FOOTBALL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 9, 28 August 1914, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

CANTERBURY V. WAIRARAPA. . £Ph» Pbebs Assocuatioh.) 1 ■ Master-ton,. .August 27. The representative match Canterbury v. Waira'rapa was played- hero to-day in fine weather, and resulted in a win for Canterbury by 22 pointy to nil. j SOUTH CANTERBURY V. NORTH OTAGO. Timaru, August 27. South Canterbury defeated North Otago by 23 points to 6. RANFURLY SHIELD MATCH. TARANAKI (6) V. SOUTHLAND (0) At New Plymouth yesterday afternoon the Taranaki team for the fifth time this season played in defence of the Ranfurly Shield, beating Southland by six points to nil. The South, erners’ team had been badly cut about by the war, ten of the fifteen originally chosen to play having volunteered for the front. However, in the forwards they made an excellent showing, the whole of the van guar a being hard workers. The homo team gave a very ragged performance, and in the second spell quite a lot of chances to score were missed. Don Cameron donned the jersey for the province once again and gave a good account of himself. The home forwards were not up to the usual mark.

Taranaki’s first score was registered well towards the end of the first spell, Roberts scoring after some nice side-stepping, following on an opening by Brown. The home team’s second score was a try by Don Cameron well on in the second spell. The ball went from Roberts, to Stohr, to Cameron, who streaked for the line and scored after side-stepping the opposing full-back. Mr George Nicholson, of Auckland, controlled the game. At New Plymouth yesterday the local High School defeated the Palmerston High School by 33 to 5.

THE ASSOCIATION CAME. [Pku PnuM Association.] Wellington, August 27

At a meeting of the New Zealand Football Association Council to-night, it was decided to disqualify for life and warn off all grounds under the Association’s jurisdiction A. F. Newbold, for refusing to give up the hooka of the Wellington Referees’ Association.

It was decided to postpone for a year consideration of the proposal to get a French team to tour Australia and New Zealand. The Bay of Plenty Union has notified the Taranaki Union that it will be unable to fulfil its engagement in Taranaki next week.