FOOTBALL.

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1513, 22 July 1905, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

NEW ZEALAND TEAMS IN AUSTRARIA.

By. telegrapji. Press Aks'h, Copyright Received 1 a.m,, July 22.

Sydney, July 21. The following alterations has been made in tho Otago University team : —Crawford instead of Lomas, ana Chapman instead of Murray. In cue Sydney University team —Stack instead oi Roe, and Mobbs instead of Powell. The New Zealand Association team are:—Goal, Fitzgerald; backs, Ciapnatn, Uacrison ; halves, Forrest, Middlemans, Jones; forwards, Brown, Bisects, Fore* shaw, Usher snd Mawson. New South Wales—Goal, JElgey; backs, Doyle, Christie ; Halves, Byers, Gilder, Garrison ; forwards, Tolhurat, Neace, Hutson, Carey and Rae.

TO-DAY’S MATCH AT DUNEDIN, KPer Press Aseociu'tic n -± Dunedin, last night.

Cunningham, of Auckland, will be taken Home'as extra forward for the New Zealand team.

Following are iiie teams selected for tomorrow’s engagement: —New Zealand : Full-back, Gillen; three-quarters, Smith, McGregor, ThomsonLfive-eighths, Wallace and Myndtt; half-back, Roberts; forwards, Casey, Deans, Johhston, Oorb6fct, Glasgow, Glenn, O’Sullivan, and Nicholson. Otago and Southland : Full-back, Booth ; threequarters, Dobson, Bennett; Gilray; fiveeighths, Stead and Ring; half-back, Burgess; forwards, McNie, Spiers, C. Purdie, E. Purdie, Abbott, Given, Porteous, McDonald. Th 9 weather is fine and promises to hold up.

At a meeting of tho Hawke’s Bay Rugby Union a letter was read from the Poverty Bay Union, intimating that they would he unable to send their representative team to Napier prior to the Hawke’s Bay representatives’ tour. —It was decided to ask the Poverty Bay Union to reconsider the matter, ana also to infotm them that the question of sending the Hawke’s Bay juniors to Gisborne will he considered later on.