FOOTBALL.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 89, 14 April 1917, Page 17

FOOTBALL.

B.TFGBT. " :i !Ac the Canterbury Ru-Sy t>.: . n 'a , annual xt-er-.r.c. .:: raijins: "::e question ■ :of g-ra-iir..; the piayer? according to «s?. , the pre».i./!.: =-iuri.'e=vd that "■« , crade should .sc'.ude pla;.er? no; exceed- l in±r ninet'-n >e:>r* of an: the thiril £T73.i- those tUyers who »vre .isod 1 «ven:een years "and under. It wa* 1 ira»«:lvrd tn:i: in.' f..llowina irraie* shojid < 'irrespective i aye. pr-'viJc-.i that tie iT-nera! »*■•::.■:: '.te»- ::::.- power a: .my t;me to v ' i ■ ...;'. 'T~. ' ' 'p*?n tt> |niaet.-en!.i b:n:: ;.»>- ...:: A. r ! 1. ll>!7. : t/it-!,- seveateeata :nh!ay ■■>" Apr! i. ' Inumrvr -f o-mt«M:jn= for 'in order t.> -r.■ •••■ir.i-'f the sranitf a:r. T.ir « the l»-)vs. I r «ir r>—ol\nl t.iai the Pubiic ■ Scbc-"j'.--' Am.ii.-.: Ath!o:i.' A^--jo:. l i: ■□ shfHil.i be reprosentrti >n t': , '- vtcmittf of the lUieby Fouthal] I nk>n. j Th- note struck a: "h*- annual meet- ' ing of tne ( 'tjc > Rugrby L'niv n is u-ua \v an indk-ation of the prir*peft« of the J but the recent mveling of the t iCttae-o Riarby K-.o:baJ: L'nion revealed . : •■> earn or. :h* year, say- a Dunedin j [writer. The irii:. ;- :ha: Jelepate* were , 'very much in the dark at to she pro-pec:.- , lof tae club they represent ;>■ <iraw any ; 1 particJar coneiu-: .> a: the annual , jn'-eeting- oi the paren: body. Mr. Harri-. : ,'.>e president, in hU rvmarks. d:d ■. j ti3aWe or not remain* to be proved, that I 1 the prospect* of pLwing senior football i I'a'ere very briirn:. Ana in any .-vent ' it -Aouid be a job to carry ..n with ■ the player* available. So mar.) rK3}vri : hay? £T"ne to the rrint since iast -.'α-nn 1 *:i;i T on.- or two of the clvi* have ex- • pre?-eii douhts about placing senior i ! teams in the 3<-!d. N'othinsr vrill be '■ rdetiiiite'.y known in thi- r>-curi until the j j-T-«am-- meet for practice. Meinuhile ' i« evidence tha; .: tht-re i- a shor- f irage .:: -orae t-hib~ there i≤ not in other-. : ; all have >iiifered- rn'>rp or leer. I line recr-; «'.i~ expre-sed .it the annual ' j meetinjr will ha\e an important] beari-"ir on the -" far i> outride' i fr,-,th;il! 1- I'inci'rned. that :.- "Tat t'r.ere l jw - !*! few , team? from Trenrham avail-. jah:e t.-. piay (rtjiijo tn;- year. Lart military marches -.rere quite a leature i">f an feature'f i ? i «? year. I .md if there arc no soldier matches in I i:t!7 :r.i> β-ili be dull and the will I ■-•• a -ou.-ce of revenue that helped in I'*!k The nnance? of the union ■ire nit altog-ether satisfactory. The year »ac -tarted with an overdraft of i s - s -i a:. - : anished with an overdraft ni ', £ ilf .;. The union is actually ,n deb", to the amount of £liJOO. but artels show a .surplus over liabilities of £-2S. To iieip I the v.ninn In its nnan.'.a: trouble-* it is prop' • i t . ;ry an-i a Uri'e nuni- ' !>er oi :i.inorary memb-.-s. I