RUGBY FOOTBALL.

Shannon News, 18 March 1927, Page 4

RUGBY FOOTBALL.

-r\ - ■ y»—T ... - I HOROWHENUA DISTRICT COUNCIL ANNUAL - "MEETING. The. annual meeting of the! Horowhenua Rugby District Council } was; heldin the Druids Hall last evening. Mr J. J. O’Connor (president) was in the chair, and there was an. attendance of 40 delegates, the clubs being represented by the following ofv,delegates':—Wanderers 5, Weraioa 6, .Coun : ty 3, Foxton 3, Shannon 6, Miranui 5, Hui Mai 5, Kuku 1, Awahou (5. An apology was received; from Mr B. Brann (Shannon), who ; intimated -that his services as a delegate this season would; hot be available. , TEAMS NOMINATED. , : The following-teams' were nominated by the clubs officiating for the 1927 season:— ; ; , Wanderers.—Senior, junior and third grade. . ■ i i -■ :;■ Weraroa-r-Senior. junior and third. - County—Senior. , ~ i • u ; - Foxton—Junior, third and fourth. ? Miranui—-Senior and junior. .. . Awahou—Senior, junior, thlrjd and fourth.• _ - Shannon—Senior, junior, third and fourth.. . . Hui Mai-r-Senior and junior. Kuku—Third. * - WERAROA COLOURS. . Weraroa Club applied for (permission to change -their playing colours to •black and white jersey, black pants, and black and- white socks. On the * chairman’s motion the request was; granted.' . . .::CLASSIFICATIONS. The following junior players have been promoted to. senior rank by the' classification i . Miranui—Buckman, Rowlands, Simpson, Pene. - • . •;/ i Shannon —Satherley, Robbie, Coyle. . Weraroa—Bull, Phillips, Vincent, Perrin, H. Cole. Wanderers—Knox. . ’ -Foxton —R. Andrews, J. Huff. - Awahou —C. Reneta, Pine, Hindu, E. Robinson. ' i . ' PATRON’S CONGRATULATIONS. ;

■ A letter was received from Mr J. Linklater, M.P., patron ofi* the Council, thanking the committee-for. the annual report -and congratulating them on the manner in which:they had carried out their duties during ithe. season. He extended his bestwishes to the members and hoped that the coming season would prove to be all that they could wish. ■. ■ i

■ A vote of thanks was passed to Mr Linklater. ; CHAIRMAN’S. REVIEW. •

.. The chairman, reporting or. the past season, said it had- been a very noteworthy one, chiefly on account of the improved standard of play, l due to the increased attention given to training. The introduction of electric light practices had contributed greatly to this renit. Further improvement to play should be seen in the next. year" or • two. A particularly interesting posi? tioiv w’as created at the end of the competition, when three dubs—Shannon, County ’ aiid • equal in points. The senior championship was won outright? by-Wanderer-;. Thanks were ■ due to the Levin Gentlemen ’s Club for replacing the trophy with a handsome' cup; Tl?e introduction of the Maori-Pakeha match as an annual fixture helped to keep alive theinterest in the game.. The Rowlands Cup, for competition betwe’eii'.the winning junior teams in the - i Manawatu, Horowhenua and Feilding aistri cts, was won by Feilding. who deffated Weraroa by a very narroev margin.. The representative team covered itself with glory; not losing a single-match. The Bebbiugton Shield' was recovered after being held elsewhere} for four years. The team deserved the thanks of the Council, as they- trained twice a week, travelling long ■ distances, for the purpose. This district -.supplied .tke greatest portion of the ; Manawhenua team, including the captain II Jacob. Tatana and Moses worthily represented the' district in the Maori , team abroad, both on and off the field, and they were a credit to thev district. A happy financial result had been achieved by dose attention to the work of the management committee, and the secretary (Mr J. J. Casey) and treasurer (Mr J. W. Rimmer) never spared themselves. The young players were not forgotten, and it should be the aim of the future executive to'provide still more for the coming plalyera. This policy was absolutely necessary. If they l-)oked after thp boys, the seniors would look after themselves'. Ani effort would be made this year to join in the Primary Schools tournament; In 'conclusion the chairman thanked the i management committee for making his task as chairman so easy; also the officials. of the dubs for thoir interest in the national game. insurance; • The secretary (Mr J; J; Ca3ey): .said he would like the delegates to impress on their clubs the necessity of . joining the insurance scheme. This applied more particularly to the, senior players. If they met with an accident iu a combined team, they would: get no compensation unless they were insured with their respective clubs: the Mana watu-llorowhenua Union had. no insurance scheme, so the players must fall back on thoir clubs. : " In reply to a question, the-secretary stated that the player insuring must pay the doctor’s examining .fee.?.? On the motion of Mr H. J. Jones, the report, as already published,' was adopted. The balance Sheet, which has previously been outlined, was also passed. ) .r. *!••;•;■:• i.*/ ,hMr Birchall (Shannon) congratulated 1 the management committee on its performance in furnishing such; an excellent balance sheet, and he stated that the Council had eapablej men? at ?the head of its affairs; The Shannon Club deeply appreciated the way in which the committee had attended to its fiut? ies, and' he trusted that the same gentlemen would be returned for a fur- 1 - ther term of office. > ELECTION OF OFFICERS. ? > ' Officers for the ensuing year , were elected as follows:-—Patron, Mr J. Linklater, M.P. (re'-eleeted); president, Mr J. <l. O’Connor (re-elected); vice-presi-: dents, Messrs S. Austin, W. Anderson, and J. Procter;, secretary, Mr J. “J.* Casey (re-elected); treasurer, Mr J. Jp. Rimmer (re-elected); managemeiit committee. Messrs W. Neville (Foxton*, J.

