FOOTBALL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5328, 19 September 1928, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

PAEROA RUGBY UNION. P- » Mi MEETING OF .COMMITTEE. The management committee of the Paeroa Rugby Union ’held its weekly meeting on Monday night, the chair)a man, Mr W. P. Pennell, preslid 1 ng, FIXTURES FOR SATURDAY. Fixtures for Saturday next were set dc-.wn as follows: — West v. Suburbs-, final for the Drysdale Cup. at, 3 p.m.. No, 1 ground. Third-grade v. High Scho.ol, No, 2 ground, 2.30 p.m. BENEFIT FUNDS. 3S On the motion of Mr Pinder, sec- ’■ onded by Mr Edwards, it was decided that the proceeds of the kii|ock-out a ‘ competition be devoted to -the Robin:b son benefit fund. In discussing this matter Mr. Tams e sai(l that the unicm must, not overlook the .fact that at the annual-mee-ing it ,wa‘.‘* decided to give a benefit match tq Mrs Hodsqn. In answer to Mr Pinder the cha.ir■a mah said that the fu-njls of the union, were administered: by the-, man.agemen-i committee. He thought that perhaps I it would be better ,to donate the proceeds from the annual social to Mrs D Hod on, and if all worked for that object, it coiuld be made worthwhile, Mr Tunis said that her for. ono did next like the idea, of giving anything unless it was made worthwhile. i- Mr Pinder said that they had a. duty ii to perform toi the public, and he thought it would be quite appropriate to give the from the- knockout competition, to the Robincon fund. Mr Tams said 1 'he was quite agreeable, but, they must, not c,verloqk the resolutic.ii of the general mcetiiig. The chairman reiterated 1 his belief that, a social properly organised would • be better for Mrs Hodson than a bene- , tit match. On tho motion of Mr Tams, secMndrf ed by Mr Shaw, it was unanimously 1 decided to give the proccedis of the ■ aiiinua.l sfocial to. Mi's Hodsen. On the motion, of th c chairman, seconded. by Mr. Pinder, Mersr.s Sly- - held and Vincent were appointed joint secretaries for the social. , A AND B PRACTICE'. b Mr Pinder said that the way the men turned up for the match was a slight, o i the union. The. union did its be-:t to give the men a practice match and keep them ip train,nig. , Mr Tarns said they had hadj quite a lot of complaints about giving the . 'meh marches, but when a. game was . arranged the men failed to appear. It was decided to held a practice on Thursday, and -qn three nights next week, and if the. players failed to put in an appearance fc ; r. training, the selector be instruct,ed to leave them ! c.ut of future matches. t j POLAND CUP FINAL. The matter, of making arrangements for .this match to take place on (October 6 was left to the chairman. i A suggestion that the proceg-rs of i this match be handed- t-o Mr E. Smith, M th(. : referee who ■ met with a -motorr cycle accident, was favourably re- > eeived. . THAMES VALLEY V . TARANAKI. ( LOCAL TE(bM FOR TO-DAY. - Following is the Thames Valley U team to play Taranaki at Te.Aroha ’ tci-day :— Full-back : Thornton i(Waihi). 1 Three-quarters : McQuatters (PaeU roa), 'Lockett (Paeroa.), Goldsbury ‘ (Piako). ; Five-eighths: Masters (Paenoa), Dillimor.e (Wai'ni). • ■ Half-back : Snodgrass (Waihi). Rover: Hume (Waihi). I Forwards : Craig (Waihi), Dobbs J (Pla.in.s). Kelk (lock) (Plains), Wal- , ters (Waihi), Frost (P.a.eroa.), Mulgreiv (Plains), O’Donoghue (Piako). Emergencies: Back, Reid (Piako); forwards, Courtney (Plainis) and Squthby (Paeroa). Mr A'. W. Dunstan, of 'Waihi, will be the referee. PEACE CUP MATCH. TEAM TO MEET MORRINSVILLE. The following team has been selected to represent Paeroa in- Hie. LPea.ce Cup Match against M'orrinsville oj), September 29 :— Full-back: Watene. Three-quarters : Rare-, Lockett, McQuarters. Five-eighths : Niehl and 'Mcßae. Half-back : Masters. Rover ; Taylor. Forwards : Morrow, Fitch, Southby, Carrick, Frost, Johnson;, Killgpur. Emergencies: Backs, Burke, McHarvey, Maloney; forwards, Poland, Brown, Neal. Tile attention of players is directed to .tlie notice in our advertising I columns with reference t.q training. I PLAINS RUGBY UNION. VISIT OF AUCKLAND TEAM. < The I-lauraki Plains Rugby Union held its liijfal meeting of the season : at. Ngatea.- on Monday evening, Mr H. 1 Dent presiding over, Messrs A. H. McClean, W. Taylor, E. A. Mahon,e-y, and j W. P. Wylde, secretary. PASSES FOR REFEREES. J Tlie Thames Valley Rugby Union 1 qsked that the sub-union admit all ] members of the Thames Valley Ref- i c-re.es’ Association free to its -matches. 5 SCHOOL GRANT. 1 The annual grant, made by the N-Z. Rugby Unjo.li for the encouragement of Rugby in the. schools- was received fi'Qin the Thames Valley Uni'on. r In accordance with ,the policy of t tlie union it was decided to hold the t £3 15s until neixt season, when the- s grant for the two seasons 'would be j: sufficient, to provide fioqtball* for all the s.chc.ols in the union; S VISIT OF UNIVERSITY CLUB. c The president reported! that, the Auckland University senior team, the loading Auckland club team, desired a match on Saturday next. It was c doubtful whether a full Plains .team I'ould be fielded, hut. there wa,s no objection to including players from

other, districts to make up a team worthy of such strong, opp'onenjts. The game should be very interesting, aud quite an education on how football should be played. On it being reported that the senior match at Thames had been postponed indefinitely, it was enthusiastically agreed to accept the offer. The president, was authorised to make .the arrangements- for entertaining the visiting players. JUNIOR MATCH. Arrangements were made for the visit of the junior representaive team to Thames to play fqr the Johnston Cup. The team will be practically the same as has played throughout the season. FINANCE. Accounts totalling £4O were parsed for. payment. INSURANCE SCHEME. At a meeting of the, insurance committee the same evening the secretary reported that up to the present £59 Ils had been paid to- t,he fund by players ; levies on clubs and the. union totalled £36 l'ss, and the credit brought forward fro,in the previous year was £l4 7s 10d, making a tQtal of £llO 16s lOd. Six claims, totalling £24 2s had been paid, ami seven more claims, totalling £54 9s 9d. ha.d been made, There was still one injured player to -make a claim oh the fund. Four claims, amount! ,g to £2o’, were approved, an I the others were deferred for closer investigation. JUNIOR TEAM FOR THAMES. The following junior team will represent Haurak.i Pla.ins at, Thames on Saturday in the Johnston Cup match : F. Scott, F. Don,aghy, F. Marshall, S. Rang!. J. Marshall, J. Thompson, C. Black, S. McKerchar, T. White, W. Hutchinson, S. Niehojson, F. Hamilton, J. Hartley, W. Elvin, A. Nicholson. Emergencies : V. McPherson, McCormack, E. Mulgrew.