FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 May 1921, Page 5

FOOTBALL.

IARANAKI RUGBY UNION. MEETING OF MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE. A meeting of the management com. 4 mittee of the Taranaki Rugby Unioii was held at Stratford last night. Pre,-* sent: Messrs. Jas. McLeod (chairman)’< W. B. Fearon, R. F. Harkness, A. R. Ryder, A. T. Honors, D. George, G, Meuli, L. G. Beamish, A. F. Neilson, D, J. Malone, Jas. Garcia, and G.'E. Jagq (secretary). The chairman welcomed Mr. Honore aa3 representative of the Taranaki priaarj| schools. SCHOOL PLAYERS’ RIGHTS. Old Boys protested against the match against Inglewood being awarded to the latter club on the ground that Inglewood had played H. Brown, who, was a member of the High School Club? ’ and was at Inglewood on holiday. Priory to the match they informed Inglewood that they intended to protest. | Inglewood admitted they had played' Brown, who had played third grade fori High School. Brown was a resident of; Inglewood, attended the school, and waa : on vacation, and he volunteered to play/ for Inglewood, who were short. The chairman stated that the question of High iSchool boys playing for their home clubs when on vacation would have to be considered. Personal*, ly he considered they were entitled to. play. Secondary schools were not attCii dated with clubs, but were permitted.' to play in the competitions. Mr. Ryder stated that the school pre«d ferred their players to during th® vacation, so as to keep in form. 1 It was pointed out that Brown had’ played in a match two grades, higher! than his present grade. On the motion of Messrs. Malone and Harkness, it was resolved that the protest be di&nissed, on the ground that Brown was eligible to play, and that the deposit be refunded. It was decided that secondary school boys and boarders, when on vacation, be permitted to play in matches for! their home team, such players to be graded by their respective school au-] thorities for such matches, but shall automatically revert to their; school grading on return to school. TRANSFERS AND RE-INSTATE-MENTS. Transfers were granted as follows: McDavitt, from Clifton to Old Boys; A. H. Hurley, from Tukapa, to Star (sub-u ject to clearance being in order); Evans from Kaponga to Waimate; M. ’ B. Thorpe, from Hawera to Stratford. Re-instatements were agreed to as follows:—Senior to junior: Tariki, J. Wells; Tukapa, A. Oliver, G. Hart and R. Cocker; Star, J. Jones. Tukapa were given permission to reenter a third-grade team in June. PLAYER SUSPENDED. Mr. Seoon, referee in the Toko-Tariki match at Toko on Saturday, reported having ordered a Tariki player off tho field for language, whereupon the whole team decided to go off. After he had changed ready for going home, they said they were prepared to go on, but he considered the game off as far as he was concerned. After hearing evidence, it was resolved to suspend the player (E. Loveridge) for a month. It was resolved that the Tariki Club be ordered to apologise to the union for their action. PATEA’S BOUNDARIES.

The Patea Club wrote asking that old boundaries be adhered to, as at present some members within the old Patea Club district were playing in clubs under the Wairoa Sub-Union. The old boundary commenced at the mouth of the Patea River, but then ran back to the Whenuakura River, and from there to the Kohi Road opposite the Waverley racecourse. —It was resolved to inform the Patea Club that the boundary is the Whenuakura River. QUESTION OF AGE LIMIT. In accordance with notice of motion, Mr. McLeod moved in the direction of the age limit in the fourthgrade to provide that genuine school boys who hpve passed their eighteenth birthday could continue to play in the fourth grade. The idea was to permit two boys at the New Plymouth Technical College who had reached 18 years to continue, to play. Members generally considered that it was inadvisable to make any exceptions. It was pointed out that schools already had an advantage over other teams, in as much as they could get proper coaching. The motion was defeated. GENERAL.

All junior matches set down for June 4 will be played on June 3. Mr. Jago was appointed manager of the team for Wanganui. It was reported that Canterbury and Otago had confirmed the dates offered, and that Wanganui would play on the ‘date suggested—July 28. Horowhenua wrote asking for a match to be arranged when the team was on tour. —Consideration deferred. Mr. Garcia was appointed to represent f Taranaki at the conference to be held in Hamilton to discuss the boundary question as between the South Auckland Union and adjacent unions. The Eltham Progress Committee wrote asking that a representative match be played at Eltham. —The application will be kept in mind. It was resolved to thank Mr. P. J. Flarfnagan for his donation of a shield, which was allocated to the fourtl grakle. This now leaves only one grade to be provided with a shield, and K was stated that an Inglewood gentleman had offered a shield.