OTAGO FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18874, 29 May 1923, Page 9

OTAGO FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION

MEETING OF EXECUTIVE. The weekly meeting of the executive' of the Otago Football Association held last evening, Mr E. J. Anderson (president) occupying the chair. ■ MS BROWN’S CASE. Messrs J. Deuchrass and L. Rutherford asked that it be recorded in the minutes, of the last meeting that they objected to the chairman's ruling in the case of Mr H, Brown, the Seacliff delegate. The Cliairman pointed out that the - minutes were supposed to be a report of what had actually happened at a meeting. As Messrs Deuchrass and Rutherford had not then aeked for their dissenting votes to be recorded, he did not think it should , be done. d ' The question was put to the meeting, and. it wan decided not to amend the minutes;.' Mr H. Brown - forwarded to the assocra-’ tion an appeal which he asked to be sent, . to the New Zealand Association. , ■ It was decided to forward the appeal, -ur d 1 MAORI HILL—MOUNT ZION MATCH. Mr W. Clarkson, referee in the Mount Zion-Maori Hill match, which was playei on May 19 wrote pointing out that ho would have explained the matter to the last meet-' ing cf tho association, only he did not think the Maori Hill team intended-.' to' appeal. He continued: —“Mount Zion were awarded a comer kick, I was standing onthe goal-line, ISin outside the goal post.: when the kick was taken by Tomer, and’ , the boll was headed by Robertson. It was .going past the sido of my leg when I tried to swing out of tho road of the ball. It lilt the inside of my knee, and was deflected . into the net. If it had net hit my kneo there was no chance of it going into the; i net, there being no player near enough to touch it before it went over the line, so X ruled it ‘no ball.’" s ' Mr Deuchrass moved that the letter bn received, and the match be counted as a drawn game. If it were declared null and, void, and Maori Hill had again to .go to Kaitangata, it would be for the third time-, Mr Smith seconded. . J Mr Cameron doubted that tho association had power to do that. He had no doubt .that there had been a wrong decision on the part of the referee. He moved as 911 amendment that the match be declared null, and void, and replayed at the end of tho ■ season if necessary. . ■ Mr M'Gillivray seconded. . ,“ vj The Chairman mentioned that if it war®, necessary to replay the match it would pro-,' bably be in the form of a semi-final, and ; then the association would have power to bring Kaitangata to Dunedin. Mr Crawford said that he thought the Maori mill Club would rather see the match 1 ' drawn than again go down to Kaitangata; Mr Milbum aaid that Maori Hill should have notified the referee and the opposingteam before leaving the field that it intended -1 to protest. Its protest was not in order:’ ‘ , The Chairman said that they, themselves had put the protest in order by considering . it at their last meeting. While tho rules stated that a team should notify the referee,- . and the opposing sido before leaving the field of its intention to protest, it was not. absolutely necessary to do so, - ;‘ Mr Cameron's amendment was lost. Mr E. Anderson asked if it were fair to penalise a team for the referee’s failure .to understand a rule. Ho thought that tho matter should have been mentioned to tho" referee at the time, and moved as an amendment that the protest be dismissed. ■ ■>. ;; A show of hands was taken, and tho' chairman had to use his casting vote, bywhich the amendment •was carried. The motion, as amended, was then carried, Mr Crawford intimating that he intended to appeal to the New Zealand, Association. Several members asked for their dissenting - votes to be recorded. GENERAL. Tho Maori Kill team was given permission to travel to play the Rangers at Oam- , aru on June 4, Mi A, B. Smith to act as . manager. A challenge was accepted from Southland to play for tho Peter Dawson. Cup at- Invercargill on June 4. The secretary of the; Southland Association, in the course of his, letter, mentioned that the decision to have the weekly half-holiday on Wednesday would have a very bad effect on the game there. , Mr R; Robinson, referee in the TaieriMount Zion match on Saturday,'wrote stating that he had hod to caution IFLean, ol . Taieri, for ungcntlemanly conduct towards himself.—The player and the referee aroto bo requested to attend tho next meeting of, the association. 1 ■ Mr T. Middlemass, of Kaitangata, on bo- 7 <■ half of the Juvenile Lodge of Oddfellows, asked that two teams be sent to Kaitangata on June 4—one to be composed of boys rn ,: (he Fifth and Sixth Standards, and tho other of boys'who have left school or are attend- , ing n high school. He mentioned that the. : school had decided by S 3 votes to six to, adopt Association football as the schoolgame, and asked the association to do all it could to provide it with games.—Referred to the Schools’ Sub-committee. t.

Permission was given to Seacliff to : play the Oamaru Rangers at Seacliff on June 9.; Mr Salmon, selector of the New Zealand!' team, wrote stating that he hod considered , it advisable to consult personally the selec-■ tors of local associations rather than .to . write to them through the associations, as ; the former method was more speedy. ’He,, gave his assurance that it was not intended ' io slight the Otago Association.—The letter’’ was received. A circular letter was received from the New Zealand Association with regard to iha - Peter <Diiwson Cup rules, and it was decidcd to point out that the Otago Associa- ’ tion had not yet received a copy of; tho rules. f < : I

It was resolved to reduce the affiliation.fee for this year, in the case of the Oamaru. • Rangers, frofn £6 6s to £1 Is. i Applications lor travelling expenses from. ‘ referees were granted, and it was to ask referees to look in future to, tin, travelling town clubs for their expenses,’'l" ; it was resolved that referees be recoin’-':' mended to send back to the pavilion any : player, in a First Grade match, who dees.' not appear in regulation dress. Tbs secretary was instructed to write to * the Mount Zion and Kaitangata Clubs ask- • ing them to put their goal posts in order. Matches next Saturday are to begin at ’ 2.45 p.m.