FOOTBALL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 4976, 19 May 1926, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

THAMES VALLEY UNION. MEETING AT PASROA. The Thames Valley , Rugby Union met at Paaroa last, evening, Mr J. Silcock presiding oyer the following delegate®: Messi® W. Thompson, J. Nicholson, C. Foster, Plains; j. Walmsley, R. Hodson, W. Pennell, Paeroa,; R. Woodroff, H. Petersen, G. Frith, Piako; S'. H. Walmsley, Phillips, Ryan, Wajhi. The secretary,’Mr J. M. Crosby, was in attendance.

SUBSIDY FOR TOUR. The N.Z. Rugby Union wrote in reply to the union's request for a subsidy far the tour and advised that the matter should be submitted hi writing., . 1 t x The delegate, Mr F. Lockyer, stated, that he had taken the matter up While in Wellington, .and had been (Promised favourable Considerat'.ou. The secretary was instructed to make application for £so’. SELECTION OF TEAM, The president suggested that’ for the purpose of selecting the representative team a match be played between, say, Plains and Piako v. Waihi a.nd Paeroa. This would: give the selector an opportunity of selecting the best possible team for the big macches and to go on tour. It wrs decided that a North v. South match far the selection-, of the representative, team be played at Paeroa on July 24. Each union would appoint ore selector and the Thames Valley Rugby Union’s sole tseloctbr would act as, arbitrator. Mr W. .Thompson moved that. Mr W. White, of Paeroa, be the Thames Valley. Union’s selector. Mr Hodson seconded, and the motion was carried unanimously. DETAILS OF TOUR.. Mr F. Lockyer reported a,t length on the proceedings of the N.Z. Rugby Union meeting,, arid on; the arrangements made, for the proposed tour. A vote of thanks was accorded the delegate for the satisfactory arrange-; rnents made. ~ The secretary stated that the touring fund account had a credit ot £96 Is 2ds Dr. W. R. Lawrence had promised a donation of £2O, a grant of £5O would prcibably be received from the N.Z. Rugby Union, the King Country Union had / guaranteed £5O, a,nd the Taranaki Union £3O. From the North v. South match it was estimated that the union would secure £25, and from the Wajkato match- £6O. The expenses of the tour were estimated at £225. Discussing the financing of the tour the Te Aroha delegates: suggested that games be played on the Te Aroha Domain during the evenings of August 4 and 5 against iocal club teams. A good gate.was assured each eyening. The people’ of Te Aroha, would billet the touring .team. during its stay. . Tire suggestion was adopted, delegates speaking highly of the generosity of the people of Te Arolia! Mr J. W. Silcock,. president of the union, was appointed manager of the team, and ■ Mr White, the selector, was appointed coach. • ' PROGRAMME. August 4, ccncen’'rate at Te Aloha ; August 6, lea,ve Te Aroha on tour ; August 7, match against King Country (return match) ; August ,11 or 12, ma,tch against Taranaki at Hawera or Stratford; August 14, match against Wanganui .at Wanganui; Augustt 18, match against North Auckland at Te Aroha; September 4, if Waikato want return match if.t Hamilton.

. POLAND CUP. < . The Waihi delegates advised that their union did not afl present see ■ any chance of being g hie to take part in the Poland Cup competition unless assistance in some shape or form' was ; forthcoming. ,The president suggested that the draw be arranged that Waihi get the first match at Waihi, a,nd a motion to that effect was carried. It decided to have .two rounds in the competition, commencing bn June 12. The second match would be on June 26, and the third on July 3. The dates of .the second round ' would be fixed later, ’Aiugufcst 14-, 21, and 28. being suggested. The draw resulted as follows June 12 : Piako v. Paeroa, at Paerba ’, Waihi v. Plains, af Waihi. June 26 : Paeroa v. Plains* at Ngate'a Waihi v. Piako,’ at Te Aroha. June 3 : Paie- , roa v. Waihi, at Wajhi; Piako v. Plains, at Ngate'a. ' SHAREBROKERS’ QUP. The Waihi delegates' advised that . their juniors would not tajce part in the Sharebrokers’ Cup competition. The suggestion Was .that the competition be made'a challenge one. The cup was at- present held by .Waihi. With Waihi out of the competition there would only remain two teams. The Te Aroha delegates, voiced opposition ,to all challenge competitions, and it was decided to play the competition as bdfore, i.e.,' home, and away matches. The draw resulted as follows: — June 12:.,Paeroa v. Piako, at •Te Aroha ; Waihi a bye. June 26 : Paeroa v. Piako, a,t Paeroa j. Waihi a bye. Waihi could come in if desired, in which ca.se the Paeroa Union would arrange, the dates of the matches.

