Manawatu Rugby

Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 191, 13 August 1941, Page 6

Manawatu Rugby

MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEETS

Mr. A. M. Ongley presided at tho | meeting of the management committee of the Manawatu Rugby Union in Palmerston North last night. Mr. W. V. Hobin, Intermediate School, advised that a meeting is being held on Friday to form a quadrangular tournament committee to finalise arrangements for the Manawatu team's visit to W angauui. The necessary details had beon attended to, involving some costs in having a visit from Feeding and a visit to Levin, plus other incidentals. Ho asked for an Interim grant of £lo.—Granted. Hastings High School Old Boys wrote asking for a fourth-grade match with a Palmerston North club team.—Referred to Kia Toa Club. Another Suspension The referee of the United High School junior match last Saturday, Mr. R* Young, advised having ordered Lucinsky, a United player, off the field for persisting in rough play, and fisticuffs after warnings. Lucinsky appeared before the committee to admit having been warned once, but contended the referee had made a mistake the second time. He had been surprised when the referee told him to go off. Questioned by the chairman, Lucinsky said that when another player used fists on him, what was he to do? Mr. Ongley: Is that your idea of football? ‘ Lucinsky: In a sense. Air. Ongley: In spite of the fact that a boy was suspended last week for five years? Did that have no effect on you? Two committeemen who saw the game said they had nothing to say in favour of the player.

The committee decided to suspend Lucinskv for the rest of the season. “The union regrets it lias to take this stand,’’ Mr. Ongley told Lucinsky “Warnings are going out all the time. Our job is not to keep boys out of football, but this sort of thing has to be controlled somehow.” Tho committee commented on the excellent game played by the Bush third grade team which played Manawatu thirds last Saturday and jvvon 29—8. There must have been good coaching and good selecting. Saturday’s Fixtures

Senior: United v. St. Pat’s, 1.30 p.m., Sportsground (Mr. B. Trow); University v. Old Boys, 1.30 p.m., No. 2 Rugby Park (Mr. E. Jackson); Feilding v. Kia Toa. 3 p.m., Sportsground (Mr. C. Pinfold).

Junior: Feilding Old Boys v. Old Boys, 3 p.m., No. 2 Rugby Park (Mr. A. I. Charles); Halcombe v. High School, 2.30 p.m., Johnston Park (Mr. C. Broughton); United v. Bunnythorpe, 1.30 p.m., No. 4 Rugby Park (Mr. G. Duthie); Kia Toa v. St. Pat’s (default).

Fourth grade: Technical v. Kia Toa, 1.30 p.m.„ No. 5 Rugby Park (Mr. B. Holdsworth); Feilding Old Boys v. St Pat’s, 1.30 p.m., Johnston Park (Mr. J. Hart); United v. High School, 1.30 p.m., No. 6 Rugby Park (Mr. H. Shearman); Feilding High School a bye. The High School-Silverstream game is to bo played at the Sportsground on August 23. The curtain-raiser will be decided at next meeting of the committee.

Mr. B. Palmer w r as appointed manager of the representative team to play Hawke’s Bay at Napier on August 23.'