FOOTBALL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10614, 22 April 1912, Page 3

FOOTBALL

WAtRARAPA RUGBY UNION.

ANNUAL MEETING

I3ni!!S?<_ BHSHB The annual meeting of delegates to the- Walrarapa Ru'yby Union was hold at Carterton on Saturday evening, tho following Clubs being represented : Carterton, Masterton, Gladstone, Creytown, Dalclield, Liberal (Featlierston), and Red Star. 'Mr B. Gha'-p----minii was voted to ifcho chair. The -minutes of the last annual meeting were read and confirmed-, .. , Apologies for absence were received from Mcasivi D. K. Logan (President) anil A. B. Charters. The annual report 'and balance sheet were adoptc-d as read. The latter snowed, amongst other items, .that the Union commenced last season with a debit balance of £8 10s and finished with a debit of £lB 12s. Tihe total receipts for the is-eason amounted to £2.10 ss. 'ld, the principal source of revenue feeing: Senior championship matches, £lls 17s; junior matches, £4G 7s; representative .matches, £32 2s 6d; two senior North v. South representative jmatchefi, £ho 18s; GLubs' annual subscription's £lB 18s; dona-j itdoiis, £l3 -Is. The sum of £33 wa,s paid out of the -inwrranee. fund la tit season for accidents, the fund now standing at about- £4 in credit. | Officers ifir the eiicning season wero j elected as fellows:— Patron, Mr W. C. Buchanan, M.P. ; President, Mr D. j K. iLogaft;. Yice-Piresident-s, Messrs W. E, Bidwill, W-. Strang, J. Me-' Master, Bean McKennta and J. Redimond; seerctai-y, Mr J. B. Nidholls; treasurer, Mir E. MeKen/Je; Management Committee, Messrs A. B. Charters, A. E. Booth', C. Keicl, W. Dar-! vill, R, Ward, W. Hart and J. W. | Henderson; Appeal Committee, ' Messrs H. Booth, C. Beard and J. B. Emmett; auditore, Messrs L. Smart and LIT. Hart; .senior (selection commit--teo, Messrs D. K. Logan, C. • Reid,-j and A. 13. Chanters; junior selection | committee, Messrs W. Watersoii, J. W. Henderson and R. Ward; deleigafes to ,New Zealand 'Rugby Union, Messrs E. McKenzie and B. Ghapimaai. )

After tconr-ideraible diecmssion,. tihe matter of .classification cf players or tthe -advisability of setting lip a com>mittec to deal with .same was left in the hands of the management committee.-

Nominations of teams were received duxxm itihe following chubs:— Grey town, senior and junior; Gladstone, senior; Feathorsiton, junior; Dalefield, junior;! ■Carterton, isenior, pnuor and third-; class; Red star, senior, junior, and | I itfliirci-class. i It .was decided to start the champ-I liojusliip matches in each grade on the I IStJr of May. I Tihe Union decided to rent a letterbox at Carterton post oflbe for receipt of correspondence. [ ■ it was resolved that the donor of the Pearson Cup be written to, ask-' ing his .approval to an alteration of the rules 'governing competition for same, so as to make if, 'imperative that the holders- shall play the first challenge iiEiaitc'li for same aiwt later than j a fortnight after the junior matches conclude, and 'if still holders, the second match a week later.... Totes of thanks were accorded alllast season's officers for their services, and also the chairman of the meet- i ing. )