FOOTBALL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 11 August 1910, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

SOUTHERN JiXIOR TEAM. The following players have boon selected by Messrs Wehopoihana and Gor<lo u to play n ext Saturday, at 1.30 p.m. on the Levin Reserve, for the South' junior team:— Full-back : Riri Mason (H). Three-quarters: Bell (T) Marsh (H) Nees (H) Five-eighths: Hota (L-W) Hetariki(L-W) Half-back: Tarake (H) Wing-forward: Utiku (H) Forwards:— Heremia (T) Wi Reiha n a (L-W) McDonald (L-W) McCall (T) Wilson (T) Nicholson (H) Bartholomew (L) Emergencies :— Forwards, McKegg, T. Gardener; back, G. Bevan. Any of the above players unable to play must notify the selectors at once.

CRITICISMS ON THE SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE TEAMS. A correspondent signing himself "Fullback" has forwarded the fol-

lowing criticism to liho "Clironicle" on the two senior representative teams to play on Saturday "The back division of the A team cannot be improved upon—with but one exception. Mack Royal at fullback is the only weak spot. On the displays given recently by Everett, that player should .have been selected for that position. The hookers, Sciascia and Wilson, cannot be bettered, therefore 210 comment is needed on these. Parata is the weak spot in the scrum; .he could have been droppci scrum; he could liavo been dropped'. W. Wilson should have been in as lock i u place of Wi Waka, W,i Waka going »ii the side of the scrum, as sii-pport. Wilson is not only a good pivot, .l)ut a solid grafter. Parata has played in p n ly one cup match this season, which can hardly be a qualification for representative honours. Is this a case of asking old friends? The B team is a n exceptionally weak one a n d has 'bee n apparently picked from the sweet boys of the Hm Mai a n d Lovi n - v\ a n derer Uubs. Shannon's claims lhave bee n utterly ignored; the selector seem'^^i* 0 ™ ~^'0 for eotte n the existence 1 °. f th ,e Sha nn o n Club. Mack Royal should be i n at full and Seymour dropped out. Lever should also bfl out, Hopu leavu n g the i\ring■forward position to take ihis place. 31artin, at centre three-quairter. should be replaced by either F Cootes or S. Cootes. The fiveeighths should 'be N. Wijiiata and Piimi—Richardson standing out; and Bob Smit.li taki n g Neville's place at 'half. Timms i n at wiiiEtonvanl would also considerably itrengthen the team, and Osbdrno a n d 1). Beva n would be a n improvement on the hookers. 171I 71 conclusion, Mr Editor, why can't you advocate the setti n g-up of a 1 layers Appeal Committee, or a Selectors' Tuition class?" NOTES.

The se n ior rep. match played at Lev ln last Saturday showed the Horo'whenua team o n one of its da -ys out. Notvithstandir* the tact that they were opposed to a much weaker combination of backs the home rearguard gave a display rarely see n i n this Union. line tap to Australia of the Winiatas a n d Hawiri with the Maori f eam - W1 » >a ve ? g°° d effect o'n local football a n d i n consequence great interest should he manifested •nJ* e w>rnii lg rep .matches. Ihe visiting forwards did what they liked with the local pack, and secured the ball from the scrums witu monotonous regularity. Reid and Anderson were perhaps the most conspicuous of a very even

Of the hacks Charlie. , . Broughton played a great game behind the scrum, getting his side out of difficulties repatedly. Unfortunately his support!,,.? backs were weak and frequently did n ot take advantage or the openings made for them. Walter Wi n iata, for the home team played- a fi n e gamej n one of the other mem'bers of the pack showed np very prominently. The inclusion of Dixon a~d Saxon m the team, after haviing played one hard game, caused considerable comment, especially as there were aeyeral me n on the li n e who were willing to strip. Of the local -backs Royal was the weakest. Cook, at threequarter did not get many opportunities to show Ms speed ' but did whatever come his way i n a busily u k , e . ma nner. He has o n e bad iault, tihat is over-ru nn i n g the ma n vTi 2 i wai *i n 8 *o Set a pass from. All the other backs gave n n e displays. n Tlie Junior Rep. v. Se n ior B fixture caused considerable amusement and the win of the former appeared to be very popular. None of the officials of the Union can bo congratulated o n the arrangements for the two matches. There appeared to be considerable '""riffling which, it is to be hoped, will be avoided i n the future. Patrons at next Saturday's matches ca 71 rely o n being treated to a good display of football. The Horowhenua v. Manawatu matches in the past have always been kee n ly contested, as the local team intend to go in for .the open game, a particularly interesting game as anticipated. .