FOOTBALL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3529, 16 July 1920, Page 4

FOOTBALL.

REPRESENTATIVE MATCH.

RUAPEHU V. TAIHAI:§.

Thé first I‘epl'e.~w3n?a::i\'e match of the season will be played in th .‘J,'«‘.g. creation Grounds at_.Taiha.pg; row afternoon, \\'hc;~_' Ruapeii will meet a team I'epx*esentative of Taihape. The visiting team is a very strong one, and the game should be a, very imerezfng one for the spectators. _ There is every indication that the weather m‘?‘. be fine, and the ground will be wen’ consolidated by I‘olilng_ In order to keep the ground in as goo-I‘. (.'olld§Lioll as possible, ‘the cul'tain—raism' between Pirate Juniors and Uiiku has been abandoned, and the big match will start at 2.45. FOl4 lowing are the teams:— . RUAPEHU: ~ ' Full»'s'a'c7i: . Peacock. T-hree-quartelrsz . Baddley, Bird, Keepa. Five-eighths: . , Heslop, N-on-ie. " Hair‘: .\lcDcWell. ‘ Forwards: ‘Abrahall, .Tohlls.‘.on, Rewhia, Valen-s tine, Lilley, ‘Tansey, Erin, Scan-ow. Elnei'gem:i.°s: Backs—Mon-is. Fostex, Murphy, Belderback. For“-ar<?s——Lynch, Hammond. Toome;-s‘, Conway. _ TAIHAPE: ‘ Full-‘mack: Bennett. T'hl'€e-Q‘Jl’:7‘l.'(3l'Sl R. Qollier, Cowz‘-9, Drsckery. Five-eig»b‘.,hs: ‘ Onglesz M‘c7iuliffe. Half: Rose. 7

Forwards

J. Sinclair. SuTliva:l, J. Collier (lockl,

‘W. Batley, Tlzlaee. Lysnar. C. Murphy. Emergencies:

Fol*W:n-ds —— O'Connell, Whake, McLaughlan. Backs - R. Healey, R". Mahev. ‘ Any player in the Taihape teall§= Who is unable to -take the field is requested to let Mr Kelsall know this evening. The football Inaich played yesterday afternoon bez‘vv.—~,en Agents and‘ Petrol resulted in 2. win ror me latger by 8 points to nil. E. Sinclair scored two tries, one of whicff was convert-~ ed. The game was a delightful mud‘ scramble, and was much enjoyed by those who braved the inclement. weath‘el' to be pl'e.<.er.'t. The Agents arefar from satisfied wifh the result, and a challenge for 9. zeturn match is to be issued. '

The interprovincial match between \Vanganui and .HaW‘:ze"s Bay will be played 2:? Wanganui ta--morrow.