FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 162, 13 July 1904, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

«a mate 111. p , ay Tlik hnd-eta championship of tiieprov .nee at Now P ly moath to-morrow, Vosloy Melted, Ricilrdson, (r. \otmg, Blair, Hurley, p^,. Will> oM y , .. Lwdoß ' Malt>M - Fariev' Willis, AtcAleei-, Commenting l>n the'Tukapa-Wai-weel., the Waiinatc Witness says :- Th!? , 'l J? lhe Kli » htcst doubt that had Tukapu had tto same opportuimies as the blues they WO uW don!/' 1 * U) ' ,' V S, ' o, ' e ™> Collie double hgures. Waimate did all the work proparatary to « «,„,, but as is usual with them, they did not grasp the chances. For fllteen soUd '""lutes the southerners pfcJZ away a t Tukapa's lino, but there was no result. Glenn is blamed for not letting tho ball out at this period, but in justice to him It must be stated that only onco or twice did Waimate get possession. The lukapas held tho ball, and Waimate pushed with all their might. Result : heap of struggling humanity, twico Waimate, having the leather with them, pushed onward, but Tukapa were ablo to successfully cope with the invading force. There is no doubt that had the backs got tho ball at this time ami at other periods when in Tukapa's territory there would have been a different showing It was, m the light of what happened, an error of generalship in not using the back division moro and thus casing tho work of the forwards. But the game is plawd and done with, and Waimate lost, so what is tho use of harping upon •what ought to have or might have been '?''

The English team that toured the colony in 1888 did not play awainst New Zealand. They played 'altogether 19 matches—l 3 won, 9 lost and 4 drawn—.scoring 82 points, and haviug 33 scored agjaWt them. They were defeated by Auckland (4-0) and Tarnnakl (1-0), and pl«ved drawn games with Auckland (1—1), Otago (no score), (3—3)' and Wanganui (1-1). The matches they won are as follows ;—Auckland (o—B and 3—o), Canterbury (14—6 4—o, 8-0), llawke's Bay (3-2)' Otago (8-3 and 4-3), Taranoki (7 -1), .WellHfejton (4-1), Wairarapa (s—l), South Island (5—3, G—o), A try counted one point, and a goal three points, when the tour of the colony was made.