FOOTBALL.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2558, 20 July 1909, Page 6

FOOTBALL.

POVERTY BAY RUGBY UNION. The usual weekly meeting of the Management Committee of the Poverty Bay Rugby Union was held last night. Present: Messrs H. E. Maude (chairman). J. S. Wauchop, J. A. Eaton, G. Iv. Pasley, H. Bright, and E. L. Maude (hon. sec.). An apology for non-attendance was received from Mr. L. O. Ingram. The secretary of the Takitimu Club wrote regarding the Union’s disallowance of their protest in connection with the Makauri match, and stating their intention to appeal to the New Zealand i Rugby Union. —It was resolved to reply to the club, forwarding the referee’s report; which 'was on a matter of fact, also to draw, the club’s attention to the rules relating to the power of the re- ! Vrhe secretary of the Mangatu sub-' Union wrote regarding a match with the fWairoa Union at,Gisborne. —It was decided, to allow; the,use: of tlie ground for The Thursday preceding the Poverty Bay-Wairoa match, at a ground fee of £2 2s. > .IOM uUi . A number of players were passed for the Gisborne, Star, Makauri, KaitiCity, and Y.M.C.A. Clubs, and several accounts were passed for payment.!: : : i A deputation ;from,,;tho Australian; Eootb all League, consisting ;of Messrs | Morgan and Wack, waited upon the', committee asking leave to use; the: Domain on some Thursday afternoon! towards the end of August, or early in j September, in order to play, a match) against the Auckland Australian foot-! bailers... ; : •)•> i cAUmdRi/i vur.ko j After the deputation had withdrawn,] the subject was discussed,' and it was] finally decided,to allow the League The; use' of the ground at a date to be fixed, j the sum of £3 3s .to be charged as! ground' fee, and - all expenses f'to.'. 'be: borne by the League, i A A o l It I was decided to write to the Referees’ Association asking for an ex- j planation why a referee did not go out to take of the match,' at Makauri on. Saturday, also to write to the .I a kauri. and Te ■ Kura clubs expressing regret at the occurrence,;, and! stating the action that was being taken. .Soine discussion took place regarding the ! practising of the representative team,- and it was resolved to ask Messrs L. B. Sherriff, A. W. Rees, J. J. Martin, and G. Rowe to attend the evening practices in Lysnar’s Hall as often a« possible in order to give the players the benefit of their advice and tuition. It was decided, in view of the representative tour, that all senior cup matches, both in town and in the country, be held over until after the tour, and that the selectors pick teams representative of town and country players available to make the tour, the match to be played next Saturday at the Domain. The first matches in the fourth round of the Thursday competition start on Thursday, the fixtures being drawn as follows: City v. Gisborne, at 1.45 p.m.; Star v. Alhambra, at 3 p.m. The following will represent the Kaiti-City juniors in their match with United on Saturday: Full-back, Stubbs; O’Neill, Oman, Huston ; five-eighths, Sitchberry, Pollock; half, E, Whitfield forward, Hargraves (wing), Bristow, McKenzie, G. V'hitfield, Jackson, Hickey, Fromm, O’Neill. Emergencies, Morell, Hepburn, Lang. The above-mentioned players are requested to me9t at the Royal Hotel t-o-night at 7.30 p.m., for practice. BRITISH ASSOCIATION GAME. A meeting of the Rangers Football Club (under British Association rules) was held in the Y.M.C.A. rooms on Saturday evening, when the following officers w r ere elected : —Captain, Mr. J. Grimshaw; vice-captain, Mr. A. S. Scroggie; secretary and treasurer, Mr. G. F. Dick; delegates to the Association, Messrs Grimshaw, Dick, and Hoare. The colors of the club will bo black and white. THE PROFESSIONAL TEAM. Mr D. Fraser, manager of .the New Zealand professional football team that recently toured Australia under ern Union rules, was interviewed by a “Post” reporter on the subject of the trip. In Australia, he remarked,’ professional Rugby was on a par with the amateur game, as regards gates, ■players, and everything else. As a proof of this, he continued, the amateur people kept back the match five weeks, in order to make it clash with the Northern fixture. Despite this, however, while the amateurs had an attendance of 23,000, the professionals attracted on the same day a gathering of 19,000. Had it not.been for the series of accidents that befell various players, Mr Fraser said, he was confident that more matches would have been won by the New Zealand combination. Regarding the financial aspect of the undertaking, he said that the receipts quite exceeded his _ expectations,- the receivable by each individual player being double the guaranteed sum. Incidentally, he mentioned that a o-entleman had waited upon him soon after his return, with the object of organising a Wellington team to visit Nelson, and play a team there under Northern Union rules.