FOOTBALL

Taranaki Daily News, 15 March 1922, Page 3

FOOTBALL

THE LEAGUE GAME. UNIONS AT VARIANCE. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, March 13. A crisis has arisen in Northern Union football owing to the action of the Players' Union in passing a resolution declining to play against any who are not members of the union. In reply to this threat the JJorthern Union Council has adopted a resolution requiring the 'Players’ Union to withdraw their resolution, failing which the council will not entertain further negotiations with the Players’ THE ASSOCIATION GAME. London, March 13. At Association football England beat Wales by one goal to nil. HAWERA CLUB. At the Hawera Club’s annual meeting on Saturday evening, officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows: —Patron, Mr. A. Hunter; president, Mr. R. Greenbanks; vicepresidents, Mrs. Gibson, Messrs. T. Taylor, W. Jury, W. Walshe, A. Kean, J. Greig, B. L. Joll, F. Quin, H. T. Lovell, J. G. Grant, T. Gonmley, and S. Reid; club captain, Mr. R. Ure; secretary, Mr. J. Goodwin ; treasurer, Mr. L. Beamish; auditor, Mr. R. F. Page,

general committee, Messrs. C. Whittington, J. Robertson, S. Day. R. Fogarty, A. West, H. Whittington, B. Douglas, F. Grant, W. Blennerhassett, M. Brown, G. Sutherland. T. Franklin; delegates to the Union, Messrs. Beamish and Goodwin.

The report stated that financially the season was not a success. The season commenced with a credit balance ot £77, and ended with a credit of £4O, leaving a deficit of £37 on the season’s workings. This is accounted for by the fact that under the scheme by which the Cup competitions were governed the Taranaki Rugby Union took all gate moneys, ahd although a portion of the senior team’s travelling expenses was refunded, no provision was made for assisting the junior teams. The travelling expenses were extremely heavy, amounting to £l3O. The committee feel that It will not be possible to carry on during the coming season under the same conditions, and it will mean that more assistance will have to be received from the Union or that the members’ subscriptions will have to be increased.