CANTERBURY REFEREES' ASSOCIATION.

Press, Volume L, Issue 14983, 2 June 1914, Page 4

CANTERBURY REFEREES' ASSOCIATION.

Tha Canterbury Kugby Refer©-** Association met last evening. Mr H. E. Hiddlestone presiding- over a good attendance. A motion of sympathy with Mr J. F. Pea Jus, a member of tha Association, in his recent bereavement waa pas~ed_ ail present standing;. The Sydenham Ciab wrote extending art invitation to menlbers of tho Association to attend the club's twelfth annua! church parade at tho Sydenham Presbyterian Church on Sunday next." It was unanimously decided jtc accept the invitationx | Messrs T. Bond and E. "Watkins were elected members of the x\saoci_tion. » Tha chairman referred to the eeven-»-«ido tournament on WedAeeday. and srid that in the past the Association bad done its part well. H- wished about « dosen members to cfter their services for the day. Mr X- W. Britton aeked for a ruling ir> regard to charging a kick at goal from _ mark or - penalty. The nil* in the Annual was not clear on the poitit. It was pointer' . out that tha opposing side coiild not charjr a placo-kwk until tho ball was placed on th ground. In the caso of « punt or drop-kick the charge coa'd be mado immediately thi man with the ball started to run. Mr Britton t'-urthor asked if referees wer supposed to fi_na! to the opposing 6id when the ball was placed on thc ground, knit was pointed out that the .Vecciation 'ias ' June carried a resolution to the effect tha i referees should tbu_ indicate wbea tho bal 1

was down. < Mr A. ..leT.sndcr nek?d whether » loos scrum was to be considered in the Bamlight aa a packed scrum in regard to the Rugby Union's new nils ss to tho wing forward game, and tho chairman (raid that if in the referee's opinion there -ta, a ecrmn mag. of any sort he was quite justified i_ applying tho rule. Mr W. G. Garrard referred to the unnecessarily lengthy intervals usually taken by teams between spells, mostly by ths*"enjraged outside the oval at L-ncautor P- rk. Two matches Inst Saturday had been finished in -Mni-dßrktieas owins to twenty-minute intervals being Uk*n. A good deal of discussion ensued aa to tb--beat method of remo-*ying tbis on the players' part, and it wne sugsrested that the referee would bo fnlly justified in tekin. a firm stand, and either declfrii:. * game off or one side winners by default if the other sido failed to return to time. I It waa resolved to write to referees and d-aw their attention to the matter. Further discussion ensued on tho irregularity in connexion with the D-ark-iff of lines for the gorl areas on certain grounds, and it was decided to draw the attention of tbo club- concern.d to tbo point. Mr Garrard said that referee-- this year wore far too )b_ in not -onalieinff payers for lying on the ball, and thus tending- to ir.duco rough piny and uencco'sary kicking. Th. need for prompt action waa very noticeable, and the -Vict interpretation of the rule greatly assisted in b'i'btennig up the gome and preventing; accidents. It was resolved to"\.int out to rei*rcos that directly a player re«o-ted to l.injr on j tbo ball be shouM be penalised. It wis decided that under tho new Tale as to applying ad vantage on the line-out, the sid« „atti_*t tho ball direct from tho throwin, where tho bail was not thrown straight, could not claim a mark. In ccrnnexk>n with tho 30-vcn-o-aide tonrn-a-nieiit, tbe chairman pointed out that after the .sspiration of tho ten minutes a fcrcodown or kick over the dc?d ball x.no or into, tDuch-in-goal counted against a eido.