FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 195, 31 August 1903, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

HAWKK'3 BAY V. \iTAGO. PJBE PBEBS ASSOCIATION. Dunedih, August 29. The football mxtch Hawke's Bay v. Otapo waa played under unfavourable ■onditioos. Slest, snow, and hail fell it 2 o'clock, [»ad theru was another fall f ter play started. This, with the raio f the previous night, made the ground •eavy. Hawke's Bay played agiinst uhe wind in the first half and held their own very well, tut they tirad in the second half, and the local teim had a good deal the best of the play. Otago scored a try in each spall, and an jthe visitors failed to cross the line j Otago won by 6 points to nil.

WtttiOOME HOM.? TO HiT.V ZEALAND TEAM. Wellington, Augu t 29. The mambe>-e of the New Zealand footoall team, just returned from Aus tratta received ah official webonv home at Parliament Buildings thimorning, the Premier presiding, and other Ministers being present.

Mr D. D. Weir has been appointed referee for the Auckland - Taranak match, whioh is to be played on Tuesday at the Recreation Grounds. Mr Arndt has been presented by th<Taranaki Rep. team with a silver match box and cigar holder, to mark their appreciation of his ssrvices as touring manager, The Stratford Post s*ys:—We have heard a rumour that the Taranaki reps, proposo forwarding a " Round Robin " to the Rugby Union in favour of retaining the services of Mr 0. H. Arndt as manager of any future touring team. It must be pleasing indeed for the Management Committee to find their choice is so popular, and also to be able to chronicle the fact that the touring of twenty men for a fortnight cost only about £l3O, Writing of the big match of tbe tour, Australia v. New Zealand, the Wellington Post's with the New Zealand team says:—Opinions were divided as to the choice of Kiernan and Humphries, more especially as the Taranaki man had been officially informed when up North that he would be played in the big match, and was therefore spelled in Brisbane. His l non-inclusion caused a little soreness, but the day being fine undoubtedly the I better man was selected.