RUGBY FOOTBALL

Grey River Argus, 9 May 1930, Page 2

RUGBY FOOTBALL

The following teams will represent ’obden Club:—

Seniors against Kiwis at Cobden at 3 p.m.: A. King, Eggelton, Sheldon, Glover, Sexton, Taaffe, Rimmer, Sharp, ■ Drybergh, Eggelton, Burgess, Keith, Mead, Spencer, A. Anderson, H. Wilson. Juniors v. Kumara at Kumara: A. ’ Lindbom, J. Minchin, J. Bourke, J. Lindhom, Shaw. Gordon, Scott, Wilson,* Anderson, Bowers, Coekburn, Hewlett, Honey, Knox, W. Jackson, iPriee, Brailsford. Bus leaves Cobden at 1.45 and Post Office at 2 p.m. Fourth grade team against Teehni- | 'al B at. Cobden at 1.30 p.m.: Swift, lAlixichin (2), AUeMillan, Sumner, Honey. Kirkwood, Blacktopp, RobinI sou, Arthur, Kelly. Collins, Vincent, Di* Freatns, Preston. F. Garth, B. Clark. The following players will represent Blaketown seniors v. Rivals at Victoria Park, A ground, at 3 p.m.: Pascoe, Lemin, Negri, Ilannam, Bunt, Mason, Cooper, McEnaney, Diniond, Sparks. Webster, Neal, Beil, Lister, Shannahan, Dnnshoa, McDonald. EXCELS IO (MATCH. Sir.—The West Coast Rugby Union. I notice, had a stirring debate at' their mo.efing Vh.is ‘tfeuk regarding' tin action nf the Hok.itika. Excelsior Club in playing in their senior team U'.on (J. airli A. King), who are resi(b nts of Lrifeymonth. b' would like to point out to the Excelsior Club and io those twn players a case bearing on this one which occiirvo'di in the Taranaki district, a few seasons ago. Tho Southern Taranaki boundary is marktd off by ihoi Whenuakura. River, on the o» her side of which the a.reci is that of AVairoa Sub-Union. A prominent Rugby player namqd Mae Lean (now emr-rg'oncy for the North Island Possibles) was asked by? th P most Southern Rugbv Club in Taranaki* (Paton) to play for them. This, how ■ eve ; did not cpialify him 1o play for the Taranaki Club as his homestead stock! on the river bank on the Wairoa Sub-Union’s side-, although most of his farm, oven his outsheds, were in the Tanannki Union area. However to play for the Taranaki club he had to reside in a .-dic'd four nights out of sc-von to enable him to play for the Patca club, which hr did. The Suh-Union wore very sore over the action, and they watched MacLean closely to see if he 'did not actually sleep within their area, but ilirv were not aide to prnve that hej did so. This precedent 1 consider, j hears directly on the ca.Sp of the two I plovers in question on this occasion.] I do mH see why the Kings stionkli hive any grounds to obtain an ad-1 I inurnment of I heir case to a meeting I next' week between, the Union and i Ihe Westland Sub-Union at. Hokitika, l it is a sirnjile matter. The Union has Ito stand by its own legislation. If j breaches are left unset Hod in this j i i.annei:. everyone of them is going to entail consi F-rable and unnecessary <-xipensc upon the Union. In theii,' own minds the two players in question must know that rhe Teremakau ' Ik- I numlnry mark , which divides the Grey from the Westland district. How th“v can conclude they are. warranted in playing for a club nut'••l-- their residential boundary is beJ vond my comprehension. The faet.| j Ilia' I hey w.i'e in the Excelsior., (eam.i lasi season is not the deoi'diiig point., •it all If it were then the control of •he game would rest, not with the laL’i li. 1 body of control, but with i|.- indiliidual players, who might ■ach i.eeome p. law unto himself. Af--'er all lie highest interest is not that -f any particular cluh|, bu l is the \-J far,-. of the competitions and! ’ the a-fore of all the clubs. In other ■vor s, I‘c.r tin Union to allow itself ■ < |,e ignored by individual players «.r (dubs would be the sam e th’u»g fis ‘or th“ people of this country to close up! the 1 courts and do without .law mid order. — I am etc., • TAB AN ART.