Football.

Manawatu Herald, 16 June 1900, Page 3

Football.

A meeting of the Horawhenua Rugbj> Union was held at the Wereroa Hotel on Monday evening last, and amongst other business Foxton 's protest against JRaukawa was dealt wttb^H/" : / ' < 1 . Mb Fptwie, for the Eoxton team, «&id tt^k vhis <clnb were under the >uipi««sion that the hour for starting ' matches waa 8 p.m.,; they had not received cojgy. of by-laws notifying them ' otherwise ; they had an exc*Mingly bad r rt^d to contend against ; the cost 0! their journey was ove? £5; they arrived at Levin at 3 p.'m , and is the interests of true sport, the unaToidable cause of their brief delay should justify the Union in requesting another fixture for them against Raukawa. A good ileal pf disoussiSn ensued on this subject, almost everyone present agreeing that Raukawa, alU^ir opponents were a little late, should have played the game. &|r>y&win said he was of opinio|f« th^ftom & point of law, the ;Ba6k»^k club could claim the game by tbfcuitryei he- would enOQurage a apjtit ot sport, and proposed : *' That oaring to tiie extraordinary, eircun^afcMßßKjyfeM&g ifcfe FOtoat^ that ib* fatoxa Bankawa- Bbxtoa ba arranged for another date, to t» fixed by the Fixture Committee. J^gamiifoM&tyf' Mt Nicholson, V 'Isfli|^;th9. mafceb. A® given to the JUukawa Club," was lost, as it failed tolndAßeoonder, and Mr Unwin'a motion was carried.— Otaki Mail.