FOOTBALL.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXXII, Issue 15714, 6 September 1911, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

\ AUCKLAND v. OTAGO. , - [Psa Pkkss Association.] I DUNE.OIX, September 5. | Auckland's taara against Otago will | consist of the following: Backs—- ; O'Brien, M'Gregor, Murray, Wolf- I gramm. O'Leary, Mageo and Otterf son; forwards—Herring, llasmussen, r ] Bruce, Wilson, Harper, liny ward and j Barrett. CANTERBURY RUGBY U-YION. r A meeting of tho Management Com- •' mitteo of the Canterbury Rugby Union ' was bold last evening; present—Messrs - G. H. Mason (in the chair), F. T. Evans, P. I. Cowliskaw, S. F. Wilson, G. Scott, W. M. Allardyce, T. Bain, '- | F. D. Kestoven and E. T. Harper. f It was decided to accede to the re--9 quest of the Christchurch Football Club for its match against tho Pirates Club, J of Duuedin, to bo played as a curtainraiser to tho Taranaki-Canterbury » game. i. Tiie Christchurch Club wrote in explanation of tho default of its Prssi--5 dent's team to tho Linwood Club. Tho I Union had requested a statement as to • why it had not informed Ike Linwood team of its intention to default when, : according to a complaint received from 0 tho Linwood Club, it had informed the » reforeo. The letter stated that the Lin- • yrood captain had been informed, and it was decided that a copy of tho letter should 1)0 forwarded to the Linwood Club, with a request to explain why, \ under these circumstances, it had scon ' j'■ fit to lodge a complaint to the Union. j 1 j It was resolved that any team of a j j club affiliated to tho Canterbury Rugby i 3 j Union competing in a competition out--1 j cido tho jurisdiction of the Union shall, | iii future be under the charge of a mar.3 uger who had beon approved by tho 3 Management Committee, and the socrejj tary was instructed to forward a copy '■ of this resolution to all clubs. j _ Tho Christchurch Club reported that '\ it had inquired, at tho request of tho ; Union, into tho ease of a President's • Cup player who, it was stated, had in I contravention of tho rules of the Union A played for both tho A and B teams of ■] tho club, and moreover had played in j one game under his right name and in •J tho other under tho namo of the player ' whoso place- ho had taken. Tho cs-.n-i] mitteo of the club reported that it had 3 fully inquired into tho case, and it 3 found that tho playor in question, Vizi- | cent, had played twice in the wrong' ;] grade and had done this at tho request sj of tho captain, Matsqn, and that Mat- '] son took all tho blarao on himfiolf and i stated that ho had got Vincent to play j for his team, fully of the fact J thai ho wa3 transgressing fc'hp rulos. 5] Tho club stated that after tho inquiry ! j Matson had been suspended from -ho a club during tho pleasure of the cemmit- ": teo. i A long discussion took place on the j| question us to whether this sufficiently I mot tho caso or whether the Union j should go further in the matter and ■ coal with Matson independent of the :| club. ■ \ t Mr Evans eventually moved and Mr 1 Wilson seconded : mitteo approves of the action of iho I Christchuroh Club, and that Matson \ be suspended until the cud of May, ' Air Cowlishaw moved as an amend- | moot and Mr Scott seconded—" That' ) this club approves of the action of tho j Christchurch Ciub, and that it suspend ] Matson from playing during tho | Union's pleasure, and that on the re- j | ceipt of an application from the club jj lor tho removal of his disqualification i| this committee will again consider fee i case." i The amendment war, carried. • j r ,.^} ]c ' cca ' branch of the New Zeaiand | Civil Service Association wrote statin.!* j that it was arranging for an annual match between the Wellington Civil , Service and the Canterbury." Civil Service, and it asked permission to play j the match as a curtain-raiser to the

i\'elliiinten-Cnntemury match on OctoConsideration of Die proposal was deferred. Tiio Canterbury brunch of the Now Zealand Sports Frotceiieri Leaguo «st..!:-3 rcqK?uting the attendance or a representative of ilia Union at a masting in connection with tho Leaguo to by hoi'. 1 , en Thursduy. Mr G. H. Mason was appointed to represent the Union at tho meeting. It was decided to take tho representative team's trainer with Die team on its southern tour.