FOOTBALL

Feilding Star, Volume I, Issue 277, 28 May 1907, Page 4

FOOTBALL

o I .PUB P_t_J»B AB-CUIATiON.J Vvelin.gu*n, _»iay 2< . i.A a uitoLing oi tno Committee ol i_ic i\»kv -.c-a-uiiu ltu^oy unwu toiugni, a _eu«r was read wmch had i>et>-i aUurcbbud oy the secretary ot ihe union to Mr 11. H. _>a_i_.ivilie, ol Wellington. in tlvs tne secrelai sia-eu that the Union had reason to believe he had mlormation upon tlie proposed tour ot the pro-ttK-iona- footballers to England, and ine union therefore summoned hiai as a member ot a city team to attend tlie meeting of the Union. Mr iiiisXiville, in reply, wrote that all the information he had on the subject would be gained from the newspapers ia a few veeke, meanwhile he was bound not to divulge it to the Union. i.a\ing considerel the mattei the Union dealt with Mr Baskiville under rule 2, sub-section 1, clause 1, of the rules ae to professionalism. The folio w'ng have been selected to represent the South Island in the football match against the North .'fill nd at Christchurch, on June 3: — Backs, Turtill (Otago). Deans (Canterbury), Booth (Otago), Fryer (Canteilury), Eckhold (Otago), Burns (Canterbury). Datsey (Otago); foruaids: Hughes (Southland), Carlton (South Canterbury), Casey (Otago), I'aton (.Otago), Clark (Southland), McDonald (Otago), Johnston (Otago), Wade (Westland), Dennehy (Westland). Sixteen names are given here, and the southern selectors aro to decide which man shall retire. The uh Island team le&ves for Christchurch oh Friday or Saturday Wanganui, May 27. The secretary of the Wanganui Rugby Union sent the following wire to the New Zealand Union this evening: "My Union is of opinion that those players not signing affidavits should- be disqualified from playing this season. " The feeling is very strong here.