Football

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 22, 20 August 1891, Page 2

Football

A largely attended meeting of the Football Club was. held in Mr' Donnelly's last night. Mr G. Say well was voted to the* chair. The Secretary read a communication, from the Bugby Union to the effect thatthe protest against the senior team had - been upheld. It was pointed out that, as Bole 5, relating to cup matches, under which theprotest was laid, provides that all disputes as to residental qualification tire to be settled by the. Managing Committee t themeeting of the Bttgby Union was informal and therefore its act invalidBye- law 4 states that the Managing Committee shall consist only of the delegates, - with the Secretary and Treasurer exofficio* while at the meeting at which the disqualification was carried* the President and two vice-Presidents were present and. both' spoke and voted on the protest. Neither the President nor vice-Presidenta held proxies to aot as delegates from their clubs, and therefore should -have'beea excluded from taking part in. a matter which wasclearly for the Managing Committee alone to decide. I The Secretary was requested to writes '. to the Bugby Union on the above ; and! : also to communicate with the Coroner,, re the late accident at Awahuri* pointing; out that neither Feilding nor Awahuri Clubs were in any way connected with it,, neither of the Feilding- brakes left Bulls till after seven o'clock, while the Awahuri team did not arrive in Feilding till 8.20, several hours after the accident.

The Manawatu Standard says : — "If art angel from Heaven came down to act as. referee, the Feilding footballers would not be satisfied unless they won the match. They had a clergyman in the position at Bulls last Saturday, and the Stab" says ' everyone ' (meaning the Feilding foot* ball team) complained bitterly of his decisions." Who disputed the referee's decisions in the recent Palirferston-Feilding match ? The sixth interprovincial match between Wellington and Otago was played at Dunedin yesterday. Otago won the match by sis points to three,' and is now one game to the good. ' , ,-,