FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 113, 17 May 1904, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

(BY " CENTRE-HALF.") SOUTHERN TARANAKIGAMES. Hawera seniors beat Eltham by 24 to ■">, and Waimate I. beat Okaiawa I. by 6 to 5 ; Patea seniors succumbed to Opunake, the scores being 26 points to nil. In second grade football Hawera beat Eltham by 3 to nil ; Opunake heat Patea by 8 to 3 ; Waimate boat Okaiawa by 3to nil ; Eltham beat Hawera by three to nil. Waimate 111. beat Hawera 111. by 9to nil. A Patea messago states that in the second grade match Opunake v. Patea tho play was rough, the Opunake playc-rs being tho transgressors. The referee was very weak and apparently had no idea of rough play. A protest was entered on tho ground that an Opunake member was an unqualified player. OUTSIDE MATCHES. At Greytown on Saturday the local seniors defeated Carterton by 3 points to nil. The Wairarapa Junior Cup Matches resulted as follows Mas.terton 9 points, Tuhirangi nil ; Carterton 3 points, Gladstone nil ; Greytown 11 points, Martinborough nil.

At I'almerston North Old Boys defeated Pulmerston North by 13 to 9, and Institute neat Awahuri by 6 to nil. Tho leading teams in the junior contest, Kiutoa and Feilding, played a drawn match, each side scoring a penalty goul. At Christchurch Albion (10—goal from a mark and two tries) beat Merivale (nil) ; Sydenham (23) beat Old Boys (nil) ; Linwood (9) beat Christchurch (3).

At Dunedin, Dunedin beat Alhambra, 6 to nil ; Zingari beat Southern, 3 to nil ; Kaikorai beat Union, 3 to nil ; University beat Pirates, 8 to nil.

In Wellington games Petono beat Melrose by 16 to nil ; Poneke defeated Old Boys by 17 to nil, and Oriental had beaten Athletic by 33 to nil, when the latter team retired after playing only ten ndnutes ■of the spell.

The following is the Tukapa senior team to play against Stratford on the Recreation Grounds on Thursday Fullback, R. Ridland ; threequarters, T. Smith, Dr. Fookes and J. Wood ; five-eighth, H. Mynott (captain) ; half, B. Frewin ; forwards, W. Barrett, B. Flatt, J. lialfe, S. Jenkins, W. Priar, A. K. Dyne, R. Standish, A. Loveridge, F. Sevnark.

Tukapa's first juniors to meet Stratford at Stratford are Fullback, A. Julian : tlvree-quarters, L. Hotieyfield (captain), E. Jenklnson and L. Mclsaac ; live-eighth, Brown ; half, W. McLean ; wings, S. Smith and S. Cilvncs ; forwards, W. Davidson, J. Howell, Tippins, A. Elms, W. White, F, Stanley and T. Duflin. The team leaves by the 1 p.m. train. The following will represent tha Star 111. A, team at Stratford on Thursday next —Full-buck, IlooUer ; three-quarters, Allen, Wellcr, Jullian ; five-eighth, Humphries ; half, Whitaker ; wings, Cotter, Preshaw; forwards, McKoy, Avery, Black, Coleman. Coombes, Pearce, Gray, .emergency, Scamllyn. The llugby Union meets to-night at Stratford, and will inquire into the alleged misdemeanour of the Inglewood Club in playing a man in the Tukapa-Inglewood match who did not belong to the InglewooJ district. Tukapas entered a protest. Duthie is still suffering from the oHi.-cts of a kick on the knee, and will lie unable to play for some time. There is some talk of reviving the "Diamond Jubilee" team at Omata. Bruce Anderson, a well-known Canterbury player, donned the jersey for Opunake on Saturday. There are enthusiasts in Tarnnaki football yet. Guy, of Rahotu, and Anderson, of Warea, travel every week to Opunake, and then have to journey sometimes thirty and fifty miles with the Opunako team. Rothery, who plays for the New Plymouth Stars, lives at Okato, and consistently attends matches.

Tho FiUroy Fire Brigade has challenged the New Plymouth Fire brigade to a friendly game of football, and the match will probably eventuate on Victoria Hay in the Uecreation Grounds.