FOOTBALL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17028, 30 April 1923, Page 9

FOOTBALL.

THE RUGBY GAME. SENIOR COM PETITION. The Canterbury Rugby Unioncompetition* were continued on Saturday afternoon in flue weather. JUNIOR FLAG. AVainmri arid Sydenham playerl* a drawn game, each side Hcoving S points. .Addington beat* Kaiapoi hy 9 points io nil. Mr W. Healey was referee. Central beat. Orurubia by 6 points to :* points. Mr M. Read was refereV. Hornby a bye. THIRD GRADE. Sydenham heat Woolston by r, points to 3 points. Mr F. .1. Geary was reS Art cl ingt. on heal AVaimari by 31 points to Mr A. B. gliadboli v,a* referee. Heatheote beat Lin wood by 15 points to 10. Mr .1. Young was referee. Central forfeited to Federal. FOURTH GRA DE. Addington beat. Woolston by 7 points to r> points. Mr F. Kir ton was reLi n wood beat Kaiapoi by 2-1 points to 2 points. Mr J. Gibb was referee. to 3 points. Mr A. Davis was referee.FIFTH GRADE. .Hornby beat Lin wood by 14 points to nil. Mr J. Underwood was referee. Central beat Sydenham by 15 points to 5 points. Mr C. Johnson was rcHeath cote won by default from Addington.

CANTEDBURY RUGBY LEAGUE.

MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE. A meeting of the committee was held on Saturday evening. Mr E. Healey presiding. and there was a full attendance of delegates. ' Gbrrespornience was received from the Sydenham and Central clubs asking for rulings on the question of teams defaulting fixtures. Tt was decided that the rule be enforced. The secretary 0 r the Federal Club wrote in reference to the lea Re of the club's ground and after hearing the explanation of the club delegate it was decided to leave the case with him. The chairman stated that with the deputy chairman and secretary he had revised the oejietitutiosial rules. Messrs vr. Mitchell. G. L,. Young, and A. Lee. with the chairman axiri secretary were elected a sub-obmmirtee to draft the rules. The Linwootf clufe wrote advieipg bit at Mr J. Lave*y ha# been appointed as selector and asking- for an explanation why the club's ground was not occupied by any of tile club teams On Saturday. The letter was referred to the Competiturns Committee for a fieport. were granted to the Hortiby. Wool st on, Waimajri. Sydenham. Addington, and Kjs.ia.poi clubs, and transfers approved for W. Freeman. Hornby; R. Litten. Kaiapoi; and ft. Powell. Central. An application from the Kaiapoi Club for the removal of the suspension imposed on a player last season was held over. The chairman introduced Mr F. Fielder. of the Auckland Centre Executive. Who was present, at the meeting. In the course of his reply Mr Fielder advised the delegates that, the principal reason of the success of the Auckland club teams was that when a player was required to fill vacancies in the senior team the policy was to promote the yowag players from the lower grades, as they were preferable to the older members and it paved the way for advancing the junior interests. The following are the fixtures, grounds, and referees for next SaturSenior Championship.—Linwood v. Addington, at Linwood Park (Mr J. J. Stevens); Sydenham v. Hornby, at Hornby (Mr H. Read) : Woolston v. Kaiapoi, at Woolston (Mr W. Healey.) Junior Flag.—Sydenham v. Addington. at Sydenham Park (Mr G. Gearry) : Hornby v. Onrahia, at Hornby (Mr T. Rirton); Kaiapoi v. Central, at Kaiapoi (Mr C. Gearry); Waimairi. a bye. Third Grade.—Linwood v. Woolston, at Woolston. at 1.30 (Mr C. Tfllyshort) : Addington v. Federal, at Addington (Mr A. B. Shadbolt); Sydenham v. Waimairi. at Waimairi (Mr P. Kirton); Heathcote a bye. Fourth Grade.—Hornby W Linwood. at Richmond Park (Mr J. Gibbs) ; Addington v. Kaiapoi. at Kaiapoi (Mr S. Trudgeon): Sydenham v. Woolston. at Sydenham Park, 1.30 (Mr C. Johnson.) Fifth Grade.—Heathcote v. Hornby, at Heathcote (Mr J. Young); Linwood v. Central, at Linwood Park. 1.30 (Mr W. Murray); Sydenham a bye.