ATHLETIC SPORTS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1134, 23 May 1911, Page 7

ATHLETIC SPORTS.

, RUGBY FOOTBALL. THE MATCHES FOR THIS WEEK. SENIOR AND OTHERS. The following are,the Rugby fixtures, grounds* and referees for Saturday . Senior Matches. p e ( o ne v. St. James, at Athletic Park No 1; Mr. C. Atkinson. Oriental v. Athletic, at Athletic Park No. 2; Mr. H. Card. Wellington v. Poneke, at Petone No. 1; Mr. B. Tregear. MnWc y. Victoria College, at Polo No. 1; Mr. W. Roberts. Old Boys v. Southern, at Karori No. 2; Mr. W. J. Meredith. Junior Grade. ' Southern v. St." James, at Newtown Park; Mr. H. Larway. Oriental v. Poneke, at Karori No. 1; Mr. R. Evenson. Selwyn v. Old Boys, at Polo No. 4; Mr. C. It. Ingram. Petono v. St. John's, at Petone No. 2; Mr. J. J. Mahony. -'Athletic v. Melrose, at Polo No. 2; Mr. C. Bell. Wellington v. Victoria College, at Polo No. 3; Mr. L. Keys. ' , Third Class Matches. Exchange v. St. Patrick's College, at Miramar Park, No. 1; Mr. J. Manning. Wellington v. Southern, at Hutt No.. 1; Mr. J. Russell. , Old Boys v. Selwyn, at Miramav Park No. 2; Mr. H. Clinkard. Oriental v. St. John's, at Miramar Park No. 3; Mr, W. C. Church. ' , Petone v. St. James, at Sharpe's No. 3; Mr." C. P. ißrocklbbank.

Victoria College r. Athletic, at" Miramar Park No. i; Mr. W. Spencer. Waiwetu v. Upper Hutt, at Upper Hutt; Mr. T. Quinn. Poneko v. Porirua, at Porirua; Mr. A. Bott. Karori v. Melrose, Karori' No. 3; Mr. A. Kean.

Fourth Class. ■Wellington v. Southern, at Anderson Park, Mr. L. Simpson. St. John's v. Selwyir, at Duppa Street; Mr. S. Standen. Oriental A v. Waiwetu, at Sharpe's No. 2; Mr. G. Findlay. .. . ' Petone v. Oriental B, at Sharpe's No. 1; Mr. J. Slines. ' Fifth Class. •Southern" v. St. Patrick's College A, at Kelburne Park; Mr. T. H. Jones. St. Patrick's College B v. St. James, at Athletic Park, 1.30 p.m.; ■ Mr. D. A. Taylor. Selwyn v. Hutt, at Hut.t No. 2. Petone. v. Athletic, . 'at Petone No. 3; Mr. A. E. Neilson. Poneke v. Melrose, nt Athletic Park, 1.30 p.m.; Mr. J. O'Sullivan. I Oriental a bye. Match for .Wednesday. . Tramway y. Oriental,, at Athletic Park No. 1; Mr. Geo. Howe. RUGBY REFEREES. . The weekly meeting of the Wellington Jtugby Referees' Association was held last evening, Mr. H. E. Card presiding. ..A letter was received from the sccrethe St. John's Ambulance Associntion, stating that referees might join the Ambulance classes, commencing next Friday, at the reduced fee of 'ss. for the course. The secretary was instructed to reply that the Referees' Association would fall in. with tho suggestion, and that (saveral members would attend the classes. "Mr. ,F. Laws offered to secure tho services of an instructor for half an hour on Monday evenings for the beuefit of those members who could not attend the St. John Ambulance classes. It was Unanimously decided to accept the offer. THOSE PETONE GROUNDS, ''NO FINALITY" YET. ' x At tho meeting of the Petono Borough Council last evening there -was read a letter from. .the,, Wellington Busby Union, wnveying tho 'iinibri s dissatisfaction over the delay which had taken place in the settlement of the terms of the lease of the football 'grounds between the' council and tho union.. The union alsp submitted certain amendments to tho draft agreement of lease, the main point being tlie proviso that if tho council declared its No. 1 ground unfit for play, the Rugby Union would play elsewhere the senior match fixed for th"e ; Petone, ground, but would the 'fixturo as being still one of the senior matches given to Petone. ' Mr. R. C. Kirk, solicitor to the borough, advised the council that the suggested amendment: was quite' foreign to tho original terms of the lease, and .would involve tho loss to Petone of a senior match whenever the ground was unfit for play. Mr. Kirk's report was adopted, and it was decided to acquaint the Rugby Union accordingly. TO BE KINEMATOGRAPHED. The Petone-St. James Rugby football match, to bo played at Athletic Park on Saturday next, is to be Itinematographed by Wesfs and tho Royal Pictures opjrator. ROUGH PLAT IN SYDNEY. By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyrisht c i j 7 T . Sydney, May st. Saturday s League football was charac•erised by roughness. Four players were ordered off the field in senior matches. ASSOCIATION GAME. TEAMS FOR TO-MORROW. The team picked to represent Hearts 1 jn their match on Wednesday is as fol-W-Carson, O'Shea, Algarf B Alear J&u dbur *; r ,/aUonil,- Mawhip, 'Bolfon 0 Shea, M Galium, Ormerod. 1 Darey^DefnTK' irp'vS'C 1

