FOOTBALL.

Hokitika Guardian, 8 September 1926, Page 1

FOOTBALL.

Ill’ TIXKGItAI'H —VISE I’HESS ASSOCIATION. RAN PIT RLY SHIELD. NAPIER, September 7. The players to go to Christchurch next week to represent Hawke’s Bay in the Rugby match against Canterbury for the Ranfurly Shield have been selected as follows:

Racks.—Nepia, Grenside. 'Blake, X.'ooke, Johnson, Mill. Cork ill. l’aewai and .McDonald. Forwards.—Walker, Swain, Irvine, Mahony. C. Brownlie, M. Brownlie, Craven, Single, Burst and Campbell.

A RUGBY RIFT. WELLINGTON, September 7. fn connection with tlm controversy over the Hawke’s Bay-Wellington Rugby Match for the Ranfurly Shield, in which Wellington were decisively beaten, some discussion took place at to-night’s meeting of the Wellington Union.

The Secretary of the Hawke’s Bay Union said, in a letter, that some of the Wellington press criticism was not only prejudiced, but was in bad taste. The writer, on behalf of his Union, asked the Wellington Union to disassociate itself from the criticisms that had appeared in certain papers. Such sin action would carry great weight with the sporting public of Wellington.

One member of the Wellington l nion said that remarks in the papers had nothing to do with the Union.

■Those present- sigrooil Lliat no good' purpose would ho served by any further discussion of the subject. The Ckuiniinn said: Perhaps a mountain had been made out of a m le bill. We are neither press censors nor dictators. As a .Management Committee, we have no tjuarre! with the Hawke's Lav I'nion, on whirl) we have been on the best of terms."

After further discussion it was decided that a small sub-committer, [o which the Chairman was appointed, should he set up to draft a .suitable reply to the Hawke s (Jay l nion.