FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 186, 16 August 1901, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

ARRIVAL OF NEW SOUTH WA< B3 PKAM. PBB PRESS ASSOCIATION. WbLLIHGTOK, AujUSt 15.' The Wellington ♦eim to play.New South Wales on Saturday will be: Wrigley, Slatt«ry, Meredith, Wood, Mauson, Kelly, Dodd, Adamß, Skilton, O'BrieU,. MoA.riallyy Gallagher, Watkine. The New South Wales tsm arrived by the Talune thia morning. The New South Wales team were I formally welcomed at the Council Chambers by the Hon. J. Carroll on behalf of the Ministry, and by the Mayer, on behalf of the city. J& nro Field (M.H.R.) end Campbell a'so spoke. The latter mentioned with approval that both Unions had decided that training and discipline of thG teams in future should not be inter fered with by indiscriminate banqueting. Mr. Henderson, the manager of the visitor?, in replying, said he regretted a number of the bat men were unable to make the mp, but they would 6nd the team would give a good account of themselves. Alluding to the English team that visited Australia recently, he explained that the members, being mostly students and professional men, could not get extended leave to enable them to visit. New Zealand. From what he saw of them be had no doubt that New Zealand could have easily held i's own, strong players though the Eog'i-hnaen were. Respecting the proposal to hold a conference re rules, this was approved in Australia, but it should take place in the off season.

The Marlborough representative team defeated the Buah Union tea«n at Pahiatua on Saturday last by 5 ti 3. Wellineton defeated South Canter-' bury on Tuesday by 18 to 9 . NORTH V. SOUTH MATCH. The m *tch North v. South, or an?'d to be played here yesterday, ended unexpectedly io a fiasco, the S>uth=»rn men "not pu'ting in an appearance. There was considerable disappointment amongst locil football enthusiasts when the fact b*o<me kniwn yes'erday, as the weather conditions were very favourable, and a goad game should have resulted. The explanation given was that some of the men, on reichiug El ham. heard that raiai was falling in New Plymouth, and de-l clined to proceed further. An effort i«, it is understood, to be made to hard the match played at Stratford tomorrow (Saturday). Tho Town Saturday Olub plays the Bell Block Football Club At Bell Block to-morrow, A brake will leave the Bnk of New South Waifs corner at 1.45 p.m., returning immediately after the match. Tbe following will play for the Town Club: —Full-back, Reynolds; three-quarters, Bell, Brown, Nixon ; five-eighth, Beamish; half, Morey; wings, Dewar, Shaw; forwards, Parker, Beale, Beckett, Hil', Treblieo, Burrell, Rowan. Emergencies: Back, Hill; forward, Stanford.