FOOTBALL.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2113, 22 June 1907, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

The team to represent. Kniti-Cit> Juniors to-day will bo: 13. Luttrell .Dines, Coleman, O’Neill, -Witty] Bright, A. .Luttrcll, McGregor, Butter worth Williams, Fraser, Saunders, Cooper, Hogg and Morgan; emergencies Bristow and Andorson. The following will represent KaitiCity in their match against Takitimu to-day:—Coleman, Wilkinson, Puflott, Hay, Grinlhiton, ltobinson, Rowe, Nicolas, Lowe, Hansen, Bright, Hansby, Williams, Grant, Winter; emergencies, llogg, Willock and Williams. The Kaiti-City team, which lias been putting in scfme solid training during the week, held a scrum jiractiee last night, a lot of useful knowledge being ‘acquired. They intend to make “small potatoes” of Takitimu this time. The Wellington 'correspondent of die Auckland Star says:—Wellington Itugbyites in general express their satisfaction with the New Zealand team selected to meet N.S.W. and Queensland and a combination of the forces from tlioso States in July and August next. The exclusion, how-, ever, of such great forwards -as Cross end Byrno is commented upon, more particularly when it is reported that Mr. D. Gallagher, who saw the sat'ter playing* in a club match last Saturday, was very favorably impressed with his capabilities. Seeling at ais best was never superior to the detone representative ns ho is playing now. It is said that Byrno was not ■onsidered becauso ho had not signed he declaration on the day the team vns chosen. It will by leaving the atter player behind lose one of the lashiest loose forwards in the colony, exception is taken in different- quavers to the inclusion of George Spen■er, Tyler, Cunningham, and Jolintoue. Followers of the gamo say hat the attacking power of the 1903 earn and tho “All Blacks” was much ieadlier than is to bo found in the oresent combination. The defence, '.owever, seems to be sounder and solider.

The Great Public Schools Rugby -earn (Sydney) ivill not go to Ntew •'oaland this season. The authorities n New Zealand generally acted in a >oor spirit, lienee the falling through >f the proposal. Fortunately the .unons in New South Wales have been note generous (says a Sydney paper). The Australian agreement! will each its termination with the visit if the New Zealand team to Austraia this year. There will probably be i conference between representatives if the_ New South Wales, Queensland) ind New Zealand unions during the risit of the team from Maoriland. The Rugby outlook is bright in Engaml (says an exchange';, and if matters progress as they have beeu doing ve may see a rorival in the northern ■ountios, and the realisation of what nice seemed a vain dreT.m—all the Snglisli- public schools playing Rug--5°r —Eton and Harrow are setting the others an example. The president of the English football League gave some excellent advucc to referees in a speech he made eeeutly. He held that referees were responsible for the conduct of a game, and they should study the laws n their quieter moments, and then get assiduous practice on the field of play. There was a great difference ictween theory and practice. ROUGH PLAY. Press Association. STRATFORD, yesterday. At a meeting of the Taranaki Rugby Union it was decided to take firm steps to put down rough play. Several cases were dealt with, and after hearing lengthy evidence it was resolved to disqualify for life a plaver named H. Young, of Opunake, and that ho be warned off all football grounds, and that a copy of tko evidence be handed to the j>olice. In the cases of E. Howes, of Waimato, the Union was of the opinion that it was not proved to their satisfaction that Howes struck the blow that caused an injury to Young, and that Howes evidently struck Young at an earlier period of the game, and that ho be disqualified until the end of the 190 S season. S. Forsyth was also disqualified until the end of 1908. D. Sullivan and J. Pyne, for not leaving the field when requested by the referee, wore disqualified until the end of the present season. It was also resolved to ask the Southern Referees' Association to inquire into the caso of a referee in the OpunakeWaimate match, where rough play occurred, , W»e evidence in the hands of the Union tending to show that the referee did not exercise proper control over the.match. A Clifton player was suspended for one month from June-20, for failing to leave the field when ordered. RUGBY IN THE SCHOOLS. WELLINGTON, last night. The committee of the New Zealand Rugby Union met to-night to receive the report of ' the sub-committee set up to consider the allocation of £2Ol which the Union had decided to derote towards ' the advancement of Rugby in State schools. The allocation among .unions will be as follows : —Poverty Bay £lO, Hawke’s Bay LlB, Bush Districts £lO, Taranaki £lB, Wanganui £l4, Manawatu £l4, Horowhenua £B, Wairarnpa £l4, Nelson £l2, Marlborough £lO, Bulier £l3, West Coast £l3, Canterbury £lB, South Canterbury £l3, Southland £ls.