RUGBY FOOTBALL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1160, 22 June 1911, Page 6

RUGBY FOOTBALL.

ATTRACTIONS THIS AFTERNOON. Followers of our winter sport will have two matches to occupy their attention at the Athletic Park this afternoon. At 1.45 p.m. the Wellington B team will meet the ".Now Zealand "University team which is to tour New South Wales, and the Wellington A team will try conclusions with the Marlborough representatives on ,thc termination of the first game. As Moffat will be unable to play for the A team, J). .Sullivan, of the li team, will take his place as "lock." Dent will play, "lack" for the li team, and Price, the emergency man, will take Dent's place. Hills cannot play for the B team, anil Houlihan, of Southern Club, will (ill the vacancy. Dawson and Kamsdcn will also be absent from the ranks of li team; Daly (Pctonc) has been selected to fill Dawson's place, but the vacancy caused by Enmsden's absence will not be filled until to-day.

Owing to the Arahura, which was to ccnvey the Marlborough team to Wellington, being weather bound at Westport, the Pateena made a special trip to Wellington to convey the Marlborough team across.

His Excellency the Governor will bo present at the Wellington-Marlborough match. It has been decided to admit cadets ill uniform and hoy scouts free of charge.

The following is the personnel of the teams in the principal match':—'

Marlborough.—pull-back. C. Cost el lo; three-quarters, P. Daly, 0. Manning (captain)','S. Mogridgc; fivc-cisrhths, J. Twomey, J. O'Brien; half, J. O'Roiirke; wine, F. Sonthgnto;. forwards, E. T. Hogclnn, C. Hegi?liin, J. Macdor.ald, H. Webster, P. Healey, fi: Sheridan. C. Shcchan.

Wellington A.—Full-back, Evenson (Athletic): .three-quarters, Cook (St. James), Mitchinson (Poncke), Grace (Old Boys); five-eighths, M'Leod (Oriental), .Tames Ryan (Pctone); half. Roberts (Oriental); forwards, Walsh, wing (Poneke), Irvine (Athletic), Elliott (Poneke). Perry (Oriental), Sullivan (Melrose). M'Farlane (Pctone). "Ranji" Wilson (Athletic), Sotheran ' (Poneke): ; emergencies, Tilyard (Poneke), Bell (Athletic). WELLINGTON RUGBY UNION. A meeting of the Management' Committeo of the Wellington ltugby Union was held last night. There were present:— Messrs. S. Brown (chairman), W. Perry, E. 0. Hales, W. Hardham, J. Bums, is. Little, J. Sweeney, and W. F. Hornig. A sub-committee was appointed to confer with the Exhibition Sports Committee in regard to arranging events for Rugby night at the Exhibition. A letter from the Town Clerk stated that the provision of a dressing-shed at' Anderson Park was being considered in connection with the estimates for the current year. Tho secretary of the Selwyn Football Club wrote recommending the removal of the remainder of the suspension imposed on S. Shearer for pushing a player in tho face with his open hand. Tho letter stated that the club considered the sentence (12 weeks' suspension) was too severe for tho ease.—lt was resolved to reply that tho union was unable to soe its way to remit the remaining portion of the sentence. , A protest was received from the Wellington Football Club against a second round being played in the junior competition.on the ground that the custom for tho past ten years had been to play one round only. The letter from tho club pointed out that last season a proposal to play a second round was strongly protested against by a member of the committee who happened to be a delegate of tho club leading in the competition.— On the motion of Mr. Hales it was decided to continue the junior matches un- j til the senior competition was decided.