FOOTBALL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2281, 26 May 1921, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

POSITION OF TEAMS.

SATURDAY’S FIXTURES

'Senior. —-Foxlon v. Kuku, at Foxton; Shanonn v. Tokomarn, at Tokomaru; Hui Mai v. Levin, at Manakau. Junior. —Foxtou v. Weraroa, at Weraroa; Levin v. Shannon, at Levin; Otauni v. Koputaroa, at Koputaroa; Faraparaumu v. Otaki,. at Otaki; Old Boys v. Hui Mai, at Manakau; Kuku v. Waikanae, at Waikeiiae.

Thirds. — Hovers v. Foxton, at Foxton; Otaki v. Shannon, at Shannon; Tokomam a bye. Fourth. —.Foxton y. Ironsides, at Foxton; Levin School a bye.

HE FLUFFS FOR SATURDAY.

SENIORS.

Foxton v. Kuku, at Foxlon: Mr E. Bovan. Shannon v. Tokomaru, at Tokomam: Mr IT. Ivarauti. Hui Mai v. Levin, at Manakau: Mr T. Para la.

JUNIORS.

Levin v. Shannon, at Levin: "Mr J. Smith. Atauru v. Koputaroa, at Koputaroa: Mr Seiaseia. Foxton v. Weraroa, at Weraroa: Mr J. Rhodes. Faraparaumu v. Otaki, at Otaki: Mr 11. Tahiwi. Old Boys v. Hui Mai, at Manakau: Mr T. Meliipeihana, Kuku v, Waikanae, at Waikanae: Mr E. Moulin.

MILITARY DEFAULTERS

BARRED FROM RUGBY.

At a special meeting oi' delegates of the various football clubs under the Manawatu Union’s jurisdiction held in Palmerston North this week, the question of allowing military defaulters to play in competitions was discussed, Mr C. White, who had brought the matter forward at the last meeting of tho Union, in speaking to his motion, said he thought that military defaulters should be debarred. Mr J. Smith, representing the Returned Soldiers, in supporting tho previous speaker, said it was-not personal spite that had led his club to enter a protest, but they thought that it was their duty to protest, for the sake of the men who had fallen on the battlefields, and for the sake of the limbless men. ..Mr Rowlands, of the Jackeytown Club, opposed the motion. He considered if they were going to debar the men in question from playing in competitions, the Union should go the whole way and prevent them entering the football fields. He mentioned that no other sporting body had taken action, and he thought the Union very unwise inhaving anything to do with the question. The chairman said he would like to see the matter properly thrashed out. He suggested that the men who had forfeited all civil rights were the men to be prevented from playing. The motion was eventually carried by 36 votes to 5. It was also resolved to insert a penal clause into the motion as follows: "That any club wilfully playing a military defaulter in their teams be suspended, and that they forfeit the match in which the offender participates.”

Saturday's senior game, Poxton Knku, will be played on the racecourse, the Kaston Park ground being considered too rough. Foxton’s new wing-three-quarter. Burgess, played a great game at Manakau last Saturday, and local followers of the game are keen to see him in action under good weather conditions.

The Koputaroa junior team has withdrawn from the competition. A meeting of the Management Committee of the Horowhenua Rugby Union will be held at Levin tonight.

SENIOR. P. W. L. D. Pts. Levin 4 3 0 1 7 Shannon 4 3 0 1 7 Foxton 4 2 2 0 4 Hui Mai 4 2 2 0 4 Kuku 4 1 3 0 2 Tokoinaru - 4 0 4 0 0 Foxton JUNIOR. (Northern.) 4 3 0 '1 7 Shannon 4 2 0 2 6 Weraroa * 4 o 1 1 5 Levin 3 2 1 0 4 Otauru 3 0 3 0 0 Koputaroa 4 0 4 0 0 Otaki (Southern.) 4 3 0 1 7 Paraparaunm 3 3 0 0 (i Knku 4 2 2 0 4 Hui Mai 3 1 1 1 O Waikanae 4 0 3 .1 1 Old Boys 4 0 3 1 1