HAMILTON UNION.

Waikato Times, Volume 109, Issue 18339, 27 May 1931, Page 14

HAMILTON UNION.

MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEET. Mr A. S. Cilffe presided at the weekly meeting of the management committee' of the Hamilton Rugby Football Union, which took place last evening. Accommodation at Hayes’ Paddock The secretary of the Hamilton East Tennis Club, wrote granting permission to use its pavilion at Hayes’ Paddock as dressing accommodation. Senior registrations made were: — Marist Brothers Old Boys, J. Callaher; Old Boys, E. Halstead; Technical Old Boys, H. Dalbeth. Clearances were -produced and accepted for F. Potter, L. Hook, H. Dalbeth, S. Douglas, W. Noakes. A fortnight’s extension of time was granted to Teohnical Old Boys to obtain the clearances of D. Steedman, D. Heml and F. Groom. Insurances. . The secretary of the Mangonul Rugby .Union'wrote from-Kaltaia asking for details of the union’s players’ accident Insurance fund.—-The secretary's to'supply-the details asked for. .'.lnsurance olaims from W. Cassidy and.D. H.'Hare were referred to the Insurance -committee and an Injury to J. Tuck'was'notified. ; Regradings. ■ : P. Stewart and B.' Styles were regraded'to'Junior on behalf of Marist Brothers Old . Boys, the. latter player to ; produce a . clearance within three - ' Training Bhed. Nights. The. allocation of the training shed nights for the month of Juno aro:— Tuesday nights; Frankton; Wednesday nights, 'Did Boys; Thursday nights, Technical' Old Boys.' Representative Caps, Mr G. v Glllett forwarded a -letter to the committee offering on behalf of Messrs Jas- Buchanan and Uo., Ltd., and through their New Zealand representatives Messrs Campbell Ehrenfrled G 0.,. Ltd., ahd 'Captain Prlcter, a set of eighteen, oaps to be known as the Black and White Caps, to go to the winners of the Peace Cup in each year. The proviso was made that should the holders win during the next' season, the date of the year would' be-added to the cap of players of the previous year, and new. caps provided for. new representatives and that should the oup change hands a new set of caps would be presented to the new holders In their colours. The -management committee decided to accept "ithe -offer as' far as the Hamilton Union }s' concerned, and to thank the'gentlemen making the offer. Final of Clarke Cup.

■Notice of motion was given to rescind: the. motion standing in the minutes of’ iist : meeting to play the final of;.the, Clarke Cup during the second round of the. Sage .Cup.-

JUNIOR ADVISORY BOARD. The weekly -meeting of the Junior Advisory Board took place on Monday evening, Mr A. -P. Nelson presiding. The referee in the Old Boys y. Teohnical Old Boys Junior A section match, played on Saturday 23rd Inst., reported having ordered from the field an Old Boys player for striking an opposing player, and that he had warned three times a Technical Old Boys palyer for persistent talking and adopting a threatening attitude towards' opposing players.—The board, in view of the fact that the ordered off player did not appear, suspended him until appearance, and directed that he be ordered to appear at the next meeting, while the player who -has been reported for talking and threatening his opponents is to be ordered to appear before the board at the next meeting. The Old Boys Club is to be asked to furnish an explanation of Its action In playing a player in the same match who was not qualified to play. Clearances were produced from the Pirongia Club for A. J. Smith and from the Te Kowhai Club for F. de la Rue.

The board decided to recommend to the management committee Messrs P-Stewart-and B. Styles—the latter to produce a clearance from Rotorua before ' playing—for regrading from senior rank to junior. The junior selectors Messrs H. D. Tait and R. Johnston,- Jnr., submitted a list of players .chosen to take part in the Junior Representative curtainraiser on Juhe 3, King’s Birthday. Mr E. V. Simpson was appointed manager. The team Will practice at the training shed on Monday, June 1, at 7 p.m. The fifth arid sixth draws were made and the competitions in both grades are to commence at this week-end. FIXTURES FOR SATURDAY. Seniors.—Marist Brothers Old Boys v. Old Boys, No. i Rugby Park, 3 p.m.; Technical Old Boys v. Frankton, No. 2 Rugby Park, 3 p.m. Junior'A:—Marist v. Technical Old Boys, No. 4 Rugby Park, 3 p!m.; Frankton v. Old BOys, No. 3 Rugby Park, 3 p.m. - Junior B.—Te Kowhai v. Ruakura, Ruakura, 1.30 p.m'.; High School v. Old Boys,-No. 2 Rugby Park, 1.30 p.m.; Technical Old Boys, a bye. Thirds.—Technical Old Boys v. High School, ' No. 3 Rugby Park, 1.30; Frankton v. Technical School, No. 1 Rugby Park,. 1.30Fourths.—Technical Old Boys v. Frankton. No- i Hayes’ Paddock, 3 p.m.; Old Boys v. Technical School, No. 4 Rugby Park, 1.30; High School v. Technical Old Boys, No. 1 Hayes’ Paddock, 1.30 p.m. Fifths.—Technical A v. Technical B (midweek) High School v. Marist, No. 2 Haye's Paddock, 1.30 p.m. Sixths.—Technical School B v. High School B No. 3 Rugby Park, 10 a.m.; High School A v. Marist, No. 4 Rugby Park 10 a.m.; Technical School A a bye. V FIFTH , GRADE DRAW. First day: Technical School A v. Technical School B; High School v. Marist. Second day: Technical A v. High School; Technical B v. Marist. Third day: Technical A v. Marist; Technical B v. High School. SIXTH GRADE DRAW. \ First day: Technical B v. High School B; High School A v. Marist; Technical A, a bye. Second day: Technical B v. High Sohool a; High School B v- Technical A; Marist. a bye. Third day: Technical b v. Marist: High School A v. Technical A; High School B, a bye.

