RUGBY FOOTBALL

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 99, 28 April 1937, Page 18

RUGBY FOOTBALL

WELLINGTON UNION

PROMOTION OF TEAMS

At the end of the first round of the Wellington Rugby Union's senior, competitions this season, the two leading teams in the second division of the senior A,; grade will be promoted to the first division, and the two leading teams of the'senior,; B grade to the senior A' second division. The decision, .made at last night's meeting of the. management committee of the Wellington Rugby Union, is different from last: year, when four teams of the- senior-B grade were promoted to the'second division. Mr. J. N. Millard presided over a full attendance at'the meeting. ;. : Senior^ grade , fixtures for Msy '. 8 were approved as follows: — Senior A" (First Division). ■ Wellington V. Wellington College Old Boys, Atnletic Park. Athletic v. Eastbourne, Eastbourne. Marist Bros. Old Boys v. Hutt, Hutt. Poneke v. Petone, Petone. . Second Division. Miramar y. St. Patrick's Old Boys, Athletic Park, early. Oriental v. University, Kelburn Park. Pirates v. Athletic, Wakefield Park. Wellington v. Johnsonville, Johnsonville. ■ - ■ ■ :"■.:■.' ■Senior- B. Marist Bros..- Old: Boys v. Petone, Petone... ... Hutt B- v. Porirua, in town. University v. Wellington, in town. Wellington , College Old Boys .v. Poneke, in town. Onslow v. Eastbourne, in town. Hutt A,, a bye. The Mcßain. Shield, senior A first division match .between Hutt and Petone-for Saturday, set down to be played at Hutt, will be played instead at Petone, The custom is for the match .to..be home-and-home. and last season-the match was at Hutt. Signed by five residents of Adelaide Road, a request for action in the provision of a footpath on the crest of the Adelaide Road , hill at the _±>ack of Athletic Park was forwarded by,the union to the. City Council. The residents deprecated the danger existent during Rugby games of forcing patrons to walk on the roads between two lines of parked cars'owing to the absence of a footpath. .<■'.'•

Club-to-club transfers were granted the 'following-: players:—N. Gini, from Marist. to Poneke; N. ' Wireii, from Athletic to Seatoun and-Rongotai Old Boys;- J.'W.'Simpson,. from'Petone to Hutt; J. B.\ Shand, from University to Wellington; C." Betts,. from Institute to •University; E: R. Simmons,' from Plimmerton to Miramar; E. E. .Diamond, from Athletic to Eastbourne; J. Day,

from Upper Hutt to Johnsonville; C. J: Phelps, from Pirates to Athletic;, C. Marks, from United ■to Miramar; ' J.; Martin, from Hutt to Petone; T.. Doohan, from Marist to ;Raiwarra. Recently, the union,was. approached; by a deputation representing the Wel-: lington arid Hutt primary schools asking for permission -to approach the New Zealand Union for a grant of £50 covering the,cost.of the .annual quadrangular primary school tournaments. Last-night the union was advised by the New. Zealand Union's Council that the deputation .would, not be received. "The council intends to discuss the matter of school . tournaments generally shortly and in the meantime no other action is being taken," the New Zealand union's letter stated. :

The Boys' Institute Club's application for regrading of' its junior first division team to the second team was referred to the junior advisory committee. The same club's fourth grade team has been, '■ withdrawn . from the competition. . ■■ t . ,