FOOTBALL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIC, Issue 13337, 13 July 1907, Page 5

FOOTBALL.

THE INTERNATIONAL MATCH. Press Association-By Telegraph-Copyright SYDNEY, July 11. Tlie following local team will meet the New Zealanclcr's to-morrow :—Full-bacic, Dix: three-quarters,. Messenger, Smith, Russell,-' and Waddell; halves, Mandible and Wood ; forwards,, Rosewcll, Griffin, Barnett, McCue, Burge, . Row, Hughes, Murnin. The arrival of the team yesterday 'marked tli.s anniversary of the first New South Wales -team, to .New Zealand twenty-live rears ago. The "Herald-" in a leaderette devoted to the " All Blacks" says the interest in :i healthy sport will receive strong stimulus and * encouragement from the visit of t-h3 New Zealand footballers .and the'local feeling, amounting almost to enthusiasm, which it has excited. RUGBY UNION. The Rugby Union met last evening Air F. C. Watson presiding over an attendance of twelve club delegates. . I Mr Pearson asked-if Thursday afternoon players could take part in the Saturday competitions, and was assured that they could. Brother. Egbert forwarded regulationdrawn up by tlio Schools Football Committee far tlie schools' seven-a-side tournament. He asked the Union to cancel the fixtures set down for August 3rd.—Agreed t0.... Ashburton accepted August Bth for representative matches. The ...secretary, of. lbs Mackenzie SubUnion asked the Union to send a team up, and offered to entertain .them over nigh', if necessary..—Mr Maben proposed 'that the various clubs supply lists of those able to travel to Fairlie. This was carried. A letter was read, from the Sports Ground -Company stated that they would provide tho material for keeping spectators back from the playing field on the Athletic Grounds, if the Union, would pity for the labour entailed.—Tho chairman es plained that the offer had been accepted, and'the-work dono at an expense of about He., and tho result had bsen entirely satisfactory. / .The South Canterbury Referees' Associa (km wrote protesting against tlie mam." in which reports from, refere.es had been cJealb with'" by tho Union, and also/agairirt the action of the Management Committee in dismissing the charges' against Brown and Griffiths, directly ignoring the decision of the Union. After discussion, Mr Pear son pointed oufe that tho Management Committed had "full power to act," and he moved that the letter be received, and the Referees', Association be thanked, for. the t.voiibln they! had taken in the matter.--This was carried. ;

The TemuKa'Club again applied for..the reinstatement of A. Glidden,from-reii'nr to junior, and it was decided to-grant it. It was decided to make a progress -pay-, meht of £lO out of the grant from *he New Zealand Rugby Union to the Schools Football Committee. Bro. Egbert brought up a question which the Schools Committee had discussed. u7!»». father 1 of n. boy; who /played senior. Jast. year refused to allow him to play-higher than junior, and -8.r0." Egbert asked' whfthei' the boy .should be allowed to\play junior.—No. action';.was taken. Mr Maben proposed that the Sports Ground Committee be "written to, asking them to dividfl the shutters of tlig pavilion as they were so heavy as to be dangerous to thoso opening or shutting them.—Mr Sealey ,promised to bring the matter up at next meeting of the Ground Committee. The. question of selecting junior representative teams was raised by Mr Drake, but a motion by him to appointaJunior selection committee was ruled out of order.. Mr Sealey then read rule 5, that a selection; committee could be appointed by- iiny general meeting. The chairman ruled .that ihis empowered the meeting to appoint a. second committee. Mi 1 Sealey then proposed Messrs Rodgers (Temuka)v Lewis (Fairlie), and Walter (Timaru), and this was carried with three dissentients . A telephone message was received from Oa-ma.ru that at their meeting .last night, they found they could iipii'play the representative match on August Bth or 16th. but August Ist was available, and it was agreed to accept this date for a senior game, and also a schools representative' game in Oamaru. '.-'•'"• Accounts amounting to £4 12s 4d were passed for payment. The meeting terminated at 9:55 p.m. ■••*.-■ A meeting of the Management Committee was held last evening, Mi-F. C. Watson presiding. Mr J. Thompson, referee, wrote reporting a. player for being under the iniluence of liquor while playing in the Waimato 11. v. Pirates H. match. The offender, who had 1 : been-.asked to attend the meeting, did not appear. On the motion of Mr Hurdley, seconded by Mr Collins, the player was disqualified t'll tho end of the 1908 season, and warned of all Union grounds until the. expiry of his suspension. Mr W. Cooke, Temuka, wrote preferring charges against the secretary of the Temuka Football Club. —Tt was resolved that the matter was outside the Union's jurisdiction. Those interested in football are reminded that- a- Saturday competition will be j-ilaved in Timaru m future-. The first of this season's matchers will be played at tho Athletic Grounds -this afternoon, b<v tween Celtic and Star, commencing at 3 15 and Zinijari and Pirates, commencing at 3.15. Mr Newton and Mr Hutband will referee the. matches. The' following will 'represent Hie Star Club in this afternoon's match :—W. Harris E. TomlhiEon. R- Berry, S. Logan. H ' McLean, J. Marsh, R. Strang, R. Hunt, R. Wakefield. D. Ramsay, R. Reid, C Groves, C. Tubb, -T. Spring, L. Oal vert. G. Edward', J. Barnes, H. Latim-r, R. Cox, R. Latimer, L. Purdom, and V:<r vien'-or.' Players must be on the AthleticGrounds at ?. p.m.