RUGBY FOOTBALL

Hokitika Guardian, 27 September 1933, Page 2

RUGBY FOOTBALL

west coast rugby union. GREY-MOUTH, September 27. The weekly meeting Of the management committee of the West Coast 'Rugby Union was held last evening at Grey mouth.

A deputation from the Inangnhun Rugby Sulb-Union consisting of Messrs T. 'C. Hepburn (President), and Clark ('Secretary) waited upon the Union with a request that the rules of the Secondary Newman Shield Competition be altered so as to allow the two 'Reefton schools (District ‘High and Convent ) to amalgamate. It was explained tjha.t the Convent ■ team could not put out a full team, whilst the strength of the High School would not be very great without the assistance of the other school. The deputation assured the Union, that Haller and Westland Unions were agreeable. It meant altering the rules, or making a provisional alteration that schools with insufficient boys to put out a strong enough team be allowed to .combine with another team, provided these two schools d : d ■not have a; roll of over a certain total

Members were of the opinion that they should endeavour to assist the Sttib-tJnion in its difficulty, and a small committee was set up to Endeavour to carry ofit the wishes of the deputation. The deputation also asked that if tho matter were finalised, the Reefton boys be permitted to play the Gre.V■mouth Technical boys as a 'curtainraiser to the Canterbury—West Coast •match on October 7. The Union ■ gave an assurance that a match would be arranged as a, curtain raiser to the Canterbury game, even if it were not possible to piny far the Newman Shield. The West Coast Bugbv League Centre / wrote congratulating the Upion on retaining 'the iSeddon 'Shield durnp the past season.

Tlie secretary’s action in . arranging for (the' Oanteifbury team +0 - come to ,'Greymduth in .sleeping .-.-dh, Tfiiday ; night/ iOctober 6,- was' aP.prb|ed; /. ~•_/ . •//; It. was decided to thank the Wc/t----|a>d Sub-Union -officials for cafe able manner in which they cMTipd o‘ut. larralngefiients./for the Bu.11&p~j Cnast match last, 'Saturday. , ’•'/.// The referee reported that tire ' F«r niara—Bapahoe junior game Wst Saturday. ''resulted'in a draw 9-all.’. Owing to there / being. a draw, 'it was) decided that the two teams .play off : on Saturday, at Kumajra. •, The .Oapterbury Union advised that Nineteen players' odould be making t]ie.‘trip to Greymonth on. .Saturday week, under the management of M’-’ H. E. Davis. The ... Marlborough tfnjqh . wrote thanking the Union for hospitality extended to the members of the Marlbotrough team on its recent, visit. Tlie content for the Graham Wise Cup between Ross (winners of the Sub-Union junior competition) -and Kumara (local junior champions) was set down for decision at Kumara on 'October .14. The selectors were, requested W pick the West Coast team next Saturday night- to play Canterbury. It was /decided that the McLean Trophy for annual competition between the rhapr-pion teams of Gl-ey-mouth land' 'Hokitika, be played for at Hokitika on October 14.

INTER ISLAND MATCH. . SOME COMMENT. (Per Prfi.it Axuor.’ation — Copyright.) WELLINGTON,' September 26. The gross takings at the Rugby match, North <v. South Island, on Athletic Park, on 'Saturday, were £ISOO. This information was imparted at the meeting of the management committee of the Wellington ‘Rugby Union this evening iby the chairman, Mr J. Prendeville.

The chairman" referred to a remark made by Mir Maloney at the last meeting o>f the management committee of the Canterbury Union to the effect that the South Island team had not been properly looked after in "Wellington. The Wellington Union h n d made a point every time that the inter-island match had been played here, said (Mr Prendeville, of appointing members of the management committee as managers of both teams, and this practice had been followed last week.

Mr it. D. Morgan said that he thought Mr Maloney’s idea was that manager should have met the South Island team ,at Christchurch. ■Mr Prendeville said that tb : s would •rot have’’been much good, ,as the members of the South Island team came Ibv different routes. “Statements of the sort that Mr Maloney made are very unfair,” concluded the chairman. “and are apt to provoke bittci replies.”