W; Robson v(Miranui), M... Ryder (Wanderers)V F... Robinson . (Awahou), W. Joyce (Weraroa)pA. Richards (Shanand T. Wrigley (Kiiku); auditor, Mr W. - Bull- (re-elected); representative. on Referees ’ Association, Mr Kidsonj - schools repre .'eintative, Mill. Macdonald; sole senior selector, Mr Mkil.'ii' Winiata; sole junior selector, Mr F. Robinson. •. HELP TO TRAVELLING CLUBS. The. recommendation to -‘give assistance to ‘ outlying clubs towards . their travelling expenses, was after a lengthy discussion; referred back to the Management Committee, pending more, definite information as to the prospects of Otakl alid Paraparaumu nominating teams for the competition. It was defeided that April 9th be the closing date for entries; . OPENING DATE The opening-of the season was fixed for April 23rd, the first Saturday after Easter. , ■ ■ < The secretary moved that the compe* . titions •be carried Qn on the day of the Otaki races. . : Mr Wehipeihana protested, as a ste\vard of the Otaki Racing Club, and said that it had not been the custom in the past for the competitions to be played on that day. . Mr W. Hannan said that, as sports they should support other, sports. The motion was lost by a large majority. *’ \ - REP. MATCHES. The secretary said thatl another recommendation; of the Management Committee was that the representative games should be distributed over the district. It did not look as though Otaki was giving them much encouragement to go there, as, on the last occasion the Council had lost £5 on the match. The Otaki. Club was asked f-w a rebate, but replied in the negative, saying that the cost of insurance and upkeep was too great. The Otaki Borough. Council, wanted £l7. 10s, for the ground- this' year, , the same as on thelqjst . occasion/. It looked/ as, though they would have jo go elsewhere to play the Macri-Pakeha , game. It was a pity that the Otaki Borough Council ; did not try to encourage them to go there with a representative game. • 'SOUTHERN CLUBS LAGGING. } -.Mr. Moynihan said that every endeavour should be made to foster football at the southern end. He thought that any. defection; in that direction would -be a decided: loss to Horowhenua foot-,, ball; and even at some inconvenience' the southern men should be ' encouraged.) *;■; Mr. -Wrigleysaid, he thought, that there had, been a misunderstanding regarding the delegate who was to attend- this- meeting, and consequently the tivo southernmost clubs were unrepresented. -V . ' ; r Mr J. W. Rimmer said that a- better arrangement - would, have' to be mad j with -Otaki., There was a great, amount •of expenditure that did not appear in the balance sheet. owing, to the - president, the secretary, and- members of •the r,executive naving. to go to i; Otaki. and Paraparaumu to supervise the gate.s The Council wanted the .assistance of . those clubs. It should not be. necessary for members to go* down there and- as- , sure the Union.of .getting the returns.

The chairman stated that he* had been to Qtsrki .thar day, and he .'was informed •fthat nothin" whatever had. .been’ done there go far ‘in regard; 1 “to football -for this year. ! : , informant! said . he would ask the. Mayor to call a public meeting'to form a football club. That

was the position in Otaki to-day. Mr F. Bobinson suggested that a party be sent to Otaki to infuse life into football circles there'.

After further discussion,; it was resolved that the allocation of the MaoriPakeha match be left in abeyance until it is known whether the southern most clubs are going to enter the competition. . i . BEP. MATCHES ALLOCATED. The other representative fixtures were allocated as 1 follows: — First Bebbington Shield match. — Foxton. Manawatu - Horowhenua match. Shannon. :• .... i ... .. ANNUAL MEETING. OP REFEREES ASSOCIATION. The annual meeting of; the Horowhenua Rugby Referees’: Association was held in the De Luxe Hall on Motday evening, there being present: Messrs W. Peters (chairman), J. Bose, McGregor, Pene, A. McDonald, P<. McLeavey, H. Hemi, Hopa, J. Smith,j J. Sciascia, K. Davis, Kingi, G. N. Emmett, F. E. Hosking, George, and H. liidson. ANNUAL REPORT. The annual report and balance sheet were received on the motion of Mr. Sciascia, seconded by Mr. Kingi. The report is an under: —

