FOOTBALL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 572, 29 July 1909, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

WELLINGTON HUGBY UNION. -■ ! Tho ManiiKcmont Cominitlco of tho Welling- .. ton Rugby Union mot last evening; present: lUtm/H. H. " Brown (cliafrinan), W. Hardham, J., Sweeney, W, Terry, J ." Burns, P. Peters, J. / Price, arid .1. F. O'Sullivan. • 'J'ho 'i'rnmwnys Club ■ intiinntcd that it was ' thoir intention to appeal against the disqualification by tlie union of Kyiler nnd Herbert, two of Iheir players, lnnuiry at recent-meet-iii(( of the committco disclosed that money had- ' lianscil - between Herbert .and Itydor, and it waa alleged that tho latter-was being paid to piny.. The club notified uiat their appeal \yas based on , the contention that. , the decision of the.. , union had been -contrary to tlio weight of evi-. denoe.' It was decided to infonn tho appellant ; club that'their appeal .must go Iliroiigh the ■: union to tho N.Z.R.t.,-and that a.deposit qt XI would have to l>e .forwarded by the club. ; Seeing that the dato of (lie, jNpvth v. Soutb , match hail not yet been ■. fixed by'-the'Noiy; . Zealand Union, it was agwed to liold.a meet- . irit,' of the committco on. Saturday-afternoon •'• nc.it to deal .with Riindry. for fix-.. hires. - Wellington Collego asted permission to ; : play, their finnual match with St., Patrick's College on:Außiist 7, and to piny matches against Christ's College aiid Wanganui. Col- ■ legiato School about the end of tho coining ; month. ~...i. Tho dommittce allotted the-Athletic Park to the Wellington Football, Association for thoii representative match against Auckland on Saturday, September 4, and "decided lo charge 25 per cent, of the net gate,takings.. ; ■';•■' ,;■-,. ,■ wkuiNGTON FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION. ' ' A meeting of the Management Committee ot the Wellington. Football Association wa£ held la6t evening, Mr. H. .N. Holmes ■ presiding..-.,'. There were also present- - --Messrs; W,. Auid, H.. Godber, Bl L, Salmon, J.-8.-Pnton; H. Water's,-,.;. . ■ J. 'Davidson, 1. White, J.'-,-M. Oilier, E ,-,. Jl'Kcpwn, and A.-Williams, hon. secretary. , , ' 'flic Swifts Club applied for transfers foi Messrs. W. Sparrow, P. Pye-Smyth, and 11, Moffatt, so as to enable tho club to form a second division team to. compete in tho challenge cup competition. The transfers were granted, after a short discussion in reference s to Sparrow. '■'■'•,"■'' , ~. , ■ Mr. H. Waters has been ■ appointed to referee , in the match Swifts r. Blenheim;, which-is., to bo played on the Basin Reserve on Saturday . as a"curtain-raiser to the Wellington-Canter-,_.' bury Brown Shield, contest. .;,_■, / '■' Jlr. B. L. Salmon, referee in the St. JohnsY.M.C.A. senior ;" first , divieion/ matcli,. re-' : ported having to complain of thb - beliaviour of'one of tho St. John's players who took excep-' tion to a -decision given by' thi> refercej 'andlater, when the game was over, followed the.referee and disputed his right to caution him (the player). The player,: according, to .Mr. ; Salmon, said it was impossible for the referee to report him for anything off the-field or. for the association to. deal with him. The player in question was suspended during tlie pleasure ; 'of the. committee. ..." : ■", ,' '■-, It was decided that all matches drawn for - Saturday next be postponed on account of the Browu Shield match.' ; , - •''•':■ ■ ■■■ The comniittee decided that in"tho event of •■ Wellington defeating Canterbury, consideration shouldbe given next meeting to the advisablencss , of curtailing the second round . of-'matches.' - ,'. ; .■■.'.. .-■"-. .■. ■ ■■:■■;•.'■[■ .- :-^,-

■:;::. '.WEDNESDAY COMPETITION. ; _ •;.-:■■ t; TRAMWAYS (9) VV ; STAB (0). r ■'■■■; ' Tho Athlotic•■Part-.iyas , in a .very, heavy coil' dition yesterday afternoon for tho Wednesday'. competition, Tramways v. ;■ Star. ..On y one ■• match , wa-v clayed, as Butchers •. defaulted a fortnight ago' to Oriental. The' latter: team still , lead for the'championship, but honours ; are not definitely.theirj .until they, succeed in , defeating Tramways-and Star. - ~s ~■ • ■• ■ "■: Inasmuch as the ground was. soft and slip- ~• pery.it is almost to be regretted: that depar-, tnre was.made from the first uth : . Wa Miramar ground. - ; The first, spoil was a . scramblo in' which little good play, vas_seen..Tramways" Had rather: the better" of it, although -their, advantage was slight, and;_ no.v score was recorded-during, the, spell.;, ,!Sta« ... played manfully after half-time, and their line ~ : of defence was;not broken down game wnvuellou towards its close.. Then Bramey. ran in from-a' scrum '■ near.: the line, andiStar went, down •prickly.!**, sure..defeat...-. Bramley,; scored again in -a .few minutes ..and /arler . ■repeated, the , successfully/ 6S. the tries: w)is^qn've^^. v .,Y; :\n" n -^.r:-;.^. A^~