FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 8 July 1907, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

1 J -- JFIXTCJRES FOR AUSTRALIAN TOUR -• July 13, v. New South Wales at SvtJncv - , y v - lW Woull ' Wales at Sydney ■ lily 20, V. Australia at Sydney. • » y 24, v. (Queensland at llr'ishauc. ■lnly 27, v. Queensland at Brisbane August 3, v. Australiaat Brisbane August 1(1, v. Australia at Sydney. NEW SOUTH WALES v . QI'RFVS LAND. Received 7th, 4.r,2 p.m. '<• Brisbane, July 7 n New South Wales defeated (j|,eei',,land by s JX jio ln ts to three. "ALL BLACivS" YKRKI'S WEI.LIS'.iTON. EASY WIN FOl! NEW ZEAL INI) TEAM. TAIiANAKI PLAYERS PROMINENT. Per Press Association. July 0. t I here were about WOO spectators at I the match to-dav between til ■ \ nv -• '-ailand tenu and Wellington province. J he la tier played the "All Blacks'' W-- ! tore they left and heal tliein Jiaii.l- ---> somelv, but to-day's learn wa-. niueli i > ' ferior to that of l!Wo, and were opposed by eijjht of the "All Blacks." i\ith a strong wind against tliciu, Wellington was helpless in the tir,t Mynott, Fryer and adman scoring tries, from which Spencer kicked two goals, making the score 13 to 0. Irycr also crossed the line ncir the Ilig, and attempted to run behind .lie posts. In doing SO U'rigley char-cd biin, and took the ball from him. In the second spell, with the wind against theni, the Blacks showed mark- ■ cd superiority, especially iu scrimmaging and forward play. Keeping the ball on the ground, they worked it up and then opened out, letting llunter, Mynott and company gel/ to work. Jn this way Fryer and Coluian again scored, making the total 1!). For Wellington, Em*on kicked a splendid goal from a mark at half way, and just at the very close, from a still" scrimmage near the corner Hag, a rinh I got over, and secured the only try they < obtained- ] The linal was thus 1!) to 0. I 'lhe New Zealand team, as playing to- 1 day, seemed rather light. Of the new men, Col man and Fryer are pretty sure to become prominent players. Tile latter has a great turn of speed and is very plucky. AW'ARUA v. WANG AN UI. Per Press Association. ! Wanganui, .1 tilv li. Y The representative match Awarua v. Wanganui was played on the Rccrei- 8 lion Grounil on Saturday afternoon, s 'lhe visitors suffered defeat by 21 poinis '• to 5. lliree of the best men in t'le I 1 team (Holland, Mitchell and Seeling) I* l did not play owing to the Union not in h suring them. Play was not of a very « interesting nature. The scojes for the 61 local team were Southcoaibe (♦ trie-), 11 Suiter (2), and Meuli one, while South- 11 combe kicked three goals. Ward scored " the only try for Awarua. TAIiANAKI RUGBY UNION. The committee of the Taranaki 01 Rugby Union met oil Friday, when there !1< were present: Messrs Buchanan (chair- .V* man), Malone, Cargill, Powdrcll, o'l>a, ,u Malon-, 1 and Skoglund (hou. sec.) l'he following business was transacted:— 'P E. Price, a Kaponga player, was disqualified for life for striking an oppo- ~" nent E. Bellringer, a Star player, was disqualified until the end of 1110'J for using obscene language to a referee. The I'atea Club wrote objecting to the appointeioent of W. l'owdrell ,-,s referee iu the Palea-llawcra match. The (■<' Union upheld the appointment. ]| C The Opunake Club asked that the | IC enquiry into the Young-Howes case be ]n " reopened, but it was resolved to infoi-m (|lie Opunake Club that {lie Union haw Ki m> reason to reopen the e;is.\ th A protect entered by Eltlmm against oh Stratford fur playing fSynie in a 2nd ;>u junior mateli on OtH -May was upheld, T< Synic not being a resident of xh-> JStrat- a ford district. fo: A protest against Waimatc l»y Okai- at iwa was held over till next meeting, yp the Waiinate Club to. be informed lint the presence of K. liurke, the nlaver ;ii!Veted, is required at th: meeting. ( • Permission was granted to the Clif- l^ l .oil Club to play a beuelit match for nit injured player, also to the Tukapa ;iul) for the same purpose 011 produuLion of a doctor's certilicate that Uie • ' players allVcted are unable 10 pursue ol ,heir ordinary vocations. Mr K. liurke (Waiinate) was appoint- " I'd one of the He[eetor« of the rep. team iluring tile absence of .Mr Hunter. TilK SOCTHKRN TEAM. The SouUieni re]i. team has befcn selected as follows: —Full, JJyan; ti»re>'tjuarters, Martin, C. SUealini. A. (loodwin; live-eighth, L. Jleamish; half,. C. Tliurston; forwards. T. Tatterhjii, MeKay, Whittington, Smith, Crowley, ri'oiise, linker, and Major JUirke. r ., Kinergeneies: Full and three-quarter, 'pj C. llonrke: live-eighth. Franklin; half, j n Christie; wing foward <{lenn; forward, ,| v Mollatt. * of o*y Drop Kick.) The Southern division team has b-en tc picked to meet Xhf Northerners in '.lie en trial match, aiul the selectors appear to in haw done very well, lluwcra have lour 'li players, l'atea four, Wuimaie three, Okaiawa and Upuiiake two. The forwards picked are fast and heavy, and u should have no diilieulty in lioldug ''' lheir own against the .Northerners, but '• the backs are not so strong as hitherto. ™ L'hu date and ground are not yet known, | and seeing that two more games nave yet to lie decided it will be well 011 ill illL- month before the match eventuates. Okaiawa, la»t year's Southern chainpions, are making up the leeway in championship points, in the lirst round they defeated ilawera.. then the leading {] . team, and li>t Saturday they had a win | ngain-i i'atea. who up liil then had es- ( | ( tablished a lead. Wamiatu drawing with Ilawera places the latter te'lm p and Tate.i level, with lioth Waiinate n and Okaiawa close up. Should Okaiawa again defeat Jlawera they will have i-n I excellent chance of coming uiii on top, 1, I whilst ilawera has nnolher hard mateli c I in nu' -ting i'ale t in the match (ft v Ilawera and Okaiawa will be e. gerly t watched, and allhouglt Hunter, Caiman " ;uid o'Suliiv.in will be away, both aid* '1 v.ill "\:n ail the way." and the nnrgin of points will '-he -mall whichever side prevail-. , Ah\. Hunter, who ha-given the g;uue ; be>t, ami hehl the whittle for a coujilc of seisms, will as-isl his old club in the match against Okaiawa. There wjs ' a lime whV>n the ex-llauera «ipi lin was considered one of the b'si back's in the; province, and playing at a time Allen. Humphries Jacobs. IJayly, aud (Jootl were available flowed Hunter's r-tiiillL' worth. He is stiM capabh' of plaviiiL' a although the club member- will probably notice the dilK'reuce b,''tween the :wo brothers. Jimmy Lu.d Alex. 'J here is one player omitted from the Southern end who siiouhl get in the trial ..ami... and tli it i- th- burly Waim.ue na'ive forward. '■ In -•.•a-ons pa-t he played in the tiiree-ijuarkT line, and was a \ciy powerful runner. be-Mo bein;» a Liood ihleiides'.-'' lln- sca-oit he has been pi iving forward, and lias shown real pood form. A man that e.ui lill a po-ition either l'or>' or afl is the jdacer worth tousidering when picking a team, and how t!ie seh'ctors cam:' ,o pa-s hitil bv is incoiicehabh'. Ulile-s lliey :lied in give each dub a irw rep-re.--'iltatives; but in that Kaponga ii forgotten, as the ie-w club has not secured a solitary man, s Joe Martin, the Opunake native, is a ' player thai many consider -hould hi tain a berth in the rep. lixtnn-. and is un<|iieslh>u tbly a fine man in the thr vijuarter line, as lie is a power!ul lunner ;t kick and solid tackier. <iualitlcations that prove a nun's worth. Ooolui,i. th- Ilawera [ilayer. is a young. W- A \V. but -I unly man. and a guod scorI ing tlui e ((nailer, and la.-t \ear w;i s considered unlucky iu not gelling a game in the t,;.:! match. r, liurke. the Waii'iale captain and li t i< i"hlh. has been showing g"od form d this season, and many will regret 1 hat II be is not available for the trial or rep. U. matches. Three seasons ago Burke was

