RUGBY UNION.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 379, 10 March 1937, Page 7

RUGBY UNION.

COMMITTEE MEETS. i Preparations For Annual Meeting. i To consider accounts and other c? tens preparatory to the annual meet- ! ing, a meriting of the .management ; committee of the Taranaki Rugby i Union 'Was held at Stratford last j night Present were: Hon. Jas. Me ' Lend (chairman), F. J. Nolan (Strat ! ford), J. Goodwin, J. Rowe (Hawera), A. Whiting (Eltham), J. S. Hickey (Opunake), L. Hum (Pat a) j J. O’Sullivan (Okaiawa), F. H. Mas ; tert (New Plymouth), L. J'. Furrie, |V. Kerr (New Plymouth), J. Martin i (Opunake), W. Watt, S. E. Nielson. Permission to play the Dan O’Brien and Carbine Shield gam s on the Sat j urday prior to the start of conipetiI tion games, was granted the Tukapa j Club. The club's application for the j use of a training ground at Rugby j Park until Sanders Park was awSf.- | able was granted. j Permission to hold seven-arslde : tournaments was granted the Oka.to. I Kaponga and Oakura Clubs.' Tariki > and Manaia clubs w r ere given permission to hold ten-a-side tournaments. j A ttatuminit of distribution of club 'gates sbo 'ed that payments had been

: made as follows:—Stratford £55 16s i6d, Thkaipa £3l 15s 6d, Clifton £27 I3s Bd, Patea £2l Ot 2d, Opunake £lB ■7s lid, Hawera £lB 17s 111, Ingle- ' w'ood £l6 12s Id, Star £l5 Us 2d,. i Kaponga £l5 3s 3d, Elt»am £l2 16s ■ Id, United Old Boys £l4 18t>. New i Plymouth Old Boys £l2 ICt 91. 'Okaiawa £ll 14s 7d, Athletic £9 15s . 3d, Wailmate £6 13s 6d, total £269 2s ■ 9d. I The balance sheet showed a profit ■ of £lO H's lOd on (he season’s work- ' ing. ■ In club football the gross gates I were £lOO5 9f. Eld and the' expens s : £751 8s 9d. thq principal items bei ing: Refund to clubs ©268 IDs 4d. i gait keepers £lll Us. ground rent i £9B 13s 9d, insurance fund £155 Us, I advertising £lll 10s 3d, and referees ; £l9 3s 6d. There was a profit of i £l.lB Is on the senior semi-finals and ; finals and a loss of £3l fis 6d on the : junior pla'y-offs. ' The medical insurance fund account ' shows' a satisfactory position. The .receipts were £349 8s 9d, of which ; £66 12s represented players’ suh- ; scriptions, £lOO Us club football, j £.30 0s Id play-offs and £52 5s 8d ■ representative football. Tfoe payi ments on account of injured plaiyers j totalled £122 19s 6d. leaving a credit ‘balance of £417 Is sd. compared with i £290 12s 2d at the beginning of the i season.