ANOTHER FOOTBALL COMPLAINT.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 550, 3 July 1909, Page 3

ANOTHER FOOTBALL COMPLAINT.

Sir,—What a fine lot of, men: ;jro hwj»: controlling football in Wellington 1 At, t&eir last 'mooting,. I noticed they reproved the. . club captain of the Kia Ora Football Club 7 because he spoke his mind, re a recent match played at the Hutt. Since that, I ha*a seen/the.,club captain, and he.explained to : ; ine that he wrote to the union, aMdng t&em if they did not consider it their *dnty to Mly investigate a certain matter,? where a referee had stated he stopped a;.game five minutes before time was up. If a referee did such » ; thing; was it not hie place to notify both captains that ho had done so? Thai,man. did' nbt do' so. ,1 was at the match -in goes- , tion, and never in my life have I seen i each» an exhibition.'of referoeing. 'Whether the': man was Tncompotent, or what, I do not know, but, to cap all, he notifies the.nnioa.. he has played Bhort time,' and .without : an inquiry they accept his word. "What 7 matters it, to•,the' outside publio if those noble men; are satisfied.- Xet me tefl 'yoOi the-KiaVOra Club captain is not the, only.' .one who thinks there is J gronnd for com-' : 'plaint in this matter.'.^ '■'"-, -. ; .■'■■ : '. :'■'■':;'■'■;'. ■~ i ■I mighfc say,' , in conclusion, that I fully ■ 'endorse; all ■.-the-Kia Ora Club captain did, -■ \ and when the pnhlio know the true facts of ' ' the caee,'-,.'they.; should demonstrate 'to the ■union that they want to eee justice done ' to clubs: ;As a - friend of "the club captain's,; 1 , . might;;, say I have, known him for years.' \ and_whe:a ho does a. thing, he generally has • good grounds for doing; it; In this case 1 knowihe was; right.—l ainj etc.','.;' '• ' ■ ■■'■•1 ■:'vr ; « ' : " ;, ■••■■■ :) > u , : : irosxiCß.' : \. .July 2.. ■■„■■•• ;:.,.■■/."-:■ '\: :.,... :.., : -,