RUGBY FOOTBALL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 1 July 1924, Page 7

RUGBY FOOTBALL.

GREETINGS FOE ALL BLACKS. BY CABLE—PR2S3 ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT mu -r, , SYDNEY, June 30. Ihe English Rugby League team, prior to its departure for the . North a message of welcome to lm-AH Blacks, regretting their inability to meet them and wishing them a successful tour. , ■> WELLINGTON v. TARANAKI, . (BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION.) WELLINGTON, June 30. A number of players originally selects ed to play Taranaki are unable to make the trip, and the following players are now going: Backs—Malcolm, Smith, Wogan Hawkins, Britland, G. Gibson, Lang, Hall. Forwards—Pope, Brown, Barclay SuHivan, Pringle,. Hurn, Haddock, Thomas, King. . . - DELEGATE FOR LONDON . : ; ’ DUNEDIN, June 30. At a meeting of the committee of the Otago Rugby Union to-night, it was unanimously decided to nominate Mr H. Harris as the delegate to represent 'New'-Z^l'and-’atrthe 1 football conference in London. Members' expressed tlie opinion that- Mr Harris w’ould make an ideal delegate, as he had a very - iritimate knowledge of - football in* ‘ New Zealand for many years past. SCHOOL GAME AT KAPONGA. ~ ■spite' of the heavy conditions of the field on Saturday, the school football match proyed quite'an interesting game. .The local boys met Kapuni here, and although the home team put up a big score, the gam© was a very good display of school football, both teams puttingdn some very good work, lne local backs were too fast for the visitors, which resulted in the big score fries were scored by R. Noonan (four), Bn.scpe (tw-o), McCarthy (one) and Blackw r ell (one). The game ended: ICaponga 24, Kapuni 0. Mr. E. Scott w T as rereree. . . ‘

WEDNESDAY TEAMS The following .will represent City against Tokaora at the public school grounds, Hawera, to-morrow at 12.30 p.m.iPurscr, Weir, Hammond. Goodwin. Hoddinott, Kururangi Hall, Rosewarne, Fraser Buchanan West. Jones, Hoddinott, Foster, and Roberts; SmMl - Stone, H6ofc, and 'Tokaora team: Marriner, Cuff, Grif(9Y m" ggn /ol T> a f or ’ -Meharry. Wren (-), Bloor (3), Palmer, Kirk, Williams, Thomas, Conory, and Wells. REFEREES ON STRIKE. REFUSAL TO TAKE MATCHES. m The Bogby football referees in North laranaki are “on strike” (says the iNews). As a protest to what thev rtgai’d a s inadequate punishment of nlavers reported to Union" the referees decided last night that until they were assured that adequate punishment would be inflicted thev would not supply referees for anv matches Arising out of what is now commontrknown as the Inglewood football incident, and the punishment meted out by the Taranaki Rugby Union to the offenders in other football matches fhe fallowing resolution was passed:-4 “That the Taranaki Rugbv .Union by their undue leniency to offenders, having made it increasingly difficult for referees to control matches, members of this association decide that until we ai;e assured by the .management committee of the Rugby Union that adequate punishment will'be meted out to players ordered, off no further matches be taken bv members of this division of the association. ,J