FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 18 June 1907, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

<.IIU)L\\; THEIIt LOINS FOR THE I'IUY WITH N.Z. Received lsth, 1,0 a,m, ~ . . Sydney, June 17It 13 intended to keep the Rugby team chosen for Queensland together wliMi tliey return until after the second match with New ;/, al . ulll . T|lL , telm will probably be located at some seabide res&ri.

OTAGO ENQUIRY. Per Press Association. Dunedin, dune 17. At a meeting of the Otago Rugby ,1-outball 1 nion to-night, reference Ywts ;made to the accident in (he UniversitvAlhainlna football match on June *B, j w hen Adams was scribusly injured as !a result of being tackled by Given, j captain of the Alliatnbra team. The rej/eree was perfectly satisfied there w.is no unfair or unnecessary rough p' ; .v a <j<iiven'» part, in view of this"it was d>cided to proceed no further with Tin- in.ijuiry, and (liven was eonniletelv exonerated.

THURSDAY'S GAMES. SEN 101',. Ingle wood I. v. Clifton, at Inglewood 1 (Mr. Aiurtin). Klthiim I. v. Stratford, at Elthain (.Mr. Spurdle). Star v. Tukapa, at New Plymouth (Mr. I'roetor). SECOND GRADE.

| Inglewood v. Clifton, at Waitara (.AllJulian).

Elthain v. Stratford at Stratford (llr Hopkins). Star v. Tukapa (Mr. Griffiths).

THIRD GRADE. Star v. Clifton, at New Plymouth (Mr, Roch). Tukapa v. Stratford, at Neiv Plymouth (Mr. Way). SOUTHERN DIVISION. PATEA I. v. WAIMATE I. | Patea beat W aim-ate by 8 points to 5. [The game was principally a forward one, Patea having the best of the first spell, when Nicholas scored two tries, Bourkc converting one. In the second spell Waimate held an advantage all through, the last quarter of an hour having Patea penned up. Major Burke scored, Franklin converting. Patea 8 Waimate 5 OPUNAKE I. v. lIAWERA I.

| Opunake senior team forfeited to 11a. i weru.

KAPONGA I. v. OKAIAWA I. Those teams met at Victoria Park on Saturday. The weather (our Kaponga corespondent says) was very bleak, rain falling most of the day. Mr P. Skoglund had charge of the game, which was very uninteresting throughout. The maroons received another defeat, they playing several substitutes. The final score was:—

Okaiawa 13 Kaponga 3 WAIMATE 11. i'. PATEA 11. This match went to Waimate by default. Patea fofcited. KAPONGA 11. v. OKAIAWA 11. The game, played at Okaiawa, ended in a draw, 3 points each. HAWERA 11. v. OPUNAKE 11. Opunake won by (i to 3. Vincent scored a try and Deegan kicked a penalty goal for Opunake; Morrison taking a pass from Robertson scored a try. WAIMATE 111. v. KAPONGA 111. Resulted in a draw, 3 points each, both sides scoring a try. PATEA 111. v. lIAWERA 111. Patea and Hawera second junior teams met at Hawera in miserable weather on Saturday, llawera played only eleven men in the first spell and twelve in the second. The game was pretty evenly contested, Hawera, though short-handed, putting up a very good struggle. Patea won by 6 points to 3. Patea's score comprised a penalty goal kicked by Purton and a try. For Hawera llawkins kicked a penalty goal. Mr. N. A'Couri. refereed. Patea 0 Hawera 3

Writes our Onunaku correspondent:—

The first nvitehes under the home union wove pl.iyed on Wednesday, when Opuuake Stars defeated Oaoimi by 11 points to 7, and Pihama "walked over" Te Kiri to the tune of 22 points to nil. The Opunake seniors started for ]]»• wera on Saturday with eight men. Failing to pick up the requisite munh". along the road, the eight returned and forfeited to Hawera. The travelling is a great drawback to Opunake, and unless we gut our railway the districts will have to he subdivided.

