FOOTBALL

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 4965, 23 April 1926, Page 3

FOOTBALL

THAMES VALLEY UNION. ■ ANNUAL MEETING. The annual general meeting of the Thames Valley Rugby Union was held at Paeroa on Tuesday evening, Dr. Lawrence presiding over Messrs S. H. Walmsley, R. Philpot, and J. J. Callaghan, Waihi; 0. S. Foster, W. Thompson, and J. H. Nicholson, Hauraki Plains ; L. Flatt and C. Morrison, ’ Piako; J. W. Silcock, J. ML Cbosby, and W. Pennell, Paeroa; and F. Lockyer, hon. secretary. ANNUAL REPORT. The annual report, presented by the president, read 'as follows: — “In presenting the annual report and balance-sheet I must congratulate you on the successful season. Although when all accounts are paid we will shOiw a deficiency, you must bear in mind that the Waikato Rugby owes, us a, return match, which when played should show a profit. We played Waikato, King Country, and an Auckland B team, and our players gave us a very creditable display and justified our. belief that they are strong enough to go on tour this season. At the end of last treason the Piako ,Rugby Union donated £3O and the Pa.eroa Rugby Union £36 10s 5d to the touring 'account of- the; Thames Valley Rugby Union, and I trust that with the help eft the N.Z. Rugby Union and the other sub-unions we will be-able to; send our players oh tour this year. I would strongly recommend that in future a percentage of the gate from all Poland Cup matches be given to the Thames Valley Rugby Union .to. enable. It ti> be on ttie sa,me footing as other unions, and so enable our players .to have a chance of selection in tlte AU Black team. “In passing, I woiuld like to thank . the executive committee for their at- ' tention to duty, and trust that we are on the eve of yet another successful season.” , Mr Lockyer said that the Piako ’ union had decided to make their ''donation the same as tihat of the Paeroa union. The balance-shee.t showed receipts totalling £2Ol Ils Bd, including gate receipts £97 Ils, 6d. Thei expenditure totalled; £l9O 19s id, leaving a credit balance of £ll 12s 7d, Which was? £4' 9s, lees than that of the previous year. The touring fund acfeount showed ■ a credit of £66 5s s d, being donations of £3O from the Piako Rugby Union and £36 10s Sd -from the Paeroa, Union. The balance-sheet'was. adapted. . Commenting on .the suggestion in the report that a percentage, of. the' Poland' Cup gates, be given to he Thames Valley Union, Mr Callaghan said that this had been tried' in the past and found unsatisfactory. He would favour'a levy on eub-unions. A percentage basis was favoured by the Piako and Paeroa delegates, and a recommendation was made by Mr Pennell to the effe'et that 20 per cent, of the Poland Cup. gates should; be paid to the Thames Valley.,Union. At a later stage it was decided that the levy be 20 per cent of the nett gate, receipts. iOFFICERS. The election of officers resulted as follows: Patron, Mir H. Poland; president, Mr J. W. Silcock (Paeroa) ; secretary, Mr J. M. Crosby (Paeroa) ; treasurer, Mr J. H. Walmsley (Paeroa,). / , ' On the motion of Mr Silcock a vote of thanks was accorded,the retiring president, Dr. W. R. Lawrence, who was made a Iffe member. A vote, of thanks was l also accorded . the retiring secretary, Mr F. Lockyer. COMMITTEE MEETING. The annual meeting was .then closed, and Mr J. W. Silcock took the chafr and opened the first committee meeting. . ’ The N.Z. Rugby Union advised that its meeting would be held in Wellington on May 6. Mr F. Lockye” was appointed the union’s delegate. Mr Callaghan suggested that an application be made to the N.Z. Rugby Union for footballs for the schools, within the Thames Valley Union’s district. The Paeroa ; Rugby Union wrote suggesting that the inter-union matches do not commence' until; May 3. ' On the motion of Mr Callaghan the ' matter was, deferred until the next meeting. REPLACEMENT OF PLAYERS. 'The Paeroa Rugby Union forwarded a recommendation urging the rescinding df the resolution prohibiting the replacing of players after half-time. — Deferred until next meeting.

COST OF TOURING. In reply to th© secretary’s, letter the Waikato Rugby Union forwarded particulars of the, cost of. sending a team on tour. SCHOOL FOOTBALL. The N.Z. 'Rugby Union 'forwarded particulars pf the school football competition for the cup presented by Mr G. L., Taylor, Vancouver.—Referred to sub-unions. ACCOUNTS. Accounts.totalling £26 9s; 4d were, passed foiypayment when funds permitted. The Haura.ki Plains delegates announced that their union would donate the anfbunt of its .account (£8 Os 4d) towards the travelling account. UNION MEETINGS. Thh president said that as the meetings were held a.t Paeroa, the other unions had to pay car hire for their delegates. He did not think that was fair. A better method would ■ be to pool the whole cost and divide it among the four sub-unions at the end of the season; A motion: to that effect was carried. AFFILIATION FEES. In accordance with his notice of motion Mr Crosby mov*d that the “affiliation fee be increased from £1 Is to £2 2s. —Seconded by Mr W. Thompson and carried. TOURING OF TEAM. Dr. Lawrence said that he had gone into the question ofc sending a team on tour during the season. The

uiiion had £BO-odd in hahd. He would make this up to £lOO if a guarantee of £25 could be obtained from four unions with which matches would be played. The president said tha,t each of the sub-unions could probably guarantee at least £5. The Hauraki Plains and Piako delegates guaranteed thfe sum. On the motion of the chairman it was resolved .to .record the union’s appreciaiton of Dr. Lawrence’s monetary assistance towards the expenses, of a touring team. The president said he hoped the project would reach fruition, and pointed out the impetus it would be to football in the district.

