FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8111, 16 May 1906, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

TARANAKI fiUGBY UNION. A meeting of the management committee of the Taranaki Rugby Union was held at Stratford on Monday to enquire into alleged misbehaviour in Stratford, and in the train, on the occasion of the recent Tukapn-Stratford match. The Tukapa Club wrote that

tho members of the team were not responsible for any misbehaviour in (iin hotel or on the train. Any misconduct in the hotel was on the part of an outsider, and a member of the club had been expelled on account of what occurred on the train. The member of the Star Club implicated was present, and stated he had only been entertaining tho ulayers with a lecture on electricity, and singing songs, the others joining in the chorus. Mr Stohr said the two men cited behaved

like mudmen all the way to New Plymouth, and bad language was used. With reference to the alleged misconduct in the Stratford Hole), the licensee said he saw one man throw bread from one end of the room to the other. He had been told the offender was a member of the Tutapa team. The enquiry was ultimately adjourned to enable further information to bo obtained.

The Tukapa Club protested against Ihe Stratford-Tuknpa match on May 3rd being awarded to Stratford on the ground thut the Club played a man (Osborne) not residing in the district. No evidence was offered in support of the protest. Mr Humphries moved that the protest be referred back to the Tukapa Club for evidence; if uo evidence be forthcoming the deposit to be forfeited.

The resolution was carried. It was resolved that the Secretary inform all Clubs that protests sent in without evidence to support them will be dismissed and the deposits forfeited.

The Clifton Club, desiring to know if they could play Abbott on Thursday, were informed (hat if they were satisfied Abbott was not a member of the Inglcwood Club, and joined the Clifton Club not later than 3 p.m. on Thursday, May 3rd,'he was eligible to play for them.

Communications were received from the North Otago sub-Union and from the South Canterbury Union offering to play a match with the Taranaki touring team. A Star B player who was ordered off the field by the referee (Mr Griffiths) during the game with the Star A team, for using obscene language was suspended till the conclusion of the first round.

Sanction was granted the South Taranaki Referees' Association to apply for affiliation to the New Zealand Association.

The Star seniors, to play Stratford at Stratto"d on Thursday, arc: Ladncr, Smith, Pcie:\ L. Brown, McLean, Pycroft, Co. tucy, Rothory, Allan, Kowau, Hoskin, Ryan, Waters, Hooker, SetforcL Emergency, Brow..

Star 11. v. Stratford 11., on Racecourse ground on Thursday, at 1.15. •. G Pearce, E. Cutfield, W.Boulton. W. Low, C. Pearce, H Gibbon, W. Wliitaker, C. Harvey, A. Pearce, C. Brown, T. Hopkins, H. Avery, J. Reardou, M. McCoy, B. Weller. Star 111. (A) v. inglcwood 111., at Inglcwood on Thursday (team leaves by 12.50 train): Fineham, (J. Bridger, W. Nosworthy, B. Smith, C. Low, G. Back, D. Johnson, R. Arthur, G. Low, J. Frethey, E. Bcllringer, A. Bleasdale. Emergency, W. Harvey.

The senior championship matches in Wellington on Saturday resulted : Petouc fi, l'oaekc 3; Victoria College 27, Southern I); Melrose 8, Old Boys 5 ; Oriental 37, Wellington 0.

The senior matches at Christchurch resulted: Albio'i M, Merrivale 'J; Liuwood v. .Sydenham, draw (no score) ; Christchurch 11, Canterbury College 5 ; Raiapoi 17, Old Boys 3 The special surprise of Saturday's football in Dimcdin was the decisive win of Dunedm (S) against Southern (nil). There was no score in the first spell, but in the second half tries were obtained by Tecsdalc and Turnbull, the first of which Talon converted.

Union effected another surprise by defeating All.ambra by S to 3. University, meeting Pirates on the Carisbrook ground, scored 14 points (8 points in the first spell and <) in tin: second) to their opponents' 0. Zingaris' score consisted of two tries, while their opponents, l'orl Chalmers, obtained a goal from a mark.

Auckland district football male-lies ivere commenced on Saturday. City beat North Shore, 11 to 5 ; Ponsouby beat Panic]], 13 to 0; Keivlon beat Grafton, 9 to nil.

The junior team of the Waimatc Football Club have donated the cup won by them last season, to the school in the AVaimatc district, and 111

youngsters have entered into the cou est with all the vim of old footballers

The New Plymouth Association Fool ball Chili will open their season on Thursday next, when they meet Urunui on the Tukapa Ground, in the first round of the Julian Cup. The following will represent New Plymouth : —Frosl, Bullock, Bcid, f jester. Sauuders, Slanborough, .1. Ambury, Hartley, Sniarl, Newton, Ambury. Emergencies: Colbeclt. SouLhaui and Coalcs. Kick oIT at 3 p.-i. sharp.