SAILOR SOCCER HKN ON THE MAT

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 89, 6 July 1927, Page 7

SAILOR SOCCER HKN ON THE MAT

viivT PLAYER SAYS REFEREE IS “BLIND OWL”

y Mm sailor boys of the <i ! u.vv Football team were “on 0 at” before the management tK "’i.e of the A.F.A. last evening “""saving walked off the field, ~r .oTh! referee and the memthe opposing team to carry b e S t way possible, trouble took place during the game last Saturday the members of the 13 the chairman, Mr. Menzie.s, l u£ as very sorry that such an said he had occurred. For many A.F.A. had been the controllvearsJJ of * the Navy team and it was ;in? ‘Ju* t i me that it had caused the » r was an unsportsmanlike trottbj** t as e must have descipline act J s an d in the Navy, so must in in sport," continued Mr. sailor lads sat quiet and took their gruelling well. nj them explained that there T "'“ ,v one player of their side who *“2? the Held and he followed * a “ e l r named Smith, who was or--1 p r„ff by the referee. There were &i live men left then and it was otu, “ wit h the referee that it was to carry on with so few. then left the Held. . Th j S explanation the manage”;«mmittee P let all the players exsmith off “scot free.” The reported that he had ordered r with off for using bad language. H E DIDN’T SWEAR o.feree Orford in explaining the V ir to the committee stated that a 1 scored and according to the irks made to him by Smith it re «rred that the sailor considered the aPP rTwas obtained from an off-side, fi these remarks he was ordered off. ‘Smith (to Mr. Menzies): I think the tVree thought I swore. \ir Orford: Well, if he did not swear, ,la know what you would call it. Smith: Mr. Chairman, may I tell , 0 u what I said'.’ ’ Vr Menzies: Oh, yes. smith- Well I said, “You blind owl.” Mr. Orford: I thought you said, “You ! Menzies: Oh, well, I suppose if K. did swear we should make allow-arn-es for a man in the Navy. It was decided to suspend Smith untilJulyl’' CHEEKY V letter was received from the Junior Management Committee stating that it had suspended C. Harper of the Tamaki United sth grade team for four -laying Saturdays. He was charged with ungentlemanly conduct during the tame between Tamaki and Belmont. Mr Harrison said that he had heard that Harper was of the cheeky type, and inclined to be uncontrollable. It was decided to forward the suspension to the New Zealand Football Association for confirmation. SELECTION OF TEAMS A lengthy discussion took place concerning the selection of teams for the Test matches up to date. It was the mineral feeling among the committee that the selection to date had been absolutely unsatisfactory, and it was decided that the following telegram be forwarded to the controlling body at Wellington: “In the opinion of the iFjt. it is imperative that special efforts shall be made to win the next two Tests and the services of Mr. Neesham should be secured to organise and manage the New Zealand team.” It was suggested the New Zealand team should be in Auckland and in raining seven days before the Test game is to take place. The draw for the semi-final of the Chatham Cup resulted as follows: Thistle v. North Shore and Onehunga v. Ponsonby. The match between Onehanga and Ponsonby will be played on July 16, and Thistle will meet North Shore on August t>. H. Smith and Ross were regraded from North Shore seniors to the second division, and a transfer was granted L. H. Atkinson from Y.M.C.A. to Metropolitan. Two transfers from Onehunga to Eden Rovers were not improved.