RUGBY UNION

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18204, 27 September 1933, Page 3

RUGBY UNION

THE HAWKE’S BAY GAME MR. BROSNAIIAN REPORTS MAGPIES BESI FOR YEARS "I may mention that mi this occasion ue met a iimeh-impiused Hawke’s Hay. the best we haw met for three years, and we should congratulate the southern union on the improvement made this year. As to the game itself, the snpeiiurilv of tlie Hawke's I’.ay forwards in weigh! and pace gave that team a de etded advantage. Our pack plated a very good game, showing an improvement, on the last match, Hut it will have to improve in hooking from the set and loose serums. The backs seemed to bold their own, and made the. most ol the occasions on which they did get the hall,” reported Mr. F. T. Brosnahan. manager of the Poverty Bay Rugby team which visited Napier on Saturday, to last evening’s meeting of the union man agement eonmiittoe. ”1 flunk tlie selectors should lie weii satisfied with tinteam s performance, with the exceptions mentioned,'' lie added SUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENT

Regarding tlie general circumstances of the. team’s visit to Napier, Mr. Bronahitu staled that, the experiment of travelling by bus had been most success ful. tlie cost of Hie journey being much reduced, and the iruvcilingi time being quite satisfactory, while the benefit of having all the team together on Hie journey was recognised by all concerned. A notable fact, was that there was little trouble in regard to ear-sii kness, uh i • -1 1 in the past, has affected a good proportion of the players travelling to other centres for Rugby football matches. The manager suggested that the union could confidently count on using buses in fuf lire, for the purpose of t hese trips, the conduct of the leam hail Jeff nothing lo be desired, the manager further stated, and the tasks of manager and coach were very light ones. Mr. Rrosnahan warmly complimented the Hawke’s Bav Union on the manner in which it had treated the visiting team, and acknowledged gratefully the general hospitality shown to the Poverty Bay players.

COST OF VISIT In a statement of the expenses connected with the visit to Napier, tintotal cost, was shown as £3.1 10s, its compared with an outlay of £(10 when the Poverty Bay team last visited Napier. It .was reported that tinplayers each contributed 10s to tincost of the journey. The statement of the manager regarding the conduct of the Poverty Bay team in Napier was supported by' Mr. 11. L. McNeil, who mentioned that the licensee at the hotel where the players stayed had considered the. Poverty' Bay tea the bost-comlmcted group of players lie had ever entertained.

The management committee expressed its satisfaction with the performance of the team, and accorded votes of thanks to Messrs E. T. Bros nahan and E. Jeffries, manager and coach, and to the Hawke’s Bay- Rugby Union for its, hospitality' to the team. It was decided also to forward congratulations to the southern union on the improvement shown in the Magpie team, and to express good wishes in connection with Saturday’s game between Hawke’s Bay and Wellington. Mr. Brosmihan also mentioned, the excellent display given by the Maris! thirds, in tlu-ir match at Napier with the Hastings Celts, ami the club was tendered the congratulations of the management committee on the success of its team in tlu- Napier engagement.

Apart from the discussion of last week’s representative game, there was little business before the meeting, which was unusually brief.

Tn con unction with the Premier Cup, it was mentioned that only three teams remained in the competition, these being 11.5.0.8., Celtic, - and Old Boys. The game for next Saturday was balloted for, Celtic being drawn against Old Boys, and H. 5.0.8. having the bye. The Old Boys’ club was given permission to send a mixed junior and thirdgrade team to To Karaku to play tho To Karakx juniors. Those present at lasi night’s meeting comprised Messrs. G. 11. Scouts, chairman; E. T. Brosnahan, -J. M. Primrose, P. C. Edmondson, O. S. Burt, G. J. Jetine, and "W. S McKee, lion, secretary.

INTER-ISLAND MATCH GATE TAKINGS £ISOO (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, last night. The. gross takings for tho Rugby match North v. South Islands, at Athh-tie. Park on Saturday, were £ISOO. Tills information was imparted to a, mooting of the management committee of tin- Wellington Rugby Union lastevening.

Tho chairman, Mr. J. Pn-udevillc. n-fi-m-d to a remark made by Mi. Mule ney at the hist, meeting of tlm management committee of the Gunlcrhnry union to the effect that the South Island team had nnl been properly looked after in Wellington. The Wellington union, said Mr. Prendeville, had made a point every time lliat tin inter-island match had been played there of -appointing members of the management committee, as manager's of Ihit 1 1 teams, am| this practice had been followed hast weak. Mr, 11. I). Morgan said- flial he. thought Mr. Moloney’s idea wjis lliat tho manager should have met the South Island tejini at Christchurch. Mr. Prendeville said that this would not have been much good, as members of the South Island team came by different routes. “Statements of the. sort that Mr. Moloney made are very unfair,’.’ tho chairman concluded, “and are apt to provoke bitter replies.”