RUGBY FOOTBALL.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 87, 13 April 1928, Page 9

RUGBY FOOTBALL.

PRACTICE MATCHES. The iKorth Shore Club Trill hold practice matches for «h grades on the Itevoaport Domain to-marroTv afternoon, commencing at 1.30 pjn.. Members and intending members must be in attendance. Grafton Club's second grade Colts Trill play a match against City to-morrow afternoon on X<o. 4 Showground, starting at - The following Ora£r«i players are asked to attend :—Wyberg, Armishaw, Be Ix>ree, Mills (2), Cooke, Spragg, Laud, Smith (2), Deans, Hughes, Bond, Mullis, Hall, Whaley, Sinclair, Kayes, tiee, ilaieolmson. SchofieJd, Taylor. The 'ilarist Old Boys' senior players for to-morrow's practice axe:—Cornthwaite, Stoupe, Stuart, Johnson, Loft, Jeffries, Wright, Marshall, Headley, Carroll, I»ckc, Cotter, Butler, Macdonald, Eville, Hurst, Maher, M. E. Johnson, Howard, Malloy, Downing, Earlly, Heniy. GRAFTON V. MANUKAU UNION.

The invitation extended to Grafton Club to play a match, against the Manukau representatives at Drnry 10-morrow has been accepted. The following team has been selected to represent Grafton: Noakes. Paewai, Hammond, Keary. Wanoa, Wilson, Finlayson, Von Botter, Judge, Ferjnisson, Liddle, Evans, Rum, Lawrence, Whaley, White, Hargreaves, and Taylor. Manukau will be represented by: Molloy, Luke, Matherson, Jarvie, Casey, Wilson, Robinson, Heard, Milne, Yates, Clarke, Graham, Garrathy, Hyde, Stokes. Emergencies : Branard, Alexander, Kinloch, Buckley. THE HAMILTON UNION. HAMILTON", this day. A profit of £340 10/S was disclosed in the revenue account of the Hamilton Rugby Union for the season just closed, according to the very satisfactory report submtted by the committee at the annual meeting of the union last evening. In the report the committee recorded the continued popularity of Rugby football in Hamilton and a decided improvement in the game was shown last treason. The number of players increased to 1250 last year owing to the inclusion of a number of new clubs in the Xgaruawahia, Huntly and Orini districts. An amicable settlement of longstanding differences with the Waikato Union had been reached. During the season £273 had been spent on improvements at Rugby Park. It bad been decided to erect a new grandstand with accommodation for 400 people and the work would be put in hand before next season. The committee reported that Hamilton bad won two out of three senior games and that its representative team had won the six Peace Cup matches in which it had competed. Claims totalling £172 10/, in which IS accidents were involved, were met by the players' insurance scheme. The committee had had to pay £4S 14/ into the fond to make it financial. The balance-sheet disclosed that the union has assets valued at £1330 12/11. The revenue account showed that receipts for the year totalled £1068 10/ and that its expenses were £727 19/4. The election of officers resulted as follows : —Patrons, Messrs. C. R. B. Speight and T. Clark in; president, Mr. C. Christie; vice-presidents, Messrs. T. B. Bootu and C. J. Parlane; secretary, Mr. T. W. Thompson; treasurer, Mr. C. G. Speight: sole selector, Mr. X. Hamilton. A management committee representing all affiliated clubs was also elected. BAY OF ISLANDS UNION. He annual general meeting of the Bay of Islands Rugby Football Union was held at Ohaeawai on Wednesday. I>elegates from Rangihau. Oka ilia u. ' Ohaeawai, Kaikohe and Kawa were present. The following officers were elected:— Patron, Mr. W. Pearson ; president, Mr. V. Dunlop; secretary and treasurer, Mr. F. Patience; vice-presidents, Messrs. K. Henderson (Okaihan), Jepheoaie (KaikoSe), W. Murray (Rangiahua), Harpham (Ohaeawai) and D. Penney (Kawa Kawa) ; management committee, Messrs. Patience, Dunlop, G. White, A. Corr. McLaughlin, Kilday, Thompson. Jackson, Scelly, Cheeseman, Ogle, McLean and Wortbingion; delegates to North Auckland Rugby Union, Messrs. Dunlop and Patience; auditor, Mr. X. A. Ellery; senior sole selector. Mr. Harpham; Junior selector, Mr. A. Corr; delegate to Bay of Islands Referees' Association, Mr. F. Patience; judicial and emergency committee, Messrs. Patience, Dunlop and Worthington. The following notices of motion for next meeting were given:—"That the present restrictions of age and weight in tbe junior grade be abolished." "That all gate takings during the coming season be divided so that the union will receive seventy-five per cent and the club twenty-five per cent." In reference to the insurance fund at was decided that one shilling be collected from each player as he enters the field, I this 'amount to be the premium for one match. The regulations of the Gillian | Bowl competition for primary schools were read and adopted after the Sallowing clause had been added: "That three Group I schools or two Group II schools should be allowed to combine in order to form a team.' It was decided that nominations of teams close on April 21. and that matches be commenced on the following Saturday. NORTHERN WAIROA UNION. DIRGATILLE, Thursday. The annual meeting of the Northern Wairoa Rugby Union was held last night. Dr. Greville being chairman. The balancesheet showed gate receipts for last season £520, eclipsing all previous records. A further £150 worth of debentures, which were to cover the cost of ground, etc., at Dargaville, were redeemed during the year, reducing the liability to £1000. Profit on the year was about £jO, but depreciation reduced this to a net loss of £3 4/2. The meeting instructed the management committee to secure a return mutch with the Auckland Rugby Union at an early d:ile. I also to secure a match with some Auckland club early in the season. It was reported that the match with University last vear I resulted, owing to adverse weather, in a loss. The meeting resolved to approach the New Zealand Rugby Union with a view to getting that ikkl.t to lake over the liabilitv to debenture holders on the Wairoa Union's grounds. It was agreed to make provision to clear the travelling expenses of a representative of (he Dargaville branch of K* John Ambulance. Union delegates were instructed t<. oppose the North Auckland Rugby Union's proposed new rule that sub-union boundaries should coincide with county boundaries, as the proposal would take the whole of Ruawai Hats out of the Northern Wairoa Union area It was resolved to find "J-j per cent of the travelling expenses incurred in assembling representative players, provided «hat amount in any case doos not xo Tho union spent £31 Jast Tear under UiiTheacU T„ ho V" io ?/ s insurance fund conclude the w, th the healthy cmJit of £-33 1/° Pukehuia Club was granted permission to W hangarei on April 20, against High School Old Boys. e nbt election of officers resulted :—Patron ?> ht llon J - G .- <-«ate»: president. \i r w ' Montgomery : vice-presidents. Messrs AT r Walpole. 1. Hawkins: secretarv. Mr V p* Stanwav: treasurer MY T . " • mem committer. Dr." Greville Messrs. \\. Keliv (Southern! T t*? >' field (Pukehuia). I> r Rulo/p,^^^ oo ™" ESI «—»<«• m™" £it p.L'.S I ;.rssu b r - re appointed selector of - * K( ' n " w as tative team. nnd the L, • T nior representors for junior and S""" 1 ? 1 of to the management r^ ae J '* ft to the North ~#l Greville and Mr. W. Uni<m are Ur. TE AWAMUTU V. TECH. SCHOOL. X; A™ u tn Club junior Bovs M Hamilton Technical Old LinebS K °? Saturday Craig. Sinclair* ui Spiers. Quintan. Clarke ' Crazier. Long. Tu "* T *