FOOTBALL.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 14061, 16 May 1906, Page 5

FOOTBALL.

RUGBY UNION. The committee of the Canterbury Rugby Union met yesterday, Mr G. H. Mason presiding. A complaint by a referee regarding the.conduct of a spectator at a Leeston match was further investigated. The spectator complained of wrote, admitting that he had disputed the referee’s decisions, but held that he was justmed in doing so. rt was decided to disqualify him, and prevent him from going on the Union’s grounds.until the end of the season With regard to a complaint that a Sydenham touch-judge in a match at Sydenham on April 28, had acted in an insulting manner towards a delegate, and had pooh-poohed the idea of keeping the lines clear of spectators, xT.e Sydenham Club wrote, asking tb 1 e 1 committee, before coming to any decision in the matter, should allow tho committee of the Byae-nnam Club to peruse the evidence. The letter was received. Mr-Hervey, a delegate present, said that the touch-judge, on being remonstrated with by him regarding the spectators crowding on tho line, had said that the matter was one for the referee, and had joined in with the crowd in jeering at the suggestion. Mr J. Gregory, the touch-judge, denied the accusation. , After Mr Her-' rey had .spoken to him he had at first intended to stop the game, but it being just on half-time, he had waited, tie, with others, had triedto clear the grounds, but it was impossible. Tho chairman said it appeared that nothing could be den© in the matter. He moved, however, that touch-judges and referees should bo called upon to assist in keeping the grounds clear. Mr A. Hooper stated that while refereeing .in the Sydenham-Liuwood match on Saturday, he had ordered h. Jones, a Svdenham play&r, to leave Ire field for disputing decisions. An appeal had been made for off-side, but the appeal being disallowed, J ones _ had made an improper remark. The Sydenham team has frequently disputed decisions during the. match, and bo had cautioned two other men. • • Mr F. Jones, the player complained of, said that he could not possibly have disputed a decision, because no decision had been given. Ho had said nothing at all, excepting to appeal for offB **M r J. R- Evans proposed that Jones should b© disqualified fox eighteen months. ■ , ~ There was no seconder, and a motion by Mr F. T. Evans to disqualify Jones for six mouths, was carried. Mr P. Campbell, referee m the Old Boys-Kaiapoi Senior match reported that ho had ordered H. Heney, a Kaiapoi player, to leave the field because he had struck another player. Mr Heney wrote that the blow had been struck accidentally. In the absence of tho referee, the matter hold over. A sub-committee, set up to consider the advisableness oi promoting a fomth class competition, recommended that tho competition should be managed by a committee elected by the clubs competing; that no third class players should be allowed to compete; and that any fourth class player considered worthy of a place in any of the Union’s President’s Cup competitions should be compelled to play for a class not lower than third class. I The I‘eport was adopted. It was resolved to asii the Junior Cup clubs interested to meet and elect a selection committee for the Junior representative match at Rangiora on Juno 4. Messrs F. T. Evans and the secretary were appointed a sub-commit-tee for selecting referees for representative matches during the season. Mr Walton said he thought it was time that the Union had a ground of its own, and in this connection it could obtain a loan from the New Zealand Union at 2| per cent, provided the application was in by Juno 30. The Union could put down about £SOO, and the time barf arrived when, in its own defence, it should acquire a property as security for obtaining a loan from the Central Union. The proposal to acquire a ground now was perfectly feasible if a reasonable sum could bo borrowed from the New Zealand Union. He would propose, at the next general meeting of delegates, that £SOO should be placed in the hands of trustees for the purchase of a ground for furthering the interests of football. The meeting decided to endorse Mr Walton’s suggestion, and make, it a recommendation to the general meeting. A match played at AT ill town on Saturday, between the Irwell and Milllown clubs, resulted in a win for Irwell by eleven points to nil. The Sonthbridge team journeyed to Lincoln on Saturday and played a ■natch against the local team, the latter winning by three points to nil. A match played between Loos ton and Ounsandel on Saturday resulted in a win for Leeston by six points to five.