FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 20 August 1907, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

THE PROFESSIONAL, TEAM.

Sydney, August UK Both the papers warmly praise the New Zealanders' forward play. They consider that with a little more practice the team will prove a very strong combination.

The Telegraph adds, "After a few! games with the addition of the Auckland players it will lie one of the ho-.V test combinations any eluli eould lad;!,>' Noticeable features of their Saturdays"! piny were fairness of tactic* ».„i the! clean manner in which they pbiyed Swannell, the English cx-rcpreseiiia-tive, says a little practice toother w H ; enable the .New Zealanders to provei ;wii;t they claim ( 0 bc—thoroiHdy ~,. presentative of Now Zealand f„„'tl,al!.' Atamectiiiff of the New South' Wales' Amateur Rugby ndon Council t j night, a resolution , v i!l ,\. O nun -„\ ;J favor of allowing plivers payment < >r! loss of time and ont-of-p.-.,k-t' expense-- '■ when they are on tour with repriWilir-Y live teams.

TEAM FOR WF.DXKSDAY. | Received mh, J2.:ifi a.m. Sy ( l!i,.y. August 10. TllO Now Zealand film In |,l;.v 0 , Wednesday ,\ : |; : „.|. : , Ti „. |iri . ',,,..;. qjiM-tci-s, M:i<-<:,-,..;„ r . Todd. Rim ,,. , u ,,. eighths. W'rigjey. Mvnvarrl: I, ih-s filccson. Tyler: lorn arils.' Mm'krell f'al' '"'"• fW . V/right. Trevavthau, J0;.,,son, Lile.

])!K<,)CAU>-[F,I) FOR LIFE

Per Press Association. Auckland, August Ifl _ «. Smith, W. Wynyard, T. 0. Dunning (all of Auckland) left for fivdn-v this evening to join the New Zealand, professional team.

The committee of the Auckland Rugby I nion has decided to disqualify for life all the Auckland plivors who look part in (he match against .1,,. New South Wales professionals on Sat-in-day last, so soon as the names arc' definitely ascertained.

J. Thomas the well-known Slav player, has been keeping i„ form fol . the rep. fixtures. He is fit as a fiddle. Mr Maiming has been appointed referee in the Taranaki-Auekland match on Thursday.

. The Auckhmd-Taranaki return match will take place at Auckland on September 21. ' '

H. Young, disqualified for life l, v the' Union for the part he took in thc*Opii-| nake fracas, is appealing against i\J disqualification to the New Zea ia,,d I num. - - . ,

J. Crowley and J. Smith, members of! the Taranaki rep. team, arrived in to-.vu 1 by last night's express. The remainder of the players will be here to-day. com- 1 mg by the afternoon train. The' plav- 1 era will be domiciled at the Bed House 1 Hotel. I

prop Kick" writes: The Taranaki juniors put up a fair light against Auckland on Saturday, but there were weak points for which the selectors were responsible. It was among the forwards that the battle waged, and here were two great weakuess-Flurlcv and Win tors. As a hooker, the first-named was not in the same flight as his opponents, •uid certainly not in it with hi-, little colleague Drown. Neither in the test match at Stratford nor. in the game against AYanganui did the burly Hurler justify his inclusion i„ the team, anil if ever he had any claim for selection he threw it to the wind on Saturday. In reaching out for brawn the selectors passed by the necessity for brain. North nearly always beats South, and the laranaki Cup is generally found in the locker of a North Taranaki team, let the South nearly always has the majority of reps., and vhv? 'Because of the flavor of the 180.3 team, which had | its_ great men from South Taranaki. This tendency, so noticeable in senior football, is again in evidence in junior selection. The failures in Saturday's team hailed from the South, though that end supplied one or two top-notch-ers. How did Crowley's half-back display compare with Wellcr's? Those forward ,-ushes would not have travelled far with -Snowy" on the ground. The half-back's work was wretched, and it nonplussed the other backs, who had to depend on his speed and skill in getting the ball away from the scrum. And why was Koni played Instead of the clever little Collins, of Stratford? The big three-quarter played n bmnning oame" without brain. Collins could bury him in clever work. The general opinion is that th- Star pack and the Star half would have brought the game to ;, ,ii|. ferent ending. Yet only one of (hat admittedly line lot of si-rummers found his way into the team. In conclusion, let 111,, urge selectors to strike out for pace and brain, not brawn only."

K. !•'. Hows, the Wuimate player who took a proinini'Ut p;irt in the trouble at Opunako, and whose conduct on that' occasion was severely commented U pon ! at the Magisterial hearing of the case,! is to appear before the Vnioii 1 at the next meeting of the mauagem jnt' couimittee and explain inaitcra. It will he remembered that the Union dealt very lightly with Howes, who w| shown at the Magistrate's Court to be the real aggressor in the disturbance, whilst indicting life disqualification upon Young. The union is acting wisMv in re-considering the case. Alter what tr.mspired in Court it onuld hurillv net otherwise and do the right thing by itself and by the parties concerned. At a meeting oC<xthe Management Committee of the Taranaki Rugbv I Union the suh-coimtvittee set up at a previous meeting reported on the application of the Koru, Okura, Okalo, Wnrca. and Pungarchu clubs to form a si(b-union. The committee recommended that a district bounded on the north hv the Tapuie river, on the smdh hv the Oeo river, and on (he east hv the existing club teiTitories, to he known as the Western Division, be formed: that Mie dub winning the championship of lac division play off with the Southern Division. These recommendations were subject (o the conditions: {]) That rail less than four cluhs compete: (21 that the virions cluhs in the Western Division shall arrange and determine their rcuiccilvc boundaries and submit same to the management committee. The. committee recommended that tliev be empowered to siflimit the proposals to the Opumko Club and Western Divisions. The report w,is adopted. A suggestion has been made for fiie] 1 nion to present two shields to he competed for by the school children of the Northern and Southern divisions. The Tirana Id I'ninn is making enquiries anil will probably take aclira in the matter before the commencement of next season. The Union would be well advised in giving every possible cneo.iragement to the school hovs—the ~lavers i "f the future. It u ,„,, , dillleult mailer 1,. m.ncurate school competitions! and carry them throu»li to a successfull point. The Wellington Union has al-l wavs :nconraged and promoted school| football, and consequently there is never! • any dcirth of players for the five grade! ■ competitions held under the auspices of! i the Union. What Wellington has done Taranaki can do.

The Tukapa juniors are discussing the matter of inaugurating a fund to provide the expenses for a tour at the end of next season. The project will be discussed at to-night's meeting. The varying humors of a football crowd. On Saturday the referee stopped the game when Taranaki was hard on the line. Tli,. crowd commenced to hoot. Then they saw that the free kick given was in f.,vor of Taranaki, and not against them, there was im outburst of applause. 11. was patriotic. It was not sportsmanlike.

The Wauganni rep. (cam to phiv Tiira-1 naki next Saturday will be: Full, Kil-j Patrick: three-quarters. Abbott. L. Meuli. H. Ahsolmn (captain): five-eights, V. Ward. 1!. Mitchell; half, W. Dowe; wing. J. Hognn: forwards, V. Murray, Stratford. A. S. Anderson. A. Guscott, K. Daly. Dii-i'm. 10. .Lines. Emergencies: Hacks. Soiilhcombe, TMwnall, Joyce, McDonald. Williamson. 11. Ml: forwards, Carroll, flruiiiblpy. Heeling. Fowler, Collier, Suiter, Irvine.

The. memlK-rs of the Tukapa First .lunior Fifteen are requested to meet at 1!. Unllot's shop this-(Tuesday) evening nl 7.3o.—Advt.