FOOTBALL

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 582, 10 August 1909, Page 7

FOOTBALL.

RUGBY REFEREES' ASSOCIATION. ' The weekly meeting of the Wellington Rugby Referees' Association was hold last evening, Mr. P. A;. Laws presiding. - ' ' .-CorisulerabliS discussion 'arose over tho pro-, poaal lo amend Rnlo 13 ot the iCOnatitntltfn, of tho .Association,,. referring to : the Revision VConimit'te-6. It'.wai decided that all ' tho words after "New Zealand-Ikferess''Assbciatiun 1 bo deleted, .■ and the-, following: mistituted i-r■" 1 ' ': "The ; assdciatldft shall'ndVo pStt'er. through tho Revisioni Conlniitteo .ta/iorward'rniiy • Such ruling* to' the Appeal 'Committee of. tho .Now Zealand Referees Association for boiinrniation or otherwise." „ Cftrr&spondenCo from - the ,Manaf[emoiK Cowmittoo -of ■ the Wellington 'Rugby Union was read, .Th-s ivitli ■,reference, to the mutter, of Mr.: Wcleh's"letUv to tho. Referees' Association, and \ tho association's deputation tH th&committee iii,connection ; therewith,, decided to inform Mr. Welch that he must apologist) to the. referee, in question,'and also to tho association for. this statements made in liis letter of July 2i. ,/• ~ ' . ' . With rigard to the proposed match, Wellingtoh Rdfcfccs v. Manawatii RefewbS', .the association was informed that the ijainc could.be played as a curtdin-raiscr to tho Aucitlaiid y. •Wellington match (Athlotio Pork), on August 28;. provided that the state of the ground Would permit an early game being played on it. Mr. A. Tholiipmn was appointed ret'ci'ce for tho .Wellington CoIle?e-St.. Patrick's. ■ C((lleRo ■matdli,.at Athletic Park, on Sfltufday next. ,/A letter from Mr.(3V H.,Jonos,,mth. regard to, the, postponement of. the Old Boys v. Wellington m'atch. ,at : Jlirainar in Saturday, was : hcld over i><!ntlfiig an inquiry, by', the Welling-.. ton-Rugby-.Union. ; Vi ' The New/Zealand Referees' :Association ad-', vised, the .'Wellington Association on tho'. following Whatis tho decision whenj iiiHhe event/of-a free-kick: Wing-taken froin 'behind .tho goal-line; the ball'strikes the .goalpost or. cross-bars,- goes backward-in. goal, • «M/:iS/forced (Laws 10 and 8)? > -Answer;/ The ball .''mast.'press the goal-line, failing, which the', penalty, is,a scnjmmage five yiirds in the .field, of :i)lay opopsite the spot where :the breach-, occurred. ; Question: In the event of a defending player Standing with one., foot iii the field of play, and' the other., foot in goal, reaches out and picks tho ball off the ground in the fiold of play, and places it over the goal-line, is tlie referee justified in allowing a "touchdown''? ;or.should he, ill .the evertt. of 'an appeal rtbe attacking sido for tho ball -being carried back,' order a scrummage at tho; spot from; where the -defending ~ player /.picked the bull, up?.; Answer: a touch-don;n - should ,':'be\ awarded. . 1 -.- ... -/

' The.'following. resolution" was ; ,'tho 'Now Zealand. Kneby .Union per medium .of, •thß Ne\V.Zealand. l?efere<!s', Association:—"That. Hio ;,NeiV,'Zeaiant!:' Eiferees' Association be informed i that", it isjexnccted.that, all rulinsrs given- by members "of 1 that .'association- shall- bo. irt accordance, with the laws, of thiyframe."(This communication ivpsin reference'to the reported amendments to tlie laws of the. gariio made by the :Auckland Rugby .Union!)

JUNIOR REPRESENTATIVES. V ' Thefollowing' were chosen . Inst night .'by, Messrs/' W>. Fraser, M. ; Welsh, and J. Brown as junior, representatives' for the 'matchagainst the Wednesday representatives, which will form the ciirtain-raiser to'the inter-island match On August 25:—Fnll-baok,' Burke (St. Patrick's Col-, lege Old' 'Boys); three-quarters, Cudby (lua Ora), iM'Donald- (Sslwyii), \ and •-Byrne (Petone); fiver eighths,;Eilev (Wellington) and Kinzette. (Kia .Ora); half. Waugh' (Selwyri); forwards, Osborne (Sc-lwyn), Bott(Athletic), Chapman (Kia Orn), White (Petone), Arrowsmith (Petone), .T. - Sniith (Athletic), arid Driscoll '(Kia ■ Ora). > Emorgenfcies: 'Backs, Sullivan (St. Patrick's Old Boys),: Kilmister (Kia Ora); forwards, -F. Wilson (Athletic) and Cord (Oriental). THE HAWKE'S BAY TEAM. -(liy ;Ti!lceratih.--I , rosß Association.)'. > ■ Napier, August .9. •; '■Tho following;vyill represent, Hawks's Bay, against Taranaki. -on Wednesday Full-back, ■ Synies; I three-quarters,' Wall, Absolum, and' Lewis; Konyon and. Higgiiis;'half, Smith'; v/iiig, Daves; 'forwards,- Hackett, >Stru? thers,- ThoWj CaUerigc, Dowihg,' Scullion,-'and ■Nicholson. ■.'. -■'! :