RUGBY FOOTBALL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3511, 15 July 1926, Page 3

RUGBY FOOTBALL.

MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEETING. The Management Committee of I lie Horowhenua District Rugby Council was held in Levin last Monday evening, Mr. J. J. O’Connor presiding. Messrs J. Rburner, N. Emmett, B. Brann, J. Procter, W. Neville, F. Robinson, S. Austin, W. Hannan, J. Robson were also present. Apologies were received from Messrs 11. Lynch and H. McDonald. SUSPENDED PLAYER, J. Huff, a Foxton junior player, < admitted having been in the wrong when striking another player, for which he was suspended at last week’s meeting of the management committee. He expressed regret at his misdemeanour. —Stood down for one Saturday from date. BEBBINGTON SHIELD. • Oroua Sub-Union sought entry to the Bebbington Shield competition, with a view to improving the standard of their play.— Held in abeyance pending a discussion with representatives of the Bus'll Union. REFEREE IN TROUBLE. Mr. ,T. Sadd, referee of the Fourth Grade match at Foxton on the 3rd July, reported W. Neville, of Foxton, a member of the Referees’ Association, for unseeming behaviour. Mr. Emmett, as representative of the Horowhenua Referees’ Association, advised tlie committee that in consequence of evidence submitted before the committee of’the Referees’ Association, it w*as resolved to suspend Neville therefrom. Mr. Robson said he failed to see how r the management committee could adjudicate without hearing the evidence. Mr. O’Connor said he considered Mr. Sadd should have attended the meeting and submitted his evidence. Mr. Casey said that the committee should have sufficient confidence in the Referees’ Association in a matter of this description. Mr. Emmett stated that the ruling would have to go before the New* Zealand Referees’ Association. The chairman reiterated his previous contention that Dir. Sadd should have appeared in person. Mr. Neville stated that he had not interfered in any way with the match, neither had. he made any remarks calculated to impede the progress of the game. The chairman stated that the very nature of the complaint made it necessary for the management committee to deal with it, and he moved in the direction of his first suggestion. It was decided to hear evidence, both pro and con, before next week’s meeting of the management committee. LOWER GRADE REPS. Relative to the recent decision that rep. matches shall be played in the lower grades, the following fixture lias been made: A combined team of Foxton D.II School will play Levin D.H. School and Foxton, to be played at Foxton on the 24th July as a curtain-raiser to the Awahou-Foxton junior match on that date. The third grade North and South reps, will be picked on Saturday for the match on 31st July, as a cur-tain-raiser to the County-Hui Maigame to be played at Levin.

FIXTURES 24th July. JUNIOR: Foxton v. Awahou, at Foxton, 2.50 p.m. Shannon v. Wanderers at Weraroa, 2.50 p.m. Weraroa v. Miranui at Levin, 2.50 p.m. THIRDS: Weraroa v. Shannon at Levin, 1.30 p.m.‘ Wanderers v. Foxton at Foxton, 2.50 p.m. Otaki M..C v. Southern United at Paraparaumu, 2.50 p.m. FOURTHS: REP. GAME. Levin D. 11.5. and Foxton v. Shannon and Foxton D.H.S. at Foxton, 1.30 p.m. HOROWHENUA DEFEAT BUSH. AND WIN BEBBINGTON SHIELD. At Pahiatua yesterday Horowhenua won the Bebbington Shield by defeating Bush by 11 —9, after the latter holding the Shield for four years. ALL BLACKS DEFEAT METROPOLITAN.

At Sydney yesterday the All Blacks defeated Metropolitan by 31 points to 14. The match was witnessed by seven thousand spectators, but lacked the thrilling interest of Saturday’s game.

THIRD GRADE TABLE. SOUTHERN. P. W D. L. Ps. Kuku 11 6 3 2 15 S. United 10 5 2 3 12 Otaki M.C. 9 5' 1 3 11 Otaki 10 0 2 8 2 Foxton NORTHERN. 10 9 0 1 18 Weraroa 9 6 0 3 12 Shannon 9 4 0 5 8 Wanderers 9 1 1 7 3 Miranui 7 1 1 5 3