“TOO MUCH INTRIGUE”

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 50, Issue 136, 21 March 1930, Page 4

“TOO MUCH INTRIGUE”

UNION RUGBY ELECTION. ALLEGATION BY A DELEGATE. “There is too much intrigue going on to gain places on the Union,” said Air T. B. Lane (a delegate of the Old Boys’ Club) at the annual meeting of the Ashburton Rugby Union last evening, when referring to the drop in the receipts of the Union last year, compared with the previous year. “I was told on. more than one occasion last week that the matter of the election of president had 'been ‘cut and dried.’ ” The president (Mr W. F. Watters): I think your remarks are irrelevant, Mr Lane. *

Continuing, Mr Lane said' it was not a fair thing to ask delegates to come along and cast their votes when _ the matter had practically been decided. “The body of men who constitute the Union are not playing the game above board,” he added. “It does not sound well for the Union that such statements should be made. The members should see that things are run fairly and squarely.” If the affairs of the Union were not executed fairly, it would directly affect the players, who would lose confidence in the controlling body, and in turn would mean the loss of public support and a decrease in revenue.

Mr F. Pritchard said the decrease in receipts last year was due, in a large measure to the small number cf representative fixtures played on the home ground compared with the previous vear. Ho would not like the public to think that the decrease was due to lagging interest.