tho Taranaki tlir?equarter line, and this season was playing right at the top of his best fonii. [. the news that Alf. Bayly is far from being well is to lie regretted. Mr Ilayly is wi'll know n. and recognised as ouo '. of the giants who assisted in making Taranaki one of the strongest football eeni res in the colony, lie has taken part in many a hotly-contested game, and some of these trials must have effected his constitution, i'l-obably one of the hardest games lie took part in was lhe play-off between Opunake and Stratford at Ilawera seven years aii'o. Ilayly captained Stratford and W. limbic Opunake. At the conclusion of two l.Vs no score was m ule, and piny eontinned another minutes. Again thenwas no score and a further 'JO minutes played, and darkness Slopped proceedings with honors even. It wis a hard, keenly contested game, and severely tested the stamina of players on either side. It is to be hoped tilat we - lall soon hear of his speedy recovery to health. In the Northern division there are a number of young players, especially in the forward and wing forward ranks, that this scribe hopes will b.' considcT«r3i.v the selectors. There* has in the past been 100 much selection on past reputation, and it is about lime ihil >. speedy and dashing young pi ivcrs who

tram consistently should be given iu encouragement that many of the "ro|>>! In lion" pl.ivers—the majority ot wlioo: are now "pointers" and gallery menhave ceased to merit. ASSOCIATION. Association football has gone ahead well at Hav.'cra and Kaponga, but seems to have dragged somewhat in Klthani. 'lhe games contested are an improvement on last year, there being a better understanding of the liner points of the game by players. Ilawera A are bidding tin; lead anil are assured tho championship, whilst) the 1! team (mostly youths) are running second', Kaponga lias also two teams going. >-vl the A' s look to have a chance, of gaining second honors in the championship. Eltlmin, last, year's champions, have won one match and lost five, and seemingly have not found capable substitutes for (,'rabtree, Ulaister and Hutchinson, who have all left tile district. Auroa has a team in the competition which gave Ilawera A a hard game and succeeded in making a draw, one goal each. I'layers are wondering whether any rep. lixtures will lie played in the Southern district this season.