RUGBY FOOTBALL

Greymouth Evening Star, 17 June 1936, Page 4

RUGBY FOOTBALL

MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEET. • The Management Commit’ee of the West Coast Rugby Union met last evening, there being present: Messrs A. A. Adams (President). J., Guy, T. Mclntosh. F. Eggleton. W. Williams, W G Scott, A. M. Jamieson, C. R. Rollinson, F. W. Baillie, T. P. Ryan,. J Kvle and J. E. Joyce (secretary). The Otago Rugby Union wrote statstating that it had been decided to obtain the opinion of Unions, whose teams would be visiting Otago this season, on the question of replacement of injured players in representative matches. The Otago Union was agreeable to replacing players at any stage of the game.—lt was decided to advise the Otago Union, that the West Coast Union was also in favour of the replacement of injured players, at any si age of the game.

Two applications were received for admission to the code, and it was decided to forward them to the New Zealand Union with favourable recommendations. On the motion of Messrs Guy and Scott, it was decided that the representative team to meet Canterbury be chosen on Saturday night. The manager of the Greymouth team last Saturday, reported that several members of the team were late in assembling. All the players concerned were town members, and should have been there .earlier. He had even to go to the extent of phoning one player, who said he did not know where the team was assembling. The position was most unsatisfactory to the manager’ of the team, and on Saturday last he had not been able to put a scrum down at 2.25, with the game scheduled to start at 2.45, and the bus waiting to take the players to the ground. He thought the selectors could take such things into consideration in choosing future teaips. To Mr. Mclntosh, Mr. Williams said the players concerned were Scandrett. Pascoe and the two Olsens. * On the motion, of Messrs Ryan and ' Kyle, it was. decided that managers of I representative teams be empowered to use their discretion in the master of using emergencies to fill the places of players arriving late, without reasonable excuse.

Mr. Eggleton raised the question of the conditions on which the stall is conducted at Rugby Park, but the matter was discussed in committee.

Mr. Scott reported that the Blaketown Club would- field a fourth grade team in the new competition, thus eliminating the bye. The Secretary was instructed to arrange for railway excursions to Christchurch on September 12, and Dunedin on September 26, when the West Coast will be playing at those centres. It. was resolved that the representative team to play Buller at Greymouth, on June 27, be chosen after the Can-terbury-West Coast match, on Tuesday next. It was decided in view of the nuisance caused by dogs on the playing area, and among spectators, that no more dogs be allowed on Rugby Park. Mr. W. Williams was appointed manager of the West Coast representative team to play Canterbury, the team to assemble at the Park Hotel at 1.45 p.m. TII9 appointment of captain and vice-captain was referred to the selectors for appointment. Mr. Eggleton was appointed local manager of the Canterbury team. It was decided to entertain' the Canterbury team at the pictures on Monday night next,-and both teams at dinner at Revington’s Hotel after the match, to which invitations are to be extended to president's and secretaries of Sub-Unions. It was decided to ask the Greymouth Municipal Band to play at the Canter-bury-West Coast match, and the Civic Band at the West Coast-Buller fixture.

Mr. G. Hughes was appointed manager of the Greymouth third grade representative team to play Inangahua on June 23, the team to assemble at Rugby Park at 12.45 p.m. Mr. Scott was appointed local manager of the Inangahua team, who will be entertained at lunch at Harker’s Tea Rooms.

It was decided to play the West Coast-Buller junior fixture as a cur-tain-raiser to the senior representative match, on June 27, the selectors to choose the team on Saturday next. Messrs F. J. Tempero, W. McLaughlin and N. Eggleton were recommended as referees to control inter-provin-cial matches.

FIXTURES FOR SATURDAY. Senior: Blaketown v. Excelsiors, at Rugby Pa;-k No. 1, 3 p.m. (N. Eggleton). Umpires: Messrs Smith and Reynolds. Kiwi v. United, at Park, No. 2, 3 p.m. (W. McLaughlin). Umpires: Messrs Cook and McKay. Pirates v. Cobden, at Hokitika, 3 p.m. Stars a bye. Junior: Blaketown v. Cobden, at Cobden, 1.30 p.m. (C. Hoskins); United v. Celtic, at Park No. 1, 1.30 p.m. (M. R. Bunt); Stars a bye. Third grade: Stars v. Technical, at Tech., 1.30 (F. Adams); Cobden v. Celtic, at Cobden, 3 p.m. (F. McGrath): Blaketown a bye. Fourth grade: Tech. A. v. Cobden, Park No. 2, 1.30 (J. O’Donnell); Tech. B. v. Main School, 11 a.m., Park (F. J. Tempero); United B. v. Blaketown, at Tech., 3 p.m., (D. Jarvis). KING’S BIRTHDAY FIXTURES. Senior representatives: Canterbury v. West Coast, Rugby Park, 2.45 p.m. (N. Eggleton). Third Grade representatives: Ingahua v. Greymouth, at Park, 1.30 p.m. (M. R. Bunt). Juniors: Celtic v. Athletic (Christchurch), Park, No. 2, 1 p.m. Third Grade: Celtic v. Athletic (Christchurch), at school ground. 1 p.m., Linwood (Christchurch) v. Cobden thirds, school ground, 2 p.m. The two latter matches will be played on the Technical School ground, provided it is available, and if not available, on the Cobden Domain.