FOOTBALL.

Taihape Daily Times, 19 August 1918, Page 4

FOOTBALL.

The annual inter-provincial Rugby Union match between Wellington and .Auckland was played in the northern city on Saturday, and *.ttractocl an attendance of about 10,000. The game was fast .ml f ail of interest «.a 1 itself was worthy of the old traditions of the contests between the two provinces. Fairly e/cily matched the two teams gave a splendid display of the good old game, the play at times being brilliant. The game ended m favour of the team from the capital city by 18 to 14. Eefereeing in football matches in Australia is a dangerous occupation. A referee, who proceeded against two players for assault after a match iu Sydney recently gaid hvhenf he was taken to St. Vincent hs Hospital for treatment it was found that his teeth were loosened, his nose was broken and his eyes were bunged and blackened. One of the defendants was fined £lO, with the option of three months’goal, and the other was fined £5, in default one month’s imprisonment.

.... 4 A match was played, on the local Domain on Saturday afternoop JJffl* tween Maori and Pakeha teams, tho latter winning by 6 to 3. The same was remarkable, not so much for its. brilliance, as for the disclosure of what, a lot of referees Taihaep has on the side lines. The match played at Wanganui on Saturday between representative teams from Wanganui and Manawatu. resulted in a victory fd^Wanganui by 17 to 6. ;•* ' A * Y