RUGBY HARRIS CUP

Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23315, 26 September 1945, Page 6

RUGBY HARRIS CUP

Celtic Declared Winners No Games In Timaru On Saturday Celtic were declared the winners of the Harris Cup at a meeting of the Management Committee of the South Rugby Union last evening. Ail teams will now be able to enter lor the seven a-side tournament at Geraldine on Saturday,” said Mr D. Lindsay. It was decided to call a special meetl ng .. or } October 9 to discuss junior football in preparation for next season. Mr D. J. Hepburn will explain his ideas on the subject, and Mr S. W. T. Hunt will deal with the formation of a junior advisory board. Three members from each of the clubs will be invited to attend the meeting, including Temuka, Geraldine, Waimate and the Timaru Boys’ High School. After Mr Lindsay had reported on the representative match at Fairlie on Saturday, the president (Mr S. H. Sullivan) said that the defeat would do football in South Canterbury no harm. With the Hanan Shield games next year, the best South Canterbury team would have to be chosen. It would not be a question of selecting the best 15 players but of the best team that could be developed. Their win would encourage Mackenzie and would put the South Canterbury players on their mettle. Early next season at least two trial matches would have to be played and men from the Mackenzie and Waimate Sub-Unions brought to Timaru. “It is a shocking and deplorable state of affairs if it occurs in club football, let alone in a representative team,” commented Mr McAteer when the president mentioned that a number of players chosen for the representative team had not attended practices. “It is an insult to our selectors.” he added “and offenders should be blacklisted.” Mr A. C. Rippin: Anvone selected who cannot plav should notify the secretary Immediately. This has been done on only a f“w occasions in the past. Mr Sullivan: With Hanan Shield games next season and. perhaps, a game for the Ranfurly Shield, players seeking renresen Native honours will have to toe the line. Mr Hunt: If a player offends he should be dropped altogether Mr McAteer: And the public told the reason why he is drooped. If a selected player fails to attend a practice without a good excuse or fails to notify if he is not available he should receive no more consideration throughout the season. Delegates agreed. DEATH OF REFEREE (N.Z.P.AJ WELLINGTON. Sept 25 The death has occurred of Mr John Lindsay Simpson, formerly a wellknown New Zealand Rugby referee, aged 66