FOOTBALL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 614, 17 September 1909, Page 7

FOOTBALL.

c WELLINGTON BUGBY UNION. :. '•'A mooting Of ; the Management Committed of the Wellington Bugby .Union was held' last evening, ' and wo& attended ,by Messrs,; S. Brown' (chairman), Of. Burns; J. F; -O'Sullivafi, E. 0. Hnlesi.'and P. Peters/ . ,■ ■ \ 1 Tho Wellington liutchcrs' Union intimated that it was proposed to pity a-match between bttttfllerS of tho northern part of. tho city and a team frorii.tho southern end^:Tho committee; agreed to allow tho butchers tho uso Af tho Athlotio Park next Wednesday afternoon. _ Fourth-class players of Palinerston . Noith Football Cllib. wore granted permission to play 11 team Of Athletic. Club players on tho Athletic Park next Saturday at 1.30. As a curtain-raiser to the ' Charity : Cup match at the Athletic Parkin Saturday week, it was'asreod that teams from. Polhill . and Sclwyn clubs shotild meet... The request that Oriental fourths Should Aioot .Petone' by way of a curtain-raiser was refused. , PolhiU ' Club notified that a junior' team would take ■ part in'i next ; season's champion-, ship, . . '. * ' '! 'A. Wilson, tho' lock-forward selected for tho Wnifarapd, cannot make tho trip. Kapson, who fr&S emergency,-has a'sprained anlde, and consequentlyHuntor,' of • Pondke, ■ has been selected to. play lock. ' ;■ , NOP.TIIERN UNION RULES. ,: ' Writing, to Mr. D. 6. Eraser, of Petono, tho secretary (Mr, ; E.VW. Watts) of the Auckland Northern Union Leaguo states that tho Auck-land-Wellington matph has been fixed-. Cot October 9 on Victoria Park* The Wellington team it'ill bo allowed 60 per cent, of tho gross tdkinga of tho match.' ; 'f. ;. : ■ (By Telcgraph-Prcsa Association.) ' r Now Plymouth, September 16. ThO Auckland and Taranaki teams playing tinder Northern'. Union rulos met at New Plymouth this afternoon,-'in perfect iveather and an.o. .dry ground. .About 1000 spectators wero present. Auckland ffdh by 27 points to 11, the local men., falling .away .completely in the 'second spell. -For'.Auckland tries were scored by Qriffin (2), Wynyard, Carlaw, -and 1 Woodward, and goals wero kicked by Bradburn. Moir, Smith, and Hooker scored Taranaki's tries, and Hardgravcs kicked a goal. ~- ' CANTERBURY BEATEN. 'v • . (By Teleeraplj-Prcss Association.) '■ . : Timaru, September 16. South Canterbury beat Canterbury by nine points (a goal_ fr9m a mark, and tiro tries) to Six points (trios scored by Fryer and Burns), rhe matoh was tho bsSt of tho season seen bora.' Tho .local men assorted, a superiority iii tho forwards,: and garb tho nOrtncrn backs littlo chahco. to got going. ASSOCIATION, OTAGO BOYS IN WELLINGTON.'' : : By tho Pattella yesterday the members, of the Otago boys' representative team, "which is to play tho Wellington boys on Saturday,' arrived in town, in charge of Mr. M'Kay (manager), secretary of the Otago BoyS' football League,-and Mr. Watts, th&r coaoh.' Tho Visitors wero welcomed on arrival at 'the Y.H.C.A, rooms tby Mri H. N. Holmes (chairman of the Wollington Football Association), and Mr. B. L: Salmon (chairman of tho Boys' Sub-commit-tee). In the afternoon tho boys went out to Miran4ar to practise. To-night they will be taken to His Majesty's Theatre, and to-morrow evening they will bo , the'guests of tho Boy 3' Institute. Tho tour of tho tOam has been organised with much enthusiasm in Otago, aiid the boys thero subscribed amongst themselves tho bum of, =£.11 towards, tho expenses. The ovont is ono'of the most important'in this history of the Association gamo in New Zealand.