FOOTBALL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 6, 7 May 1915, Page 7

FOOTBALL.

TARANAKI RUGBY UNION.

I A meeting of the Management Committee of the Taranaki Rugby Union Las held at Stratford last evening, when | there were present:—-Messrs McLeod (to the chair), Masters, Fearon, Nalder, Ryan, Lees, Buchanan, Hansen, and Skoglund. Eltham was granted permission to play first and second junior teams without a senior team, and a similar concession was made to Okaiawa. The Union accepted with thanks a donation of £l2 from the Wuitara Club towards the ifiiion funds. It was resolved to send a team to play Wanganui on June 3, provided a team was available. A sub-committee consisting of the chairman and Mr Masters, was appointed to wait on the Teachers' Institute, with a view to altering the conditions of the Bayly scholarship, and the Wanganui Education Board :s to be notified of the action being taken. It was decided that the season be opened on Thursday, May 20, for juniors (north) and Saturday, May 22, for all grades in the south. Selectors were appointed:—North division, Messrs Mynott,McLeod and Buchanan ; South, J. McLeod, B. Fearon, and E. Nalder; representative team selectors, Messrs Mynott, C. Crowley, and D. Malone. Mr W. J. Crombie was appointed delegate to the N.Z.R.U. Messrs McLeod, E. Nalder and the honorary secretary were appointed an executive.

THE FIXTUREB. The following are the first round fixtures in the Northern division:— SENIORS. May '22.—Tukapa v. Clifton, at Waitara; Okato v. Star, at New Plymouth; Inglewood v. Stratford, at Ingle wood. May 29.—Tukapa v. Inglewood, at New Plymouth ; Star v. Stratford, at Stratford; Clifton v. Okato, at Okato. Juno s.—Tukapa v. Okato. at Okato; Clifton v. Stratford, at Waitara ; Star v. Inglewood, at New Plymouth,

June 12.—Tukapa v. Stratford, pt Stratford; Clifton v. Star, at New Plymouth; Inglewood v, Okato, at Inglewood. June 19.—Tukapa v. Star (Tukapa match); Clifton v. Inglewood, at Waitara ; Okato v. Stratford, at New Plymouth. FIRST JUNIORS. May 20.-Tukapa v. Kit ham, at New Plymouth; Star v. Clifton, ;tt Waitara; Inglewood v. Stratford, at Stratford; High School a bye. May 27.—Tukapa v. Clifton, at Waitara; Star v. High School, at New Plymouth (Star match;; Stratford v. Eltham, at Eltham ; Inglewood a bye. June B.—Tukapa v. Star (Star match); Clifton v. Eltham, at Eltham ; High School v. Inglewood, at Ingle.vood ; Stratford a bye. June 10.—Tukapa v. Stratford, at Stratford; Clifton v. Inglewood, at Waitara; High School v. Eltham, at New Plymouth ; Star a bye.

June 24.—Clifton v. "High School, at Xow Plymouth (High School); Star v. Stratford, at New Plymouth ; Eltham v. Inglewood, at Inglewood; Tukapa a bye •

J„ly I.—Tukapa v. High School (Tukapi match) ; Clifton v. Stratford, at Waitara ; inglewood v. Star, at New Plymouth; Eltham a bye. SECOND JUNIORS. May 20.—Eltham v. New Plymouth, it Eltham; Stratford v. Stratford High School, at Stratford, at 1.30; (Inglewood v. Clifton, at Inglewood.

May 27.—Eltham v. Clifton, at Waitara, at 1.30; Stratford v.» Inglewood, at Inglewood; Stratford High School v. New Plymouth, at New Plymouth.

June 3.—Eltham v. Stratford, at Stratford; Inglewood v. New Plymouth, at New Plymouth ; Clifton v. Stratford High School, at Waitara.