NORTH v. SOUTH TARANAKI.

Taranaki Daily News, 29 June 1922, Page 3

NORTH v. SOUTH TARANAKI.

THIS AFTERNOON’S MATCH. Keen interest is being evinced throughout the province in the match which is to be played in Stratford this afternoon between teams representing North and South Taranaki. It is many years since such enthusiasm has been aroused in the meeting of "teams from the two divisions, and a great game should result, particularly as the two teams to represent Taranaki against Wellington and Wanganui, on Wednesday next, are to be selected after this match. PRIMARY SCHOOL PLAY. SATURDAY’S TRIAL MATCH. In order to select tiie North Taranaki primary school team to play South Taranaki on July 8 a trial match will be played on the New Plymouth racecourse on Saturday morning, play commencing at 10.30. The teams are: — PROBABLES. Kerr (Central). S. Sampson (Waitara), R. Sampson (Waitara), T. Taunt (Central). Fletcher (High School), H. Ewens (Waitara). (Fookes (High School). Roberts (Waitara). C. Ewens (Waitara), Ohllson (Waitara). Dalgarno (West End). Spiers (Fitzroy), Roper (West End). Fowler (Waitara), Tonk (High School). POSSIBLES. Priar (West End). Black (Central), Low (High School), Gilmour (High School). Evans (Inglewood), Corkill (Inglewood). Gudgeon (Inglewood). Murphy (West End). Smith (High School), Robbe (High School). Arnold (Central). Dickey (Fitzroy), Harvey (West End). A. Taunt (Central), J. Knight (Central). PLAY BEYOND MT. MESSENGER. Football has been keenly taken up this year on the other side of Mt. Messenger, Tohgaporutu, Awakino and Mahoenul taking part in a series of competitions, with the result that Tongaporutu has won the competition. They first beat Awakino by G to 5, later defeating Mahoenui by 3 to nil. The return match against Awakind resulted in a draw—no score. . Mahoenul were beaten again, this time by 17 to 3. There is evidently some good-natured rivalry between Tongaporutu and Awakino, the latter being confident they can lower the colors of the Tongaporutu men, and another match between these two teams is to be arranged for next week. F. A. (“Burgo”) Bruce, who used to play such a prominent game in the High School team seven or eight years ago, is now playing for Tongaporutu. NORTH’ v. SOUTH ISLAND MATOH. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, June 28. Aitken (Wellington), and McLean (Bay of Plenty) are unable to play for the North Island, and have been replaced by Byrne (King Country) and McNab (Hawke’s Bay). The Wellington players, also a portion of me South Island team, left for Auckland to-day. THE LEAGUE GAME Auckland, Last Night. The final match of the Australian Universities’ League f.eani’s tour was played to-day against an improved Auckland representative team, resulting in a win for Auckland by 2,4 points to ltf. It was a fast and exciting game. RUGBY CONTROVERSY. SENIOR TEAMS’ PROTESTS. THE POSITION EXPLAINED. The fact that, in accordance with the decision made by the management committee of the Rugby Union at the commencement of the season, that after the finish of the first round, the teams scoring the four highest cup points should be re-dravzn to find the winners of the McMasters’ Shield, the remaining teams to still continue play, has been put into operation and has raised quite a commotion in the ranks of the clubs who have lost their place at the head of the list. A meeting of the Clifton Club was held on Tuesday night, at which a strong protest was voiced and forwarded to the management committee, and the co-operation of other clubs similarly affected was sought The executive of the Stratford Club met. last evening and adopted a similar resolution. At the latter meeting the chairman of the union (Mr. J. McLeod), was present, and took the opportunity of explaining the position, which he claimed had been misunderstood by the clubs. He explained that with nine teams in tho senior A competition it required, sixteen playing Saturdays to conclude two rounds, and it was recognised at the annual meeting that owing to this being the year of Taranaki’s South Island tour, as well as navmg at least three Saturday representative matches in Taranaki, something would have to be done to meet the unusually heavy programme. Accordingly, at the management committee's meeting on March 30 last, it was resolved “to open the season on April 22 (a week earlier than usual), and with a view to shortening the competitions a re-draw take place in the A grade senior division at the end of tiie first round, ail teams down to fourth place play for the championship, and the lower ones to play to find the loser.” This resolution, Mr. McLeod pointed out, was published bj’ the papers throughout the province on March 31, and had been well understood by at least the great majority of the players and active supporters throughout Taranaki. From that time until this week the management committee of the union had never heard of any objection to tiie procedure by any club, nor had any protest, oral or written, been made by any club. It was therefore difficult to understand the action of clubs in allowing three months to elapse, and the scheme to be actually brought into operation, 1 efore raising any objection. The management committee had no feeling whatever in the matter, as financially, at any rate, the union was perforce depriving itself of quite a number of gRPd “gates” by its decision. There -Were two altcrhatives open to clubs if they insisted on the management committee changing its decision—one was to resolve that senior club fixtures should continue while the representative team will be away on tour, and the other was if that is not agreeable, to show the management committee how it is possible to finish the senior cup championships before the end of September otherwise. Long before that date country’ clubs have to cease football in the province to answer the call from the farm. The matter was therefore one for the clubs themselves to decide. It was quite open for the clubs at any time, in accordance with the by-laws, to call a special general meeting of delegates, and the decision of such a meeting would become an instruction to rhe management committee. To the best of his knowledge senior cup fixtures had never been continued in this province while the representative team was on tour, but if it was the wish of the clubs that such should be the practice, the management committee would be only too willing to carry out the direction. If such a decision should be come to, the draw for this and the following week need not be altered; the fixtures would be so arranged that every match played in the first round would be returned. The Stratford executive later resolved to take steps to have a meeting of delegates called, And if the requisite notice is given, this meeting will no doubi. be held within seven io ten days, according to the legal notice required.

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