FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 5 June 1907, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

THE AMATEUR DECLARATION. Per Press Association. Christehureh, June 4.

At a meeting of the committee of the Canterbury Rugby Union to-night, a letter was read from the New Zealand

Union asking the committee to hold ail immediate enquiry into the matter of the players under the jurisdiction of the Canterbury Union refusing to sign the declaration as requested by the New Zealand Union. Mr D. McGreor, who previously had refused to sign the document, attended and stated that he was now . willing to sign it at any time. In reply to a question he said his reason for refusing to sign the declaration was that the Rugby Union had never doubled his amateur status before, and lie saw no reason why tliev should doubt it (his year. He wished to say nothing about the professional team, and declined to divulge anything that might have taken place. He was prepared to sign now, simply because the other players' were signing. It was agreed to forward McGregor's replies to the New Zealand Union for their consideration.

Okaiawa seniors defeated liawera seniors on Saturday by 3 lo nil. Inglewood seniors v. Slav seniors oil Thursday at New Plymouth:-—i\ Thomson, McCallum, O'Carroll,. I'oiier, do Launay. Greenway. Johnson, Taylor, llopkinsoii. Liihno. Knoliioek, Kinsella, | Wells, Thomas, Olsni, Uirketl.

The following will represent Tukapa seniors against Klthnm at Eltham on Thursday: Full-back, Iloneylield; threequarters, Hooker .Jlardgraves, McLean; five-eight, Mynotl; half, l'rewiu; wing forwards. Perry and Frcwin; forwards, •lull, Johnston, Steele. Storey, Seamark, : Crowley and Ward. Team will leave by the 7.40 train. An inter-union match, Canterbury v. Combined Country, was played at Christchurch on Saturday, and was won by Canterbury, whose backs showed better combination, by l(> points (two goals form tries and t-wo tries) to nine (a penalty goal and two tries). The result of the Dnnedin matches on Saturday were:— Dunediu beat AlliamImi by 8 to 3; Southern beat Union by (5 to nil: Pirates beat Taieri by 11 to 5; Ivaikorai beat Port by 8 lo 5; Xingari beat University by Hi to i>. Saturday's Auckland senior matches resulted:—Parnell 24 v. Newton 0; City 19, North Shore U; Ponsonby 50. Grafton 0.

THE ASSOCIATION GAME. The following team has been selected to represent the New Plymouth Club against Inglewood. at Inglewood, on Thursday: Goal. Byrnic; full-backs, Coates and Woolley; half-backs. Hartley. Colbeck. and Kaye: forwards, Clarke. Elliott. Smart (capiain). New foil and Curric. Emergency: Lister.