RUGBY FOOTBALL

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23020, 23 April 1938, Page 19

RUGBY FOOTBALL

■' ■. i: ■ ■ ■' : £' ■' ■ 1 v- '* OPENING OP SEASON CLUB DAY AT EDEN PARK fOSSONBY TO MEET GRAMMAR __ BIG PHYSICAL DRILL DISPLAY K. reports of form during training operations can be taken as a guide the flpsning of the Auckland Rugby Union'a Mason at Eden Park this afternoon with a club gala day should provide keen and interesting competition. There will be five senior games, the principal attraction of which will be the meeting on No. 1 ground' of Ponsonby, champion last year, and Grammar Old Boys. Grammar » reported to hare a very fast rearguard, and. this match should produce a decision with 'the issue in doubt. North Shore, which meets Marist in the nmforaiser. to the main game, will field a Pwtiy-gtrehgthened fifteen.. .Marist has a JWith of talent in the back line; although the l«wards|*re not considered to be as strong *.esiHear. An even game should result. TniaJjg College wiil clash with Technical Old BOJ* jff No, 3 ground at 3 p.m., while at the w»e bti! College Rifles .will play Suburbs on 00. 3 ground. Eden .and Parnell meet at J .30 wn. on No. 3. A feature of the afternoon's- : Wgnunme will be the physical drill display gf more thai? fiOO students of Auckland TrainEnthntSsts in the suburbs will be weli a t«ed for with the Otahuhu-University match r s 'Wg«B Park, the meeting of the Manuw.jwt Marist reserve teams, and the Grafgwiannkau game at Onehunga, while at flWtlicote there will be two matches, betweeif Tuapona and Northcote, and North Shore •M Combined Services;- ■

boundaries abolished SOUTH AUCKLAND DECISION : [laoil OUB own correspondent] PUKEKOHE, Friday nine votes to six, the South Auckland Union decided:, last evening, at Its lfiteting, held at Pokekohe, to abolish 2 ww, year all football boundaries within ? wntory. The decision will give players m l .* re& an nnrestricted choice as to. ffta clnl> In the territory they will play y. sad means a radical departure from the g»wry policy which the union has fol"Wo for; some years past. .Apropos*! by the Referees' delegate. Mr. Btown, that the Mannkan, Pukekohe Wtlnkn sob-unions should Join in ronJJJJpif club competitions In the northern iWfl <if the* territory and that the Frankly sV>gatawhiri and Walkare snb-unions Ukewise in the southern portion was to a special meetinz for considera"•l with a view to' its adoption for 103». uJufjanion decided to continue its affiJMiw! with the -Auckland Rnirby Union 5® w refuse a clearance to South Auckland Wtri wishing to play for Auckland clubs. stated that as the selector for the JJjUand union would he visiting South l«W»nd to choose pftimisinsr players for WKland representative teams, a channel 2? U( ' be open for good South Auckland i?®* '° become All Blacks. JPctr* elected for- the coming season s*«:—Patron, Mr. J. N. Massey; president, 5 r - C. H. Jeniison; vice-presidents, Messrs. f. Appleby, G. AV. Chipman, T. P. McJ. Crawford. G. C. Howie. L. b ,JN, G. Carter, W. A. Smeed. K T ■te&B. Pulham, D. Jamieson. H. J. ; gecretarv. Mr. G. Cowan: selector !?. ; »niors, Mr. ,T. Wood; selector for jnniors, 2LG. C. Revell; delegate to referees' an{Wjteiit committee... Mr. Jeniison; delegate j 5, : Jpe South Auckland Primary Schools Union. Mr. H. Cnrd. s&M: financial statement showed a cash j ■ »'* bain nee. of .C-fl. 'ear i rf ' competition for the suh-nnion sPfMltative teams is to be arranged by this year, but such teams are to ft, to challenge for the Massey C"P. power to arrange other matches for S?J w as delegated to Messrs. Jemison and

Maniapoto sub-union f fILEGRArH OWN CORRESPONDENT] TE KUITI, Friday in the Maniapoto Rngby subKJJSIo commence on May 7 according ;f?£p*ion at the annual meeting of-that * the opening a decision has to ffi®&Tegarding weight limits WssFaitete Club's remit that the junior pajjjott should be reduced to list 71b sjwvVlb was discussed. It was eventuthat as other delegates had not of receiving voting inPjP B sU clubs 'Should be circularised &WI proposal and that they submit

reports by May 2 when a special meeting i* to be called to consider Junior and third grade weight • limits. election of officers 'ftsslted T as*follows:-<-Patron. R. Boddy president, Mr; G. Cameron; vice-presidents, Messrs. "W. Eketone, D. Dyet, P. H. Jones, J. Anderson. C. Piercy. L. Verry, R. Farrow, F. Adams, A. B. Cotter and presidents of affiliated clubs; secretary, Mr. A. V. Anderson; treasurer, Mr. 8. M. "Wilson; auditor. Mr. J. G. . Irvine; Kins Country delegates, Messrs. Q. Cameron, R. Farrow. P. H. Jones; Hon. Surgeons, .Dm. do Castro and- Isaac; management committee.Messrs. W. Eketone, R. Black. J. Anderson, Ri. Farrow,'J.; Davis, A. B.' Cotter, li.-Verry: senior selector, Mr. C. 8. Taylor; Junior selectors/ Messrs. H.E. M.artin, M. Robinson. D. Dyet; senior representative coach,- Mr*' Kingi Wetere; nomination for Northern Hint Country selector, Mr. C. S. Taylor. The an-, pointment of a third grade selector was left in the hands of the management committer. It waß decided that the referees appointmnt board should consist of one nominee of the Referees' Association and one of ttm management committee with the sub-union president to act as an arbitrator. Mr. Cameron reported that the King country union had received £250 from th* New Zealand union as King Country's proportion of the share of the profit from tli» Springboks' tour. t' The meeting supported a remit to the King Country Rugby Union, forwarded by. the Taumarunui sub-union, that instead of taking 33 1-3 per; ;cent of the gross gate of all sub-union representative matches thf King. Country union should take 25 per % cent of the net gate.

NEW TRAINING SHED TO OPEN

The official opening of the training quarters recently erected in Nelson,Avenue,.Northcote, for the .use, of-the local Rugby football club will take place this afternoon at two o'clock.> The president of the Auckland Rugby 'Union, Mr. F Frost, and officials will attend the' ceremony. The Northcole and pjrkenhead Borough Councils will also be represented. The provision of the training shed has been made possible by the co-operation of the Auckland Ru*by Union! The club lite freehold- of the section in Nelson Avenue, and the onion's training shed from Ellersli# was' re-erected on the site. The annual Flet cher Cup match between the Northcote and Takapuna Clubs will be played on Stafford Park near by. ' •