FOOTBALL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXVIX, Issue 8134, 8 May 1906, Page 6

FOOTBALL.

The following team will represent the Uld Boys against the Masterton School, on Thursday next:— H. Jones, H. Simonsen," 0. Braggine, L. Wadham, R. Morris, T. Hanley, A. Dixon, F. Dixon, T. Tomlin, G. Brooks, F. Pauling, V. Geary. H. Keisenberg, A. Keeble, S. Mason. and T. Harris. The following team will represent Albion 111. against Carterton Rovers, on Thursday, at Carterton: —Bali, Buokeridge, T. Flaws, W. Flaws, Digging, Dignan, Cole, M. O'Leary, Reeves, Ren. Welch, Keith, Gaiyor, Johnson, Miller and Allen. The Sixth Standard juniors of the Masterton District High School defeated the Fourth Standard seniors in a football match yesterday by three poiutß to ril. W. Chambers scored for the winners. HOPE FOR RUGBY. English conservatism in regard to Rugby football has come down with a crash. The visit of the New Zealand team to England has clearly done a good deal for the cause of Australasian Rugby. The English Union has aofually favourably received a suggestion from the colonies as tjo the govenment of the game. Hitherto proposals made in these partß have not received the attention they deserved from the Home authorities, This especially has been the case with regard to New Zealand. A notable instance happened a few years ago, when a committee of experts and enthusi asts drew up a set of revised rules, with the object of making the game still moro attractive. The proposals were treated in a cavalier fashion, and there is more than a saspioion that they were never really seriously considered at all. However, now ibat the Euglish Union has learned tliat they have not a monopoly of the knowledge of the game they govern, there is reason to hope that some of the excellent suggestions for improvement in the Rugby code made by n conference of New South Wales, Queensland and New Zealand delegates will now bo intelligently dealt with. Here is valuable initial instalment that creates hopeful feeling:—The morning prior to the international match, England v. Ireland, the oommittee of the Ruby Union held a meeting at Leicester, Mr Rowland Hill (president) in the ohair. A letter was considered from the New South Wales Union asking for a delegation of power to carry one

of the Rugby Football ; Union's regulations in that State, with further right to delegate such powerH to minor bodies in New South Walee. The communication further suggested that the time had now arrived fjr the formation of an Imperial council or board, which should act as a ooart of appeal. It was resolved, after full consideration, that all the colonies be asked to appoint delegates to be summoned to a conference to be hold in England next season, before the meeting of the international board. Some of the colonial fighters for Rugby reform will have their breaths taken away at the deoißion of the English Union inviting them to a conference. Before a colonial team recently woke England up, the aggravating attitude of John Bull toward the colonies in regard to Rugby government was, "Young man, you must not attempt to teach your father's parent how to successfully negotiate the interior of an egg." Now it is, "My boy, come in, my boy."