FOOTBALL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 273, 15 May 1912, Page 8

FOOTBALL

NEW ZEALAND RUGBY UNION. By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. The management committee of the New Zealand Rugby Union met tonight. An appeal 'for a contribution towards a fund for the purchase of pictures for a national art gallery was referred to the annual meeting. The Wellington Rugby Union wrote asking that as the amount of £4OO had been half paid off the committee should consider the question of reducing the rate of interest from 3 per cent, to 2% per cent. The amount outstanding is £195. The matter was referred to the incoming committee. The disqualification of twelve months imposed on T. Rapson, by the Wellington Rugby Union, was made general. An application by E. R. Watkins for reinstatement was declined. The Poverty Bay Association wrote urging the reinstatement of players in [that district as a check to the growth of the Northern League game. It was well known, said the letter, that football in Hawke's Bay last season was a fiasco, owing to the strides made by the league game. It was reasonable to assume that a number of smaller unions had already been approached, with perhaps a prospect of an early representative match and a return game to induce them. The letter was referred to the annual meeting.

Star Juniors will be represented by the following in their match against Clifton Juniors at the Recreation Grounds, New Plymouth, to-morrow afternoon, commencing at 3 p.m.:— Mason (2), Harvey, Pr.eece, Lowe, James (2), Bullot, Page, Clark, McGahey, Johnson, Crockett, Plumb, Bridger, and Crone.

The following will represent Tukapa first juniors' in their match against Eltham, on Thursday:—Patterson, D. Morey, Clarke, Hodges, Tuohy, Stohr, Loveridge, West, Spence, Martin, Smith, McLachlan, McKoy, Roebuck, and Wiley. Emergencies: Patterson and Steele.