RUGBY.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 11 June 1926, Page 3

RUGBY.

TARANAKI UNION. MEETING OP MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE. The management committee of the Taranaki Rugby Union met at Straitford last evening. . Present: Messrs J. McLeod (chairman), W. A- Guy, F. M. Wiliite, 11. R. Tyrer, J.. Garcia, W. Moyas, E. IT. Young, and J. Paterson. A motion of condolence was passed to Mr. J. Goodwin, wlio> recently sustained .a bereavement. Th© caianma.n stated that Messrs Guy and Goodwin had visited Hawke’s ■Bay immediately after the 'last meeting. The .representative game between Taranaki and the Shield holder's, had been definitely .arranged, and would be played on July V, Taranaki paying the visitors’ expenses. Th© Bush Union wrote, stating that it .would .arrive an Taranaki on July 2 and would piliay the following day. In view oif the iliaot that it had been reported to the union that oeiibaiu Wednesday players were punished by tjie Wednesday competition committee, it was resolved to inform the Wednesday committee that the power to. punish players lay in the hands of the Taranaki Rugby Union, which bad no authority to delegate its powers. The prote.sit of the Okaiawa fourth grade team .against the Wadmat© fourth team, on the ground tha.t the latter played a man who was resident!ally an Okaiawa player, was dismissed. P. Collins, of the Stratford third team, was .suspended for fourteen days lor using had language to. a referee. A request from, the Okaiawa junior club to the Union, asking for a reconsideration of the decision to. replay the Okaiwaa junior v, Eltham junior match on May 15, was negatived. The request of .the Patea Olub for permission to play the Wanganui Marisit team. at Patea on the 16th iinst. was granted. It was resolved that the Wellington Union be asked to. release Taranaki from its engagement this year, and that the fixture he played during, the Taranaki team’s southern tour next year. .Speaking in reference to the Hawke's Bay v. Taranaki game, to> be played at Hawera on July 7, Mr. E. H. Young suggested that additional accommodation he provided. Mr. Guy said that Mr. Goodwin and he had .gone into, the matter, and it was possible to- provide temporary stands. It would he easy to regulate the .sale of tickets in .accordance, with the .seating .space available. Tile chairman estimated the Hawera gate for the Hawke’s Biay mateh at 11350.

The .southern members were authorised to .arrange for seating accommodation inside the enclosure, .and ,if necessary, to provide for .roping off the northern .side of the ground. It was. resolved that the temporary seats he .sold on the grounds, and that the charge for them at the Bush Union game he 6d, .and for the Hawke’s Bay game Is. Entry to the ground at both games to. he 2s for men, Is for ladies, and 6d for children under 14. All matches on the dates of the Bush Union and Hawke’s Bay representative fixtures to be declared oil. It was resolved to draw the attention of the clnb.s in the south to the necessity of observing the. lage limit .rule in the fourth grade teams. The chairman said he was quite safe in congratulating Mr. Guy upon his selection of the team, which did .so wfe'U against Wanganui. Alt'. Garcia remarked upon the playing of a midget match during halftime at the Wanganui match. The teams were eight a-side, composed of lads of eleven years land under, and they created much .interest among the spectators. Tie total account passed for payment .amounted to £49S 10s 3d. Rlelimdls to. clubs for the first four weeks totalled £lB5 2s. 2d. The Union remained . thus early in the season, with a credit balance of £55. A. fist of the gates for the various matches played read as follows: May I.—Tupa.pa v. Inglewood, P'ukekura Park, £SO 9s 6d; Okaia wa. V. Patea, Okaiawa, £6 14s fid; Clifton v. Star, Waitara, £l6 3s; Eltiham v. Stratford, Blitbam, £l6 fo; Athletic v. Kiaponga ,Hawera, £l3 2s fid; Waimate v. Opunake, Opumake. £8 Is 6d. May B.—. Star v. Okl Boys, Pukekura Park, £56 6s 6d ; Eltham v. Inglewood, Inglewood. £6 1 Is; Clifton v. Stealtfoid, Stratford, £9 45.; Athletic v. Wlairaalte, Manaia, £3 16s fid'; Hawera v. Okakuwa., Hawera, £‘22 13s fid; Ivaponga v. Palfcea. P'artela, £S 19. s fid. May 15.—Eltham v. Clifton. Waitara, £l4 18s fid: Star v. Tukapa, Pukekura Park, £93 18s fid; Old Boys v. Stratford, Stratford, £23 12s; Waiimate v. Kapoinga, Kaponga,. £( 10s; Patea v. Opunake, Patea. £5 11s fid. May 22.—01 d Boys v. Eltham. Eltham, £l4 19s fid; Tn.kapal v. Clifton, Western. Park, £53 14,si fid; Athletic v. Patea, Hawera. £l2 Is fid ; Ormniake v. Okaiawa, Okaiawa. £7 3s; Ha.we.ra v. ICaponga, Ka.pon.ga, £9 15s 6d.

