RUGBY FOOTBALL.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 95, 23 April 1931, Page 17

RUGBY FOOTBALL.

TOUR BY AUSTRALIANS. WILL ARRIVE IN AUGUST. ITINERARY OF EIGHT MATCHES. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Wednesday. Definite advice tliat an Australian representative Rugby team will leave Sydney for New Zealand on or about August 14 was received at a meeting of the New Zealand Rugby Union this evening, and a sub-committee was appointed to draw up a tentative itinerary for the tour. Eight matches will be played, including one Test match, and one match against a Maori team. The chairman, Mr. S. S. Dean, pointed out that under the agreement between the two unions there would be a limit of eight matches for the tour. There could be only one Test, and probably matches against Auckland, Wellington, Canterbury, Otago, Hawke's Bay, and a game against a Maori team would be a good itinerary. Mr. E. McKenaie suggested that matches be arranged against Nortl\ Island teams and South Island teams. A North, v. South match could be played prior to the selection of the New Zealand Test team. Mr. T. Fletcher said that unions such as Nelson and Buller, which seldom received big matches, should be considered. He suggested that a cablegram he sent to the New South Wales Union asking if 10 matches would bo acceptable instead of eight. The Chairman: Do we want 10? In view of the economic conditions I -don't think we do. We should not ask leave

for players for New Zealano Test teams more than is necessai-y. This is why I suggested one Test. Mr. E. Wylie: Australian players cannot afford to be away too long, either. Messrs. Dean, Wylie and A. C. Kitto were appointed a sub-committee to draw up an itinerary, wh»cn will be discussed at another meeting of the committee on Tuesday next. It will be presented to the annual meeting the following day. AUCKLAND UNION MEETS. The following transfers of players were agreed to by the management committee of the Auckland Rugby Union last night:— H. Webb and W. M. Mclndoe, North Shore to Grammar Old Boys; J. H. Johnson, Training College to Manukau ; E. Saunders, Grafton to Technical Old Boys; D. Carr, University to Manukau; E. Gillett, University to Grammar Old Boys. The New Zealand Union wrote sanctioning the reinstatement of W. E. Hadley. It was resolved to forward recommendations for reinstatement in the cases of the following players:—D. w. Shaw, C. Herbert, D. Baird, R. E. Travis, H. Ay Head. TAUPIRI UNION'S MEETING. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) TAUPIRI, Wednesday. There was a very large attendance of members at the Tauplri Rugby Union's meeting on Monday evening, when the chair was occupied by the president, Mr. Harris. Mr. Deane, of Pukekohe, was present to represent the South Auckland Union. Thirty-five delegates were present, and the meeting was very enthusiastic. For theVoming season four senior teams were nominated and ten junior teams, arrangements as to third and fourth grades being held over for the next meeting. In the junior competitions there will be two sections, North md South; two rounds will be played in each section, and the winners of the sections will then play off. Senior selectors elected were Messrs. D. Smith (Orini), Clout (Renown), and Gordon (Waerenga). Junior selectors were Messrs. Rogers (Ngarnawahia), Stocken (Te Kauwliata) and Tapp (Renown). Mr. Deane, who addressed the meeting, made a special feature of school football.