FIXTURES FOR SATURDAY. The following are tho Association grounds and referees for next Saturday.

Senior Matches. v - Hospital, at Porirua, Mr. A. Williams.

ltamblers v. Diamonds, at Basin Re(6)> Mr- K. S. Lithgow, \tJ r 7 ; f M a, \ < ! at Miramar, nil.® Wilson. Thistle v. 'Rovers, at Ivelbitrne (8), Mr. J. Ince. _ Corinthians v. St. John's, at Newtown Park (2), Mr. E. C. Hayton.

Second Division. Wade-stown v.. Rovers, at No. 1 Duom Street (9), Mr. H. Yeoman. PP Toa v. Diamonds, at Porirua, Mr. E Windle.v. Brooklyn v. St. John's, at No 5 Miramar (3), Mr. R. Hutcheson. Corinthians v. Y.M.C.A., at No. 2 Mirajnar (1), Mr. H. Smith. Wanderers, a bye. Third Division. Swifts v. Brooklyn, at No. 2 Dupna Street, Mr. W. E. Wells. St. John's v. St. David's, at Petone, Mr. J. Munachen. Petone v. Johnson'villc, at Johnsonville, Mr. T. Thorley.

Fourth Division. South Wellington v. Brooklyn, Miramar, No. 3 (11), Mr. A. Wells. _ Swifts v. St. .Anne's, Miramar, No. J, Mr. J. Bates. St. David's v. Diamonds, Petone, at 2 p.m., Mr. J. Munachen. Y.M.C.A. v. Itangers, Miramar, No. 7, Eev. Mr. Mutter. Institute v. Congregational, Miramar, No. 9 (10), Mr. J. Stranger. Y.M.C.A., a bye. Fifth A Division. Swifts v. Y.M.C.A., at No. 2 Duppa Street (2), Mr. W. E. Wells. Marist Brothers v. Brooklyn, at No. 1 Duppa Street (3), Mr. 11. lcoman. St. David's a bye. Fifth B Division. South Wellington v. Wadestown, at Newtown Park (1), Mr. E. C. Hayton. Institute v. Y.M.C.A., at Miramar, No. 5, 2 p.m., Mr. J. Bates. Ngaio v. Marist Brothers, at Miramar, No. 0, Mr, J. M. Wilson. Bangers, a bye.

Sixth Division. Swifts v. Y.M.C.A. B, at Miramar, No. 3 (9), Mr. A. E. Wells. Porirua v. Keatoun, at Porirua, 2.15 p.m., Mr. E. Windley. Karori v. Institute, at ICelburne (S), Mr. J. Ince. Hangers v. Brooklyn, at Miramar, No. 7, Mr. C ,B. Melville. Y.M.C.A. A v. Marist, at Basin Reserve, Mr. B. S. Lithgow. The figures in brackets represent, the grounds on which the matches will be played at Miramar if town grounds are not available.