The Conference of the N.Z.R.R.A. I was held at Dunedin on April 2nd, 192 G, and owing to financial embarassmem we were unable to be represented, but sincerely hope that we shall be represented at the coining conference, to be held at Carterton on the 15th. and 16th. April 1927. Relative to the last conference we have to extend our thanks to the Manawatu Association for their courtesy in visiting Levin! and supplying us with first hand information from such conference. During the past yeav 8 meetings were held and the attenances were highly satisfactory. Certain alterations were made in the rules by the N.Z. Rugby Uuioii and were sanctioned by the English Rugby Union, and the members of our Association soon adapted themselves to the new rulings and throughout the season gave good exhibitions of refereeing. In our, Association there are 28 financial members, which is far in excess of any former years. Although the As .sociation- commenced the i season with a debit of £l6 Bs. 10d., it is with much pleasure that we are resigning from office showing you a credit balance of £1 6s. -3d. During the season several members availed themselves of the opportunity to test, their knowledge by the medium of the examination paper set by the N.Z. Executive. The questions found some who were lacking in tho knowledge that should be consistent with those who attain to the Status of; refereeing “in championship games. We have to thank W. McDonald of the IT.R.D. Council, for his kind ness in conducting our examination. We have also to, thank Mr. T. A. Fletcher of 1 the Wellington Association, who at pur .invitation visited. Levin and gave an interesting black board lecture, ■which was both edifying and beneficial to our members. Our thanks are also , heartily accorded the De Luxe managem'ent and .especially Mr. 11. Mci.Miliau for ihe free use of a meeting room -throughout the whole of the sea-son-U In conclusion we desire to thank the H.R.D.C. for- their financial assistance and trust that the coming sea-son-will,, show increased efficiency. . The-balance sheet showed that the receipts for -the year were £51,18s lOd and the expenditure £SO 12s 7d. The

principal items on the credit side were £32 5s 4d from the ball and £l4 10s in grants from the Horowhenua Rugby District Council. , Of the expenditure £27 2s lid was on account of the ball and £l6 8s lOd in payment of accounts from the previous year. - . ELECTION OF OFFICERS. Officers for the ensuing year were elected a 3 follows:—President, Mr. H. Kidson; vice-presidents, Messrs J. Roso and J. Sciascia; secretary and treasurer, Mr. F. E. Hosking ;V appointment committee, Messrs Rose; -Karauti, and the District Council’s>- nominee; max: • agement committee, Messrs Kingi„ Hemi, Rose, Hopa, and McDonald; vicepresident to N.Z. Rugby Referees’ Association, Mr. H. Kidson; delegate to Horowhenua Rugby District Council, Mr. H. Kidson. The appointment of a delegate to the N.Z. Rugby Refeertes’ Association was held in abeyance, pending financial assistance from the Rugby District Council. On the motion of Mr.> Kingi, seconded by Mr. Hopa, it was decided to make a suitable presentation to the retiring secretary, Mr. G. N. Emmett, as a tok en of the high esteem iii which he has been held by his fellow-members of the association. „ HUI MAI CLUB. The annual meeting of the Hui Mai football club was held on Thursday last. There was a good attendance. The president (Mr, W. Dalzell) was in the chair. The annual report and bal-ance-sheet were adopted. The receipts for year were £76 7s Bd, expenditure £64 4s 2d; credit balance £l2 3s 6d. Election of Officers: Patron, Major Tatum (re-elected); president, Mr. W. Dalzell (re-elected); vice-presidents, Messrs B. Slack, Ruihi Wehipeihana, L. Staples, J. Staples, L. and R. Knight,; C. Dimock, C. Cotter, L. H. and A. Atkins, H. G. Bryant, S. Meredith, R. and R. T. Day, F. Brown, R. Bevan, P.. King, W. Baxter, T. Leitch, M. Miles,; E. Hogg, T. Ransfield, K. Davis, J: Bebbington, R. and C. Drake, A. Hornig, T. O’Rourke, J. Ramsbottom, J. Horn, D. Robinson, C. C. Holmes; secretary, Mr, C. Nees (reelected); delegates to Union, Messrs. Ruihi Wehipeihana, J. Procter, B. George, JY Bebbington, W. Dalzell; manager senior team, Mr. T. Ransfield; manager junior team, M r - T. Leitch; selectors, Messrs Ruihi Wehipeihana and Don Wilson; management committee, Messrs Dalzell, secretary, and L. H. Atkins.

The following nominations for senior team were received:—L. Matheson, C. Goodwin, T. Davis, Rangi Rehu, M. and O. Meredith, J. ; Downing, B. Wehipeihana, J. Oliver, J. McKenna. Mr. Wehipeihana and Mr. M. Miles congratulated the club relative to the balance-sheet, both pointing out that much credit was dne to, Mr. Nees for the manner in which he had carried out his secretarial duties. .The club had been lucky in having several Waikato players joining up, and also one from Poverty Bay. The. season’s prospects for both senior and junior teams looked bright.

The first match-will be against Shannon at Manakau, probably on Saturday week, then will follow;; a match with Feilding, and afterwards with Athletic at Wellington. It is stated that Gleeson, Bond, McDonald, and Phillips (Nelson) will play for County this season.