NEW ZEALAND RUGBY UNION.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 108, 12 June 1914, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND RUGBY UNION.

MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE. Press Association. WELLINGTON, June 11. The Management Committee of the New Zealand Rugby Union met this evening. A sub-committee recommended thsjit the sum of £2OO should be voted to the school districts as follows:—Wanganui £.12, Wairarapa £l2, South Canterbury £l2, Southland £l2, South Auckland £l2, Marlborough £9, Bush Districts £ll, Manawatu £B, West Coast £9, Buller £9, Taranaki £l2, Nelson £9, Bay of Plenty £B, Hawke's Bay £ll, (Poverty Bay £B, Horowhenua £6, Auckland £lO, Wellington £lO, Canterbury £lO, Otago £3O. The Poverty Bay and Manawatu grants have been held over till the amounts of their school expenditure have been sent in.

A telegram was received from the Nelson Union expressing disappointment at the non-iiiclusion of their nominees in the South Island "A" team. Disappointment was also expressed at the men nominated for the "B" team not being selected in the order named.

R. Roberts was selected as captain for the North Island "A " team'l J. Cuthill was appointed captain of the. South Island fifteen. Messrs R. M. Isaacs and J. H. A. Laughton were reelected members of the Appointment Board of the season. Messrs Francis and Fordyee were selected by the Appointment Board as referees in the "A" and "B" inter-island matches respectively. The suspension. of B. Ben : son, of the Poneke Club, for four playing Saturdays from date, for using an obscene expression to a referee on June 6, was confirmed.

A suggestion, which was adopted, from the Wellington Rugby Union was that tlie annual match between the junior representatives should be played on.the 17th inst. as a "curtain raiser" to the North and South Island fixture, providing that the game ended bv twenty minutes to three o'clock. It was decided to play a St. Patrick's College-University match as a "curtainraiser" to the big game also. H'he secretary of the Greymouth Union telegraphed that O 'Callaghan, owing to unforeseen circumstances, would be unable to play in the South Island "A" team. In response to a query from a union it was decided to reply that a disqualified player could not referee in a match or hold any official position. The Nelson Rugby Union advised the suspension of W. Rowlands and W. Doyle for taking part in Northern League fixtures. Both players were of mature age. The former piayed League all last season, and the latter for several seasons. Both players are to be written to asking them to show cause why they should not be expelled. The Marlborough Union wrote advising that the following players took part in advertised League matches and that they had been disqualified:—W. O 'Dwyer, A. Neal, T. Geary, A. Taylor. P M'Donald, E. F. Bates, R. Cresswell, J. Murphy, M'Mahon, H. Marshall, 11. Schwass, P. O'Dwyer, J. M' Donald, Hyams, A. Oben. C. Murphy, R. M'Artney, P. Batv, A. M 'Galium, J. O'Dwyer, W. Marks, K. Ross, F. O 'Sullivan, J. O 'Leary, W. Gibb, A. Masters, Parker, W. Stafford, H. J. Callan, W. Maxted, I). M'Galium, and A. Gridley. The players were given fourteen days in which to show cause why they should not be expelled. The Southland Union advised that its : representatives would be touring north this year, and intended to fulfil a fixture with the Taranaki 'Union.- In compliance- with Rule 4 of the Ranfurly Shield regulations they applied for the match to be a challenge one. The request was granted.