FOOTBALL.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2230, 30 June 1908, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

POVERTY BAY .RUGBY UNION'.

The usual weekly mooting of the Poverty Bay Rugby Union was hold lust night in the Masonic Hotel. Present: Messrs 11. E. Maude (chairman), J. -S. Wiiucliop, J. A. Eaton, L. B. Sliorriff, L. O. Ingram,, D. E. Dustin, iH. Bright, W. Johnston, C. Morse, and E. L. Maude (lion. sec.). The minutes of the previous mooting were -read and confirmed. COR RESPON.PENCE.

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The secretary of the Pntutahi .School Football Club wrote thanking the Union for the'donation of a football to tho Club. A letter was received from llio secretary of tho Mangatu sub-Union thanking tho Union for arranging the fixture with tho Thursday representatives as a curtain-raiser to tho British match.

The Clerk of the County Council wrote stating that that body would bo pleased to participate in the prooosed welcome to the members of the British team. GENERAL.

ft wag resolved that Thursday fixtures this week be postponed, and that the 'Hockey Association be notified that tho ground would not bo available; also, that thq Thursday representatives play a match on No. 2 ground against all-comers. Mr. J. S. Thompson was appointed captain of the Thursday representatives, and Mr. H. Pullett vice-cap-tain. -Mr. G. Rowe was' also eliosen as captain in the Poverty Bay team against the British team. 'The sub-committee appointed presented'their report on the proposed entertainment of tho British team. It was decided that tho report be adopted, and Mr. Dustin was appointed. to attend to the catering and to pvovido for 70. The Vita, Bros.’ orchestra is also to ho engaged for tho evening. It was decided that the officials of the Union meet the visitors on arrival of the steamer, and drive them to 4ho different hotels. -Later they are to assemble at the Esplanade Rotunda for -the official reception, when the City Band will be present. Brakes leave the Masonic corner for the ground at 2.15, the match to com-' liience at 2.45 p.m., and the curta-in-riiser to commence at ] .30 p.m. On arrival at the ground- the- Poverty Bay players go direct to the old pavilion and the British men -go to the new dressing rooms.

The question of charging admission to the players taking part in the curtain-raiser match was brought- up, but it was decided that the matter was outside the jurisdiction of the local Union. It was further decided that no schoolboys’ tickets be issued at the gate, but must be obtained in town previously.

-Rangers are to be on the ground, and any ..person obtaining admission by any other means, than through the gates is to be prosecuted. It was. decided to write and thank Mr. Henry White for his kind offer to entertain the footballers at afternoon tea on (Sunday. With regard to tlie entertainment on Sunday, brakes will leave iho Masonic Hotel at 10 a.m. for a drive in the country. Lunch will be partaken of at the Ormond Hotel, and a call will ho made at Mr. Henry White’s on tho return journey for afternoon tea.

A committee was appointed to interview the U.S.S. C'o. with a view to having the.launch postponed until later than tho usual hour. The Union resolved that the representative players should attend at the Domain each afternoon at 4 o’clock, when convenient to their employers, for the purpose of practice. A number of other details were arranged, and the meeting concluded.

THE BRITISH T.OUR/ - . AFTER THE BIG MATCH. [SrEciAX to “TrMES.”] WELLINGTON. Juno 29. Though Saturday’s football match was to a great extent spoilt by tho rain and the sodden state of the .ground, it was nevertheless a most exciting contest from start to finish. The general expression, and there can he no doubt of its correctness, is that tho Englishmen h id a good deal the best of the game and that New Zealand was very lucky to get out of it with a draw. One extraordinary regrettable feature of the match wag the unnecessiry rough play on the part of the New Zealand team; or, rather, a section of it. One man in particular, a northerner, was greatly to blame, and one heard it freely stated on all hands that lie should not ho included in future selections. Another North, Island player was nearly as bad. In such contests one naturally does not expect kid glove play, but in Saturday’s game some of the rough play was not only unnecessary. hut deliberate. Tlio way the Englishmen stood to their guns after the serious injuries some of them received showed that in tho matter of pluck, at all events, they are truly “Sons of the Bull-dog breed.” Vassal! was the -most severely handled, receiving such a severe kick on the head as to cause concussion of the brain. A doctor who went on to the field to look at him tokl mo that he should not have continued playing., that he could not possibly know what ho was doing at times, and that his momory regarding a considerable portion of the second spell would afterwards he a blank. He, however, played to the end, when lie again collapsed, and was carried off the field unconscious. In tho evening he 'had gained consciousness,, but was still pretty bad. After the dinner in the evening the members of the British team, together with somo of tlio New -Zealanders, in company with the Prime Minister, the Mayor of the city, the Governor’s aides-de-camp, and some- of the Rugby Union officials made their way to the-Savage Club, where they were most hospitably entertained. The members of the' Anglo-'Wekli team wero'received with rousing cheers, a haka of welcome and the singing of “JUilo Britannia” and “For they-arc jolly good follows.” Short humorous speeches wore made by iSir Joseph "Ward, tho manager and the ciptain of the team, and the Mayor. 'The singing and reciting by leading "Wellington Savages was pf a high order of merit, and i very jolly entertainment-con-cluded on the stroke of midnight.

THE HAWKE'S 13AV MATCH. [Press Association.] NAPIER. ■Juno, 20. Tin. l British foof bailors arrived From Wellington this evening, 'mid had n cordial reception from the-Rug-by Union (jfficinU.uiul footballers gnu-, orally. There is heavy booking of seals for the milch on Wednesday, and the weather has been fine for some days. The following is the British team to moot Hawke's Bay : Full-back, Dyke; three-quarters. J. 7,. Williams', J. P. Jones, J. Tuan .Tones, Chapman: halves, Laxoti, G. L. Williams; forwards, Tinrdf'ng. Morgan, Oldham. P. L. Williams, Thomas, Smith, Ritson, and Green. THE POVERTY BAY MATCH. [Press Association.] | HASTINGS. June 2<)i Mr. L. E. Peg!or .(Hastings) been appointed referee in the British v. Poverty Bay match. i