MERELY BANK GOSSIP.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1503, 27 July 1912, Page 12

MERELY BANK GOSSIP.

BOMB OF THE CLUB HAPPENINGS,

'A Petone Player, ~. ■;...; Horace Nnkn, fined last week for refusing to take'the. oath of allegiance.in the. Territorials, refuses .to pay up, and states that he .will "do" , the , necessary seven clays. No doubt ho Icribws Tiis own business best/, ~..'.. Aβ Australian writer has no hesitation In etating that jmore, knees, ■tinkles, and collar-bones.. are. \injured, in football in Sydney in any .one season that in, say, Wellington (Iscw Zealaiid),'. London (England), Scotland,,or South Wales. • Some little time ago the City and Suburban' Referees' -Association asked tho Now South' Wales Referees' Association for.a 'ruling: on the following—"During tho half-time interval of a game a player makes insulting■ remarks to the referee: Has.tho referee the power to order tho player from taking any .part in the gamo dnrin'g".tho second half?"... The New South Wales j Association's answer, "Yes," has b*cn confirmed by . the Council of tho New 'South/Wales Kugby Union, to whom, in . accordance with its regulations all dscisiona of the association are forwarded for endorsement or otherwise. Because .of the hard grounds Sydney forwards are miles behind New Zealand, Wales, or Scotland in tho art of wheeling or screwing the scrum.—So says a Sydney writer. ■ Orieutal will 'have its strongest-team in next match,, as several meii have recovered :i'rom minor injuries received iii past matches. ■ Jfivrphy and Kyne will be "hooking" ogai.ri lor Oriental, ns both these men were unfortunate enough to ge.t disabled together; Their inclusion should materially strenuthen tho Oriental pack

Carrad (Oriental), who up to the.present has been playing with a disabled knee, is practically lit ajjain, so taking everything into consideration, and with ordinary luck, should make a bold bid for championship honours this season. The Old Story: Petone third-class team, who nro now out of the championship in their grade, owe it all to not training. It is stated that their captain set a rather mediocre example. It was tho best team which Petone's thirds have had for eight : years. Basil Cudby (Petone fire-eighths, third fifteen) departed for Sydney' yesterday, where he will make a trial of Australian Football. He was formerly a Melbourne player of some note under Victorian rules. . W. Donovan, coach for Petone fifth fifteen, is w.ell spoken of. r ,In past days Donovan loved f<) see a senior game, but now never deserts his boys, who in turn stick to him all the time. Same may bo said of W. Fraser, junior coach, H. Selwood and J. Price, mentors to Petono fourth fifteen. The 'success of the Petone Club is said to bo due to' their coaches. There is one for every team from senior to sixth class. A subscription list has been sent out by tho St. James Club, on behalf of "Algie" Thomas, who is at present in the Wellington Hospital. It is stated that (apart from St. James) the "Petone boys" intend making a good effort towards this deserving cause, " . .• j