‘ , INTER-ISLAND MATCH. The N.Z. Rugby Union wrote .asking for nominations of players for the North v,. South -.lsland match..—Referred to the., selector. REPLACEMENT OF PLAYERS. The motion standing on the books of the Union to the effect that injured players be /replaced up till hajf-time wias rescinded. CONGRATULATIONS. A vote of congratulation to Mr McDavitt on his appointment ajs president of the N.Z. Rugby Union was passed. . LEAGUE PLAYERS. On the .motion of the Paeroa delegates the secretary was instructed to ascertain from the N.Z. Rugby Union the procedure in regard to the reinstatement of League players.

PAEROA RUGBY UNION/ ' MEETING OF COMMITTEE. The weekly meeting of the management committee of the Paeroa Rugby Union was held on Monday night, the chairman (Mr W- Pennell) presiding. BEHAVIOUR OF PLAYERS. . Attached to the referee’s report on the East v. West senior match on Saturday was a letter from the referee (Mr E. Smith) advising that he regretted he had found it necessary to order F. Thorp (East) and V. Carrick (West) off the field far arguing. The game had been willing, and both players concerned were very keen. In his opinion the players mentioned had been penalised sufficiently by being ordered off, and he suggested that a, caution as to future behaviour would be sufficient. Thorp and Carrick, who were present by request, said that there had been considerable argument. When the referee spoke -.they had hold of each other, each thinking the. other had the ball.' They expressed regret for the. incident. -Mr J. M. Crosby moved, that the explanation be accepted, and that both players be cautioned. Mr T. P. Vuglar moved as an amendment that no further action be taken.. He said that there were no two players under the union who were better sportsmen, or who- played a harder game for the sake of the. game. Seconded ' by Mr R. ■ Hodson, who supported the remarks of Mr Vuglar. In seconding the resolution Mr J. H. Walmsley’ reminded the meeting that at the commencement df the season the union had agreed that, rough play or unseemly behaviour would not be tolerated, and a? the co-operation of -the Referee®’ Assoication had been sought it was the duty of the union to support the referees. He knew the two players concerned, and would endorse all the .previous, speakers had said about their sportsmanlike qualities. With young, players in the field it was necessary to adopt a firm attitude and ma,ke an honest endeavour to keep, the game clean. The- amendment was] then put, arid lost, Messrs ,Vuglar,, HodsonJ and Arnold supporting it. The resolution, that the players, be cautioned, was carried, Messrs Crosby, Walmsley, Wilson, Slyfield; and Rackham. voting for it. FIRST AID SERVICES'. 1 Mr E. Neil wrote suggesting that ajl local,, senior and junior players, should be asked to cctatribute at least threepence, each playing Saturday, and the money handed to Mr T. D. Davies in recognition of the first-aid services he rendered on the field, and to go towards defraying the 'cost of neieesary first-aid Appliances.

