FOOTBALL.

Otaki Mail, 21 March 1923, Page 4

FOOTBALL.

WERAROA CLUB MEETS. | I ho annual meeting of the Weraroa • Football Ciub took place at A ells and Cooper’s rooms on Monday night, about 30 members being present. In the un avoidable absence of the president, ( .Mr 3. J. OiConnor, Mr O. Jackson was j voted to the chair. The report and balance-sheet, presented by the secretary pro tem, Mr i;. Ryder, showed a credit of £5 .12/11 and were passed without discussion. The following officers were elected: Patron, Mr T. Bevan, re-elected; pre- • sideut,' Mr ,1. J. O’Connor, re-elected; vice-presidents, Messrs. W. I antrum, \y, Peters, .1. Young, .1. McF’arlane. C. Bel), W Wells, G. Cooper, 11. Denton, i. Bebbington, I. It. Overton, H. Dyer, T. Broughton and It. \ . Brown; secretary, Mr O. Jackson; treasurer, j Mr i{. ltyder; management commit-| lee, president and secretary ex oltlcio, j and Messrs. Sackl, Bolton, Hooper, j Young, Peters and Gibbs; delegates to j Tiugby Union, president and Messrs. I Peters, Jackson and B. Broughton; | coach, Mr J. J. O’Connor, with power j to add; managers of teams—seniors, | Mr J. J. O’Connor; juniors, Mr O. 1 Hooper; thirds, Mr Bolton; fourths, Mr Sudd, the managers to automati- I oaliy become selectors; . club captain, Mr S. Hooper, At. the invitation ot tho chairman, | Mr it- Broughton gave tlie meeting the ] benefit of his opinion. He was of j opinion that the club could easily support four' teams. They were getting a number of new members and hoped j to get more, and should have no dif- 1 l'irulty in making up the teams. ! Alter .some discussion it was or-.*- j posed by Mr It. Broughton and -e:-| united by Mr S. Hooper, that tour teams be played. —Carried. Subscriptions were fixed tit last j year’s rates, with tire exception « 1 ' (mirth grade, namely: Seniors bj, jnui- ! ors .V, thirds it, with C (j insu rtiito. ( In ilu; case of fourth grade place's, j a subscription of (id was fixed, it be- l mg generally felt tliat the boys waul.; | take iimre interest in the ciub if ;licy were limmeial members. It was tm.c , decided llitil il any player, alter having paid Ids subscription for one grade, lie elected to a higher one, 1.0 shall not pay any extra subscript i jm, should there he a difference. Mr Brown brought up the que.-li m nl establishing a travelling fund. He approached the question with > me liillideiieo, he explained, ;is he did iut know the olheial ruling on such matters, hut lie felt that il such a tm.d could he arranged il would lie greatly in iho interests of the club, 'there were many players who could not al- . lord to pay their share of the expense "I .a learn travelling to matches, and the chili lost the benefit of their services. il a I ravelling fund a ert. started, mil nl which general .ravel ling expenses could he paid, this .!;s----aliidty W'lild Jne overcome, and ‘hev would get men to jinn who now kept out of the ciub because they could i ot afford to join. II Die idea vere agreed to, lie was willing to canvas.-. M erarmi to form a nucleus for such a kind, which could he kepi up by mbacription or any other means the chili decided on. (Applause.) implying to a question hv Mr ltyder, ! the chairman said that paying a mem--1 tier's travelling expenses would r.ct 1 make him a professional. He considered the proposal an excellent one. ' In a matter such as this, it was necessary to have the hacking of the whole club it the idea was to he a success. 1 1 • would suggest that it he led'; in the hands of the management committee for consideration.—Carried. WANDERERS MEET . The annual meeting of the Wanderer.-. Football Club was Held in Mr W . Cry.staii’s rooms oil Thursday. In the unavoidable absence of the president, j Mr J. Bebbington occupied the j chair. The balance-sheet \vu s as follows; Balance in hand, March 1H22, la; donations, CJs is h; Mihs., ey PJ.6. Expenditure: i loruwiicnua itugby Union, I IS Ili ti. general expenses if.lT* I ; leaving a credit balance of iSI iu . Tiu: report and balance-sheet were adopted. ! file election ot officers resulted: PaUuii: Mr T. W’inialu; president, Mr J. W. Procter; vice-presidents ;it WHS decided to limit the numljer ol vice--1 presidents to .16, as follows, thirteen | being re-elected,: Messrs. F. S. Procter. IT Nicholson, ,|. \v. Dimmer, ,SA. I Donnelly, J. ltyder, N. Winiuta, \Y. I laystall, T. S. Cannichael, J. 8.. BeLlihigton, C. Redlern, Tuiti McDonald, If. J. Nash, Dr. Bryson, \Y. L. W’ii--1 hams, 1.. McDonald and H. A. McI Donald; secretary. Mi T, W’miata, re--1 elected; treasurer, Mi j. Bebbington, re-elected; selection committee, seniors, Mr M. William, sole selector; the election of a junior selector was postponed for the time being; auditor, Mr iA. Pringle; vice-president io Rugby j Union, Mr U. G. McDonald; delegates to Union, Messrs Procter, Bebbington * and .Nash. I Management Goiiuniuee. —Mes«is. T. jt. McDonald, Hector McDonald, F. J. (Nash, .1. Hose, W. Hannan, with pret sideut and secretary ex officio. Mr Procter moved that the Union have one selector instead of three, this to go in as a suggestion from the ciub to tiie ttuiuvvhenua Rugby iiiiion. Alt Nadi supported the motion, iiiere nod been, he said, too much difficulty in getting the -electors together when necessary, and better results would lp obtained by having only one. subject to the necessary support from one other club, the motion was carried. Replying to a question by Mr J. Hopn, the chairman said the club had, j m ;i previous meeting, passed a rei solution in favour of amalgamation with the M.uuiwam l nion, if -favouraide conditions could be u blamed. The big difficulty was the question; of representation. The suggestion; of the Mauawam Union was that Horowhenua, in the event of amalgamation, shouid, have a representation of five, Manawatu to be represented by its Management Committee. As Manavatu would 'not dbTiuc the- numbers cf

