LEAGUE FOOTBALL.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 144, 20 June 1934, Page 15

LEAGUE FOOTBALL.

JUNIOR BOARD AFFAIRS. In view of .a communication from the Referes' Association expressing dissatisfaction it was decided last evening by the junior management committee of the Auckland Bugby League, with Mr. D. Wilkie presiding, to make further repre'sentations on the- subject _of the ruling .regarding the time of starting of •matches by-homo-teams. , « Ellerslie Club's application for transfer fee in respect of S. Midgley, now playing with Ponsonby, also was referred to the senior board. Invitations were received from the A.R.L. in connection with the farewell to Mr. F. W. Ellis, the retiring treasurer of the Auckland League. It was decided to ask the Mangere' Club to compel spectators to stand back on the bank at games staged 'there. ' . The referee of. the Papakura and Point Chevalier match at Papakura reported highly on the standard displayed, this being supported by the, groundsmen. A- Papakura fourth grade player was suspended ron; the information of the referee, who reported that the offence was not a fend but a deliberate punch. Two sixth grade teams were warned for objectionable language on the field, and the protest of Richmond against Newton for playing two players, out of order was upheld, the captain of the offending side being reprimanded for approving the signed team cards. The responsibility of the coach also was mentioned. Transfers granted: —J. Murfett, Akarana fourth to Ponsonby third open;' C. J, Tonks, Mount Albert fifth to Richmond third intermediates.