FOOTBALL MATTERS.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LI, Issue 8090, 15 September 1922, Page 2

FOOTBALL MATTERS.

(To (lie Editor). •" Sir,- 1 notice in your issue of the 11th. mst. a letter from. Mr (I He. under thta above ,h.ei;idiiig; It is mcant' for an explanation of the tho match "Side liners" v Reps did not eventuate. As Mie acceptor of the challenge-issued by tin- "Side-liners," I must openly contradict .the statement of my friend that (lie Rugby, Union was unable ■'to rai.se a. team. I defyJW correspondent to show*that he has ever received notification from bb that we would be unable toraise a teim. My answer to the challenge issued was to the effect tha,fc tho "Heps'' would be willing, to meet the. Side lineis'' consisting of bona hde Rugby plajois undoj. the jurjsdi tion of the iauiauga RugbyUn 1 k n r lhu> may ne(d ftuther ex planation The challenge seems to lune unscn fiom the iact H.hat the ' h toib had laded to pick the best ]( -lble Uam to upiesent this disi in tho Kusabs Cup matches. 1 hudoip, those who were loft out, if,' The Side-liners' were dewous ol to tJie selectors that llnv had failed in then duties The tiKs, howovei, die only too anxi< us and phased of such oppoitumtic of vindicating thcimehes, and \\< u ju<-t as anxious if nolmore m> than the "feldi liners' them<-<hes toseesuchamaiehcantuate Your (one pnidtnt then comes with the t tie that tho Rugby Union could n. t iaiw a'team 1 would bkc to assuie my friend that the "Rep* weio alwajs lead) to meet his t*A» but ow-ngto fault this mate* is ml tuiitiiatinij He and his supp ,I,js w< an aus 'to postpone (lit match after there had be» « t, it undu standing as to tie date Id fie iiij.li 'i On- would bav* ii, ll( rl.t tl,(\ u.mln hare organised M a mik bdoie issuing a citfltin -t 1 (an ay-me you Sit, tlw| ,h t iu.il i dit todoits\(iy w** n i ~iK i i the phi)hsand pu»» c Inu 1 , t the di-flltt Tlu*»i. .1. th iii vhat)oui coiiespoudeiit In, d. nr r.;r insure, when W \>a, pick a ta play m thn ' » e P U u.i a o 'un4 le Puke m the W*t Fvu ab, Cup match although hft *» pn (lit he abvdut.lv iefused w t ik hi< plac( m the team, and iw d. übt niy fnend \ ould feel gerhajß imio\( i i) one wd< to say that he wis "m, port R« the Rotorw makb in bo hcu on SatUC ('- i MiuM hh( t,>mionii}'ourcO' v u j< i-d, nl tint tin- match haslaej. u ii"t tint Wn with the Bay <* I'biitv tf .in Jliuitti lhatßotr ) ii i o» ui f 1 j- 1 mon a match and -t >( ti r,uJit tint tin, was the most i Ml '. uitK u> pii -nek a _ game 'a In (. nckuMon, I would like to th i 1 tlmk that your corres- | in i m uid his -.uppmters are »«* -ti <th MMi-1 by the term "Sidfr 1 i i- I v < u'd" mv tho !> i in i u,i would bt "Side--1 | j < i> t nil, ik , J A JORDAN, I'm ik nt J ui i>i< i Ifugbv TJBieDi .* . spi nth, 1922.