RUGBY FOOTBALL

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 196, 14 May 1920, Page 10

RUGBY FOOTBALL

THE NEW SOUTH "WALES TOUR. A meeting of the Management Commit tee of the New Zealand Rugby Unioi was held last night, Mr. G. N. Slad presiding. There wore also' present Messrs. A. C. Kitto. T. H. Jones, J. M Piki. and R. T. Bailey. . The New South Wales Rugby Unioi wrote, stating that the dates suggests for tho tour of tho New Zealand tear, were July H 31, and August 2 in Syd ner. with a country fixture in the nre week. The letter regretted that th New Zealand committee- had found 1 imnossiblo to send a team in Juno, bu no inconvenience had resulted from tin postponement. Tho suggested dates wen confirmed. , , , , ~ Tho following selectors to select tin team to go to Australia were appointed Messrs. G. Nicholson (AucWan'l), B. J Malone (Taranaki), A. J. Griffiths (Wei Ungton), S. P. Wilson (Canterbury), ant H. V. Harris (Otago). The centre secretary in Sydney wrot< concerning tho amended rules. Permis «ion had been asked of the Englisl Rugby Union to piny them throiighon Australasia, pending its decision, lni reply Teceived, however, was to the et feet that the present rules must b< played until the alterations are sane tioned. At this a cablegram was senl urging reconsideration of tho reply, aw ',ho following cablegram was receivec from tho Rugby Football Union, Pwick. enham; "Profoundly anxious you tak« no action at present. We intensely do sire one universal code. Awaiting reph South Africa. No time will bo lost. In his letter containing a copy of tin cablegram the general secretary says :- "I think we raav regard both the.tacl that they are bringing the Dominioi unions into consultation on these mat ters as well as the tone oMhe abovi cable as intensely promising. It was decided to hold the North v South match on June 2G and that tin selectors for that match be the same ai for tho New Zealand team to go to Aus tralia. It was also resolved that th selection of twenty players for the Nev Zealand team should be made after tin North-South match. The place at whic tho match is to be held was left for tin annual meeting to decide. A letter was received stating that at ( meeting of clubs in the Main Trunk dis trict it had been decided to ask that : separate union should be formed foi that district. It was decided to placi the matter before the annual meeting The Whangarei Rugby Union als< wrote, asking that, a North Aucklam Rugby Football Union, comprising Baj of Wands. Wniroa. Otamatea, Hokinnga and'Whangarei sub-umons, be formed It was decided to refer this matter t< the annual meeting. • ~ „ , Recently it was reported that the Syd nev University had transferred its al legianco to the League game, but a let tor was read from he New South Wale! Ruoby Union, stating that at the an rial meeting of the University Footbal Club it was Voided by an ovenvheminf mainrity to adhere to the Rugby Union despite an organised attempt on, the pari of a section of the students, mainly non plavers, to defeat this. The following reinstatements were ap. provr : d:-H. S. Burrows of Shannon; J Ashton. of Petonej E. Hughes, of th Southland Union; Whare Seymour ol Levin; and Jacob, of Utikn. .With re gard to the case of J. Graham, it w;as de. cided to write the Otago union for an Zealand Rugby Referees' As Moiation wrote, asking that m futun the methods of appointment of referee, to representative matches bo left in the hands of the home Rugby union. _ It was pointed out that this was a mnttei for the various unions.