FOOTBALL.

New Zealand Times, Volume LVII, Issue 2581, 6 August 1895, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

; THE NEW CASE LAW. ' At a special meeting of the 'Management Committee of the Wellington Rugby Union last night,, the following'- resolution, was passed “That thia Union protests against the decision of the Appeal Committee of the' New. Zealand Union in reference to. the interpretation of clause H.gule XT, Oa .it is 6pp'osed r .-to the. laws, qf'.the same as made by. 'the/English . Rugby - Union, .under which ,tbe .pnip,us affiliated ,te the 1 . New Zealand Union; ; are , supposed to . .play;this 'Uiiion .does." not- consider; that. the. decision of the Appeal Committee is an/ihterprotation of the,, clause, referred to,; but is' a he’w rule/arid/.iri passing ft the' Wellington''Union isV'of .'tbe.dpinipKthat the'App.eal Committee its powers j this'-Uiiipn • also qouffidete that'it would'be' manifestly unfair to bring siibh a rule into force At siioh a late stage of the season, and considering -the whole- circumstances requests that the Appeal Committee bo imniediatoly: asked to' - ro-considor its deoi-"

- The Manawatu Rugby Union decided on Saturday, night to .abandonthe,, junior ’match’ with the . Wellington, junior representative team, which was.) fixed; to take place at Newtdim Bark te.-piorrow, . This step was taken owing to several of/.the players jiiolecibpd wiahingr their expenses guaranteed! and as the Unioij waa not in a position to do this, and the pjayers refusing TO go, .the 'Uhidfi’hsd no afteruati^’but'tQ. ibmks jyith''thp Wffilington'Unidnj'.thak’ junior! teptesefflatiye ' matches ,ij)i<ivdd fjot beiencouraged. '■ ■ ’ Union auggest;a''that the North Tsiand members ‘of the Appeal Committee (Messrs T. Heudofsbn, Auckland, G. F. ,C. Campbell and J. P. Firtli,,Wellington) -should select.the team to rbpreseut the North Island iu the match against the South Island. , " . ,/ . /' ' If the Hawke’s Bay Union is'unable to send- a team to Wellington on either tho 7th or 14th September, the. match will be played here. op Wednesday/the 28th instant. v - ' ■ . ■ •'' ; ' ’.fhe rtqw will bp represented by the fol■lowing team', in the match against‘ the insurance op Friday ■. —Freeth, Jackson, Dunne, Tringham, Baker, Curtis, Holdsworth, Barnett, Rawson, Tattle, McKenzie, Tiiokey/Mpeller, Staffordftud'Hill,. - , 'flip last of tRe Junioy Cup fixtures will be-played neift,.Saturday betvyeen.the St,, Patrick’s College and Selwyu teams at-tho St.' Patrick’s College ground. , . The ‘ Manawatii team to play against Wellington next Saturday, is as follows : Pull-back, AV' McMihn • three-quarters, C. Ro'Ckley, Hewitt and Richards ; 'fivo- . eights, W. Shannon; half, Podovin i fpywards,.Perrin, W. Smith, N/ Edefr, ISRiott! Le Cren, Sansom Jf. Nash, W. Spijfh; V , ,u v. The! Association 1 footballers will have the use.-of. Newtown: Park;on--Saturday nekt, and also On the 17th inst. ' I • 1 It li was .decided at a;meetingiof the Management;, Committee .of : /the Rugby Union lastmight that membora .of the representative team must •;return"thoiri jorv seys, otherwise jthey ~ will-be:; held liable for‘ ; tbe .amount -of the. jersey (18s 9d). It is also intended to: insist that the representative players must play iu blkcM knickerbockers, as provided -by .the. rules! i '././-![ 'sp , Preni Oer Qoyn ! "// ! i-.y,;,'.;; -..^AW^W^’AwjSlwt.S. ■ The following team has beau selected bythe Wnirarapa.Rugby Union to proceed on: a ; tour to Canterbury : Pull-baok; H. Wfigldy j three-quarters, Ross, H. Booth, .McGovern; five-eighth, Maguire ; halt, Hudson; wing forwards; WbOn, Mitchell ; forwards, YVatson, Cochrane/D. and E. Udy, . lEmm'ett, Cadtvallader, Dockery. -.Emergencies—Back, W. Thompson; forwa'rdj.G. Pency./ - n:it ..m/)!- .--...i.Uy Telegraph.—*Press-Association,' ‘ ‘ ‘ 1• .• WANOANPf, Augqst' 5.u ilplje | I ' tearp’;loa.vo,i for .yuci:iar;d., to-morrenv, - -'playin/, there oh Saturday, next; /('ho/following is the. team: —CresswoU (captain), -FlUy, 'D: [Blair,. jVloLean, johnatoq!'FhP n tpson/ Craig, trify, B. (McLeap, -Bminoraou, XUddell,"d, lair) Gpp9B,!rtrosjap and 1 ’»• .rti i*• ... HaWBRAi-August 5.- ■ iy-iTho following football team will represent Taranaki thia s season-:—Pull-back# Bohinspuj -.three-quarters; H.:"Good/ A. Bavly iand Young; five-eighths. Alien; ,halves,iLalng, Humphries and -iW. Bayly; forwards, Hughes, O’Dowd, Livingstone, A# iStandish, Watson, . Wells, and W.. Lambie. Emergencies—Tliree.quarter, A; Good ; half, George;.forward,.Buckley. -