RUGBY ADMINISTRATION

Evening Star, Issue 21078, 15 April 1932, Page 5

RUGBY ADMINISTRATION

REPLACEMENT OF INJURED PLAYERS ANNUAL CONFERENCE CONTINUED. [Per United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, April 14. The annual conference or delegates to the New Zealand Rugby Union was continued this afternoon. It was decided by the conference that injured .players could be replaced if both captains agreed, and that teams must not leave the field at half-time without the permission of the referee. It was also decided to instruct t ho ?#ew Zealand Referees’ Association that rule 34 relating to foul play should be strictly enforced this season. It was further decided to recommend the unions that the appointment of referees for interprovincial matches should be made by the home unions. It was decided again to grant £750 for the supply of footballs to the primary schools. • A recommendation was passed to the Management Committee that this year’s North v. South Island match should be played on a date other than June 3. The election of officers resulted as follows: —Patron, His Excellency the Governor-General (Lord Bledisloe); president, Mr G. H. Pownall; vice-presi-dents—Messrs T. J. V. Dunlop (North Auckland), J. Arneil (Auckland), C. S. Foster (Thames Valley), W. Fraser (Waikato), F. H. Wilkie (Bay of Plenty), J. Patterson (Taranaki), J. Moyes (Wanganui), A. H. Richards (Manawhenna), K. S. Williams (East Coast), AY. T. Foster (Hawke’s Bay), E. R. Bluett (Nelson), R.‘ S. Smith (Bush Districts), F. Dennes (Wairarapa), Dr P. F. AFEvedy (Wellington), A. A. M‘Nab (Marlborough), E. P. Smith (Golden Bay-Motueka), A. G. Calvin (Buller), F-: Eggleston (West Coast), A. E. AFPhail (Canterbury), J. O’Leary (South Canterbury), S. G. Styche (Otago), W. Baird (Southland), W. Copsey (King Country). W. H. Sarney (Ashburton). AV. Atkinson (North Otago) ; lion, treasurer, Mr H. S. Leith (re-elected); Management Committee—Messrs S. S. Dean, A. C. Kitto, T. A. Fletcher,. F. Glasgow, J. G. Roadie. E. S. Hylton, and AV. G. Wallace (all re-elected); Appeal Council— Messrs F. H. Campbell, J. Hutchison, and H. F. Sincock (all of Dunedin).