POVERTY HAY RUGBY UNION.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11871, 8 June 1909, Page 7

POVERTY HAY RUGBY UNION.

The weekly meeting of the Poverty By Rugby Union was held last evening m the Masonic hotel. Present : Messrs H. E. Maude (chairman), H. Bright, L. 0. Ingram, J. A. Eaton, J. S>. Wauchop, W. Johnston, G. K. Pasley, and E. . L. Maude (hon. sec.) Letter.* of thanks wore received fYom M iikauri and Matawhero schools s . for denations of footballs. ' The Boronghi Council wrote tha.^ the Reserve Committee were- willing 1 "to arrange a , date for a conference regarding ill* • adiroinistratadri of Hhe Victoria Domain..-^— Received,. v ' , . . . - r llie Nevr. Zealand Rugby Union 1 fo: warded . a cheque for £29 128..6 d?; thi; local Union's juiare of .the profits of the P-ritish footballer^ 1 tour, aha; it \van st-at-ed that a- further £100 -would probably be divided up pro rata. Th*> Waiapu Sub-Union wrote regarding the recent. Tolaga match, and paid .tribute -to the able management of Mr Ingram and the good behavior, of the >nvn .representatives. A cheque of £6 was enclosed as their contribution tow >.rds the expenses of the trip. It was 'decided to grant the transfer of L. Wilkinson from the AlhambTa to the ,S \\v Glub. J. Bowman and P. HSckey, w'.io were injured m. last SatuVday^s nv.itehes, were entered on the Union's iicuident itlxiiranca bboks, to receive conc<^ion^. J.. Grairip's application fot ti iii.wfer to 'the Waikatio Union was ap.pi oved of. A number of .players were p: ssed a« members of different clubs. It was resolved to hold v, general meeting of the Union on Monday, June 21. It was decided to confine the spectairrs to one side of the ground, and also io keep the press stand clear m future, tl^, refereie to b^ requested to stop the g me should) the ,pub]ic^refuse tt> obsr tl"j officials. • Discussion ensued m regard, to late .<■ ' Tting and playing short spells, and tH fatter was held over pending, an o; inion from the various clubs. m The Waii-oa Sub-Undon wrote asking t:> be included m tlie Poverty Bay rein ?.senta,tives' proposed, tour, and after cpevssion: it was decided to write that ti; 3 Union could not see their way to ;i> t'ede to the request' thin .season, but vrriuld'-bo pleased to arrange dates for a TTTtch at Oisborne. ' . Tlie main business of the evening was ll. > proposed: tour. A. letter wa« rcceved from the Auckland Union siiggeftt•jn r August 14tl« as tliie date for the Auckland-Poverty , Ikiy match, which was agreed upon, and the secretary wa« ii- ;truotedi to write' challenging Ma-na-w tv to play a match,/ at Pahnerston X .rth on Tuesday, Angiust 17th,. Bush lliuon at Darinevirke on Thursday, 19th/ H . wkte's Bay at Nupier on, Saturday, ?1.-.t, ,-and *la4ingk i\\, . ;^a«t(ings on Mond; v, 23w1.v The -tfiiion desired to make tl. ; suggestion to .plfvy^r* ■ that they would V> -atly aßSlßtthe, t§Jion- m selecting n K ;.-.i^' Yepre^ntsiWy^ v tea'm i by arvaTiguvg to get their«h.olia]iy : s *o-. as to fit iin wit^ tlr.-i dates of thtf.tour, and if selected t.l\v w mild then be able to get away.;;,. Tt'. was decided to try to arrange-- ti" inrteh at Gisborne on August 7 with thp; Wiiapa Sub-Union's Tepresentatives, an^ ti: also arrange a match between teams p'(j>ved' from the three senior and Manual v. country clubs before the representative team is selected.

The team, to represent Gisborne ngainst Ptfir will be chosen from: J. Pollock, J. Rv-in, H. Gibßon, R. Campbell, W. Ncill, R. Morse, T. Swain, JT. Kellv,A. McConneil, N. Brown, F. Higgs, ■ JvKnowles, F. Seymour, J. Newton. "G. R derick. A, Blewden, and M. Ansell.