SPORTS AND PASTIMES. FOOTBALL.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2170, 28 August 1907, Page 2

SPORTS AND PASTIMES.

FOOTBALL.

At Victoria Domain to-morrow afternoon the J unior representative team meet a team from the Thursday Union at 2 o’clock. The selectors of tho Junior reps., Messrs. Martin, Carr, and Hay, met at the Royal Hotel and svh cted the following players, who are requested to notify the chairman of tho Rugby Union (Mr. W. Miller) whether or not they are abknf to make tk e trip to H a wkeV-GB^ Rangi Halbert,-CM ’+* (2), Witty, Brig*' l - - J C. Rice, Callagb. Gregor, Williams worth, Keys, Spymo^., Dines, Hepburn, and Hickey. above players are requested to mfess. at tho Royal Hotel at 7 o’clock this evening. The team to represent the Junior reps, will be selected from the above. The Thursday team will be represented by the following: —MeLachlan, Pollock, C. Hepburn, Wilkinson, Gibson, Porter, Knowsley, Sceats, Ansel], Richards, Morse, Harrison, Hutchison, Cahill, McConnell. The Thursday team are requested to meet at Mr. C. Morse’s Saloon at 8 o’clock this evening.

THE GAME DEFENDED. “The young fellows nowadays waste far too much time on football and billiards,” declared Cr. Somervell last evening, when opposing an extension of billiard-room premises. His continued and disparaging remarks on football in particular, warmly seconded by Cr. Whinray, aroused the ire of Cr. W. Miller. He resented the remarks made whenever anything in connection with sport was mentioned. Thousands of-men had been associated with football all their lives, he said, and they were quite tho equals of Crs. Whinray and Somervell. Those members had no right to try, on every possible occasion, to bring a pure and clean sport into discredit. “As conducted in Neij- Zealand,” he continued, “football is a clean, manly sport, and many of us are proud of our connection with it.” He held that the healthy recreation made better men of them, more fitted to fulfil their' physical and mental work through, life. Young, middle-aged, and old men had every reason to be proud of tlio game. “Long may they continue to remain connected with sport of such a character,” he concluded. Cr. Whinray rose to say that he wished to emphasise his former remarks on football. Cr. Williams rose to a point of order. The Mayor said the business in hand was to deal with a billiardroom application; it had nothing to do with football. Cr. Whinray: “I think my remarks are warranted. If you want a further illustration on football, there were two young men crippled within the past week. Cr. Miller savs it is a clean job. I have seen them coming home from the field muck from head to toe. (Laughter.) I am opposed to both football and billiard balls.” Cr. Bright: This is waste of time. Can’t we have a discussion on the merits of tennis? (Laughter.)

Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, August 27. The annual football match between the Christchurch Boys’ High School and Nelson College was- played this afternoon, when the High School won by 11 points to 3. NEW ZEALAND PROFESSIONALS THE ENGLISH FIXTURES. . Press Association. DUNEDIN, August 27. Tlie London correspondent of _ the Star supplies the following list of fixtures of the New Zealand professional team: October 9th, v. Bramley. October 12th, v. Huddersfield. October 16th, v. Widnes. October 19tli, v. Broughton Ranger® October 23rd, v. Wakefield Trinity. October 26th, v. Leeds. October 30th, v. St. Helens. November 2nd, unallotted. November 6tli, v. Keighley. November 9th, v. Wigan. November 13th, v. Barrow. November 16th, v. Hull. November 20th, v. Leigh. November 23rd, v. Oldham. * November 27tli, y. West Lancashire, probably at Liverpool. • November 30tli, v. Dewsbury and Battby combined. December 4th, v. Swiuton. . December 7th, v. Rochdale Hornets. December lltli, v. Runcorn. December 14th, v. Halifax. • December 18th, v. Yorkshire, at Wakefield. December 21st, v. Warrington. December 25th, v. Hunslet. December 2Sth, v. Salford. January Ist, v. Wales. January 4tli, v. Kingston Rovers. January Bth, v. Cumberland, at ' Workington. January lltli, v. England, at ganJanuary 18th, v. Lancashire, at Oldham. January 25tli, v. Northern Union, at Leeds.