RUGBY AFFAIRS

Evening Star, Issue 19550, 7 May 1927, Page 2

RUGBY AFFAIRS

NEW ZEALAND UHlgg

REPRESENTATIVE FIXTURES [Pee United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, May 6. The delegates from the various Rugby Unions of the dominion, met to arrange the representative matches for the season. The following programme was decided upon June 4.—Hawke’s Bay v. Wairarapa, at Napier; Wanganui v. Taranald, at Wanganui. . _ June 11.-Hawke’s Bay v. Poverty Bay, at Napier. 1 1 June 22.—Wairarapa v. Bush District, at Pahiatua. . . July 6.—Wellington v. Taranaki, at Hawera.

July 9.—Hawke’s Bay v. Wairarapa, at Wairarapa. July 23.—Bush Districts v. Wairarapa, in Wairarapa; South Canterbury v. North Otago, at Oamaru; Thames Valley v. Waikato, at Paeroa. July 26.—Wellington v. South Canterbury, at Wellington. July 27.—Hawke’s Bay v. Taranaki, at Napier. July 30.—Hawke’s Bay v. Manawhenua, at Napier South Canterbury v Wanganui, at Wanganui; Hawke’s Bay v. Bush Districts, at Pahiatua; ' . August 3.—South _ Canterbury v. Taranaki, at Taranaki. ‘August 6.—Southland y. Otago, at Dunedin; Waikato v. King Country, at Hamilton; South Canterbury v. Auckland, at Auckland. August 10.—Southland- v. South Canterbury, at Timaru , August 13.—Southland v. Wanganui, at Wanganui; King Country v. Thames Valley, at Paeroa; Taranaki v. Auckland, m Taranaki. August 17.—Wellington v. Southland, at Wellington; Manawhenua v. King Country, in King Country. August 20.—Manawhenua v. Auckland, at Auckland; Taranaki v. Otago, at Dunedin; Southland v. Canterbury at Christchurch; Thames Valley v. Baj of Plenty, at Rotorua. August 24.—Hawke’s Bay v. Wanganui, at Wanganui: Manawhenua v. Waikato ; at Hamilton: Southland v. Taranaki, at Invercargill. August 27,.—'Taranaki v. Canterbury, at Christchurch; Wanganui v. Wairarapa, at Masterton; Hawke’s Bay v. Auckland,' at Auckland; Hawke’s Bay v. Poverty Bay, at Gisborne. August 31.—Wairarapa v. King Country, at Taumarunui; Wanganui v. Bush Districts, at Pahiatua. September 3.—Wellington v. Otago, at Wellington; Hawke’s Bay v. Canterbury, at Napier;, Auckland v. Wairarapa, at Auckland; Wanganui v. Manawhenua, at Palmerston North. September. 7.—Canterbury v. Manawhenua, at Palmerston North; Wairarapa v. Waikato, at Hamilton; Otago v. Bust Districts, at Pahiatua. September 10.—Canterbury v. Wellington, at Wellington; Auckland v. Otago, at Auckland; Wairarapa v, Taranaki, in Taranaki. September 14.—Otago .v. Manawhenua, at Palmerston North. September 17.—Wellington v. Auckland, at Auckland., Hawke’s Bay v, Taranaki, in Taranaki; Otago v. Canterbury, at Christchurch. September 21, 24, 28, and October 1. —New Zealand Rugby Union trials and North v. South Island match. September 24.—Wanganui v. Taranaki, in Taranaki. Mr S. S. Dean was re-elected chairman of the .Management Committee of the union. INTERISLAHD MATCH TO BE PLAYED AT WELLINGTON. [Special to the ‘ Stas,’] WELLINGTON, May 6. The determination of the union to play the interisland match at Wellington this season has left the Hawke’s Bay delegates feeling a little sore. The decision was obviously the result of an arrang/ement autside of the conference hall, since Canterbury, which was previously considered to have the strongest claim to the fixture, surprisingly refused the opportunity to obtain the game. When the matter was brought up Mr Norman M'Kenzie (Hawke’s Bay) moved—“ That his union be given the game,” and the claims of Hawke’s Bay were strongly urged by Mr J. Nome and Mr O’Neill, the other represents tives of the champion province. Mr H. Harris (Otago) then suggested that Canterbury had prior claims, but Mr S. F. Wilson, leader of the Canterbury delegation, rose and said that the date fixed for the North-South match was unsuitable and too late in the season for his union. Mr Hams next proposed that Otago be given the fixture, but this was lost on the voices.

Mr M'Leod (Taranaki) ended the discussion by stating that his union considered that the contest should always be played in Wellington. The motion to make Hawked Bay the scene of the match was lost by 87 votes to 29, Canterbury’s four votes being cast for the negative. Wellington was then given the game.