CONTROL OF LEAGUE

Taranaki Daily News, 11 April 1935, Page 3

CONTROL OF LEAGUE

IMPORTATION OF FOOTBALLERS. I ? GROUNDS FOR TARANAKI - UifINTRE. There was an agreement between the ; English Rugby League and the- New Zealand Rugby League for the payment;: of £2OO for any registered player, taken ■ by an English, club from New and the amount, the Auckland centre stated in a letter discussed at the meeting of the Taranaki Rugby League man-., agement’ committee ’last night, was pay- ~; able by the English clubs concerned to . • the English League to be paid- to tne .- New Zealand! <?ouncil. The same condrj. tion applied when a New Zealand club imported an English player. The .; land centre, maintained that the money ? should be payable to the centre from which the player was taken and hot to the New Zealand council, and it asked for support to a protest to be. lodged by the Auckland centre at the annual: meeting of the New Rugby Football League. i The question arose who was liable for • the £2OO paid! out when a player was imported and it seemed as if the local leagues would be liable, said- Mr. Stevens. In this case it would be unfair, for the New; Zealand council to control I ’/ the money. - ' • /-' -. z •- The chairman, Mr. H. W. Lawrence, said the council was establishing a trust fund with the money for helping minor centres, ’and he thought the money. ; would be better in trust for smaller centres. The New Zealand council could do more with ’ the \noney than, the: Auckland centre. , J - ' They must look to the future, said Mr. Stevens, and if Taranaki ■ ■ lost -a player, it would want the money in . ex-, change.- /.'; ’ , \ t It was decided that the centres delegate be instructed to support Auckland. Auckland if finance was available would help Taranaki by sending teams.Mr. Lawrence welcomed new - delegates and said the committee, which t was much the same as last year’s, would . do its .utmost in the interests of , League code.' : ■' . Mr. A. Adam was appointed secretory. Competition play will start on April , 27. '■ The Stratford club advised that owing . to lack of finance and players it would be unable to field a team. The ■chib;. would try to (resurrect the team later in the season, said the chairman. : In reply ,to the application, of fhe‘ Taranaki centre for the use Of / the ground every fourth Saturday the secretary. of the iPukekura Park Committee replied that it could not accede to the. request, but if for special matches the. centre desired the ground and gave. early notification the applications would / receive favourable consideration,' , .■„. ./ Jubilee Park, Inglewood, would : bn, available for League every - alternate. Saturday on the : . same terms ' as/ ; year, it was stated.' ' The . Jockey Club granted . the - centre/ the use of No. 6 ground at the. racecourse-, and. the Waitara Domain Board .; advised that .the application 'for , the'/ •domain every third Saturday would-be-discussed at the monthly meeting of the./ board. Apart from .> the ( clause that required all matches to be played at Western Park being deleted the Western .Park Board agreed to the centre’s using the . ground- on the same terms as last year./ It was decided to ask the Western : Park Board to instal lights in the pavi.l-/. ion. - The following committees , were ap-, pointed: Grounds, Messrs. Lawrence-and - Sceats; finance, chairman, secretary and Mr. Sceats; emergency,* Messrs, Hooker,. Julian and Stevens;., fixtures; .'.•Messrs.?Stevens, ; Parfitt and Sceats. The- selec-/; tion committee will be elected later. The matter ofbroadcasting -was' de-< ' ferred. ://:;// '/../’> It had been proposed to hold a programme of sports, and a 10-a-side tour- ' nament on Easter 1 Saturday, it was;) stated, but as time would ..not permit and as it was considered those taking part would not be fit enough to play in both, the tournament alone would-be'< held. ‘ ft , / Eastern'Suburbs and Waitara dubs were each given a practice-ball. ' . /•: /: There were present. at the meeting > Messrs. H. ,W-. Lawrence, J. R. Sceats, C. Stevens, iM. Julian, J. Parfitt, G. 0./ Smith, J. Hooker, A. E. Kretschmar and A. Adam. / ; ■