Football.

Matamata Record, Volume XIII, Issue 1109, 27 March 1930, Page 8

Football.

MATAMATA REFEREES. There was a fair attendance' at the annual meeting of the Matamata Rugby Referees’ Association on Monday, when Mr. W. L. Hollis presided. The balance-sheet showed a credit of £1 17s, and in reporting on the past season the president thanked members for their loyal support, and also the union for its backing of referees. The following officials were elected for the coming year:—President, Mr. W. L. Hollis; vice-presidents, Messrs.' J. H. Hawes and W. Egan; secretary, Mr, J. Green j delegate to Matamata Rugby Union, Mr. W. Clover; delegates to Waikato Association, Messrs Hollis and Clover; appointment committee, Messrs. J. H Hawes, J. P. White and R. McCready. Mr! W. McDonald, of Wanganui, was elected an active member of the association. During the evening Messrs. Hollis and Clover led a discussion on the proposal to revert to old rules, particularly the kicking to touch "rule. The meeting unanimously decided to record it disapproval of any' J reverb sion and to support present rules. It was decided to forward copies of the resolution to the Matamata Rugby Union and to the Waikato Referees’ Association. The meeting also expressed itself as being in favour of the broadcasting of reports of the British matches. PATETERE CLUB. The annual meeting of the Patetere Rugby Football Club was held on Wednesday, Mr. J. W. Anderson presiding. The balance-sheet showed a credit of £l6. Donations' of £5 each were made to the Tirau Domain Board and towards th£ rest room fun<|. Officers werp fleeted fs follows; Patron, Mr. j. Keane; president, Mr, J. W. Apderson; vice-pre-sidents, Messne. F. Rose, N. Royacroft, S. L. Higginson, J. Hetherington, J. Main; secretary and treasurer, Mr. E. W. Jordan; auditor, Mr. T. Little; selectors, seniors, Mr. G. Wilson, juniors, Mr. N. Horscroft, third grade, Mr. G. Killen; delegates to Matamata Rugby Union, Messrs. G. Wilson, J. Hetherington and J. Stewart. It was decided to enter a team in each of the Matamata union’s competitions. G. Campbell, W. Moore, and 'R. Hope were elected members. At the end of the business the junior club members presented Messrs. A. Watson, R. Pulman and J. CouborougH, who have joined the order of benedicts, each wath an English china tea set. THREE MEN FRONT ROW. A. G. Yardley, Matamata delegate to the Waikato Rugby Union, writes:—“Sir, —l notice in your Monday’s issue that reference was made at the Matamata meeting to 1 the attitude of some Waikato union’s ' delegates to the question of New 1 Zealand adopting the three-men j front row system of play. One speaker stated that for some time some Waikato delegates had advocated this method of scrum work. As far as my memory serves me this question has only been seriously discussed once by Waikato in ten years —at the last annual meeting—when several Hamilton delegates advocated it. At that meeting the delegates to the New Zealand Rugby Union were also instructed to oppose any move to re-introduce the old kick into touch rule. Regarding the three men front row, Mr. Whiting explained that he was judging the methods on newspaper reports of the South African tour. When the delegates got to Wellington they secured firsthand information regarding the scrums between the Africans and New Zealanders, and consequently dropped any reference to an alteration in New Zealand play. In this they were later supported by the, management committee of the Waikato union. T write this in case any of the Matamata union officials should take it from the remarks made at the Matamata meeting that the Waikato union is in' favour of the three men in the front row play, or the old kick into touch rule."

MORRINSVILLE UNION. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the Morrinsville Rugby Union was held on Monday, Mr. W. Hogg presiding. There was a large attendance, including the following delegates : Kereone, Messrs. W. Hogg, W. J. Neels and F. Thomas; Terriers, Messrs. L. E. Pole, H. G. McCombe and H. A. Pirrit; United, Messrs. J. H. Ford, W. Dench and C. McDavitt; Tatuanui, Messrs. C. Sing, F, J. Shirley and T. Colson ; Te Puninga, Mr. H. Skiffington ; Springdale, Mr. J. H. Wells; Referees’ Association, Mr. W. Moxsom. The balance-sheet showed a credit of £212 13s lOd in the general account and a credit of £7B 11s 7d in the insurance fund. The annual report stated:— The committee wishes to take the opportunity of thanking all who assisted the union in various ways. The Kereone blub is to be congratulated on its successes in the senior and junior competitions, and the High School on winning the third grade competition. The representative season was again a very heavy one. ✓ The insurance fund has again received a serious setback, showing a substantial loss on the season’s working. J Thb union is now financially strofllj, as the balance-sheet shows. The election of officers resulted as follows : Patron, Mr. J. B. Thomas ; president, Mr.- W. Hogg; vicepresidents, Mrs. F. J. Marshall and Mr. T. A. Colson ; secretary, Mr. C. H. Mclntyre ; treasurer, Mr. B. Chapman ; auditor, Mr. D. Mulcahy; management committee, Messrs. L. E. Pole, J. H. Ford, T. A. Colson, C. Sing, F. Thomas and C. M. G. McDavitt ; senior selector, Mr. McDavitt; classification committee, Messrs. Hogg, Chapman and Ford; honorary surgeon, Dr. S. Morrow.