THE RUGBY SEASON

Feilding Star, Volume 8, Issue 2505, 19 March 1930, Page 7

THE RUGBY SEASON

OPENING APRIL 20 MEETING OF MAN A WAT U UNION FEILDING SHOULD GET REP. MATCHES The annual meeting of tl.fcs Mauawatu Rugby Union was he’d last evening, Mr J. A. Colqulioun, the retiring president, in the thair. Delegates were present from the following clubs: Old Boys, Kia, Toa, Athletic, Feilding P.N. High School, Massey College, ffWe s t End Old Boys, Woodville, Oroua and Te Kawau sub-unions, the Primary Schools’ Union and tl(j P.N. Referees’ Association wore also represented. ELECTION OF OFFICERS The e'oetion of officers for tlie ensuing years resulted: Patron, Mr H. F Gibbons; president, Mr J. A. Colqulioun; vice-presidents, Messrs R. Ely, T. Pagan and A. M. Ongle.v; treasurer, Mr-,J. It. Hardie; auditor, Mr K. W. Egliutou; union surgeons, Drs Mules, Will and King, (the Feilding delegates were authorised to appoint their own surgeon); management committee, Messrs K. W. Eglinton, T. McHerioip, H. R. Crawlord, R. E. Hatch, I*. O. Skogluiid, F D. Mackie, Ei. Clevely; first aid officers, Railway Ambulance Club. OPENING OF' SEASON It was made a reommendation to the management committee to fix the opening of the season for the first Saturday after Easter (April 26). THE VOICE OF FEILDING Mr T. Collins (Feilding) expressed the opinion tint the present method of selecting seven members to tlie uianagnient committee could well be amended. As it stood at present, Feilding w ith two senior teams in the fie’d was not represented on the management committee. He suggested that any club with only a senior or junior team in the held

should be entitled to appoint one delegate to the committee. In cases where a e'ub had both senior and junior teams, it would be entitled to only one membeiy After some discussion, it was decided to recommend to the incoming committee that Mr Collins’ suggestion be. onsideied. Mr Collins alsc< suggested that Feild_ ihg" was entitled to a senior ‘representative match during the season. Feilding had all the facilities to stage sucli match with perhaps the exception that therefore the possibility of a smaller gate. He did not consider that the. union should regard tly3 matter solely from the standpoint °f £s. d. and lie suggested that some consideration should be shown Feeding.

It was made a recommendation to the incoming committee that a representative match be played on the Feilding grounds during the coming season.