(Jpunake juniors got their first wi<, on Saturday, when they defeated Hawcra juniors by 6 points to 3. Neither team had its full strength, Opuuake b»;ing assisted by three seniors, whilst 11a* wera were assisted by two Waimate players. The game *as very fast and interesting, though the sloppy state of the ground greatly militated against the fast Hawera backs. In the first spell Vincent scored a try for Opunake, as the result of a fin« opening made by Hill, and Deegan dropped a penalty goal In the second spell condition told and Hawera had the bette./ of the game, and after a fine run by Robertson, Morrison scored a try. Bet is made &n *lfkieur refeiei.

The following team will represent Tukapa 11. against Star 11. on Thursday: Webster, Stohr, Standring, Douglass, Brown, George, Glynes, McGiven, Jones, Finn, McAllum, Morris, Sturmey, Perry, C. Coker. Star 11. will be represented | bv: C. Bellringer. L. Clow, W. Walter:!, F. Rneli. W. Whitakcr, B. Weller, A. l'earoe, L. Brown, 11. Avery, C. Brown, M. McCoy. F. Kennedy, T. Hopkins, C. I Pearce, G, l.ow.

The following will vepiv-ent Tuk;)|ia seniors against Star on Thursday; Full back. Ifone.vfield; three-<|uarter. McLean, IlaTdgraves, Hooker; five-eighths. Mynott; half. Atkins; wing forward, 11 eorge Perry; forwards. .lull. Johnston, Steele. Crowley, Storey, Ward, Walsh. Among the minors going round about the professional team is (remarks a Wellington seribe) that George Stephenj i-cn. ol er.-twhile Otngo representative I fame, would manage the combination on jiis English torn-, It is also stated that jone of tli- principals' concerned in the j movement has oH'crcd his services to jStanford University (America) as Rugby | coach, for a consideration of £51)0 it I yea r.

After a deal of consideration, llarrv Port eons, the well-known Olago representative forward, has (says a Dunedin writer) decided to retire from the game. ll' l !ns a record of thirty-two representative games. Vorteous was a member of the Xew Zealand team of IDfKI, and playled twice for South Island.

.Mr. J. 11. Smith, an ex-president of the Northern Union, informed an English contemporary that "Cablegrams have passed between the promoter* and the responsible officials of the Northern Union, and provided satisfactory assurances can be given as regards the playing strength of the visitors, there is little doubt that the negotiations now in progress will be brought to a successful issue. 11l this case all preliminary arrangements on this side will be undertaken by llio general ei.mmitti'e. \vln> will be responsible for the sum reijuireil to be guaranteed, and will in turn exact guarantees from the individual clubs, etc.. who di'-ire a match with tic Xew (Zealand team."

A mi'inlicr of a Wellington football team coming up to Palnierston North bv the lite train from Wellington last v.ck end spent a little more time than it was safe to do at '>i ;iki, and when he ru-heii ou to the ulan'onii it was lo find tiie train iu moiion. liis attempt to board it while leaving was frustrated bv a railway ollicial. This would be about 7 p.m., and the detached member

,11 the football team decided to join his companions for Sunday :it. all costs. Xo other means of travelling availahX he resolved to pad the hoof and set out jout a lonic and wearisome all |(ramp over the -It milfs whieli lay boiiween Jiim and his ;roal—not. a football |one. Iking undesivons of further adding l„ ],is troubles by rreflmcr bu-iied, lie sinelc tn the railway trre-k. A dnne !'o<r '•ante down, and as there were a number .»f open railway bridges to his nnderl ukm# was a somewhat perilous one, and it wns impossible, so dense was the *tmnß|>lifr«» t»» see one's extended h">l. The tedious juid unpleasant all ?<>uvs attitude hnd to be adopted in cV-■ -i'lT ffie streams. The benighted traveller evnituHl" reached TV.hnerston ftf 7 oVlnfk nn S:-!" lav morion/?. having taken, just 12' hours In 'doing Hs long : tmmfiand crawl over U miles under peculiarly adverse conditions.