ASSOCIATION NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1740, 3 May 1913, Page 14

ASSOCIATION NOTES.

(Br Centre-Half.) First Aid on tho Field. Strong endeavours are being made by the executive of the Wellington Referees' Association to form a class of instruction in first aid for members of that. body. The present intention is that 20 members at least should join'. This will moan that a courso of lectures that usually costs 10s. will bo reduced to 7s. Gd., if tlio promoters of the scheme are successful in enroling a score of mtnibers. There is not-tho least-doubt that tho proposed scheme should recoivo all the en: couragemerit. that it is possible to give it. There are many oocasions on whicn a. referee having a knowledge of first aid work can be of great help and assistance to players who have tho'misfortune to bo injured during a gamo of. football. Take' a case which happened at Duppn Street last Saturday' during the progress of tho Waiiderers-Y.MX'.A. match. Two players namod Tempest and.Vonnell had the misfortune to como into violent collision wh'iii they were both endeavouring to head tho ball. Both mon received nasty ■wounds on the head, and at first it looked as if one of them was very seriously hurt. Mr. F. O'Connell,' the referee, was a first aid ma.i, and there is no doubt whntovor tha-t had he not been on the spot the men in questio-i would liavo suffered much more than they did after his skilful manipulation of the bandages, etc. This caso has been quoted simply to ehow the benefit a referee derives in. knowing something about first aid work, and it behoves players and reforces alike to dako up this new proposal with a will.

Notes. . At a recent meeting of the ! Management Committee of the W.F.A. tho secretary,of the Association suggested that in place of the boys' coaches having only two representatives on their sub-committee, that the W.F.A. should elect'oiue member from their committeo to act as chairman land that tho coaches should clect tho remaining four required to form the subcommittee. The suggestion was agreed to, and at the meeting of boys' coaches called together to deal with various mattors several members 'expressed their satisfaction at the treatment accorded them. Tho.'« is no doubt the move is a step in tha right direction, as it is only natural that the requirements of this class of football are more likely to be understood by coaches than by others. The Association, has at present in hand tho formation of a scheme for the insurance of.its players, and a sub-conimittco consisting of Messrs. J. Paton, A. Williams, and B. L. Salmon are at the present .time drafting rules for consideration/One suggestion made is that a charge of Is. Gd. should bo made, and that the amount should be paid at tho timo a player signs a registration form. However, the three appointed are quite capable of bringing down a set of rules which wiil no doubt receive tho approbation of players. Tho intention of tho Association to hold a sports meeting is another excellent proposal, and it only requires the help of players and enthusiasts to make the affair a most successful one. It Is hoped the new ground will be ready by the timo the meeting eventuates. It is understood that already several members of the committeo are m active training for the Management Committee fifty yards sprint. A heartburning question at tho present timo is whether it is advisable for the Association to send boys' teams out to Porirua fr> play each week. Several coachcs have expressed thoir opinion that if this is dons the Association will find that very few teams will put in an .appearance on the suburban ground. At the present time a suggestion is that home and homo matches Should be played, and this appears to bo tho most feasible scheme to satisfy all concerned. A new Teferee in the person of B. Bell fook tho field last Saturday in tho second division match played between Diamonds and Kaiwarra. Ho gavo a very excellent display, and should provo an acquisition to the ranks, of the whistler?. Those at the head of the "Soccer" game look forward confidently to tho future, in so far as many of tho boys at present in tho lower grades are showing particular aptitude for tho game, and these lads lyefore long must graduato to the higher divisions. Many of tho boys are really clever exponents of the game, and tho selectors of languishing senior teams could well spend a little time looking for likely material in the lower grades. There aro many of t'heso boys ready to bo drafted into bigger football, and one worth looking aftor is young F.' Thomas, of tho Bifoklvn fourth-class team. This lad is only one of a number of very promising boy:) who are shaning towards the top flight.