RUGBY FOOTBALL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3603, 24 February 1927, Page 3

RUGBY FOOTBALL.

HOkoWIIENUA DISTRICT COUNCIL REPORT ON 1920 SEASON. . The annual report of the Horowhonua Rugby District Council, tc be presented at the annual meeting to be lidld in Le\an on March 15th. is as follows: “Your committee has met’on 24 occasions during the season and all members have attended in excellent manner. The season was a Jong one extending from 24th April to 2nd October. It would appear that an earlier start is advisable. Interest in all competitions was well maintained and the winners with their trophies are as follows: — Senior Championship.—'Wanderers, Isherwood Shield. Nash Championship.—Weraroa, Cup, Canoe, and Banner. Licensed Victuallers’ Cup. —Weraroa, Cup. 2nd Junior Championship. — Shannon, Cup. Third Grade Championship. — Weraroa and Southern United (equal), Cup. Fourth ,Grade Championship.— Levin Distinct High School, Proctor Cup. 'Primary Schools: —Fox ton, Austin Banner. . Your committee has endeavoured to foster football in the lower grades by providing representative games. In this connection there was a North v. South third-grade trial; a fourth-grade trial against Manawatu. In the schools a forward move has been made. Under the capable guidance of Mr. McDonald a primary school competition was inaugurated and was won by Foxton. To bring the season to a close representatives from the northern schools played the southern schools. Your committee made a grant to the Primary Schools Union and also paid the travelling expenses of the fourth-grade representatives to Palmerston North, and the assembly expenses of the primary school boys in Levin. Your committee feels these efforts, though small, will meet with your entire approval. FINANCE. The season began with a debt of about £IOO fom 1925 and your committee set about the task of liquidating same and placing Horowhenua on a. sound financial basis. As leader in the task we had a capable and painstaking Finance Committee, which has not spared itself in achieving the desired result. It received the hearty co-operation of every member of the Management Committee, and as a result of their efforts, it is able to place the Bal-ance-sheet before you showing a credit, balance of close on £IOO in the District Council Account and £SO in the Insurance Account. On the year’s wroking, therefore, we show a profit of nearly £250. As the Balance-sheet shows the Insurance Account has once again been separated from the General Account, and your committee trusts that, this money which is subscribed by players as self help in time of injury be never allowed again to be merged into the General Account. This money is a. sacred trust and is earmarked for one purpose and should be used for that alone. INSURANCE. We wisli to bring under the notice of clubs the advisability of all players subscribing to the Insurance Fund. Failure to insure with the (Council debars an injured player from compensation not only in club games, but also in representative games both in the Horowhenua Representatives and in the Ma-nawatu-Horowhenua Representative team. Wta wish to draw attention to Jthe position of players in the Manawatu team. The ManaAva-tu-Horowhenua Rugby Union has no Insurance Fund and during 1926 referred the claim of one player who Avas not insured with his Council back to the player for payment. The premium (2/6) should not debar anyone from joining the fund. REPRESENTATIVE GAMES, . The senior representatives have been most successful. The record is well-known. Notablo among their achievements was the winning of the Bebbington Shield. In this success three factors contributed largely —the ability of our selector (Mr. Martin Winiata); the hearty co-operation of the players and the help received from the following supporters in bringing the players to Levin to practice: , Messrs J. ’McGill (Otaki), S. Austin (Foxton), B. Brann and T. Moyniham (Shannon). Wfl can not speak too highly of the work of these gentlemen. ' A fine trophy known as Dewar’s Imperial Trophy has been donated for annual competition between the Maoris and the Pakehas. After a very interesting game the Pakehas proved their right to be the first holders of the! trophy. One junior representative game—-against Manawatu—was played and resulted in a draAvn game. In the Rowlands Cup match the Weraroa junior team avrs defeated by the narrowest of margins by Old Boys. CLASSIFICATION. . Your committee has given this matter very serious consideration and the following are its decisions: The junior Classification Committee '(Messrs P. Robinson, S. Hooper, W. Dalzell) will submit n list of 1926 junior players, who will be required to play senior in 1927. With regard to the third-grade the following arrangement has beer made: The delegates to the Annual General Meeting, are asked to bring the names of the members of then 1926 third-grade teams whom tliej wish to be classified as juniors Club secretaries are asked particularly 1° note this.

REPRESENTATIVES GAMES, 1927. Your committee recommends for favourable considera I ion the f ollowing allocation of representative goinp.s for 1927, provided necessary arrangements can be made at the centres named: — Ist Befbbington Shield Match. — Eoxton. Manawatu-Horowhenua Game Shannon. Maori-Pakeha Match. —Otaki. The Finance iCommittce will recommend granting of a subsidy in certain defined cases to lighten the burden of travelling expenses. CREDIT OF NEARLY £IOO GENERAL ACCOUNT. Receipts for the year were. — Credit balance 1925, £2l 19s 4d, affiliation fees £3l 3s Gd, season tickets, £l9 18s, donations, £4 2s, gates, £485 14s, sundries, £4B 4s 6d. Total, £6ll Is 4d. Expenditure Accounts owing, 1925, £lO5 13s 3d, grounds and gatekeepers, £7B 4s, referees, £39 7s 6d, petty cash, £l4, advertising, stationery, toll, sundries, £69 16s 6d, electric light, domain, studs, suppers, reps, £22 18s 3d, school grants, £25 ss, protest fees, £1 Is, bank chrages, 10/-, footballs, jerseys, hose,. £l4 9s sd, washing, £1 18s 9d, affiliation N.Z.R.U., £2, travelling. expenses reps., £26 2s 6d, refund affiliation, Nash and Viet. Cups, £8 ss, insurance trophies, £1 6s 3d, secretary's honorarium, £25, entertaining reps, manager and selectors’ expenses, £BO 19s, balance —fixed deposit B/Asia, £9O, current account, £4 4s lid, £94 4s lid. INSURANCE ACCOUNT. Receipts.—-Premiums £57 19s Gd. Expenditure. —Compensation £7, bank fee 10/ ; balance in Bank of Australasia 9s 6d, Savings Bank £so—£so 9s 6d. ASSETS AND LIABILITIES. Assets. —Cr. balance general account £94 4s lid, cr. balance insurance account £SO 9s 6d, jerseys, footballs, hose £lO, trophies £l5O, bags £1; total £305 14s sd. Liabilities. —Nil.