SELECTOR APPOINTED

Evening Post, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 100, 30 April 1945, Page 8

SELECTOR APPOINTED

Mr. Alec McDonald was appointed selector for Wellington again at a meeting of the Wellington Rugby Union. To give him better coverage of the Hardham Cup teams he 'will be assisted by Mr. R. J. Morgan.

Home and home representative matches will be played with both the Auckland and Canterbury Unions again this season, said the chairman of the management committee, Mr. J. N. Mlllard. Both the Auckland and Canterbury delegates at the annual meeting of the New Zealand Uuion were keen to have the home and home matches with Wellington continued this season, he said.

Mr. Millard announced '.hat the demand for season tickets so far had been excellent.

The Lower Hutt City Council wrote, regretting that all its available reserves had been fully' allocated for the 1943 season, and that no further grounds could be made available for Rugby.

The Wellington City Council advised that It had granted the union 20 grounds for Rugby games on Saturday afternoons, subject to the payment of £10 for each ground. The grounds were only to be utisilised for club competitions, and boys under 15 years of age would be prohibited from^playing on Saturday afternoons. The Director* of Parks and Reserves reserved the right to say whether grounds were iv a fit condition for use.

The Karori Club advised that it had been compelled to go into recess owing to insufficient players being available.