RUGBY REFEREES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 195, 19 August 1930, Page 13

RUGBY REFEREES.

WEEKLY MEETING. ~ LECTURES ON THE TEST ' MATCHES. "APPPOIXTMEXT BOARD UNDER . fire. ■;■; Ay Last night's meeting of the Auckland Rugby Referees' Association was attended by forty-live members, presided over by ,-.Jli\ M. Kronfeld. Arrangements were finalised for intensive- practice for the annual match. between the ' referees and the Kaipara junior representatives at Helcnsville on September 6.

ijhe resignation of Mr. , E. Dixon, who had been a ltiember for seven years, was accepted. ; Mr. J. F. Potter, (ttie Rugby Union's representative] read an interesting paper on i'M'ha Appointment Board —Its Constitution and "Difficulties," and later the members of that board.present" (Messrs. Paul Stubbing and Potter)''satisfactorily

"ran the gauntlet,".and were subjected to -half an.hour's cross-examination and inquiries, mostly by members ,not. quite satisfied witlj, their classification. ' (Mrl Stubbing had presented the' , regrading list.) Dealing with individual-cases they indicated that the outstanding failure of these particular referees was lack of temperament for the bigger occasion.

.Jlf. Frank Sutherland got a, great rccop'tion on his jfir-st appearance since his appointment to the .fourth Test at Welliugt'on, and iii :a racy account: of his many adventures—on and off the fielddelighted hia fellow;referees. ■.

. ;Mr. , Torn , . Jones ("Ponty") related many -of Vthe outstanding, incidents jot the: final Test, and outlined .the; lesions touibe < J earned froin that game, and : the Britishers' Itour generally- "Dealing with tiie rules question he correcteU an Auckland'' impressioij that he was ,;aritagqnis-, tie-- to'. local playing amendments",.' and showed how■; (when .treasurer'-of ithe X.Zj.R.F.U.). he v 'hkd' come up to" Aiick-! land in 3019 '.to" personally', investigate Auckland's -posifioii. On liis return he

"lobbied" a. -bare' majority of ..the heiv national executive to defeat a motion to suspend Auckland s for piaytiig amended rules., a 1 though . tliis caused the iminediatej resignation -oi the. new Dominion chairman, as the.council in general niectingihad given a mandate for Auckland\> suspension liniess it* dkcontiinied- playing- amended rules in the,prpvince.' ; (It woiild appear that the original :diepensation given to Auckland "prior' to- 1919 has: never been 6fncially\vitbdrawn.')' , 'In view of the English. coil-;

scryative /attitude-r-for .-the .past .ten yeare in . particu!ar-i-llr; Jones stated he. could sec no alternative to "accepting international rules /a* 'a condition pnT ; eederit to adtniskion • to Va ; democratic International Board, at .which, playing amendments could', then be .advocated and eventually forced in a constitutional matter for universal "adoptioii. ;■'■ : ; HURUNUI-APANUI SHIELD. '':.•' : ■ The Whakatano pugbv Teprescutativf-s .o«t the Hurunui:Apanui Shield fia.v. being fierp.itfrt \by: T&uvinsn li.v 10points to 8. Until linlf-time WiiaViVtiuiir bad. a fair shard; of ilyt; gamo.- but jittcr-n-njcls the Taiirahgn teani-Essartficl -StsplC ancj outclassed its . opponents, :