FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 169, 21 July 1904, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

ENGLISHMEN IN QUEENSLAND. (Pur Press Association.) (Received July 21, 1.1 a.m.) BRISBANE, July.2o. The llrltish team, playing at Too* wooiuba against the Western Districts representatives, won l>y 12 points to 3. MANAWATU v. HUSH UNION. PALMEIISTON N., July 20. The Hanawutu football representatives boat the Dannevirke representatives to-day by 20 points to nil. TARANAIvI v. WANGANUI. This match, played at llawera yesterday, resulted in a win for Taranuki by 14 points to ■'!. THE ENGLISH TEAM. Mr R. 11. Kivell, of Stratford, will referee in the matuh to-day between Tukapa 11. and Waimate 11. The match will be played on the raceUourse.

The following team will represent Tukapa 111. at Mannia on Saturday in the siecond play-oft game against Waimate 111. Full, Faulder ; threequarters, Allen, Hooker, ; liveeighth, Finn ; half, L. Bullot (captain) ; wings Shipton, Edwards ; forwards, Johnson, Tippins, Allen, Autridgu, Mace, Setford, Youngman. Tho Uunortin Evening Star's Sydney correspondent writes Concerning the individual nspoct of this team, I think there will lie general agreement among New Zealanderk that they have provided better forwards, elthough Hodell-Sivright and Harding are rattling good playors. Of the others, Duhson (England , lievan (Wales) and Edwards (Ireland), all live being internationals, are the best. Tiie opinion hero is that Harding, who is an English international, is the best of the bunch. Rush, as an aLtai,ker (as a defender he continues lo be simply depressing), and Uabe are the most dangerous of tth backs, because they have resource ami initiative, Rush, too, is dangerous as a potior. Llewellyn has done nothing yet to justify the English criticism that he is "one of the most famous scoring three-quarters in the history of the game." The little Welshman, as well as his fellowcountryman Morgan, who lias the reputation of being "at the present moment the most dangerous throe-quar-ter living," must necessarily be great try-getters, because they represent the scoring end of a fine system. They are very fust, and take the ball with remarkuble accuracy when under way, but they have not yet Bhown the resource, dash, and all-round starry qualities of tho most famous of New Zealand's three-quarters. As defenders, compared with some of the brilliant men of New Zealand football, they suller by comparison. As I have pointed out before, their avoirdupois ig against them. Tho dignified stranger Leathes is a lino kick when lio has plenty of time, but for grace and general effectiveness the Australian will not havo him mentioned in the same breath with Wallace ns a full-back. As kickers the backs as a whole fall a long way short of New Zealand's best. Scarcely, if ever, do tho forwards kick. None of those long ground-gainers of "Long Mac" come from them. In tho matter of placc-klcking they are good, O'Brien, who takes the straight ones, seldom misses.

How do the team play tho rules ? —an important question that will be asked on your side of tho Tasman Sea. The answer is : In a way that will get them penalised to a much greater extent than is the ease lure, and not always according to t.ocker. With the keener and stricter referee of Maorilund tho Britishers will lie brought up, while here they are allowed to go on. The breaches they commit affect the play considerably it they escape detection. If committed in a gome in New Zealand, the offender would he brought up with a round turn ; but in all tile matches, played here the retoreeimg has been lax. An old New Zealand official, whoi has held the whistle in Welllngsaw the gamo und dotted down a few of tho breaches that escaped the notice of tho referee. They were :—Proventing u player with, the ball in his possession from being collared, by deliberately shepherding tho intending luckier ; u'Jun a .scrum formed, pulling u man olf-sido and uppealiug; the bull seldom is ever put fairly into the scrummage, usually right up against their own forwards' feet ; collaring on tho line out; ball frequently sent back into the strum to savo tho lmli-back being collared ; tintime wasted by the Britishers, when given a free kick or mark, before they play tho ball. Tho Britishers, too, it is pointed out, are not always particular as to tho spot where the scrum is held ; but they invariably pelect a place which is to their own udvuntage. An old New Zealauder, who lias always taken a great interest in the football of his own country is of opinion that a fast and puweriul' w'ing" player will "play tho very douco" wlUi the British backs. The British hulf-back puts the ball in the scrum, and then either takes it when it is kicked out at the side or dirts" bohind to receive it. With a quiet looted, alert wing'player this game, as Boyle-itocho would have observed, will bo "nipped in tho bud before it is on tho wing."