RUGBY FOOTBALL

Hokitika Guardian, 22 June 1932, Page 2

RUGBY FOOTBALL

AI 4 L BLACKS POOR SAILORS

ROUGH TRI/P EXPERIENCED.

(Australian Press Association)

SYDNEY, June 21

The liner Maraina had a rough crossing of Tasman Sea from Wellington. The All Black Rugby team were aboard. They suffered considerably on the voyage, and they proved much less redoubtable as shipboard trenchermen than they are reputed to be on the football field.

The majority of the other passengers also found the voyage unusually trying, and they were glad to get ashore to the sunshine, even though it i,3 still cold. The All Black team was welcomed officially the- New South Wales Rugby Union, the President of which is Mr Woods, and Sir Henry Braddon addressed a few remarks of, felicitation to Manager Wallace and hie men, a-nd he also indulged in interesting reminiscences covering the period since the New Zealand team’s visit to Australia in 1884.

The manager, Mr Wallace; the captain, Mr F. D. Kilby; and the vicecaptain, Mr Steei'e, briefly responded.

The All Blacks indulged in practice this afternoon on the Sydney Cricket Ground to get the stiffness out of their legs.

WEST COAST RUGBY UNION

The weekly meeting of the Executive was held at Greymouth last evening, Mr A. A. Adame presiding.

The Secretary of the Kumara Club wrote enquiring if it would be possible for the Union to arrange a junior fixture, as a curtain-raiser to the proposed Ranfurly Shield match. The Chairman moved that the Kumara Club he notified the Union could not do anything in the matter just now.

The Westland Sub-Union advised that arrangement?? had been completed for the D'ittman Shield game at Hokitika on Saturday. The game would start at 3 p.m. sharp. The GreyTechnical School and Hokitika District High School first fifteens would provide the curtain The SubUnion submitted the names of Messrs A. Cutbush and E. W.. Heenan, as refereer, for selection bv the Union.

Mr Mclntosh thought the appointment of the; referee should be left to the home team. He was against the selecting of the referee, and in all matches played by the Union, the appointment of the home team should apply. He moved that the matter be left to the Sub-Union. Mr White’"seconded the motion,?

which was carried. The Westland Sub-Union advised that it had accepted Merivale as the team most suitable for the tour to Hokitika on July 30. The letter added : —Received eo many applications from the Canterbury Union, it made our task a very hard one. However, we trust to be able to invite another team when the opportunity presents itself.

Mr J. Cornish was appointed manager of the West Coast team to play the Westland Sub-Union for the Dittman Shield on Saturday. J. King was appointed captain, and J. Bell, vice-captain.