RUGBY UNION.

Timaru Herald, Volume 170, Issue 170205, 30 April 1920, Page 8

RUGBY UNION.

-M'-MEiIOIS MATTLfIS LHSLLSSEi;

The. South Caineroury Rugby Linen met on w eunesuay lugut m- u:e ollicj ol tile prominent, (_Ur it. ±i. i-ia-ri -L'reseut: -Messrs ' Jd. li. 1-ra--er " "i'i" Manning, J. narlev, J. Mcivea-ue jCockroft, S. H. Sullivan, C. Mailing 1. liuuiiiis, and tae secrucarv A. jl Clemens. " ' ' The chairman leturned thanks for' i the honour conferred upon him, in I electing him president. j i The secretary, Mi- A. H. Clemens, rc- ; signed his position for business reason.-,. j Three applications were received tor | tho position, and alter consideration i Mr H. V. Smith was appointed. I The chairman emphasised the imI poriauce oi classiiying players, and j Mated that th e Union intended to eu- ! lorce the regulations regardimi the tiling of names. lie also relerred to tlie fostering of imirth grade warns, and to the inclusion of Cadet:-" team-.. Ho had seen (."apt.- Meiiugh, who said he considered they could get five teams from the Cadets, and who was .strongly in favour of the proposal. Mr Manning did not thiuk anv club would bo ablo to run a fourth 'grade learn. The chairman explained that if a ( boy was in a Cadet company he was not forced to play for the Company team if he wished t« play for any other club. The !iieeting_ luianimou ly decided to allow the Cadet companies r 0 enter teams in th e fourth grade competition. The opinion was given that the boy* who played football should be credited with a daylight parade, whether thev played for a Cadet company or not. The chairman pointed oul that wit;. a strong fourth grade- going, the scarcity of referees would he acute, and he hoped the clubs would do their id roo=t to unearth as many as thev could A request from No. 44 Coy. Senior I Cadets for the Union to postpone j football fixtures on May 27, () n account I of the military tournament it was proposed to I'-old on that dav. was referred to the Management Committee with n recommendation, that senior ; matches be played if possible. • The South Canterbury Sports Ground Company wrote asking the Union to take up shares in the eomnany. The chairman pointed out that stops j would require t.-, be tiken immediately in -conne.-fion with IVn financing of th«

Company. It had been suggested that looi-oallvrs organise a oarmwuur eiganUc bazaar to ;,nse Juncls to, i/ passible procure tin' grounds 0 r to raise money to iuve.-t tlie grounds in tiie name 01 Hie King as was. clone ill Hie case ol Lancaster J'ark. Alter discussion it was decided to o'otain all particulars from tlio Sports Ground Cuiii[klu\ as t,, ih 0 financial position in regard to the. prociaing o' ihe grounds, and that tai- matter of raising necessary funds be gone into on : eceipt m Uiis iiuoriinitiou. Tile Soutli Canterbury Spirts Ground Company submitted uiit-i r tonus lor til .• ground at £io, and tfii per cent, of gate takings )ur the 1020 season. —Accepted, provided the grounds be putin playing order. It was decided that the seven-a-side tournament this season be conlined to

senior, junior, third and fourth grades, excluding school teams. Tin- •••eiTi'iary ri ported having interviewed members of tho Mackenzie Subi nion regarding the resuscitation of tho Union, but wa» inl'ormed that it v. as not likely that it could be done this year, (inly two teams could ho raised, and it was necessary to have at least throe for a. sub-Union.—The hope was expressed that the Mackenzie Sub-Union would bo resuscitated in the. neat- future. Mr MeKeague gave notice to move. I at the next general meeting that the ! .-e/--ivtar v of the Union take no part in ri:>.-(-?:;<; in or voir, on any matters coin. in"- bt lore the Union Tlli- <T.;iclll,-lell l!,e' l,i,.in«a,