N.Z. REFEREES' ASSOCIATION.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 12922, 29 July 1905, Page 5

N.Z. REFEREES' ASSOCIATION.

Wellington, Jtfly,29. Delegates representing practically every Referee Association in the colony met in Wellington yesterday and ! to-day to discuss the formation of a | New Zealand Referees' Association. | It was decided to form one, but the approval of certain provincial associations, whostt delegates^ ha<3 not been I given an absolutely freehand, is to be sought before attaching them. The Governor will be asked to accept the office of patron, arid the headquarters will - be Wellington until Easter of next year; when the next' conference • will be held and the locationtion of the headquarters for the next twelve months decided upon. The Rimutafa', it* whicK the jST.Z. Team will travel to Plymouth', leaves .Wellington to-morrow (Suniday). The Team will be entertained at a smoke concert at Wellington to-nigHt. King, a Dunedin half-back, declined" an offer to go to England; with the New 'Zealand team. Referring to the New , .Zealand-Otago 4 and Southland match, the Dunedin Star says :— Mynbtt seemed to nnsg Ms partner Hunter,, whose place Was foken by Deans. The Taranaki man is a fine. stamp of a" player, iwho on hid day out must be a real top-notcher. Stead will probably play as scrum! half for New Zealand during the Bri J tish tour. • The selection committee of the Clif J -ton 'Football Club decided (writes our* Waitara correspondent) to award the medal donated by. Mr ?W. T. Jennings, M.H.R., -jm the best. . player, v to Mr E, Crossmd^f .Jit is intended to make the prescntaiftdfi at-, a* smoke, concert to b* held on Thucsiday evening next.