Fourth, day: High School B v. High School A; Marist v. Technical A; Technical B, a bye. Fifth day: Technical B v. Technical A; High School B v. Marist; High School A, a bye. THE WAIPA UNION. MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE. Mr J. E. Lowe presided at the weekly meeting of the Walpa Rugby Union management committee. The secretary reported correspondence from the Otorohanga Union acknowledging the Walpa notification that certain players In Walpa territory who had played for Otorohanga had been suspended until such time as they prove their bona fldes and replying that Otorohanga Union had decided to notify the players named that suspension by Walpa does not prevent them playing for Kio Kio Club in the Otorohanga Union’s competitions unUl the whole question of boundaries has been threshed out by the Waikato and King Country Unions. Mr Haselden reported that he had brought the matter up at last week’s meeting of the Waikato Union, when Walpa’s' action In suspending these players was confirmed.' King Country Union is to be notified of this , decision, and falling satisfaction from the latter body the Waikato Union will take the matter up with the New Zealand Union. It was decided to Investigate the residential qualification of one of the players’ names, to make doubly sure. The regrading of W. Owens from senior to junior grade was approved. It was decided to make application to the Domain Board for permission to make Saturday next a charge day, as the Union’s finances are much in need of revenue. TAUPIRI SUB-UNION, . TAUPIRI UNITED v. EASTERN, Eastern kicked off, but the ball was brought back to the centre, where from the scrum Hanna and Monteith headed a fine forward rush to the United line. Offside play gave Miller, a chance, to send hack to the half-way, where Miller again sent the play, by a nice kick, to the Eastern twenty-five, and following up fast secured, and sent. In to Davis, who went over; Miller.missed the kick at goal. —:United 3, Eastern 0. . ..

From the kick out Mulligan’s good play took the play to the Eastern quarter, Morris saving by clever play. From a scrum .D. Smith received and after a forcing run transferred to N. -Pine, who just -failed to score. Eastern forwards continued to attack strongly, D. Smith- secured and found his way over to score, Taylor -adding the major points.—Eastern 5, United 3. Play continued to he very fast. McLeod secured and after a great run ■handed to Hutcheson to score a nice try. Miller missed the kick at goal.— United 6, Eastern 5. In the second spell good play by Bishop, Lltt and White had the Eastern’s hard on defence, R. Taylor relieving with a nice line kick. The Eastern forwards were playing a great game at this stage, and some very exciting play took place on the United line. Miller was caught In possession and play hovered round the twenty-five, where J. Smith landed a great field goal.—Eastern 9, United 6. United forced the pace, good tackling keplng them out. Good play by N. Pene -and a fine run by Cook, sent the game back to the United quarter, where," from a penalty, Taylor easily converted.—Eastern 12, United 6. United returned to the attack, and weak play by the Eastern backs allowed J. White to score. -Miller converted but the goal was not allowed, the game ending—Eastern 12, United 9. •Mr Vollemere was referee. Notes on the Game. For the winners Carter, at fullback, was not Impressive. H. Pene and Cook, the wings, played great games, the attacking being of a very high order, especially that of the latter.

Taylor, at centre had few opportunities. It is a pity this player is not In the pack, where he is so brillant; N. Pene, at flve-eghths, stands up to it in good style. His tackling is sound, but there is room for improvement in his passing. A. Smith', although somewhat crippled, played well and made few mistakes. D. Smith, at half-back, was solid, and was In the thick of it throughout. J. Smith, as rover, gave a good display and his potted goal was a good effort. The forwards are a good lot, the most prornihent being perhaps Mulligan, Monteith and Hanna. For the losers Morris, at full-back, was safe and reliable. Ray Miller, at centre, was in good form, his taking and kicking saving his side repeatedly. N. McLeod retains his form. He was everywhere and played a solid game. G. Frear had few chances, but made no mistakes. Mathers plays well, and shows great promise. N. Davis, at half-back, got through a good hard day’s work in good style. Of the forwards Bishop, White and Litt were the pick of a hard-working set. GLEN MASSEY v. TE HOE. The match between Glen Massey and Te Hoe, played on the former’s ground, developed into a hard struggle between the opposing forwards. The backs of either side seldom got going and when they did the movements were short-lived owing to quick, hard tackling or faulty handling. In spite of this the game was fast and interesting, the result being in doubt till the last minute. At times the play was unnecessarily hard and some players should have been warned early in the game. The Te Hoe forwards were better in the set scrums than Glen Massey, but the latter were better In the loose, and made much ground by fast following and breaking through. Neither of the full-backs was impressive, both repeatedly mishandling and both being often caught in possession. The backs so seldom got going that it is difficult to single any out. F. Connew, for Glen Massey, played well, and two tries would have resulted from his breaking away had lie been supported. J. Fowler and J. Brown, on the wings, tackled well, but- were starved most of the game, seldom seeing the ball. S. Brown is a much improved forward. 'For Te Hoe Bradley scored with a free kick. For Glen' Massey G. McIntyre scored with a free kick, and Robinson scored a try. The game ended, Glen Massey G, Te Hoe 3. Mr C. P. Furber was referee.