FOOTBALL.
MEETING OF COMMITTEE. (Per Press Association.) r - ' , " " '"' WELLINGTON, last , night. , The Management Committee of the New Zen lancj Rugby Union met ' last evening. The Appeal Council notified..' that: the' appeal of the Feilding Club ha.d \peen; dismissed. The appeal was made in ' the 'first instance from the decision of- the. Manawfltu Rugby . Union jit' connection with the ; tnatcb Feilding Club V. Old Boys.. The match' resnlted in a win for Old Boys, and the Feilding -Club appealed on the ground that tbe Old Boys' had defaulted on two consecutive ' Saturdays, and were therefore disqualified. The, New -Zealand Union dismissed the appeal Oil the ground that the matter was beyond its jurisdiction. This decision was upheld by the Appeal Council. • Solno dine was devoted to the consideration of the apjieat of the White Star Club (Westport) against "* suspension •by the Bullet Kugby Union for failing to take part in o niatdv. arranged by t|ie union It was finally deeulqd that the appeal be dismissed, the fee to bc-'refunded. /.%■'■' ■■*• ' In regard to the Auekland-Hawke's Bay chat lenge match, it was decided that the HawkeV Bay Union be informed that as the match wu> an ordinary challenge n\atch they had nc claim 'on Auckland for any portion of the takings., - ; It was decided, after long discussion it committee, that' the Wellington Rugby Unioi be asked wjiat steps, have been taken in tin iiinttcr of the olleged rough play in the Po neke-Athletic match, played in the secohc k-oiiud last season, ami to forward a copy o ftny 'evidence taken. j the Wellington Rugby Union notified tb'a W. Wilson had boeVi disqualified during thi pleasure of the committee for *efusing f answer questions at- Jan .ej\qUjry. TJie s^ilnqh I sion was iinode gHieral.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 12377, 10 February 1911, Page 7
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