FOOTBALL

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4289, 23 February 1901, Page 6 (Supplement)

FOOTBALL

j (BY ‘'TOUCH/'; The Canterbury Rugby Union has ! lately been moving in the matter of I instituting aa Injured Footballers -henI efrt Fund. A sub-committc-e appointed | to deal with the matter last week brought down tho following recommendations. —H) All mat.lf.TS in connection with the fund shall be under tho control of the General Committee, who may appoint a sub-committee for ihe carrying cut of these rules: i2'i shall subscribe two guineas per year to entitle its members to the benefits thereof , (3) each player entitled to participate in the fund shall have the services of the doctor or doctors appointed by tho Union, and m addition shall be paid £1 per week whilst unable to follow bis occupation, by reason of an, accident received whilst playing football under the control of the C.R. U. ; but in no case .shall a claimant receive payment for a longer period thru ten weeks; (I) no claim shall be entertained from any player who is not a financial member of an affiliated club; (-5; the secretaries of r.li o'ubs shall furnish, to the secretary of the Union a list of the financial members cf their clubs and no player shall participate in tho fund whose name has net been forwarded prior to the accident ; (6) no claim shall be entertained unless the accident in respect of which the claim is made has been reported to the referee in charge of the match or to one of the committee cf the Union, upon the- day of the match; O') no claim shall be ontertained unless accompanied by a doctor's certificate to tho effect that- the nprdi'-.nt has. by reason of the accident specified in the claim, been incapaci. l t«d from following his occupation durinjr t/c ueriod claimed for, and (8) any contintrouoy arising in connection with the fund which is not provided for in the rules shall be left tn the discretion of the committee. , A lengthy discussion was held,on ihe matter at the last meeting of the union,

and ( lie, opinion was; expressed Ih it: tic subscription of L:2 2s per club would he insufficient. Finally it "'as decided to postpone i-onsidemtion until the sabcoimniH< !\ had received further info’Tn;lll on from Auckland regarding the .minher o! player-, insured, the anwinr- received 1 re.iii various club-, i lie nnndc/r "i claim, j eecj veil. ami any furl her information rclatintt lo the working of '.he . ehenie. W. .McKenzie, f am sorry io learn, lie.- r<-1:1!• I i* iiK,e-,--ar.v to <<<» to At .a,. • ton I .isi hi-. Carterton home to he fiv.itei 1 , in.' iii- ili< 'uniat in troubles, lie will he iiii ere-l nl io read tho foregoit!,' acemoil oi lire mo wine,it in ('ani erloiry

Io in-n.-e player.. Tim mutter is one widen .McKenzie has long been advocating in vVcl 1 iiiet.on, and towards the on 1 of last season he wrote to this pajmr a lope and t lionglitfnl letter, in w hich lie pointed out the manifold advantages Mich a n.iiiM 1 would afford.

'I he E-lii.bnrgb ifniversify during the do i ( ill ea-on ha- been doing exceptionally weii, having scored z2B point ; to 8 up till :he end of December. 'the ei-

i ei ■-n.il i ver-i i; mat eh with Oxford was won (;y the I hhiedinites hv I wo trie- io nd. Osienl went away with great <!;i.;ii, and their lorwanls (Trihlri d well down. Tin* tin ■••e-ijnartars spit tie- hail, and I’ear-on nearly got over at the left corner. The visitors, however, were driven hack, and Edinburgh hey,an to pre-s. A round of passing left V/el-h in a. good podtion, and he ran ever and ■cored. Hell lading at g’nal. Tin- was t lie ei;V oore in, (o ‘lie iafirval. and on ii ::m-

enee or I ... ire, lull were worn down, and Ihe foie pace of the Edinburgh tbreeIjoarl.iw began to tell. 'i'he only score (,hi.line.] in ihe second had was largely

due io Duncan, the full hack, who loci: Ibe ball in Iho open Iron) a long kick by Si ,■ :i n. l-.i.nics, and made a 11 1 .«• run, pa- big at (In- right moment to Fell, who ran In.

. The game of fool hall lias been played in England ioi- centuries. Originally it was a rude liut liei'ec conflict that was lor posse-shin of the hall. Before the beginning of I hi l century it had become a held game, with goals, fsiili.se-<-tuiiit!v Ike game <lofie-rsdcd for its survival iipiiii tin' schools, each playing midcr different rule.:, the outcome of exigencies of space, in the ’lifties, loothall became a. regular public school came, and the eventful widespread deveioj)loout ciiiiiiiieueed. At (ir.sl jmro football was phi;, ed, i.e., tiie hall was kicked only. in the, account, of football in

"Toni idinvn’.s hVliuoltlays'’ no unit is given I hi! the hall was handled at I’.nghy, Iml. one day a scholar there named Kills, in a fori nitons moment of inspiration, picked n;i the hull and ran with it. That, action ehaiured the world of football, s:o to speak, Tho innovation pleased as many ns it displeased, and o split in tlio camp was inevitable, 'ihcdribblers gathered together under the Hug of Use Football Association, fae carriers under that of the Rugby Lilian. The popularity of the game as a national institution may be said to date from 1871. when England and Scotland first met at the Rugby game, the AssociaI ion match being played in 1872. Lacrosse, (he beautiful national game o/ Canada, was permanently introduced ic. 1875. Hockey is of later devolopmeiu as a .scientific club game, though, in a,' undisciplined form, it is older than i.;' country.