FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 3 July 1907, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

The following will represent Star 111. «g»iost Clifton HI, at Wailara, at 2 |i.ni. oil Thursday: Fiucham, Clarke, Hayly, llaek, Stockman, Whitaker. McUavitt, lioml, Steele, Woods, Jiull, l*euivardcii, Atua, Lealandy Richards (2). J ukapa 111. will l>e represented :igaiust Stratford 111. at Western I'ark It I.:W p.in. by: Bruce, \V. lioebuck, IJarllett, Sinclair, Smith, liullot (2), Maekic, Evetts, Woods, Walsh, Uarl. Mliott, ilriiivuu, llall; emergencies, Smart, Fiucliam. The following team will represent Tukiipa 11. against Clifton II. : Bullot, itcbster, Morey, Stolir, Douglass, (jeorge, .i lyases, Jlc(!ivcn. Jones, Kinn, 11cAlliim, Jlorris, Sturiuey, Morris, C. Joker. Our Warea correspondent writes: 'Die V\arca v. Pungarcliu football match was played ou Saturday in fair weather. There was a large crowd of spectators iresent. The game was a verv good one, I'uiigarehu having the best of the game, kicked a line goal from a free kick. Shortly alter the game started Pimgareliu scored a try, and converted. The ;ame ended: I'uiigarehu, 5; Warea, 3. Mr I' red. biniiie relcreed, and gave general -atist'action. Alter the match the visi--I,ors wre entertained at tea, and later hi a short concert was held, songs bein" ■olitribiited by lleke Martin, T. E. Lark" ng, .1. Keats. I!. Warlmrlon, kealhorby luetl, Julian, recitation. ''Touchline," in the Wellington Free L.tiice: f hear that passages have been 'nuked to England for the professional 'All Black" team. A number of cabins ia\c been reserved, but the names are iol yet available/' Tim O'Connor, a member of the 1881 Vew Zealand team, in an interview in Auckland, says: "Of course the game has imptoved a lot. Bui theve is one point nliicli has been lost sigbl of—dribbling. When aou think of it, if is apparent ';h"t tl"« i„ p..in» with tlie loot IS greater than nili, the hand. In Mir one case flic ball can he propelled lonvard. and in the other it has to be -cm behind." An Aueki;ilid writer savs that Booth*ii' lusjon in the Sew Zealand team owin« lo Dive beini: unable to make the trip is •.inclusive evidence. tliat it was not !Jo,, W S '"ith'.s ]ii;iy that kept him ou? d tin- (eam. 1 ijiicenshuul, it will be remembered, '■• cat \'rw South Wales in the first match uid the hitler turned the tables oil them i'> the After the first contest lilt' writer in Uu. Sydney Ibd'eree wrote: "<>n the Turin shown in the inter-State match. noil her < ineeiisland nor Kew Soulh Wales eaii expect to e<pial Xew Zealand unle-s cuiiyhlerable improvement he shown. The Queenfilanders are a «;no<l side, but to breast "New Zealand they will require more weight v men in tin. l vanjiiiiivd. .nul one or two more in--ide hacks with stronger individuality. Queensland ntay Ijc able to discover the lew men wiih jhe requisite lalenl. I'oi I In- country week up north has yet to he played. \rw South Wales possess I he men necessary lo strengthen the sid-. in (tiie ur two wealc spots, and possildv by the time th<" \ew Zealanders rea'd, Aiislralia Ihe Irani will be at their best l*i'S|.ili_' i | le icsnlt of the Queensland match, one is hopeful that by the tiim I'> mrol the Maorilander* arrives tin TJ<>hf Mines will have a side as some as that which nlayed a draw with tie ".Ml Slacks.'' The rombined tenm of th. two Stales >houhl be preffv good. Tli. forwards of Queensland just now av l playiim better all-round football than jo some lew voars. They arc playing mori solidly in the scrummages. koo]>nijr u| their pace in the and their taeki lug is gooiL i