POOR HOSPITALITY

Hokitika Guardian, 24 August 1932, Page 1

POOR HOSPITALITY

SHOWN TO. Vl&Tl.\U RUGBY TEAM

CAN'IIERBURV H.U. CiRIIICISEU

- y. ASHBURTON, August 22. / i-Tho of the lAshburton playlets at the -conclusion of their match with Canterbury B at Lancaster Park on Saturday was the subject of severe critickm at to-night's meeting of the Ashburton Rugby Union, which decided to ask the Canterbury Rugby Union for an explanation. , ' • Mi* lit. H. Loy stated that the Canterbury Union had not played the game

I i;s far as ‘the players were concerned, Mhey diad been treated as -very , s ma ,i *>jtatces” and a piotest should be made ! regarding the shabby treatment meted out .to them He suggested that the union express its extreme dissat’sfac-. •f:on and ask for an explanation. The players, he added, had been cast adrift i fid allowed to go as they pleased after* the match. He had never known a team Jo go 'away or.come to Ashburton-'with-out being hospitably entertained. If t!: e date on which the .game was,played was -.not suitable on account of the match,' the Canterbury Union should have -suggested another. However, some explanation concerning the lack of coortcisy was necessady.

After, considerable discussion it was decided to write to the Canterbury Union expressing disapproval of the manner in which the A&h.burton. p’ayers .were treated and to ask for an explanation;