SENIOR PLAYERS TO STAND DOWN.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19667, 10 July 1929, Page 16

SENIOR PLAYERS TO STAND DOWN.

BLOWS STRUCK IN SCRIM. Biowe, *nd apparently fairly efiecliTe onei, were struck in the Rugby match on the wet* ground it Lancaster Park on Saturday, and , the Management Committee of the Canter- | bury Union decided last erening to ata»d I down the players concerned for one playing Saturday. Mr R. Kennedy, referee in the eenior A Sydenham v. Technical match on the west ground at Lancaster Park on Saturday, reported Ln a letter that he had ordered off the field L. Duma ill (Sydenham) and E. K. Hutton {Technical). . Button wrote stating that a* be waa in the Ninth Field Battery he could not *v tend. In one of the scrummages Duamdl had atruck him intentionally in Ui* t*caAs there »h no reaaon for hia atnfcinz tha writer in tbia manner he waa Terr much anroTed at the time and retaliated by «tn.king him in the face. Then Dunmiil attempted to atrike him a return blow, but the writer did not give him an opportunity to do ao. The referee then ordered both ©a. Dunmiil made a atatement in tie praaaw* of the referee and himaelf to the effect that the writer had atruck him first This he absolutely denied. Dunmiil muat ha-ra been atruck by another player, and waa under the impression that the writer waa tie offender. The referee also etated that the wrter etruek the first blow. There were evidently two blows a«rack as mentioned before Mr Kennedy saw am-. The firat waa when acrmeone" atruck Dnnmii: and the second wa» when he atruck the writer. Hotton elated that he very much regretted the incident, and hop»d that the explanation would be satisfactory. , , . .. The referee and Dunm-J! attended tne meptin™. Mr Kennedy aaid that in a aexum he e»w a Sydenham man atruck, and aa the acrom broke up be aaw him retaliate. It waa a pood, hard frame, and the spirit of the match waa pood. They were young player*, and aa the offence occurred in the heat of the moment, he hoped the committee would extend leniency- , . , . . Dunmiil aaid eomebody "whacked him and he took a crack back." He waa pretty *ur» of his assailant. Mr A. E. McPhail (chairman): Yon should kpeo vour hand down. The referee aaid Dunmiil had "an awful nose" and his face waa covered with Wood. Mr McPhail aaid there waa no doubt about the facts. Mr R. "W. Britton moTed that the player* each stand doxn for one Saturday. . Mr St. J. J. Dunne seconded the motion; Mr A. Barrett: "What are ae going to do with the junior player*? I more an amendment that it be three Saturdays. There was no seconder for the amendment, and the motion waa carried.