LINE UMPIRES' DUTY IN CASES OF LATE TACKLING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 109, 11 May 1939, Page 24

LINE UMPIRES' DUTY IN CASES OF LATE TACKLING.

H. Mllliken. last Saturday, was considered H»»r,V e | A " ekl '"! a «"*>»■ I-'UKIW Control Board last evening. The matter was conh (leretl in committee and a caution was administered. .Subsequently the chairman, Mr O Grey Camp:..U, .said (hat recent inchlents had caused a lot of discomfort both to players and patrons, and firm steps .should be taken to suppress these illegal tactics. lam firmly of tlie opinion "he said, "that the line umpires ar," failing in the referees ••" re P" rti "S incidents to Mr Campbell added that he was not s; f t P ur r daf- 8 tO g a n ml PttrUCU,ar lßC,a « ,t ln lttSt nit'' ¥' . Minrh nm. delegate from the Referees Assoeiation, said line umpires vKL" ? !u Wn l ly , bp "" ■«I««»nted with the ,'7 f the and he was certain Mint eVery endeavour would lie made to assixt In eliminating this undouhted blot on tin* jrame. It was decided to write to the Ufferees , Association drawing attention to the nosi tion and appealing to the line umpires for co-operation. ' To assist in the selection of the New Zealand te.im it was decided 10 plav a trill match between the Maori representatives and an Auckland team oa Monday June "i at Carlaw Park. The chairman Piiid he wished every player to full opiiortunitles to come under the notice of u>? selectors, and no doubt the New Zealand League would approve of the game, on this day the Hichmond-Marist club fixture will also be phiyed. A letter from the director of IZB station regretted it wan Impossible to carry out relays from Carlaw Park, but stated that as circumstances permitted the board woulto be contacted tig to future broadcasts. Player Registrations.—P. T. Verry (Newmarket) and J. I/Ogan (Symonils Street). to Marist Old Boys: W. Goodwin (Ponsonby), to Ponsonby; K. B. Johnson (Devonport), to North Shore Albums: H. (J. Freeman (Kingsland). to Newton Hangers: S. Hapeta (Rornrtin), with clearance, from Kotoriin to North Shore. Transfer.— W. R, Walker, Papakura to Miiiiiikiiii. Cleiriince.—Bert Ormonde, from Rotornn to Mount Albert : A. <;. Osborne (St. IJeorge reserve grade, Wellington), to : Ellerslie, Auckland, with regrade to thirds, approved. The. secretary of the New South Wales i-eajruey Mr. H. R: Miller, advised by table that the clearance or Frank Bell (exISni e o7b,. Bttb,Urbe) h * d ***» to I