OTHER FOOTBALL.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1515, 10 August 1912, Page 12

OTHER FOOTBALL.

Interprovincial Fixture!, WELLINGTON. ' August 21—Play Auckland at Auckland. August 29.—Play Taianaki at New Plymouth; . m August 81.—Play Wanganui at Wangamii, September 11-Play Otago at Wellington. TARANAKI. August 17—Play Auckland at Auckland. August 22—Play Southland. August 29,—Play Wellington. September , I—Play Otago. September 12—Play Canterbury. . CANTERBURY. August 131.—Piny Otago at Chrietchurch. September 7.—Play Wellington at Wei-ScptenfbOT'l2,-Play Taraanki at TareSeptember 14.—Piny Wanpmui at Wanga-', nui, , ■ ' otago. ■;■ August 7—Play Southland at Invercar-' gill. August 17.-Play West Coast at Dunedin. ' August 28 — Play South Canterbury at,' Timaru. ,_,-., August 31—Play Canterbury at Christchurch. _ September 1-Play Taranaki at Hawora, September 7—Play Auckland at Auckland. September 11—Play Wanganui at WangaSeptem'ber 11—Play Wellington-at Wel< - li,,&tOn, SOUTHLAND. \ , : August 7,-Play Otngo at InvercergUl. ' Augiiiit 10.—Play Canterbury at Christ* August 11—Piny Wellington at Welling. August' 17.—Play Auckland at Auckland, . Other Bank Gossip, The Victoria College senior fifteen-will i have a new fivo-eighth to piny for them . iu their,match to-day. The* new player is an ex-Poverty Bay representative named King. Butcher, an. absentee College forward last week, will bo playing again to-dny. Kyaii, who played a good game last Saturday for Victoria College ogainst Wellington, will bo absent in to-doy'e match. Ho will, however, be playiug ngain next Saturday. /The date of the match between Canterbury College and Victoria College has been tiunlly set down for August 24, at- the Athletic Park. The match will be a "curtain-raiser" to the big event of that day. Prior to tho inter-State match in Sydney Inst Saturday, when the New South Wales Rugby Union team defeated Queensland by 12 points to 3, "The Stroller," in "The Arrow," recalled the following interesting history:—To-day's game, between New South Wales and Queensland is the ninetyfirst between tie States. Tlio fixtures are in their thirty-first year with .New South Wales, as a rule, victorious. To-day .the aspect is changed, mid instead of the Maroons trying to recover some- of tho lost ground, the reverse is the caw,.for tho - Light Blues will endeavour to wipe , nut the double defeat sustained at Brisbane. In tins undertaking they me certainly up agaiui-t the strongest proposition they luive been culled upon to face for many years. It is eleven years eineo Queensland von two games in the one year, and Hum tho victories Vvere recorded against a tenm selected after the first f-ide had boon dispatched to New Zealimd. The Queensland officials contend the side is stronger than any (hat has been eeen in Sydney for a decade, nnd the fact unit every plnyer chosen has been able to make the trip puts Queensland on the Bold at absolutely full strength. It is liot always so with tho visiting eide, owing to the trouble of the men securing leavo of ab;cnc% ,