GRIEVANCES DISCUSSED.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 238, 8 October 1936, Page 23

GRIEVANCES DISCUSSED.

SOUTH AUCKLAND TROUBLE. SETTLEMENT AT PUKEKOHE. A settlement of the trouble in South Auckland was arrived at on Tuesday night at Pukekohe, when delegates voiced their grievances to Auckland officials at a meeting of the South Auckland Rugby Union. The Auckland Union was represented by Messrs. Arthur Baker, T. W. Maben, Geo. Nicholson and Arthur Tilly. The trouble over the nou-fulfilment of an expected representative match at Pukekohe on September 5 was set down to a letter having gone astray. A discussion over the issue of complimentary tickets to representative fixtures led to an unanimous agreement that the system was wrong, and that such privileges under the present methods of distribution should be abolished. It was claimed that all privileges should be received by men who worked in the interests of the game, and South Auckland officials claimed that they would be perfectly satis- , fied to pay their admission to big fixtures provided they were given prior right of reserving seats on the grandstand. The question of South Auckland representative players never being recognised by Auckland, when Auckland representative teams were being chosen, led t.o keen discussion. The Auckland officials claimed that South Auckland players were not good enough, but instances were quoted where South Auckland players gained representative honours in Auckland as soon as they went to Auckland to play. It .vyae claimed- that ~players. ill ..southern districts" did " not train because they did not have the incentive, but if they knew there was a chance of their representing Auckland they would take the game in earnest, go into training, and thus improve the standard of play. The Auckland officials gave their assurance that they would do their utmost to give such players a chance if their play warranted recog- c nition. . 1 A further agreement was reached in re- s gard to primary schools' football, when it was decided that a set amount of assist- J ance would be given to the South Auckland Union each year, the latter body to consult with the Primary Schools Union in the matter of distribution. It was agreed that claims for assistance i should in future be referred to the South < Auckland Union, instead of being dealt with from Auckland. 1 THE SPRINGBOKS. i I NOT MORE THAN 29 WANTED! j (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) 1 WELLINGTON, this day. 1 The opinion that the 1937 Springboks team should not include . more than 29 players in the tour of New Zealand and Australia was expressed in a statement issued after last night's meeting of the t management committee of the New Zealand Rug*by Union. C G South African correspondents have A stated that the general view in the Union r is that the Kuguy team for the 1937 tour should comprise as many as 32 players.