FOOTBALL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 464, 3 July 1909, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

‘ 4 V The opening of the Main Trunl line has given ai( unexpected spu£ . to representative football in ttu Manawatu tjlistrict, and the Rughj Union; i§. being besieged with re .quests for dates from Northerners . anxious to tour the southern enc of the Island. Already .negotia* ' tions are proceeding for matches With ftrtlf tinious who will travel via Main Trunk.- line. They art Awarua (Taihape), Rotorua, Franklin,, and South Auckland. Representative . matches will be plentiful enough this season is Palmerston, as Taranaki and Poverty Bay are negotiating, and it is expected that matches will also be arranged with several other Unions. . A match has ■ been arranged ber- tween Manawatu and the local Reps ” to be played at Palmerston, on July 17, and the Manawatu “ Reps” to meet Awarua bn the following Wednesday, will\be picked from the two teams after the match.. The team to represent the Sub-Union’ will be selected at the conclusion of tq-day’s match, . and will be : posted outside this office this evening. Bert Shadbblt has, been transferred from. Wellington to Christchurch, and on Saturday last; played his fiirst game for the Merivale Club. 4 ** Punt,” in the Wairarapa Standard, referring .to , Momo’a play in the Greytown-Gladstone match pkyed last Saturday, says that Moino was doing three work, and stood out easily as the best back on the field.

It has been decided to play the. North, V; South Island match in Wellington on August 21st, provided this Aate does not clash with inter-nnion fixtures.