FOOTBALL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3526, 19 August 1926, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

TARANAKI DEFEATED BY MA N A WIIENU A. The combined Manawatu-lloro-whenua team defeated Taranaki representatives at Eltham yesterday by eight to six. Scorers for the combined were Akuira and Maihi, the latter converting his own try. McAulice and Bourke scored for Taranaki. Individualism among the visitors’ backs was subordinate to the promoting of a fine team spirit. They all worked together, and every movement was consistently backed up. Law, Hunt and Akuira had the most to do and did it well. There was not a finer man on the field than Jacobs, and his versatility in combining in back movements as well as doing outstanding work in the pack made him a prominent and popular figure very early in the game. A feature of the combined pack lay in the fact that they had developed the art of dribbding to a fine point, and Maihi, Galpin and Gotham were frequently to be seen racing down the field with'the ball, passing from toe to toe. The game can be summed up into the triumph of team work, speed and accuracy over individual effort and failure to make the most of opportunities. HORiOWIHBNUA RtUGBY UNION. MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEETING. Mr. J. J. O’Cortnor presided at Tuesday night’s weekly- meeting of tjie Horowhenua Rugby District Council Management Committee, there being also present Messrs W. Hannan, J. Procter, W. Moynihan, B. Brann, W. N. Anderson, W. Neville, J. Sciascia. (Referees’ Association), S. Austin, M. Winiata (selector), H. Lynch, J. Casey (secretary), and J. Rimmer (treasurer). Dannevirke Sub-Union enquired as to whether August 28th would be a date suitable for their playing Horowhenua for' the Bebbington Shield. —Accepted. In the Southern Division of the Third Grade, Otaki Maori College is declared the winning team with 17 points, Kuku coming next with 15, followed by Southern United 14 and Otaki 2 points. Alter a brlliant exposition, Palmerston North High School defeated Napier High School by 20 points to 14 at Palmerston North yesterday.