FOOTBALL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 274, 1 September 1936, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

ASHBURTON RUGBY UNION THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE. The Management Committee of the Ashburton Rugby Union met last evening, Mr Robilliard presiding. A motion of sympathy was passed with the relatives of the caretaker (Mr S. Wilson) who died recently. Mr G. Day reported on the match against North Auckland on Saturday. He said that arrangements made for the visit had been highly spoken of, and a hope had been expressed that the Ashburton team might visit North Auckland to play a return match. It was decided to thank all who had assisted with the entertainment of the team.

A report on the match was submitted by the chairman who said the game was even and keenly contested. ( The conduct of the players was exemplary. The Ashburton Women’s Hockey Association thanked the union for its good wishes to the representative team taking part in the New Zealand tournament.

The Ashburton Agricultural and Pastoral Association wrote drawing the attention of the union to the wilful damage done recently at the Showgrounds. It was decided to reply that this was done on an afternoon when the union had no control over the football on the grounds. The Rakaia junior club was granted permission to play Bromley on Saturday, providing that players selected to take part in the trial game played in this fixture. The Sydenham Club wrote asking if it would be possible for a third grade team to visit Ashburton on Saturday. It was decided to continue the third grade competition on Saturday, to endeavour to arrange a match with Sydenham on the following Saturday, and to arrange a third grade match with Christchurch High School for the Jones-Davy Cup on September 19.. The junior competition was declared closed, Hinds being the winners. JUNIOR TRIAL GAME The following teams have been selected to play a Junior representative trial game at the Showgrounds on Saturday : —- Possibles Full-back: Wilson (Mayfield). Three-quarters: Wylie (Methven A) F. Jordan (Old Boys), P. O’Reilly (Rakaia). Five-eighths: Neill and J. 0 Donoghue (Hinds). Half-back: Henderson (Mayfield). Forwards: R. Doig (Rakaia), McAnaultv (Methven A), Moreland (Rakaia)

MeGirr (Methven B). Milsom (Old Boys), H. Boucher (Springbunl), Menzies (Hinds), Gilmore (Hinds). B. Team. Full-back: Samuels (Hinds). Three-quarters: T. Whiting (Mayfield), Greygoose (Rakaia) Rickard (Hinds). Five-eighths: O’Donoghue (Old Boys Sullivan (Methven A). Half-back: G. Burgess (Springburn). Forwards: Hill (Technical Old Boys), Bums (Rakaia), Kilworth (Methven A), Mclntosh (Methven A), Wilson (Hinds), P. Boucher (Springburn), Haskett (Methven A), Sheehan (Old Boys). Emergencies: Lloyd, Holloway (Old Boys), Jones (Technical Old Boys), McCall (Technical Old Boys). All players will take part in the trial. TEAM TO PLAY NORTH OTAGO. The Ashburton representative team to play North Otago at Oamaru on Saturday has been chosen by the selector (Mr G. Day) as follows: Full-back: E. Lunn. Three quarters: J. Lilfey (Methven), R. Lilley (Methven), L. Vessey (Rar kaia). Five-eighths: G. Stephen (Methven), W. Burgess (Technical). Half-back: D. White (Old Boys). Forwards: H. Brooker (Methven) E. McKenzie (Methven, captain), R. Rose (Old Boys), C. Haack (Technical) N. Hawke (Technical), B. Newton (Old Boys), G. Lochhead (Methven), 81.B 1 . Doig (Rakaia). Emergencies: H. Cook (Methven) and C. Bradley (Technical Old Boys; forwards: J. Gorman (Old Boys) and W. Smitheram (Old Boys). Mr N. Robilliard was appointed manager of the team, which will leave tho Somerset corner at 7 a.m. THE ASSOCIATION GAME. ENGLISH TEAM NEXT YEAR, WELLINGTON, August 31. The arrangements for the visit of an English Association football team to New Zealand next year were advanced a stage to-night by a decision of the council of the New Zealand Football Association to negotiate with Australia to take part of the tour. A cable message was read- from the Football Association, London, agreeing to visit New Zealand in 1937. Provisional arrangements had been made, the message stated, to leave on the Chitral on April 20. The council adopted the finance committee’s recommendation to send a cable message to the Australian Association, which is understood to be anxious to take four weeks of a nine weeks’ tour. The cost to Australia would be £1520.

Mr Malcolm Fraser’s resignation from the council because of the pressure of other activities was accepted with regret. Canterbury was granted permission to play Otago at Dunedin on Saturday for the Football Association trophy.