FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 274, 13 August 1921, Page 10

FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION

N.Z. COUNCIL MEETING. Mr C E Fordham presided over a meeting of the Council of the New Zealand Football Association last evening, when application was received from the Wanganui Football Association to play Brown Shield match being arranged for “it S'further decided to ask the Wellington Football Association itthey could arrange a date and ground .for such match to bo played in failing this the Wanganui Football Association is to be offered September 10 or 17 if arrangements can be complete for such match.. Assuming the match takes place Messrs. A. Williams and G. W. Bagnie were appointed selectors fo the North Island, and P. A, Cornish and J C. Cameron for the South. It wa decided to recommend that as far as possible preference be given to young P The Canterbury Football Association advised that last Saturday two senior teams had agreed not to play because i was snowing, though the referee had declared the ground fit for play. An opinion was asked as to what punis i went should be meted out. It was decided to inform the Canterbury Association that the referee’s action was correct and must be- upheld, and that the opinion was held that the match should be considered as having been played and no points won by either side; further, the teams should be censured. An appeal was received from the Thorndon Club, Wellington, against the Wellington Football Associations decision in deciding to replay the ThorndonWellington Gas Company match owing to their considering that the re.eree had made a mistake in law. The facts of the case were that 1 horndon beat Wellington Gas Company on a badly-marked ground by 3 goals to 2Both teams had agreed to play under the conditions, but the Wellington Gas Company afterwards protested owing to I the referee awarding a penalty against ; them on an unmarked ground. xhey also asked whether a referee could throw I down after an alleged case, of handling. The W.F-A. decided that in the latter case the referee should have awarded a penalty, and accordingly ordered the match to be replayed. The Thorndon Club appealed on the grounds that the I referee wa’ the sole judge as to whether a penalty should be awarded or not. It was' decided that the claim by the Gas Company’s team for a penalty to be disallowed was not valid, and in the second point as the referee decided that tlie "bauds” was unintentional the council must uphold his decision. The appeal of the Thorndon Club was, therefore, upheld, and tho match remains a win for Thorndon.