FOOTBALL.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXIV, Issue 4951, 29 April 1903, Page 7

FOOTBALL.

WELLINGTON REFEREES’ ASSOCIATION. The Wellington Referees’ Association has made the following appointments for next Saturday’s maleic.-,. Senior—Attnosc v. Fetono (at Petone), Air G. (J. FaeJie; Oriental v. Old Boys (Park’ No. 1), Mr W. Beck; Wellington V. Athletics (Park No. 2;, Air D. Meiven-

Zl Junior—Petone v. Athletic (at Petone), Mr R. J. Ranee; Wellington v. St. Patrick's’ (Berhamporc'), Air W. Nunmoj Oriental v. Wellington College (College No. 1), Air S. Evans; Old Boys v. Victoria College (Show Ground No. 1), Mr J. Murray; Southern v. Melrose (Show Ground -\o.’2), Mr. 1). D. Weir; Poneke v. Kia Ora (Unit;. Air A. Campbell. Third-Class—Oriental v. Melrose (Newtown Park), Air G. Clark; Pctono v, Kaiwarra (Petone), Mr U. Hansen; Southern v. St. James’ (Melrose paddock), Mr o. Howe; Athletic v. Kia Ora (Hutt), Mr H. Lark; Old Boys v. Poneke (Miramar), Air J. Brown: Wellington v. Victoria College (College No. 2), Afr L. I letclier. Members of the Association are urgently requested to make* an effort to s?et out to Pctono to-night, when the* meeting of tho local referees takes place. WELLINGTON RUGBY UNIONADOPTION OP AN INSURANCE SCHEME FOH PLAYEKS. There were about twenty delegates present last night at a special general meeting of the delegates to tbe Wellington Kugby .Football Union. The meeting was called to consider the schanie of ance for players drawn up by Mr D. 1). Weir, and sent up (with amendments} for consideration by the Management Committee of the union. Tho first of .the regulations, providing that all matters in connection with the fund bo under tho control of tho Management Committee of the union, with power to appoint a committee to carry out tho rules, was adopted. . Clause 2, providing lor subscriptions at the rate of £1 Is tor each of the teams entered for tho senior. Junior, thirdclass, Wednesday competition, and fourth class teams, and 10s 6d for fiith-class teams, evoked considerable discussion. An amendment was moved that any player in classes one, two and three desiring to bo insured should pay 2s weekly, other classes Is weekly, any player desii ing insurance to be allowed to remain a noncontributor. This amendment was not favourably received. It was resolved that the St. Patrick's and Wellington College bo excepted from the scheme. The proposed levy of Is per- team for senior and junior teams wag unanimously adopted by the meeting; an amendment to reduce the fee for third-class teams to 10s was lost by 13 votes to 5; the proposal for ono guinea subscription for Wednesday competition teams was unanimously agreed to; a proposal to make fourth-olass teams'* subscriptions 10s was lost by 12 votes to 8. and on© guinea was fixed. An amendment to make the fifth-class subscription ono guinea was lost, tho proposal to make the subscription 10s 6d being carried, plus the stipulation that compensation for such players when injured should be 10s ■weekly (up to ten weeks) in place of <£l weekly to be allowed to players in other classes, according to the wording of the scheme. An amendment-was moved that tho compensation allowances should be reduced, to 10s and 5s weekly'until the scheme became established; ayes 2, no os ID An amendment to reduce the period of benefit from ten weeks to- five was lost, hut an amendment to make the period r for wh l 'ch a player must not play footi ball before, becoming entitled to benefits 1 (monetary) eight days instead of fifteen j was carried by 13 votes to 6. An amendment was carried (unanimously) entitling a player to free medical ’attendance for minor injuries such as broken fingers* so lons as he shall not have played after the accident. In regard to representative games, it was explained that the union as a whole was prepared'* to pay J 220 per year into the fund on behalf of its senior and junior representative teams. Clauses 3 and 4. as above amended. were unanimously adontod. Clause 5, that a-list of financial memberg of each club shall b© forwarded to the secretary of the union, and that no member shall participate in benefits whose name shall not have been so forwarded prior to his meeting with an accident, was adopted, with an elaboration that both medical and monetary benefits shall be withheld from unfinancial members.

Clause 6 was adopted in a form providing that no claim will be entertained unless an accident shall have been reported to the referee in charge or to one of the Management Committee of the union within three days. Clause 7. that no claim ho entertained unless accompanied by a doctor's certificate to the effect that the applicant, by reason of accident specified, will he incapacitated from following his occupation during the period claimed for, was adopted without division. Clause 8, that any contingency not provided for in the' rules shall ho left to tho discretion of the Management Com. mittee. was agreed to. An additional clause, providing that in tho event of tho loss on the scheme exceeding the £2O to he subscribed by the union a levy ho made on the contributing clubs, pro rata, was discussed at length, and then rejected. It was resolved that the union set aside ,C2D annually to attgment the insurance fund, and with this addition the scheme was adopted. MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE. : The Management Committee of the union met last evening. The question of grounds was gone into, and satisfactory reports from the committee were given in. Everything is now definitely settled for the coming season. . A letter from a referee making a serious charge against a spectator of a match at Miramar last Saturday was read. It was decided that the offender ho asked to attend a meeting to answer the charges. It was resolved to alter tho night of meeting to Wednesday for tho rest of the season, as it has been found that Tuesday evenings are too early for the clubs to bo able to arrange their transfers. It is probable that the tVednesday competition will he a good one this year, as from correspondence to.hand it is likely that one Potone and four town clubs ■Will take part in the coming season. This news is, satisfactory, for last season the’ Wednesday competition was not so keenly contested as could have been desired. ASSOCIATION. ■«A meeting of Rovers (juniors) was held last evening. Mr M. Fraser was in the chair. The following officers were elected:—Captain, Mr. C. Waugh: <• vice-cap-tain. Mr H. A, Drawbridge; Match Committee, Messrs Waugh. Drawbridge, Moss and 1'y 0 Smith; delegate, Mr J. Moss. At a meeting of junior delegates last evening Messrs H, McKeowen and tv. ,T. Hamilton, jun., wore elected delegatee to the Wellington Football Association.