WELLINGTON UNION

Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 31, 5 August 1936, Page 16

WELLINGTON UNION

MATCHES WITH AUSf RALIANS

Those wishing to watch the Australian Wallabies Rugby team in action against the All Blacks at Wellington on September 5 will require to pay 2s to enter the ground. In addition there will be a charge of 4s to the stand, reserves to be 5s 6d, all charges including tax. Information on the point was received from the New Zealand Rugby Union by the management committee of the Wellington Union last night. School children will be admitted to the ground for Is. For provincial matches the ground charge will be. Is ' 6d, stand charges being 3s 6d, with reserves 6d. extra. School children', will bo admitted to the ground' for

Unions controlling the games will be allowed 33 1-3 per cent, of the gross gate after deducting the cost of advertising, amusement tax, and gatekeepers' wages.

I A fourth grade player of the Poneke j Club,' Roberts, appeared before, the meeting to explain his action: in playing for the Technical College Old Boys' Club's fifth grade team in a match at Kelburn Park recently. Roberts refuted a suggestion by : the Old Boys' Club that he had played more or less without its knowledge. He' had gone to.' the ' ground on the invitation of the vice-captain: of the Technical team. He was an old boy of the college, well known to the players of the team. And so far as he knew his correct name had gone on to the team slip after, he had been requested by the coach of the Technical team to turn, out; ' ~" v Roberts was cautioned. Scots, College was granted permission to play Feilding Agricultural High School at the college ground on August 17; and also to take part a quadrangular tournament among Wairarapa, Hutt Valley, and Dannevirke • High Schools and- Scots at Masterton ■on August 22 and 24. St. Patrick's College, Wellington," was granted permission to play St. Pat's, Silverstream, on Wednesday, August 12; but the requestfor Athletic Park was withheld in the meantime. .- " The Victoria University College Football Club was granted permission to take a team of lower grade players to Waipukurau to play Te Aute.on August 22. Permission for the -following matches was also granted:—September 5, Weir House v{ Weir House Old Boys; September 12, Weir House v. Rest of College for Ruru Memorial Shield; September 19, Weir ; House, North Island v. South Island. Reporting that •'the conduct of the team on and off the field was exemplary, Mr. R. J. Morgan, manager of the Wellington junior representatives; forwarded a report on the game between Wellington and Manawatu at Palmerston North last Saturday. The report was received, and thanks were expressed to the manager for his work. The Primary Schools' Rugby Union was given permission to travel to Levin to play the Horbwhenua representatives in the annual fixture. Permission was givenifor a team,to travel to Manakau on Saturday to play the Manakau School team.' i