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FOOTBALL.
THE GROUNDS DISPUTE.
Inglewood Oval to be Improved
The dispute between the Perth City
Council and the West Australian National
Football League on the question of
grounds was the subject of lengthy dis
cussion by the league last night. The
discussion was held in committee, and
subsequently it was stated that the league
had granted authority for expenditure to
enable the necessary work to be put into
the Inglewood Oval to bring it into a suit
able condition for the playing of league
football. It is understood that, although
the fixtures as adopted for the 1940 sea
son will not be altered, there is a possi
bility that the East Perth club will make
the Inglewood Oval its headquarters in
coming years. About three-quarters of
the playing surface is at present in good
condition.
Information was received from the
secretary of the league seconds (Mr. W.
Young) that, in view of the likelihood
of a shortage of grounds this year, its
season should begin on May 4 and com
prise two rounds of home-and-home
matches. Thus, Junior organisations
would not be hampered through lack of
grounds. It was also suggested to the
league that because of enlistments pand
the calls made on players to attend mili
tary camps, the agreement with the league
regarding age limits should be revised.
The letter will be referred to the permit
committee for investigation.
Two notices of motion relating to pro
posed changes in the rules were lost. Mr.
R. P. Rodriguez moved that the rules be
altered to empower the protests and dis
putes board to amend the charge against
a player in the hearing of any case in
conformity with the evidence placed be
fore it. He explained that a player who
committed a breach of the rules should
be punished, and that on occasions in the
past a conviction could not be recorded,
although it was well known that a player
was in the wrong, because of some tech
nicality in the wording of the charge.
The motion was lost, the majority of
delegates expressing the opinion that the
umpire was responsible for the wording
of the charge, and that the board should
not have the power to alter his charge.
Mr. S. Glance's notice of motion that all
contentious matters be dealt with by the
full league was also lost; he pointed out
that the duties of the permit committee
should be confined to permits, clearances
and qualifications of players, but the
general opinion of the meeting was that
the referring of matters to committees
allowed fuller discussion and prevented
the league meetings from becoming too
cumbersome.
The meeting decided to reappoint school
coaches on the same terms as in previ
ous years.
Appointment of Board Members.
The following members were appointed
to the protests and disputes board and
the umpires' board:--Protests and disputes
board: Messrs. C. G. Norton, W. H. Brom
field, A. Breckler, C. J. Miller and P. J.
Barry. Umpires' board: Messrs C. G.
Norton, G. Oakley, A D. D. McIntyre, N.
Giles and C. Breckler. It was stated
that about 100 applications for positions
as umpires had been received, these in
cluding those who had officlated as field
umpires last season, and that appoint
ments would be made at a meeting of
the umpires' board to be held next Thurs
day.
Information was received from the
Essendon club that, provided international
conditions did not cause a cancellation,
the club would make a trip to Perth in
July and August as previously arranged.
A request was made that the proceeds
be distributed on a 60-40 bases, as a tour
ing team was faced with considerable
expenditure, but the meeting decided to
inform Essendon that all visiting teams
were treated on a 50-50 basis.
F. Jenkins's request that his applica
tion for a clearance from South Fre
mantle to Subiaco be withdrawn was ap
proved.
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