RUGBY CONTROL

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 296, 8 September 1920, Page 8

RUGBY CONTROL

bough piay at petone.

The weekly meeting of Commitf.ee of the W' llln ®ff" T Eu f r h c J nd Vv «" wna held last cvenine. Mr. J. presided, and there were present: Messrs. TV. Donovan. TV. TV. Cooli:. G. Jack«>"• J - N. Millard. H. Buck, anil A. H. Griffiths. The Referees' Association wrote that in view of the serious allegations ni^ 0 !" 1 rc * to rough Play,in the match Petone fourth v. St. James s. on Auciist 21. tmeommittee Bhould hold an Inoujry in.justice to tlie referee who controlled the game on the occasion. , . . .. A deputation from St. James a t It b w aitert on the oommlttce, and asked tl at the matter In dispute between the Ictone Fourths and the St. Jamess Unb should be "reopened. The principal speaker, tlie coach of the club, suggested that a fresh iiimiirv should be held «i 9 to tne allegations of rough nlay made by tho &t. James's Club airainst the Petone players. It was urged that In respect to, rough nliv the referee's decision could not be i uiken us final. The club .could, bring evi(lence of unbiassed witnesses,. who were not connected with fit. Jameas Club, who would say that there was very rough play. The St. Jamess Club contended that ll the, allegations could be proved then the tetimo should he allowed fo play the frame over again. The nresident, who was present when the came was nlayed. expressed tho opinion that It was tho roughest of games, and the accidents received by the St. James's playors were serious. It was pointed out by another speaucr tnat the oUlcers of the club would not ha\c taken action-were they not fully satisfied that there was warrant and justification for their action. The St. Jamess team did not- no on to the field for tne second srell with the approval of the 01-Wai. 8 club who were present. At luilf-time thero wero fl'vo players,in'the. St. s team who were so seriously injured that tney could not continue to play,' One of the iniurr;! players was unconscious for some time aud caused the officials considerable anxiety. It was urged that players were entitled to protection against rough play The captain of the team said he learned to play football at. Wellington College, and was taught to play elenn football. Tin came he played in acainst 1 etone was tlio TouEjhefft and dirtiest that lie had e\er j b tt"waa decided In fairness to the Po',~ Olub that an inquiry into the allegations should be held under Rule 20, a snbcommittee of three he appointed to hold the inquiry. Messrs. Jackson, Cook, and Buck were appointed tlio committee to mako t.lif' inauirv. In \'iew of the fact that the Referees Association had not claimed personal expenses r lie committee voted £10 towards the association's entertainment fund. The New Zealand Ru&by V m £ n . was granted the use of the Athletic Park on September 22 for the Game between the two high pchools left in tlie final.

REFEREES FOR. INTER-PROVINCIAL MATCHES. By Telesraph—Prejn Association. Dunedin, Scntcmhcr V. A special meeting of t.lve Referees' Association was held to-night to dtßcuss the deoiai"i- of the Otago Rugby Union to appointoutside referees for inter-provincial matches. The general opinion of members n-iiH in favour of the chance, hat they resented the action of the union in ignoring the association in the matter. It was decided to write to all Referees' Associations asking them not to submit names of referees until all the Hnsrby unions have endorsed the change, and to aslc the New Zealand Refci'ees' Association to enforce by-law 2b respecting the appointment of referees for ench matchos. RAILWAY ENGINEERS AT I'LAY | On Monday the annual Rugby match 1 was played between Cwistchurch Railway Engineers and W Fnilway Engineers. Wellington were the victors bv 14 points (4 tries, 1 converted) to 6 points (1 try aud a penalty goal). During the courso of the i;;ime Thornton (Christchurch) was severely iniuied, and hail to ho removed to Iho al. AUCKLAND DEFEAT MAXATVATU.. By Telegraph—Special Correspondent. Palmerston North, September 7. The Auckland llugby f- otball team p'nycd Itanawatu to-day, and won ly 19 points to 3. The gamo was fast and open. The homo team had the advantage of the play for considerably more ttnn half the game, but in the latter stages Auckland got all over them, and had an easy win. In a junior representative match, Jlanawatu defeated Wnodvillo ty 26 joints to 3.