Football

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 75, 26 March 1923, Page 8

Football

TARANAKI RUCBY UNION. Tho annual report of Hie Taranaki Rugby Union, to be presented at the annual meeting next month states, inter alia The number of plajois actively participating in our game continues to increase, and last season 72 teams took part in the union competitions, Tin's, while necessitating a considerable amount of forethought and ingenuity in working in the grounds available to suit, is a most pleasing feature. Tho season was a strenuous one, both for players and officials, but the satisfaction of witnessing the revival of puViic enthusiasm as evidenced in greatly increased attendances at the various matches, afforded' ample compensation. A heavy undertaking last season was that of tho South Island tour, after an intermission of eleven years, the last previous tour of the south having been in 1911. Good games wore played against all tho main unions, and while our team was not successful in winning many matches, the tour was in every way successful and enjoyable. Owing to the lateness of the season and tho difficulty of getting a good team to visit Auckland, by mutual arrangement tin’s match was abandoned, on tho understanding that we visit Auckland early this season.

Despite the heavy expenditure of the past season, the finances of the nnion are in quite a satisfactory position. Tho expenditure of the southern tomwill ho well repaid during this and the succeeding season, when these unions pay their return visits to us.

Tho establishment of a Taranaki Schools’ Union for the control of primary schools’ football marked a big. step forward in the control of tho game in Taranaki. Clubs and the union are under a debt of gratitude to tho gentlemen comprising the Schools’ Union, who have undertaken the control of the best nursery of Rugby. Your union made a grant of £SO to open the account of the new body.

The proceeds of the N.Z.R.F.U. Charity Saturday amounted to £ll.l 16s. After devoting £25 to tho Clutha Mackenzie Fund for tho blind., tho nett proceeds were refunded to the respective clubs for distribution amongst local charities. Tho union accepted a handsome Charity Shield from “Dewar’s,” which ur.il ho competed for annually in 7-aside tournaments, the proceeds to ho used- for deserving objects. The first holders for the Dewar’s Shield is the New Plymouth Boys’ Hfgli School. It might not he out of place hero to place to record the union’s appreciation of the splendid reputation beling earned by this school in tho football field, and to express a hope tht this season the school authorities may be able to enter the school for the Moascar Cup competition.

It- is difficult to estimate just how much the union and clubs and players owe to the Referees’ Association and the individual referees. A new association was last season formed for the central district, with headquarters at Stratford, the throe, as sqoiations working under a central executive. So far as the union was concerned the arrangement was most satisfactory, and tho relations between the union and the referees was most amicable. Taranaki was represented in the New Zealand team by Messrs P. Hickey and if. Musters. Tlie winner of the* Bayly Scholarship was P. Grover, of New Plymouth Boys’ High School. Tho balance-sheet shows the receipts to have been £3291, including £l6B brought forward, the principal items being club gates £1436 and representative gates. £1246. On the other side the southern tour cost £6BB, chib travelling expenses £493, management £260. The balance in hand is £153, the other assets being £lB9 and the liabilities nil.

OTAGO RUGBY UNION. Dunedin, March 26. The annual meeting of tho Rugby Union disclosed that the season started with an overdraft of £314 and concluded with a credit of £361 some £1392 laying given for various causes. Other items of expenditure totalled £4813. The match receipts were £437 more than the previous year. The meeting debated the New Zealand Union’s request for an opinion on the addition of a wing forward with’ the adoption of the 3—2—3 scrum, and decided to support the proposal.

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