SUSPENDED TILL JUNE, 1942

Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 295, 10 September 1941, Page 10

SUSPENDED TILL JUNE, 1942

Senior Rugby Player UNION COMMITTEE’S DECISION “The committee considers that this is a serious case, aud if this is your usual way of carrying on on the football field we really do not want you in this game, ’ stated Mr. J. .Millard, the chairman, at a meeting of the management committee of the Wellington Rugby Union last uight, when a Hutt senior player appeared before it following the action of the referee in ordering him olf the field during the Hutt-Wellington match ou August “°The referee reported that before b'eing ordered off for striking an opposing player, the player had been using his boots and fists indiscriminately. The player concerned said that he was hit first before he struck the offending blows. . , , ~ 'The chairman observed that, according to the report received, the (referee had been lenient before being compelled to take action. . . It was decided that the player be suspended for all games under the unions jurisdiction till and including the last Saturday in May, 1942. Coming Matches. Permission was granted the Hutt club to play the following matches on Saturday next: —Seniors v. Petone; fourth grade B v. Palmerston North Old Boys; fifth grade v. Masterton fourth grade: sixth grade v. Petone. Approval was similarly given for Miramar to play the Air Force senior team on September 20, and for the Athletic fourth grade team to play Feilding Old Boys on Saturday next. An application by Victoria University College for a match between the university and Training College clubs as a cur-tain-raiser to the Wellington-New Zealaud University game on 'September 27 was granted, also one for its senior team to play Canterbury University College at Christchurch on Saturday. The union was notified that, the annual match between Weir House and the rest of the college for the Jack Ruru Memorial Shield would be played on September 20. It was reported that the Griffiths memorial competition for this season had been won by the Wellington Fourth 1< irst Division team with 407 points, xkthletic Fourth First Division were second with 406, Hutt fifth grade third with 402 aud Petone sixth grade fourth with 401 points. The maximum number of points was 440. The Wellington Rugby Referees’ Association wrote intimating that its annual match with the Auckland association would be played at Auckland on September 20. ... Championship Winners.

The senior competition was formally closed and the 1941 championship awarded to Athletic, which was congratulated on again winning it. The Marist club will be asked to play the winners for the National Mutual Cup. Subject to proof of age, the championship in the Fourth Grade, First Division, was awarded to Hutt B, aud in the second division to Eastbourne. The Hutt teams were declared the winners of the fifth and sixth grade championships respectively. The senior' second division championship was awarded to Training College, and that in the third grade, second division, to Plimmertou, who beat Porirua in the play-off last Saturday. The committee passed a motion of condolence with the relatives of the late Mr. H. A. Elliott, who represented Wellington 35 times between 1910 and 19.19, and played in the North Island team in 1911, 1912 and 1919.