FOOTBALL.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12499, 9 May 1906, Page 5

FOOTBALL.

CANTERBURY RUGBY UNION.

The- committee of tho Canterbury Rugby Union met last night, Mt G. Ma-on. presiding. I Tho Canterbury Cricket Association ! wroio n.-kirg whether the Union, would ! roqiiiro thu ufio of Lancaster Park on i .7ui!» 3rd, when it was proi>osed to hold a *-port-s mooting in aid of tho Consumption •'vina tori urn. Mr Murray stated that tho annual match botTveen Ghristclmrch and Pirates had been fixed for that day.' Mr \V. G. Garrard stated that tho t'nirm had ro.iliy no claim to t'ho Park on that date. It ivas resolved to reply that a partof t ground would bo required, but that arrange merits could probably In* mad- , with the Sanatorium Committee for rhe iirv» of th--» remainder. Mr F. Liil, jvferoo in tho LeostonLimHn match, p'.ayod on May sth, reported' a member of the Invdj Cint, iramod Join. Hot-'.op. for having disputed 3k i— decision s. It was decided lo fortrard a cony of tli.' complaint to Mr Hwlop. and to notify ihi> oartios that the case would Ik» di'alt. with next week. The .vnvtary of the North Canterbury Sub-Union wrote enquiring whether tho club-; to tru* Union would lw> ailoAvd t:> iohi the Canterbury Union's Acoidi'nt Insurance Fund on tho usual term-. Tho we.rotary stated that tho requestcoulij not b.? granted according to tho jin-iss'iit rules. Mr Walton en id that- the footing upon ■\vliicli tin , fiilmiimoiin stood to the Canterbury Union would have to be revised, for la.-t year tho Union lost from £40 to £. r io in .supporting the sulvuiiions. He thought tin* Union had dealt too Hlk--rally with ihe snl>-unions, and tho whole thing wantfd revising. Ho did not think .sub-unions should 1k» affiliated without paying something towards thr> expensfs of tho central union, and in that event thi> tsiib-unioiis should have n'profientaiion on the committee of the Canterbury Union. Tho cliai.rnian agreed that, the sul> union.<; -linnW l>? prrpare.d to contribute towards .the costs of the benefits received from affiliation. * Mr F. T. Evans said he would support the request- if the committee had any control over the* sub-union players. Mr WnJtou moved—'"That a sub-com-mit tcHi sliMiild be appointed to investigate, and report upon the relations existing between the Milnunions and the cciv tral unions." *' It. was ]-eiso.lved to i<oply to the secretary of the North Canterbury Union that the request could not, under tho rulfts. b? complied with. Af;er ex>me discussion it was resolved that, tho match Canterbury Juniors v. North Canterbury Juniors should boplayed at Ransiora on June 4th. The Pscrotary of the Ellcsmere Sut>Union wrote asking whcflier the afliJiation fees paid by tho Ellesmere clulis to tho Canterbury Union before the sul>itnion wa* created could Le recovered. Mr Walton then moved his former motion, which ho had dropped in tho meantime, that v committee should bo appointed to consider and report upon, the relations existing botween the Union and tho sub-un-ions. Tho motion was carried, and Messrs Mason, Scott, and Garrard were appointed members of tho committee. 'I'ho chairman reported on what had transpired at the annual meeting of tho New Zealand Union, and said that the suggestion made, in reference to the di»----put-3 between, the New Zealand Unioai and the- Canterbury Union, that the latter imioiL had acted improperly in entertaining members of tho New Zealand team, was not really believed by any member , of the New Zealand Union. Mr W. Coffey advised that he could not act ajvv longer ac a delegate of tho Canterbury- Union. The resignation, was accepted, and itwas resolved to thauk Mr Coffey for his past- services. Speaking to tho motion, Mr Walton warned tlie members acarn&t tho autocratic tendencies which existed at headquarters. Mr Garrard said that nearly every Union through New Zealand had been represented at tho last annual meeting of tho New Zealand Union, and that. Union had been given to understand that they wero not t-o have a monopoly of the local management of football. Mr Hervey complained that at a recent- match nt Sydenham Park the spectators encroadhed on the ground, and when lip epoke to the Sydeniham touch judgn on tho matter that individual simply "boo-hcoed" him. A motion was carried requesting tho Sydenham touch judge to appear boforo the committee at the next meeting io explain his' conduct. The following are the grounds and referees for Saturday :— Seniors: Meriyalo v Albion, Lancaster Park (E), F. T. Evans; Linwood v Sydenham, Lancaster Park (W), A. Hooper; Canterbury Collego v Christcliurch, Lancaster Park (S), H. Grammcr; Kaiapoi v Old Boys, Kaiapoi, P. Campbell. Juniors: Old Boys v Christchurch, OM Boys' ground!! H. F. Garrard; Canterbury College v Richmond, Richmond, C. Read; Albion v Sydenham. Sydenham, E. Dennis; Merivale v Linwood, Linwood ground, J. T. Werton. President's Cup:. Mc.riv.ile C v Linwood A. Merivale ground, f>. W. Hums; Sydenham B v. Kaiapoi, Sydenham, W. Pegley; Old Boys v Christ-! church, Christchurch ground, R.. Cock- j a.yne; Albion A v Sydenham, Albion ground (South Park), H. >Sc>ward; Canterbury College v Albion. B. Canterbury College. Ground, W. Woods; Merivale B v No. 7 G.A.V., 'Lyttelton, W. J. Hicken bottom. Tn connection with the newly-formed Ellcsmero Sub-TJnion. Lincoln mot Leeston at Leeiston, on Saturday. Tho former played only thirteen men. The j game resulted in LeeMon -wcuring a! victory by 17 pointis (four tries and onegoal) to nil. The tries were uva-de by Ballacth (2), Herron. H. H. Cook, and Blacklor. The visitor wero entertained at' dinner at the Lreston Hotel. Our Dunedin correspondent writes:— Tho Otac;o Rugby Union committee, who held out so long that an injured player cou'd not be replaced, has given i wiiy. The two captains are row to lw j given discretion to allow an injured pl.iyer to be replaced. The Union is nrijing the City Council to buy Forbury Racing Park, and the Harbour Beard to (ill in Like Logan, which they are prepared to lease when rrcJaim«l Harris has been re-electe<l so 1«» stlr-ctor. Duncan w-us tho only other car«dida>tc