LINWOOD SUSPENSION.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20024, 4 September 1930, Page 8

LINWOOD SUSPENSION.

SPORTS PROTECTION ASSOCIATION. A. communication received from the Sports Protection Association elates the resolution pasied at the meeting last week—that the Linwood Football Club is hereby now suspended from membership with the Canterbury Athletic Clubs' Protection Association for infringement of its rules until such time as the club offers a satisfactory explanation and expression of regret for its actional asks how the resolution could nave been ■ construed into one suspending the linwood Club from Eugby football. Iho Association points out that no " ot "* of tho resolution was forwarded to the Union am! that the Linwood Club received no notice of suspension from 4 -he Union. J. hat the case was misconstrued, and sufficiently to to offer the Linwood Club an alleged reason to default a match, the Association contends, is no fault of theirs. Commenting on the remarks mad* by Mr A. E. McPhail (chairman of tho Canterbury Rugby • Union Management Committee) that the Linwood Club had done its best to suspend the player and that it would have been better had the Association merely aocopied ' tho club's resignation, the Association asks how the chairman could reconcile these statements with the fact that the ciuli played the »uspendod player twice aftei naving been notified from his own executive and the Association that tne player must be suspended. It is further pointed out that the Association notified tho Canterbury Rugby Union that the case of infringement was deliberate, since a prominent Linwood Football" Club member had waited on the secretary of the Association on the matter, and had then stated that the club was going to play the member despite the notices received from the Canterbury Rugby Union and tho Association. . The Association contends that in the face of the foregoing fasts the Ltawood Club i« fortunate In not having been tusponded__from football because of its action, tho Union executive having been .content to accept statements made by the club in extenuation of ita action. These statements wore refuted by both the Association and the Linwood Cricket Club, who poßted the defaulter in question. . ' , , "The wisdom of the Associations action can now be left to the annual meeting of delegates, to be held shortly/' concludes tho statement. ■

PAPANUI CLUB. The Papanui football team to play Marshland at St. James's Park at 2.30 P- m - Saturday is:—Fantham, Merrin (2), Bees, Tullett, JCe'tle, Warren (2), Smltb, Dooley, Sleeman, McDonald (2), J. Clark, Hobday, Grose, Davles, Makinson, Foster. WAIMATE SUB-UNION MEETS. The Waimate Rugby Sub-Union met on Tuesday evening. Present—The chairman (Mr A. Sawell), Messrs D. Keyes, J. F. Flanagan, G. Kelly, G. Carter (as proxy for Mr J Dench), D. M. Webster, G. Kilwortb, and J. C. Winning. The Mackenzie Sub-Union wrote expressing dissatisfaction that the Burnett Shield match was not played on August 7th, as arranged. It was decided to write expressing regret that the change of time had occasioned inconvenience to Mackenxie. The North Otago Rugby Union wrote thanking the Waimate Sub-Union for the hospitality extended to the junior representative team which had visited Waimate. To-day's game is—Senior: Marist v. Southern (second round Halliday Cup), No. 2 ground, at 3 p.m. Mr Kelly obtained permission for the use of the Park on Saturday, September oth, for a game between Huimai juniors and Athletic third grade (Oamaru).

NEW ZEALAND UNION. LAST NIGHT'S MEETING. (paean issocutiox teleobam.) . WELLINGTON, September 8. Mainly for the. reason that Rugby has piectically finished for the season and public interest , is waning rapidly, the New , Zealand Eugby Union decided to-night not to play a benefit match fot the unemployed. Several members expressed doubts that such a match -would be worth while from the financial point of A recommendation from Mr E. Wylie that tho annual meeting be , asked to decide whether one of the New South Wales trial matches be made a charity match was carried. "Chickens coming home to roost/ was tne comment made by Mr Wylie when a letter was received fiom one of the country unions complaining of the effect wireless broadcasting of' Rugby matches was having on its gaU« takings. Country unions, Mr Wylie said, had been among those to support, wire-' less broadcasting of matches. He moved that the whole question should be referred ,to the. annual .meeting for discussion, and thia course was adopted.

Disqualified for Life. When a letter from the Toranaki Rugby Union detailing its action concerning the disqualification of E. Rbebuck for striking a referee < came up, further penalties were imposed, including disqualification for life. Roebuck in also to be warned off all the grounds under the jurisdiction of the New Zeuland Union and iB to be debarred for life from holding any office in Rugby organisations. According to a cablegram bofore_ the meeting; Sobey,- vice-oaptain of the British team that recently touTed the Dominion, was operated upon on Wednesday laßt under a doctor's imperative orders. Sobey was injured in the first match played in New: ifohlnnd, against ; Wanganui, but, he would not retire, as his side already was one man short, Bonner having been hurt previously. Challenge Bejected. An application from the Taranaki Rugby Union to . have its match against Wellington. on Seiptember 27th declared a Ranfurly Shield match was declined. The application was received by telegram,.reading: "In the event- of Wellington holding the Ranfurly Shield, we desire our match with them on September 27th to be a Shield game." When it was read. the. chairman, Mr S. S. Dean, eaid 'he thought no challenges should ba 'allowed after August SOth, as had been dono last year. •Mr Eitto: What if the Union holding the Shield ia agreeable? Mr Wylie: The onus should not : be put on the local Union. "If Taranaki want to challenge for the Shield," said Mr Dean, "it should have

challenged Southland, when the travelling expenses would _ have been a . first charge on tlio gate takings. Taranaki had had its opportunity."

The schoolboys' under 7st Rag-by match,' Merivale v. Sydenham, which was' f<et down to be played at Opawa No. 2 ground on Saturday, will now be played on Sydenham Park, at 1.80 p.m.

RUGBY LEAGUE.

AN AUCKLAND COMPLAINT. (pbxsi issociATio* tcLzobmi.j AUCKLAND, September 3. Considerable resentment was expressed at a meeting of the Auckland Primary Schools' Kugby League Management Committee at the alleged action of a teacher in a tuburban school in getting pupils to promise they would not play League again. The reou!t was that the school team had withdrawn from the competition "owing to the attitude adopted by the Eugby Union through the schoolmasters." It was stated that the school committee, on being interviewed, had agreed that the boys should be released from their promise, but so far this had not been dose.