FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 20 May 1907, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

I'ATEA v. OI'UNAIvE. (Special to News.) Mallaia, May 18. i'atea seniors defeated Opunakc by 12 points (4 tries) at Maiiaia on Saturday. TARANAKI RUGBY UNION AND ■ EMPIRE DAY. ''Football Enthusiast" writes to the Editor as follows: "The unpatriotic action of the Union in ignoring Empire (lav. and insisting on Thursday, the 23rd iiirft.. for playing the Cup tixtures, has caused general dissatisfaction throughout the district, especially ill the Northern Division. The simps in New Plymouth v. i'l be closed oil Friday, the 24th, and it will be impossible for players to get away from their situations on Thursday, .is it would greatly interfere with Imaiii"ss. Then on the other hand, the public will be left unprovided for on Friday. It is the public who keep football going financially, so they ought to be considered lirst iu the matter. Hoping that wi-ipr counsels will prevail and that your paper will do its best to have this remedied, and Empire Day will be decided ■ for this week's matches, instead of Thursday. Thanking you for your ever generous support of football," lln connection with this matter, we entirely agree with our correspondent, and would recommend the secretaries of clubs in this division to take united*ae- '" regarding the matter to-(Jay, and approach the Union without delay.—Ed. News.]

l''or next Thursday's Cup matches, the Inilnwing Ellhnm teams have been picked.:—Kltham I. v. Star I. (New Ply. ni'Ht(h), at Mtlmm: Moii', Lewis, Dive, I. (ili'utwovdi, Morse, Brown, McCracken, I'utts, Mi'Xalt, Were, Wilson, May, Smith, liurke, McDonald. Eltham 11. v. Star 11., at New Plymouth: C. Glentworth, Johnston, W. Glentworth, Harkli'.'ss, Thompson, Cooper, Reeves, Hansen, ' Uelliev, Maslin, Lloyd, Vincent, Newlove, (iodkin. Emergency, Marx. Eltlmrn 111. v. Clifton nr., at Waitara: Barrow, Colson, C. Davis, Clegg, Jas. Reardon, Ing]umi, McSwecncy, N. Reardon, Peacock, Chirry, Maunder, Scown, McCarthy, Marx, Jno. Reardon. Emergencies, Fake (2). At Tarata on Friday the "Old Buffers" and the younger men of the ditrict tried conclusions at The sides wore very evenly matched, and the game ended without score.