LOCAL COMMITTEE MEETS

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1750, 15 May 1913, Page 7

LOCAL COMMITTEE MEETS

■ CLUBS FINED. At last night's meeting o£ tho managevvient committee of tho Wellington Rugby T ;jJnion, Mr. E. 0. Hales presided, and "there were also present Messrs.-D. 1). r Weir, A. C. Kitto, A. E. Wilson, H. 'I ■ Buck, E. A. Little, W. Hardham, V,'. h Perry, Of.; Howe, and W. G. Talbot (see- 1: retary). , : • r It was reported .that, tl(j Ponclce ® Juniors had defaulted to without 1 n6tice, and jt was decided to impose the ( usual fine. J In tho case of St. Jnmes-Petone fix- t ture, which fell throufrh owing to the t action of tho St. James team in not making a trip to Pctone, it was decided that, } as the match had been arranged late, to ; call the St. James Club for an ex- 1 plariation, , ( Thd secretary was instructed'to-.writo <■ to the Wellington Referees' Association ! expressing regret that tho referees an- j pointed to the above matches, should i Lave beea inconvenienced. Mr. B. Mngec, secretary cf the Foneko Football Cl,nb, wrolc expressing . regret that the club's: senior team had had ta default to Athletic last Saturday, as, j owing to a misapprehension four members of the 1 team nuss.sd'jho : The committee decided to impose the usual fine, and to call on the club''for the expenses of the Athletic players._ Thei matter or a referee for the 'Wel-lington-Wairarupa representative match on June 3 was referred to tho appointment board to submit three names. Owing to it being reported that the "Wellington-Oriental fourth-class match ■ had been stopped on Kclburne Park lust Saturday, the" secretary was instructed to confer with the secretary of the City Reserves Committee in order to hive a clear understanding in regard to the ground. : Mr. Terry reported the arrangements that had been made at Hie recent conference in regard to dates for representative matches. The sub-committeo's action in regard to this matter was confirmed. A resolution was carried that matches at Athletic Park should b-j started at 2.45, p.m., commencing on Saturday . next. A request for financial aid was received from tno Victoria College Club, sin connection with tho match to bo played against Auckland University on June 3. It' was decided to inform, tl)c Victoria College Club that the match conVl be played as a curtain-raiser to the Vaira-rapa-Wellirigton representative match on Athletic Park. No definite promise of a share of the gate proceeds could be made. Messrs. 0. Fonman, L. Flowers, and W. Eraser were p appointed junior selectors for the season. THE AVKDNIISDAV TEAMS. 'Scratch teams representing Butchers and Athletic met at Athletic I'nrk yesterday, when Butchers defeated their opponents by 6 points, to 0. The winners' 6Core would have been S if I.ittlu had had a knowledge of .the rule.-, of the game. Hay had juft scored for the winners, and Little was to tnke the kick, hut instead of allowing another placer to placu the ball, he did'it himself and the capital goal which he kicked was of course declared informal. Tho other try for tho I winners was secured by Chamberlain. Anderson scored the only try for Athletic. Mr. Evenson was referee. INVITATION TO 'UNIVERSITY FLAYERS. By TeleEraDh—l'ro*s Assoeiation-Copyrljrtl (Rec. May 15, U.SS a.m.) Sydney, May U. The 'New South Wales Rugby Union has granted the Sydney University Club permission to invite the New ealand Universities to send a football team to Sydney to play, probably on July 5.