this committee Horowlienua might fiiui itself hopelessly outvoted. Under , the circumstances, the proposal had 1 been negatived. The Horowlienua I Union's suggestion was tiiat Horowiienua have a representation of [ three as against Man;;-vatu's lour, but this Manawatu would not agree to. Mr L. G. McDonald suggested that the. club oppose the amalgamation, as against the hest interests of the club Mr 11. McDonald spoke strongly in favour of amalgamation. At present the Horowlienua Union was in the position of not being able to get outside recognition. Could tiiis outside recognition be effected, they mightl hope fur a general improvement in jj iliis direction, and consequently be: 1 ter match arrangements. J The meeting decided in favour oi amalgamation if favourable condi- i tions could be obtained. 1 On ihe question of reverting to the, ruit-s as played before last season, Mr | H. McDonald meved that, should the | matter come up for discussion at the I meeting of the Hugby Union, there should be a recommendation from me club to the Union that the old rules be reverted to. This was seconded by Mr L. G. McDonald. Mr Procter opposed the motion, saying that this was primarily a matter tor the playing members to decide, . and that there was not a sufficient ! number of players present to speak ! authoritatively. j There was keen discussion on the ! question. | Mr H. McDonald said that New Zeu- | land was now in the position of bej ing forced to play one set of rules ! lor local play, and another il a team : was sent abroad, or in the case of a j visiting team. The rules had been | tried out, and whilst there were eer I tain advantages there was more J-»st than gained by not being in line with other countries. Mr Procter said that the New Zealand Union had not the power to alter the rules. It had been necessary to obtain permission from the English Hugby Union tu play the amended rules, and it would be neces sary to obtain permission for another change. It was linaiJy decided that, should the matter be raised, the club sup ; port the re-adoption of the old rules, j Mr Hopa suggested that delegates support at the I’.ngby Union meeting that junior .reps, be classified beiore the beginning of the season. 1 Mi W. Hannan moved as a recoin. I meudation t*> the Union, "Thai no player who has played senior be allowed to revert to junior." This was 1 seconded by Mr U. G. McDonald and carried.