RUGBY UNION

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 460, 18 June 1937, Page 4

RUGBY UNION

PLAYERS SUSPENDED . Management Executive Meeting The management committee of the Taranaki Rugby Union met at Stratford last night. Those present were Messr-s J. McLeod (chairman), J. B. Rblfre, R. L. Masters. A. G. Whiting, F. J. Nolan, J. S. Hickey, L. H. Sampson, J. O’Sullivan, E. C. Coutts. V. J. Henderson. L. J. Furrie and W. .G. Watts (secretary). Mr W. A. Guy, chairman of the selection committee, also attended. M. Gray (Stratford third grade), who was ordered off by Mr J. Sheppard for swearing during a StratfordS.T.H.S. match, was suspended for one week, and W. Ewington (Athletic, Hawera, senior) was ordered to stand down for a fortnight for late tackling. The Wanganui-Taranaki matches will be arranged with Wanganui to take place at Wanganui on July 24 and in Taranaki on August 14. The B match will take place at New Plymouth on July 24 in conjunction with the New Plymouth High School-Te Aute match. The game between School and St Pat’s College was tentatively arranged for July 3 at Hawera in conjunction with the Ka-ponga-Hawera senior fixture.

Stratford v. Ohura. Permission was granted to the Stratford club to play an Ohura subunion fifteen at Stratford on July 3. The reclassification of C. Erickson (Stratford), junior to third grade was approved. The Inglewood club’s protest that it did not know the starting time’s of | Central Division junior matches, and | its request that the Eltham-Ingle-wood match won by Eltham 6—o, be replayed, was dismissed, it being j pointed out that starting times were I announced in the newspapers about I Tuesday each week. pj n<>H I The Inglewood club .mentioned the | case of lowep grade .((CjurtaJn-raisers played before senior games and clubs having to meet referees’ travelling ; expenses,. quoting the Inglewood and I School. A'fourth, grade match as an i example,. Ip the past the union had ; offered, (£1 or los as an average gate in such cases, and the club ask- ' fid what the position would be this . year. [ It will be replied that where there ■ is a senior game both referees should I be given their expenses from the gate takings. When there was no senior j Aaicli the payment of expenses was I the club’s responsibility. i The Central Taranaki School ComI mittees' Association asked for a grant towards the promotion of Rugby in i eastern districts primary schools. ; The matter was referred to the Ceni tral Taranaki Prt'mary Sch'rtols Rugby • Union. n< ?0 I The South Auckland iih'Mn'S invitaI tion tor a B game at PnitekAbe was ■ accepted for August 5. The Taranaki i B team will leave on August 4 aad ; will return on the morning of August ; 9 after playing King Country at TauI marunui on August 7. The central division junior execuj tive’s request for a junior divisional representative match between Central and another fifteen, as a curtain-raiser to the South African game, was deferred until the lower grade championships position is clarified. The North Taranaki v. South Taranaki primary schools’ fixture, it was decided, will be played as a curtainI raiser to the Taranaki-Canterbury I match at Stratford on August 7.