It was resolved that ths matter was one for the dubs to moive in, and that as| the union supplied, all the necessary appliances it was not considered necessary , to take'further notion at present. < . ' EX-LEAGUE PLAYERS. C. Bailey, .applied for registration with the. west juniors. '. On the motion of Mr Walmsley, seconded by Mr Wilson, i.t was resolved that the application be refused until such time as; Bailey received a clearance from, the N.Z. Rugby Union, as he ha.d'’ previously played .the League code. Mr/Hodson drew .attention to the fact that a,n Eas.t senior* G. Radford, who had also been a League player, had played in two matches for Eaist without having obtained ,a clearance from the parent body. The general impression seemed to be .that so long as. aji ex-League player signed a declaration before a J.P. before returning to Rugby his l.iabiltiy .ended. He asked whether the union Would allow .the games in which Radford had played to stand. After some discussion it was resolv,ed to take no action in regayd to the two matches, but that Radford, be not allowed, to take part in future matches until: he. obtained ,a clearance from the.parent body. .( ’ A PLAYER' SUSPENDED. Mr Rackham drew attention to the fact that J. Smith, a registered senior Suburbs player, for/whom application ’for regrading to junior had been refused, had taken pa,rt in three junior games, contrary to instructions. It was resolved that Smith be suspended for two.playing Saturdays,’ and that the Suburbs club be advised that unless it was prepared .to obey the instructions of .the union in the future the. whole team would be suspended. REGRADING PLAYERS. The following regrading of players from senior, to junior status! was . approved : West, E. J. Pennell; East, H. Moore; Suburbs, L- Saunders ; Netherton, L. Capper and E. J. Williams. J. O’Brien was' registered' for the Karangahake blub. . ' TRANSPORT OF PLAYERS. ’ Quotations for the transport of not less than 21 players ‘fropi Paeroa to Thames, Te Aroha* Waihi, and Ngatea, were received from three local taxiproprietors, the tender ol- Messrs W. Fleming and Son being accepted for the season. TOWN V. COUNTRY MATCH. Mr Hodson suggested that ,as the senior competition was well advanced the union might consider the advisability of arranging/a towfi v. country match to be played a,t Paeroa. He considered that if this ’could be done it would prove a, good .attraction, and would also assist the selector in choosing a representative team. . Mr Crosby thought it would upset the routine, and a Saturday could not very well be sparred at the present stage. Mr Walmsley agreed, h n d reminded the meeting that out of the 15 Saturdays left of the season there were the Peace and Birch cup matches to be played, in addition to .the club competition, Charity Saturday, Thames Valley fixtures, and the banner competition. Finally it was resolved that the.' ma,teh be left in the hands df the chairman, secretary, and Mr Hodson, with power to act after the decision of the. Thames Valley Union was known in regard to Poland Cup fixtures. SUPPLY OF BADGES. The secretary reported that’ he had

received' several quotations from Auckland firms (fair the supply of silver badges, and also for engra,vi'hg cups. The matter was deferred until the next meeting. FIXTURES FOR SATURDAY. The fallowing fixtures for next Saturday were tentatively approved Seniors.—East v. Netherton, at! Paeroa ; West. v. Suburbs, at Hikutaia. Juniors.—East v. Karangahake, at, Karangahake.; Suburbs v. Netherton, a,t Netherton; West a bye. Third Grade. —Paeroa, School v. West. ' Primary Schools.—Netherton v. Hikutaia, at Netherton ; Paeroa, A v. Paeroa-B, at Paeroa Domain ; Karangahake a bye. Matches start at 10.30 a.m. , FINANCE. Accounts totalling £5 19s 3d were passed for payment. Gate receipts for last Saturday were as follows,; Paeroa, £5 12s 6d; Netherton, £2 5s ; Karangahake, 18s. REFEREES’ ASSOCIATION. THAMES VALLEY MEETING. , A meeting of the Thames Valley Referees' Asosciation was held in Mr Shajid’s office, Paeroa last evening, Mr T. Turner (Piako) presiding over the following: Messrs, F. W. De.whu'iist (Piako), H. M. Shand (Paeroa), Mannix and Pascoe (Waihi), and H. O. Berney (Plains). The minutes df. the previous general meeting were read and confirmed. i The Piako association notified that three of their members—Messrs Barker? Dewhurst, and Turner—were capable of ,refereeing Poland Cup. matches.

A general discussion ensued oil'the new obstruction rule now adopted by the English Rugby Union. It wae decided that .an interchange of -referees for cup fixtures be sanctioned, providing that it was notified through the proper channels, namely, ea.ch s,ub-association of referees. The following were elected an examination board: Messrs Turner (Piako), Penlington (Paeroa), Dunstan (Waihi), a ; nd Davidson (Plains).