RUGBY FOOTBALL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16530, 14 September 1921, Page 11

RUGBY FOOTBALL.

SOUTHLAND r, CANTERBURY. LANCASTER PABK ON SATURDAY. The Southland-Canterbury match will be tho last representa-fivo .fixture of the Rugby football season. The game will be played at Lancaster Park on Saturday. The Canterbury team will be a- strong cue, and Southland will hare their best combination in the field. Everything points *. faaff, even game. An interesting feature of tho afternoon will b© the finish of ihe threemile athletic road race. This ?«ca vrill finish on the oval «t tho park during tlio Jia.lf-time interval of tho football match. The prices of admission a/ro 2s and Is. CANTERBURY RUGBY UNION. MEETING OF COMMITTEE. The Management Committee of the. Canterbury Rugby Union met last night; present— Messrs S. V. Wilson (president), AY. Maxwell, A. M'Pbail, K- W. Brittan, A. Dcy, H. Beattie, C. W. A fiord, H. Davis, C. Buchanan, C. S. M'Cully, F. D. lie.ste.ven, Jl. E Boag and A. Duggan. Fexuiisaion was given to Die Combined Banks and Stock Auctioneers to play a. eur-tain-rainor at Lancaster Park neat Saturday on condition that the game was over by 2.40 ip.m. Mr C. AV. Allard reported that Ihe secondary schools mid-week competition had been tho most successful on record, there boitig a record number of entries in each competition. Some of the games had been very keenly contested, and much of the form was good. The senior grade uilder sixteen a.nd a. half years was won by Boys’ High School A after a play off with "Woat Christchurch District High School. Tho junior grad«> (under fifteen and a, half years) was won by Technical College by half a, point from Boys’ High School A. Tt was decided to thank the committee for their interest in the competition. It was agreed that the Southland and Canterbury teams should dine together after Ihe match on Saturday. On the president's suggestion it wan resolved to issue au invitation to all returned fcoldiers to attend the match against Southland on Saturday, together with the committee of the Returned Soldiers’ Aaeocie-tion. The question of engaging a band was left in tho hands of the secretary. It was decided, to entertain members of the Referees’ Association and representative playrs at the close of the season. and. Messrs M’Cully, Da-vis and M’Phail wore appointed, a suh-cuiumiHec on tho subject. THE THIRD TEST MATCH. (Pun Pjtpsss Association.) WELLINGTON, September 13. | The great demand for seating accommoj da lion at the. test match ou Saturday beI tween the Springbok* and New Zealand inj dicates that interest in the event i:s likely jto exceed all previous experiences. Seats i tu the stand have all been taken up, like- • wise those ou the temporary stands and j ou Ihe chairs, while the- tickets tor seats ou j forms are now exhausted. All arraugeI meufce are well ill haud,. aud ’.core ficeiiv ut to-night's meeting 0 £ the New Zealand Rugby Union Management Com mit - 4 tee. Apart Irum the big match, three cur-tain-raisers have been arranged, the schoolboys’ mulch, that between Auckland and Victoria University looms: and the King CouFtry and Wellington II representatives. Ihe Springboks and New Zealand teams are in. training, the New Zealanders ut Day's Bay and the Springboks at Island Bay. M Lis team.-,, will not be available until Saturday morning, CRISIS IN RUGBY CONTROL. Press Association.) WELLINGTON, September 13. Souictbing approaching a crisis has been reached in Rugby control through the threat of Mr M Leod, president ox the Now Zealand Kugby Union, to reaiarn owing to hi? not being chosen as a delegate to die conference with South Africa and New South A Vales on the general condition of tho- game. Corre=pondencc was tabled at. to-night's meeting of the Management Committee. C'hairma.Vi Slade wrote to Mr offering him tho presidency of the conference without the . right to participate in the deliberations. Mr , M’Lood replied saying that- lie wouM resiwu if tho decision were not reversed. Mr Slad» replied that tho president had a, miacouception of his duties, adding that tho delegates should be Messrs Slade, Howe and Fvos'.. t]io last-named being ejected as apokesmun on the Auckland proposal to amend Ihe ruies. "Mr M'Tyood in r. lengthy reolv, denied the suggestion Of iuterference with the manacrelMent, and quoted l)is experience and international representation in*thc aramo as qrnilifyipg hiru to have a seat os delegate. The Canterbury and Auckland Unioue wrote supporting Mr M'Lcod. Mr Slade aaid that hoffered t<» withdraw from iho conference in favour cf Mr M’t.eod. but that did not suit the latter, whose trouble that b© lud not- been nominated- It was decided to receive Mr M'T.eod’s letter.