FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 146, 17 July 1901, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

T iFANAKI RUGBY UNION. A meeting of tbe Management Committee was held at the Couutj Hot* 1, Stratford, on Monday night. Present: Meters Kivell (Stratford), Buchanan (Waitsra), Adamson (Hawera), Nuttall (Eltbam), Uellringer (New Plymouth), and Tatton (secretary). In the abeeuct of the Piesident, Mr, Kivell Was vottd to the chair, The protest Tukapa 111 v Star 111 was dismissed, and tbe protest fee waR forfeited, Tne Eltbam-Ka-ipong* Junior match to be [played again at the end of the season, on a dat'i to be fixed. Hawtra B Juniors pro'ested against E tham Juniors playing senior men. After taking'the evidbnea of Messrs Winks and IJol J o ole, tV.e defei n d consideration of tbe protest until next meeting. The protest Eltbam v. Waim»te wai alsj held over till m xt m<etir>g. The protest Okaiawa v. Opunake was dismissed, but the protest fee wasrefunded, The piotest Stratford 11. v. Tukapa 11. was held over till next meeting to allow Tukapa Club to be notified. A letter was received from the New Zealand Rugby Union requesting the Taranaki Union to tomina'e players for the New Zealand team. The matter was left to the Selection Committee to deal with, With reference tj the Tarunaki and Wanganui (combined) v. New South Wales match, it was resolved that the N«w Zealand Rugby Union bi requested to arrange a mutch with Taranaki alone, a» this Union does not feel disposed to combine with an outside Onion

E, O'Carroll was granted a transfer from Stratford to the Star Club. All app'ications for reinstatements were refused, and no more reinst ite ■ meuts will be made this year. It was resolved that theSiturd y Half-Holiday Club (New Plymouth) be informed that this Un'on regrets that it is unable to allow Union members to play with an unaffiliated Uam. The Marlboiough Union wr.ite asking what t,<*rms would bi grunted for a match in Tiiranaki. Tho m cretary was instructed to wri'.e ofieri. gSO p(r c nt. of the gross takings, The Auckland-Taranaki rnitsh will be ployed at New Plymouth on Thursday, Sep'ember 19th. The dates of all other representative matches were loft to the Executive Committee. The Second Juniors will play on' more round after tbe present round is completed, playing every we> k. Inglewood 111. will play Stratford 111. at the end of the se son. Two matches will be played on the Recreation Grounds to-morrow—.the Star I. v. Inglewood 1., and Sstar 11. v. Stratford 11. As th-'s wi 1 be the first i senior match of the second round, and as all four teams are well up in the sco'ing for their respective class's the gamrs should prove of considerable interest, and draw a large crowd rf specta'orf. The following will ri-presant Tuk p* Seniors against Stratford Seniors tomorrow at Stratford: Full, R Ridland ; th>ee quarters, W. Foe kes, E F. Fookes, T. Smith ; five-eighth, H. Mynett; half, J. Jenkinson ; » ing S) A. Bullot H. DeLiunay; forwa ds, A. LovtriJge, W. Priar, W. Davidson, R Greenback, F. Seamark, S. Diwes, B. O'Djwda. Emergency : B. Flatt, The following will npresent Star 11. in their ma'ch agaicst Stralfurd If. to be played in the Recreation Grounds to-morrow: -W. Ricbaids, H. Bearuish, K. Ge'.rge, S. Brown, V. W. Kock, J. Wigginp, W. Howell, J. Jury, Hutcheson, W. Potts, B. Feek, A. Clark, J. Bailey, J. Eva, The following is the Tukapa 111. team to play Stratt'. rd at Stratford to-morrow:-Full-back, E. Snowball; three-quarters, W. Burdett, S. Bimason, W. Morrison; five-eightb, B. Bullott; halves, E. Oennell, B. Frewin, H. Bullott; forwards, J. Gilpin, J. Howell, T. A. Oar'e'-, S, Sydnay, F. Oleman, Q, Rafter,