RUGBY FOOTBALL.

Shannon News, 13 May 1927, Page 4

RUGBY FOOTBALL.

; HOEOi^f^KiJ^3>xs{rßi^Treo > TOrciL The J^f^laHW iefc | n & oe ment' Committee of ■ tlie ' Hordwhen.ua Rugby district Council was held in ? WStitatf *s 4se#*o®msr last- evening, -there bain J 2 J. ’QJGonncr 7 ’ (ja®ps\dast}j Jj^Pro»ieri<»icc-pr«sident>j - ..Robinson (Awalmu),' M.' Winiata (senior selec : tor)* A.,Richards’ (Shannon)," W. Joyce (Werarba), t*W. v Neville I '. (Foxton), S; Attßtin” : (F-Oxton);&'M,Ji Ryder/ (.Wander? N. t (CqnntyX H - Donald (Schools), J. .J. „Caaey, .-(secre- , tary),- J..W. Rixpmer (treasurer). , V ‘-LEVIN I’-SCHOOL 1 ’-SCHOOL v.' AWAHOU. With *ef*ettde-'tO' | sthe- applicatioil by the) Bavin District! 1 . Big^Rchnob-‘t olllll < fo% ~ on, .the ,inability of .the for; 7 . mer .team to’ get- a conveyance last Saturdays week;-‘Mr- Robinson said v that Awahou#* was*.- agraeable oto Jthe~ iinatch :> The/applijiationrwaa ac r . eordinglv granted. ; CHANGE IN JUNIOR SELECTOR. ' Mr F. Robinson wrote -resigning from . , the** position- ‘of -‘junior selector* .>■also i . ■ fromi,thati :of -j .classifier,- for, 'the. - junior reptg, ,-owipgvto pressure , ofwork 011 Saturdays, there being four teams in. (Awahciu). . Mr’•Robinson- explained'-tlist' tlierd <'„• wasvawgohd» dieal l 4o' do -on Saturdays^ looking afte& ..He V't xouliJlPtt continue- in the positions re- - ; ferred' to. • . ’ .p.l- On the motion of the chairman, -Mr fi!-' Robinsom’s iresignatkm tw^asi.-accepted ?‘ ‘ withflMgwfc. . , • . .*• f?.-. appointed: to ,thQ;pp.si; . tiori.; of junior selector, and he promiaed -to ’ do' his' best to nut a good team

