FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 207, 6 September 1901, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

OPUNAKE V, TUKAPA. The Opunake Times refers thus to our report of the above match: —" The Tah&maki News, in reputing the match, makes the following statements: 'That Opunake kinkel off with a breeze at their backs; that Guy'd try was a very doubtful one, and the whis'le was blown before he had crossed the line; that as mmy as five men were hora de combat at one time.' From the foregoing inaccurate statements one would think they got their ioformation from a biissed spectator; if not, then the poor reporter must have become dementod over the result. It is to be hop <d the payers have not suffered to such an extent. As far as Guy's try was concerned, it was as fair as auy try ever scored. The aims piper also mentions rough play, but if Tuk&pa had had our forwards not a wo.d wou'd have been esid. The northerners are i.o" accustomed t) bumping agiinst men of harder and weightier stamina than themselves, and when they t'iad to out-do our boys they came off second best, and put it down to tough play. Alas f r the po>r spirit that c.nnot r-nke abi atiog 1" I", is easy to urne--sttnd that our report wouM scircely please the Opunake Times. We can ssura the Times <.ur reporter was qiite unbi <sseJ ; though possibly, under the circumstances, s eing that the remarks contiinjd some stricture i on the Opunake play «ts, th>s assurance may b i loss on the limes. <

The Taranaki r.p. team 1 ft yesterday for Wellington, whete the first match will be p'ayed tomorrow, The following is a list of the men: -Ba kt: Allen, Humphries, Mynott, Smith, Oirter, J, Hunter, Gullnghan, Fookes, Billing; forwards: O'D »vda, Glasgow, Y< ung, Bayly, Glenn, Chriitie, Dawes, Thomas, O'Sullivan.

The New South Wales Rugby represents'ives pissed through New Plymouth last night, en route for Auckland.