, in tho chani.pionship doubles. . . WELLINGTON ASSOCIATION. At a special meeting of delegates of the Wellington Provincial Lawn Tennis Association which was hold in Armit's Rooms last night, Mr. R. St. J. Beere presided over an attendance of eleven delegates. A'proposal to hold an annual.'ball for the purpose 'of bringing tennis players' together and helping the association financially, was submitted by tho Management Committee, and approved by the meeting. The Management Committee is to .fix a date early in September and mako other arrangements. ,'...-■.<• , CRICKET. -.. ■ • ENGLISH COUNTY MATCHES. By Telegraph-Presa Association-Copyright.. , London, August 7. ' At Cricket, Surrey defeated Middlesex by two wickets. Smith took six wickets for 16 runs in Middlesex's second innings. R. E. Foster scored 133 runs for AVorcestershiro against Yorkshire. This was his first appearance ■ for three years.

BILLIARDS.

LINDRUM AGAIN BEATS ROBERTS. According te the . latest "Sydney Referee," the story of the second meeting of Roberts' and Lindrum was a revised edition of the Melbourne game—Lindrum off-colour at the start, Roberts going 'strong. At halfway it appeared that Roberts would shako Lindrum up, but as "tho pace of the table increased, Lindrum gained • confidence, and towards the end had regained, the form that characterised his runaway performance in Melbourne. On Wednesday Roberts was at his best,, with the splendid aggregate of 1890 and high-class breaks of 500, 274, 2JG, 203, 162, and 103; and were it not for the little waits in between might have wiped off his deficit. When Lindrum started working the red on Thursday for the first time during tho game the fact dawned on Roberts that ho was in for another defeat. Lindrura scored 1250 to 871-that 'day, and continuing an unfinished run to 342 on Friday afternoon, reaching his points with an average of 150 for the session, he put on the closure, for despite a.Tun of 313 at night by Roberts, tho A'.'Stralian scored 1250 to 719; and that was how Roberts was beaten by 2307 points. BOXING. CHAMPION HAS A CLOSE CALL. There will be no contest for thei lightweight championship of the world for somo time now,, says "Boxing," and both MiFarland and Welsh can arrango for a fourth meeting at their leisure, as Wolgast will not be ready for either of them for some time. Tho champion took part in his first match since winning the title against Jack Redmond at Milwaukee on Juno 10. Ho started well, and was scoring fast, but injured his left arm in the foilrth round against Redmond's elbow, and snapped a bone in the forearm in the seventh. After this he was almost helpless, and Redmond might havo got a knock-out had ho possessed tho necessary power. The newspapers gave their verdict te Wolgast, as he was. leading well up te the time of -his accident.