FOOTBALL.
WELLINGTON EUQET UNION. A meeting of tl o Management Commifeo of the Wellington Rugby Football Union was held last evening, Mr A; T, Bate in the chair. A letter was reccived from ilr W, G. . Ga»rard, who acted as referee in the Welling-tpu-Otago piatch, stating that he was willing to give S stkiotnent in teforoneo to the charge of rohgh play IS} Jbe match; hut if'fba ' Wellington Union was only Acting on newspaper report he did not think much good would result from the enquiry,- In' justice* to the Wellington it .was decided to again , ask Mr Garrard for on official report. “ '• ' U tbp rwopst made to 'the Otago Union tp oitjjor' (jo'pfihp: 'pr .repudiate tfio charges as'to rough play, the secretary of tho Fouthem Union' stated that the following resolution had been carried : — 1( That -in tbs opiniop of this odmjpittee |he play wgs tough, huf any rough pjiy'iwas dps to Ufa la* control of the referee over the and, as the referee is the ultimate-! judge in matter* of fact, the committee think that no good purpose would be served, by further’complying wjth the request of the Wellington .Union.” ft was’ dppldpdto remove all the names of the members of the deipuct Cprlton Clup from the defaulters’ list, on the ground thaf the club’s hopks could not be produced. -
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New Zealand Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 3263, 21 October 1897, Page 2
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