FOOTBALL GOVERNING BODIES

Evening Star, Issue 17955, 28 April 1922, Page 1

FOOTBALL GOVERNING BODIES

RUGBY. The annual meeting of delegates Now Zealand Rugby Union was hekt at, Welling to ii vcdcnlay. Delegates in mi ..H ports of the dominion were presen.-. Considerable discussion was occasioned by' applications for the formation ami affiliation of new minor unions in coiinliy districts. These were on the least Const,, embracing a large portion of remove country in the North Island, the King l-,,un-try, from Uua-pelm to llianies \allcy, including the Go!dlte!ds.~Tbo Chairman (mr I’d'Leod) expressed the opinion that it v.n not advisable to allow country unions in ' thickly-populated arcus to become too numerous in the North Island the reason being that they would dominate over he South Island. lie considered hat the. time had arrived for a _ new scheme ol government in the duininion. Othci oe,i rates advocated defined boundaries and lessened powers, but eventually (he application was approved without (jualiiication. In moving the adoption of iho report the- Chairman said il was desired Dint nil secondary schools should take part in too iMoasear Cup competition. Ho suggested that international visits should kmc pJmo every five years. Deferring to universal control of the game, lie said, the meeting would' consider represen la turn from t.w British Empire. The assurance was made that the English Union had; no > tear m amateurism drifting into professionalism, Ptew Zealand, had' made, a. goon 1 impression. Ho hoped; the tax imposed by luo Government on the game would be temporary. Referring to the fact that sectarianism was creeping into the (‘pie hi school names, he recommended' taking _a, linn, stand-, and would penalise any union that allowed a school to bo debarred from taking pari in school competitions.—Report adopted. , . , A Cantcrluiry remit Hint ni future onmi island should have erpial rcprcoeiitalion on New Zealand, selection committees, and a remit from Hawke's Bay criticising the present method, of .selection oi rcpiotuil.ilive teams were defeated' in favor of u .motion that if, be roccmmcncTec! to Iho Management Committee that .surplus players from teams picked 'lor A and !> teams in North v. South Island' match play a, curtain-raiser on the day oi the match. In the evening there, was a lengthy ms; mission regarding Die ainniocd. rules of play. A motion was .submitted, on behalf of the Wellington Rugby Union that permission to play under amended- rules lie not, granted, to any union, it was contended, that if the amended rules were adopted it should he made operative universally over the dominion. —1 he motion was carried after some amendments wore defeated, the words "in 1923" to he added. The following officers wore elected: President. Air H. Geddas (Southland); treasurer, Mr L. Wylie (Poverty' Day); auditor, Air 0. Kember (Wellington M Management Committee —Messrs G- W. Slade'(Taranaki), E. Tittle (Nelson), S. >S. Dean (Auckland), A. C. Kitto (North Auckland), G. A. Howe (Canterbury), W. S. Glenn, M.P. (Wanganui). A. ,). Griffith (Wellington). Ah- Ward was elected chairman of the Referees’ Appointment Board, and Messrs Slade and Howe trustees. Ao motion that- the Appeal Council Bit in Wellington was carried, the Appeal Council being:—Messrs G. H. Dixon (Wanganui), F. D. Hales (Wellington), G. G. Facho (Otago). The Appeal Committee to be located at Christchurch is;—Messrs W. G. Garrard, G. F. Peake, 0. F, Wilson, P. T. Evans, and. H, E. Huxldlcstonc. Delegate to the English Union, Air G. J. Gray (to whom a silver badge was voted as a token of the union’,s esteem). J. Douglas (Otago) was unanimously re-’ instated. SOCCER. The annual meeting of the New Zealand Football Association was hold at Wellington last evening, Sixteen delegates were present, representing affiliated associations in all parts of Now Zealand, It was reported that there were now twelve associations, but tho difficulty was to get tho game going in country districts. The President (Air Skerrelt, K.C,) congratulated tho council on its success in arranging a visit of a combined- Australian team, wTdcli was important, as it, would make for better relations. It was decided that iho executive recommend the affiliated associations to register under the Incorporated Societies’ Act. Tho itinerary of tho Australian team is to bo rearranged, tho date selected not being suitable for Christchurch. It was slated that it was hoped to secure a visit from an English team which w» coming out tp Austadia.ia A 924.