- POVERTY BAY DEFEATS WANGANUI. (BY TELEGRAPH PRESS ASSOCIATION.) GISBORNE, June 10. Nearly 3000 spectators watched the first inter-provincial match of the .season to-day, when Poverty Bay defeated Wanganui by 10 points to 6. The weather conditions and the ground were ideal. Except for intermittent periods of spectacular back and' forward play, the game was inclined to be .slow. Though over-weighting the home pack by over a. stone, the visitors were held in the scrummages and line-outs throughout, the Poverty Bay backs seeing plenty of the ball, but. in the loose the visitors’ dashing dribbling rushes and passing boots gave the home backs a hot time defending. Cox, Murio and Beilis were outstanding in the visitors’ pack, while Pcina and Cameron played dashingly in the backs, Darby playing a great game at full-back. For Poverty Bay, Langlands and Bennett played a brilliant, heady game in the hacks, and M. Whaitiri. Woodward and Morrison were tlm best forwards. Both sides scored all their points' in the first spell. From a Poverty Bay passing rush Bennett stab punted, and Morrison following up, dived over. Caulton converted. Off-side play by Poverty Bay forwards enabled Cameron to kick a great goal for Wanganui, and then the Poverty Bay hacks started a passing movement which ended in Caulton scoring under the posts, a try which lie also converted. Cox scored for Wanganui from a. dribbling rush. TEAMS. FOP. TO-MOPPOW. Pa tea. ■Seniors.—Thompson, Wills (2), Bonrke, Hunt, Symes, Power. Fitzwator, Back, Bremer. Bates, Baldwin, Kerrisk, Murphy and Fitzgibbons. Athletic. Seniors. —Lay, M. Owen, W. Thomas, Hunter, Under lull, W. Owen. Baigent, Rvnn, S. Hunt, Bryant, Gre.ig, Hickey, Herbert, K. Hunt, A. Thomas. Emergencies.—Backs: Foster and Plank. Forwards: Crabbe, Seaga'r, Lawn. ’Bus

leaves P-0. at 1.30 p.m. Juniors. Blair, MiLroy, MoHaan, Church, Dawdle, Simpson, Gate®, Carroll, Murdoch, Barnes, Quin, Kelly, Jones, Coleman. Emergency: Deveraux. ’Bus leaves P.O. for Patea at 12.30 p.m. sharp. Hawera. Central (fourths). —HawcfiLitt'e. George, Clark, Lendruin, Oheevers, Moloney, Nolan (2), Loader, Kirk, Philip (2), Vinten, Old, Vincent, _Greig. Bus leaves ltost Office at 12.15 p.m. sharp. Okaiawa. Seniors. —Birchall, Clarke, Ike, Linn, lluru, Parslow, Phillips, Griffen, Lynskey, .Robert®, Johnstone, Purvis, Cameron, Roberts, Tula. Juniors will travel to Normanby for practice. Bus’ leaves at 12.30 p.m. Hawera. Seniors. —Rumball, Meuli, Hammond, Stead, McAuliffe, Bair on, Sage, Williams, Alui-phy, Alalcolm, West, Henry, Paterson, Robinson, Hulbert, Twist, Cameron. Bus leaves at 1 p.m. sharp. Juniors. —Busing, Jordan, Mundy, Stone, Walker, Bourke, Crutch, Brown, Harrington, Murphy, Valentine, Ford, Myers, Tait and Robinson. Emergency, Mitchell. 1 Fourths. —Green, Myles, Foster, Harrison, Jackson, Pfiiest, Warren, Carrington, Brough, Loader, Kerrisk, Knight, Fleming, Brown, Dykes, Henderson, Smith, Kent. W aim ate. Seniors. —Broomfield, ' Parata, Nuku, Hughes, Sutton (3), Moki, Rye, Hansen, Murray, Ha we, Long, Griffen, Milner, Eaves, Ross. Team leaves at U 5. . T , Juniors. Davies, Luke, Langford, Ramp ton, Moki, King, Calgher, Ponga, Edwards, Hikaka, Ellsington, Bourke, Tamanui, Robinson, Young, Mitchell. Fourths. —Hill, Kitt, Ainsley, McDonald, Shaw (2), Gate, Poroa, Bourke, Burke, Fulmar, Joyce, Hansen, Murfitt, Jackson, Cowling. INTER-ISLAND MATCH. NEPIA NOT AVAILABLE. (BY TKLEBII 4 ’’H PRWS9 * HSOOT fTfON . ' WELLINGTON, June 11. AVord has been received that Nepia, who was selected as full-back for the North Island Rugby team, is unable to play. J. A. Malcolm, of AVellington, will fill the vacancy.