:v ’ in *th‘el field. 1 .-rvrvrvr, ’ L £: SHANNON v THIRDS- AWARDED,rA' v: '■ .. ...GAME. ; ' Mr secretary of the Shanr non'Club, wrote,. stating that his cliib iji. • desired. a‘ re-play ‘ of~ the ’ ‘third-grade * matchi'-Shannom on ' the ;-!* grounds of Awahou playing two/ShanI* non,payers.- » TJie.f writer ,st at ed.that f, thejeaptain of the; r 4iyahou team was , warned of the fact before the .game sj*,’ started,-but-'disregarded .. _ 1 Ha was -decided, jbmithe>motion; of -Mr V, Casey,k^ficoodedoby.oMr, ! Procter,; that tha game be-,, awarded-,tO: Shannon. " ;park, domain. •**,- The. Town Cierk-of'Levin wrote ackl 1 noWlfedging* receipt of 1 * the District V, : CouacitWequestjtfemsonset loadsrof isoil %\ '’ to beopatrfpn-iithe-lpdgeriotttside:, the oval on Park Dp.main , v ’ " playing field, to. enable spectators to k: / gain a good view of the games. The ;( -f" Reserves-' during- air -inspecy tionfa .’tfew-aweeksrf&gojMieciDgnised ;;the <1 necessity, jvfor/■ some-work %of tlie. sort, i- andthey . decided, that, when surplus soil was ayhilable, it should be placed y-‘ as suggested. few loads would •be put iJ on : immediately*for.a -start. y : -jOTAHI THIRDS WITHDRAWf' Jlr,-P. -H. Rhodes,sOtaki. .wrote, reh gretting, that the, team could not ckrry on, and requesting a refund V- of-the nomination fee: • It • Tlie that,the had %■ replied -statipg thatttlie Council ,did not refund nomination fees. %" - . APPOINTED A REFEREE TfC -Mr 'Coyle; 1 Shannon,- wrote ‘ asking §1 to consider his reinstate-ment-as junioras he was sunable to getiiawgame .with the 1 seniors. In , the %' / alte^tiye,. he r offered his?services.as 'a* - a referee. . - • The secretary stated ' that, as there j 1 was-no ehance- of t? Mr ’Coylo’s reinstatejy meati»asi,a -.junior;* Ms S accepted x,aß : a.referee. f.y • .RRBBINGTON. SHIELD. 'A eVallenge (already.announced) for* h the'Ecbbingtoii v Shieli was received by *’V letter from- Union. (A ChalIV lenge’-wasjorevioiisly! received from the v" Dannevirke Sub-union). ' '* f.-;- The ’ seeretary reported that he had <V replied •, gtijating u the Union .would i> be notified •* later ‘-as. to '* the time and \ place for the match. ’V GOMBJNEDj CONTROL. ' I'* Mr Casey said, the combined , annual.-meeting, of .the Manawhenua Unwn, Mr Frazer, the, secretary, meu- \ ‘ tioned that' Mr' : Ml;Kenzie, of‘WairaV" rapa, had 1 • spoken about a - home-an d- %\ ' homeomatch<with the combined union. Nothin g then, came rof : it. : Sqibsequentp-, }y f pwben -.the * combined .went Pi to Wellingtcn, thgy found that the sr* ManaWatu men had arranged;for such a It- : appeared at'the present %•" time '-that j the >Manawatu -had fe, taken up the/duties vof fop combined ■:f ( ' unio,n; He intended .to mention this at the next meeting, and to bring it home to the president and the secre- >#■ tary - and remind them- that Manawatu ■ was ai part. of *.the combined-union. j“<: ", After-some,^discussion it wqs resolved , that, all .senior, club.gapies be.postponed pV 1 on days "when rep.| matches are being, K,i played in the district. v.\ In -the third-grade competition on V " Saturday, -Wanderers defeated Weraroa, at Prouse fa, Paddockj by 13. points to 8.

REP. FIXTURES. The following representative fixtures . wore Wednesday, June lat.-'-Maori v. Pa«!i'‘ . keha HP}*tch, <at-Otahi-‘ ;V Saturday, June, ,18th,— Hprowkenua ’>£ - v. Manjiwatu, at Shannon. / ■ .Wednesday, June v. -J - Dannevirke:' (ißebbington >Shield), at ■Jf • Foxton. W Wednesday, July 13th.—S,ame v.. 4*. Bush (Bebbington Shield), at Levin. Saturday, July/23rd.-?—Same v. Mana- & watu, at Palmerston -North.

% MATCHES AND REFEREES FOR m> . ■ SATURDAY. * ft, - . • ■ W;, t ■ • ® j • grounds and referees for Saturday next are as under:— • SENIOR. ' ■Jv. ‘ County v.'Shannon,, at Levin; -Mr E. 'M,' Weraroa v. Hui Mai,\at Manakau: r Mr J. Sciascia. ; _ - Awahou <v. ‘Wanderers, ’*at "Foxton, NoJ6;^MrW.„-Neville. Jtf’VK / JUNIOR- •• W>: Hui fMai, V. fShannon, at Shannon; ,& 1 Mr R. Sands. , F«*t<UL*v> Awnhftlbi ai,vPf>k^% r No. : W’ 2; Mr P. McGregor. _ ? g\ , Miranuiv.?W*ip,r.oa,pat Weraroa; Mr IwyjL Kttftgn* ! .i. jfj V ' - '

THIRD GRADE. Foxton v. Awahou, at Foxton, No. 1, at 1.30; ,Mr K. Hirini. Shannon v. Weraroa, at Miranui, at 2.50; *Mr ;C. Coyle. , FOURTH GRADE. Awahou v. Foxton D.H.S., at Foxton; Mr T. McDonald.