DEVONPORT FOOTBALL GROUNDS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 81, 5 April 1911, Page 4

DEVONPORT FOOTBALL GROUNDS.

ALLOTTED TO (RUGBY CLU* ■_:-___* OGWXWIiV'-. v ' Mora than general inteieat vru aiat, fested in last night's meeting of tit Devonport Domain Boa—l, tha OcsnpE being the allocation of playing gro_h to the football club* for t*e cohungu'. son. Applications *from various: -tSf (including one each from • the V,tfc«"t Shore Rugby and the Football Oluba) lor playing been received by the Board, and jild —• deferred until last night's mcetlnf. For some time a keen wVkliy hal ta isted between the Nor _ '_ Club (which has held the _aia ffm4 for some years) and the Norther* Clin' Football Club. Both bodie* represented, and the discussion oa 8» matter of tha allocation of th* faMltt gro—idt was at times somewhat WliE|; The Mayor explained _at .'(oreWjii time "sftst Nos. I and 2 ground* tt Wto, allotted to the North. SlWr* Rugby Jroot. iball Club, While the Nort-*—ittre _sociation Football Club also had two pUj"ing grounds '. "Messrs.Considine and'McKenzie iwn4:- ---,""— _t no applications for gTMllLul entertained for allocationfor a longer period than two clea* Satardaya is Uvance of each ordinary meeting, and local requirement* receive '.'prafemtiUVJ The Mayor said players shoql| ktf some more definite knowledge of i tWt : tenure. Two weeks enough. The Rugby Union plapMp| national game, and he felt' Council s——l4 —ipporfc-those the national game. He _ov«L>l»-<afc amendment, M !Th%t humS*f:'-_l''ta| number two grounds be alio tMf|f§*'4i| North Shore Rugby Football Cl— at a tee of £15 for -the season ending 3—: A*S» This was seconded, and carricd.-J«*gS A-'' further asriendmentr vma imojjjflllj^ Mr. Oonsidinej "That the whole\nH||| .be deferred for a month," and —«_rt by Mr. McKenzie. JTir. W. W. Guinness, spealsiag-Wtit motion, pointed out that he> hadpre* oubly suggested that- the -.grouaat M allocated Saturday by Saturday i» «M_ to give ail the dubs an 'tjft|>6tj|ptK*| playing On the grounds. He was tl.Wt our of the main grounds being <u«i'ft exhibition match—, and the rtfl!ifc'_i| grounds for practice and matches. As to the matter of aliod—if special grounds' to any partkf«fl|i|'ttM : the .Board Aould not be;-ififlutam !| the matter. He had assisted the varioai clubs by obtaining new g-rdnndiy M would rather itsigu his scat than* aUy himself with either pf the ,rival itstyl of the .Rugby or Northern UnioiieCJl<_> Mr. Considine's ' atnendinrti the -matter for a month WW lost Messrs. Guinness and Consid—s fi* ther movedt "That tlie vartoaa cl»_ hi asked to submit pro^grwft—feyof im » hibition matches for the aeiuiA^iaftii tW No. Ibe allotted only fat flist -<*M»Jfe hibitioß mat—- in ttrailectin *ittijijl athletic club." "j_^'-'"'^bWHe Sir. Timewell •tßapt||M clubs Should look for new gr«»<Sp|g that the Board should stand by which had field the gromi years.. -. On being put, the amendmm- was )•& atod- the Mayor's motion,■'. ktkttttl|i:W ground to the North Shore Bughy fty ball Club was carried. .The North $horp -ssodation_fs|si| CSub Was gran ted the use of the;.#£ grounds for the season and thVrWWT tUub was allotted their usual s~W* field under the same condition* Mf*** ouslv. • - • --. ■'•*«!*W)«**im«W»-|';;?; s;5