FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 203, 29 June 1903, Page 4

FOOTBALL.

taranaki rugby onion. A meeting of the Management Committee was held in the Stratford Hotel last Friday evening. Present: Messrs. Buchanan (Clifton), Slattery (Waimate), Spurdle (Inglawood), Chrko (Opunake), and'Arndt (Secretary). A letter was read frcm the Oiago Rugby Union offering 50 per cent of nst gate proceed?, with a maximum cf £SO. It waa decided to include Otago in the Taranaki rep. tour. The Hiwke's Biy Union wrote suggesting July 25th or Sep'ember 12th for rep. matth in Napi6r. The secretary will reply that the Un'on regrtts that it is unable to visit Napier this season. The tour of the rep. tesm was then discussed, and tho itiaertry wds fixed for a weeks' tcur at an estimated cost of £230. Tho date will not be fixed until o'her interprovinri ;1 arrai g. ui« . 10 ascertained. Matches uo at Palmeraton North, Chiistchurch, Timuka, and Dunedin, and on the return trip tho team will p'ay Wellington ar.d Wairarapa, the last nsmcd match taking p'ac3 at Masterton. KegarJicg a telegram received from the Auckland Union, agreeing to pi iy at New Piymcirh on September lit, it was resolved thit tho A uik ia-deis be asked to fix it for a Thursday. A let'e: from !li-j ciptain of S ratford 111. team was lofcnod hack to him, string Hn'ih; u.ust come through 'hoc'in'.' .fct'liuy. Tho Ot-inmit"-' <_• ro_.-;d'jffd tho p.o tests ti' av.l [itglowiod Olubs ag-i:M:.t I us-pa. ihe fonsr-i's proet v-a, • 1.j.-. ILP.ke, Tnkap. tl:r_>w] :art. i , »v. t s not :■ lmna fido r -i----d-'nt of tbo Nnv [ lymouth district. McPike r s :-rcsaad was queslioaed. He dsr ied lljvt ho was a professional in any sn nsn. Tiiis p.otfst was dismissed. Thi lafm's protestthat O'Do.i, a Tnlcijn whig, was a nei denb within tho Inglewrod boundaries was tdjourted f r fm'i.r evidence, Mr A. Gray v.us tho New Plymouth deifga eal tfce moiins.