FOOTBALL

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 10388, 28 June 1899, Page 2

FOOTBALL

CANTERBUHV HJCBY UNION. A meeing of the Committee was held yesterday at the Clarendon Hotel. Present— Messrs A. E. G. Rhodes (president), G. H. Ma/son, F. T. Evans, H. Frott, F. E. Asquith, J. C. Adams, E. M. Carr, J. It. Evans, and Geo. Scott. In answer to a letter from the Lyttelton Club, it was decided to ask referee« to report from time to time, if the different grounds are plainly marked out; and a request to look into the classification of C. Wilson was referred to the Permit Committee. The same Club wrote that Messrs Fenton and Rich, in attending the recent inquiry, had lost .six hours overtime at 2s 6d per hour on the Pororua, and railway fare. Is 2d each. The Committee was asked to refund the fare. The Committee decided that under the rules it could not makb -the refund. A charge was laid by tho Merivale dub against Ormandy, a Linwood player, of having in the Lmwocd-Morivale Junior Flag match, deliberately struck'-Mr Finlayson, a touch judge. Mr Simes. the referee in tha gave it as his opinion that jiny striking was accidental.-.as the touch line was crowded, Crniandy" stated that when he was being thrown out of touch by a Merivale player ha hit someone, quite unintentionally, and he afterwards heard that it was a touch judge he had struck. Mr Finlayson stated that Burrell carried the ball cut, and was tackled by Ormandy. He drew attention to the fact that the ball was out, jyid Ormandy got up. and deliberately struck at his face. After hearing the evidence, the Committee adjourned the inquiry for a week for outside evidence, as there appeared to be a conflict of opinion concerning the circumstances. — Butler, Albion Club, was heard in .his defence of an accusation of having through the telephone used insulting language to a member of the Permit Committee, which he flatly denied, after which the subject was deferred pending the return of Mr Garrard. The Lancaster Park Company drew the attention of the Committee to the fact that on a Saturday afternoon, spectators jumped over the picket fence at the grand stand enclosure, to the detriment of the fence. The secretary was instructed to confer with Mr Rest-even as to what was best to be done. It was decided to ask the. Union's delegate to support the proposal, to come before the New Zealand Union, providing for an appeal from a Referees' Association going direct to that Union. Ths Committes also, decided that in the event of the Mcrivalo President's Cup B team failing to- fulfil its engagements, it would be liable to pay ths usual fine. Mr Mason mooted the question of charging ladies admission to Lancaster Park, but consideration was deferred until a, subsequent masting. The treasurer reported that the Unicoi's share of the gate of last Saturday was £33 14s 6d.

T'L>3 matches, grounds and referees for Satmrdiy, July Ist, are as under: —Seniors: Linwood v Merivale. at Xancast2r Paik, Mr T. R. CrEssswell; Sydenham v Unrist-cliurch, at Lancaster Park, Mr C. W. Garrard; Albion v Kaiapoi, at Kaiapoi, Mr J. Nixon. Junior Flag: Christchurch v Lyttelton, on Lyttelton ground, Mr R. Barry; Linwood v Kaiapoi, on Linwood ground, Mr T. Piks; Sydenham v Merivale, on Lancaster Park, Mr W. Irvine; Albicn v Richmond, ca Albion Ground, Mr E. Simpson. President's Cup: Sydenham A v Merivale B, on Sydenham ground, Mr H. Peatrie: Linwood v Albion B, an Merivale ground, Mr H. 0. Harrison; Christchurch.' v Albion C, on Christchurch ground, Mr Gr. Glover; Albion A v Merivale A, on Albion A ground, Mr. C. Taylor; Boys' High School v Sydenham B, on Boys' High School ground, Mr W. Simas. A football match will be played on Lancaster Park on Thursday afternoon, between teams -representing Messrs BaUantyne and Co. and the D.I.C. Tbe following are the players:—Ballantyne's—Mogr';dge, % Morgan, Nielson, McColl, Davie3; Strachan', Whiteman, P. Triggs, ■ Prettyjohn, Butcher, Woods, Andrews; Findlay, and East; emergencies, Schmoll, Brown, Allan, Farland. D.LC.—Rickards, Donohue, Fraer, C. Jones, Lanham, .Henderson, Wright, Burns, Cotton, Thompson, E. Smith, Taylor, Priestley, Ballinger and Peikins; emergencies, Johnston, Murphy and Cliff. Messrs A. E. Triggs and Wl. Godfrey will act as touch-line umpires, and Mr F. Asquith will ace as referee. Play will commence at 2130 p.m. A football match at Sheffield, between the Oxford and Sheffield Clubs, was won by the visitors by 5 points to nil.