FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7844, 9 June 1905, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

THURSDAY'S FIRST GRADE. Considerable .interest was taken in, Uio mooting of Star and Stratford at( Stratford. A well contested game resulted. At. half-time Stratford led by 8 points to 3, tout Stars showing good form, surprised .t hcir supporters by making up the deficiency, the match ending in a tuipw, with ft points each. Star's score included » tries, by Murphy and Abbott respectively, the latter converting. Inglewood wera to have ' played Clifton at Waiitara, but forfeited thu match.. SECOND GRADE. Tukapa and Stratford teams met, on the Recreation Ground, the latter prevailing by 5 points to nil. The match set down for decision at lndlewood was that ot Clifton v., logjluwood. Ingilcwood was unable to got a team together, and throe senior players had to bo pressed into! service. A scratch match was played' resulting in a ,win for the local team by 4 points. The mat'.'h, however,, goes to Clifton - oa a forfeit. THIRD GRABE. Tukupa v. Inglewoodl, at Inglewood —Tukapa, playing three men short,, Secured« win by 5 points to nil. Star A. y. Stratford :—The Stratford team, ploying well on their own ground, defeated a weak visiting team by 11 points to 3. 'A FOOTBALLER SUSPENDED. (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Juno 8. The Wellington' Rugby Union last night suspended a footballer for Uvo years for using particularly bad hin« guage at n fooJboJl A proposal to impose a, life sentence watt lost by one vote. The re/ere* in thin match stated he had been kicked and sworn at by the spectators along th» line. One "person was warned off the grounds controlled by the .Union for three years. THE NEW ZEALAND HEPS. (Per Press Association.) AfCKLAND, June 8. The action of the New Zealand Uughy Union in selecting u coach to ucconipnny the New Zealand team to/England instead of another man ns twenty-sixth player, has not been nt all favourably received in Auckland* Tbo Auckland Rugby Union, through its management committee, carried a resolution as follows : "Thut the management committee of tho Auckland Uugjby Union has heard with deep regret that the New Zealand Mugey Union has decided to send u couch with the New Zealand football team to Great llritain. This committee is emphatically of opinion that such a step is totally unnecessary, and docs not warrant the cxponditiHX involved. In its opinion tho experienced players composinu the team are unite capable of couching tlieuisjives ; further, it conskiers the extra cost woUUI lie beitor expended in sending anotherplayit,"