FOOTBALL

Evening Star, Issue 16781, 9 July 1918, Page 2

FOOTBALL

O R.F U. Mr H. TLfrris presided over the executive meet-in;: of the Otngc Rugby Football Union held last evening. Tho North Ota so Sob-union wrote inquiring whether player? of teams who had withdrawn from flag competitions were bein u' transferred to other clubs.—Tho secretary repr-rt'd that he had supplied the roil" red information : it! effect that the Otago Union were granting p?nur*.sioii to piny with such other clubs as was de-ired. The South Canterbury Union wrote on th" subject of a repi-Cgcd-itr-a team fp>m Otago, en route to Christelnirch, breaking their journey at Timaru and playing a gams? with a South Cantorbuiy representative team.—The executive ree-rett-ed that owing to the diiiieulty of obtaining a team of players it was not possible to play a match this season. 18. A. Perry wrote r.skin? for permission to transfer to the Pirates Club.—Applicavc to be informal "hat six month*;' notice was necessary before a transfer could be granted. The Canterbury Uinon wrote agreeing to a match being placed at Christchureh on tiie 27th mst. ' > C.F.A. ! At the weekly meeting of the executive of the Otago Footled! Association Mr \V. R. Sinclair was in the chair. A vote of sympathy with Mir Duncan in the lo=s of his mother was passed. 11. Rennie (Southern), having been writ-

ten to and asked why he placed in a match in second grade without a transfer, j wrote stating that he had not intended to ' plav, and that when the Southern was short he took the Held. He regretted the breach of rules and admitted that h-> had acted wrongly.—lt' was resolved to accept the apologv. 'Hie Secretary of the Old Roys'_ team wrote appealing against the awarding of th- match Old Boys v. Northern A (third grade) to tho latter, on the ground that the Northern team included a plnver who had played at least three matches in hist grade this season. —After inquiry. Mr Morrison moved and Mr J. Ilaig seconded—"That the match be annulled and replayed later on if nceess.ary."—Mr Aitchison moved as an amendment and Mr Milhurn seconded—"That the match be awarded to Old Boys."—The amendment was lost, and ;

the motion cnnied. : Tho committee resumed the inquiry into the riisa in which Aroor?rm. of 'he \ra r 'n Hill team, wss ordered off the field by tV referee for striking flr. opponent in t'.u match ruramst C'hri?ti;in "Brothers, plnycd two weeks hjto. —After hj carina explanation.'it was deeid.--d to place his n mt on the "caution" lint. ' Con-ratuhuionj Wire extended to th:> ] Hi.'fc "School eleven <.n having succeeded j in Vatine Southern, who had beer: i hitherto unbeaten in the comnetH-ion. Tim i-, the first year that the Hijrh School hn> bten represented in wnior football, and all tho players ozb present school boys.