PRIMARY SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. The second annual meeting bf the Primary Schools Union was held on Saturday, there being present Messrs. G. H. Taylor (Paeroa), T. D. Rice (Netherton), J. Elliot (Hikutaia), E. J. Sale (Kar.angahjakfe),. and ' J. E. Bigelow (secretary). The annual report stated :— “The, past season was a very successful one. For the first time two full rounds were played, the teams competing being Pajeroa (2), Hikutaia,, Karangahake, • Convent, and Netherton. Unfortunately the Convent team was unable to fulfil its engagements after the finst few games, and the boys were allotted to the Paeroa school. Towards the end of the season Karangahake was handicapped by a, shortage of players,. For the second year in succession Netherton was successful in winning the competion, last year with an unbeaten 1 ' record. ’ / „■

The union played.,three reprejseaita-. tive matches, two against Waihi and one against Piako,. losing the former but winning the latter. “A number of the boys played in the Goldfields .team which competed at Auckland for the Northern Roller mills Shield, in conjunction with, players from the Waihi union. Although not successful, we were defeated by one point by both Auckland and Whangarei, the winners and runnersup, respectively. “It is hoped that '.this year Piakowill, join with this union, thus enabling the Thames, Valley to be represented by a stronger team. That Paeroa boys were able to participate in this tournament ,w|as- due almost wholly to the enthusiasm with wihch the Paeroa Rugby Union took up the request for financial assistance. The money which the union raised was not only sufficient to pay the boys’ 'expense's,, but i,t enabled this union to purchase a set of representative jerseys, and a credit balance remains. The thanks df this union are due to the Paeroa union. “This report would be incomplete without referring - .to Mr Johnson’s willing assistance with 'representative teams, and without thanking the. Hauraki Plains Gazette for the many courtesies extended to .the union during the past year.” The report was adopted. The election of officers resulted : President, Mr J. Elliot;.vice president, Mr G. H. Taylor - ; secretary and treasurer, Mr J. E. Bigelbw; committee, the president vice-president, and Messrs Rice a.nd Sale. The question of the draw, and 'also the purchase of footballs, was left, in the hands olf Messrs Taylor and . Bigelow. ■lt was decided to arrange a meeting of delegates from Waihi, Piako, and Paeroa, with a view to forming a Thames, Valley Schools Union. ' Messrs Elliot and Bigelow were appointed to represent the local union. Mr Rice intimated that a Mr Espiner, of Hikutaia, had offered to donate, a football to the team winning the shield. ' The offer wa,s accepted with thankjß.

TO-MORROWS) FIXTURES, TEAMS SELECTED. The following players have been s&lected to represent- their respective clubs in the Paeroa union competitions to-morrow afternoon :—

SENIORS'. West. —M. Poland,. G. Wells , R. Swann, J. Verran, 14, Niel'd, L. C. Masters, A. Hardman, F. Jenyns, E. Neil, H. McKee, R. Shaw, H. Shaw, W. Taylor, V. Carrick, T- Dawson. Emergencies : T. Pennell. East.—J. Mead, W. Httme, E. Moore, G. Mastens, H. Moore, D. Smith, H. Thorp, F. Thorp, Gj. Bullock, R. Smith, R. Hounslow, F. Fitch, G. Robinson, A. Williams, C. Treanor. Emergencies: G. Royal, Lacfford, H. Pennell, W. Parkins, W. Nealie. Suburbs.—F. Espiner, W. Bennett, E. Bennefit, A. Morrison,. P. Corbett, L. Rice, E. Vowles, R. Wi.son, J. Duncan, 'A. Bennett, E. Alley,. C.' Meredith, S. Wyatt, T. Killgour, W. Vedder. Emergencies]: V. Young, F. Patterson, M. Brown. * JUNIORS.' West.—L. Sinnett, C. Nield ,W. Leach, J. Conolly, J. Bigelow, J. Rowe, C. Wells, S. Williams, R. Moore, C. Snow, W. Hargreaves, R. Killgour, G. Gage, G. Taylor, D; Currie.*' Emergencies : W. Spinks, W. Jenkinson,\S. Samson P. Angle, Griffin, H. Stokes, East.—R. Williams, V- Gooding, E. Robson, J. Goonan, H. • Spinks, JWalls, C. Vincent, H. Robinson, N. Neil, L. Lloyd, M. Beattie, W. T. Pennell, C. Morrow, F. Clayton, R. Mitchell. Emergencies: C. Grant, C. Butcher, W. Holwell, N. Wright.