FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 34, 30 January 1908, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

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! Mdliev, d.inuary ; i oilow Uan Liighsh prc.-s uescripf Him 01 lii • hun~iet mateu: — Jlun>lei. lii.- holder «»i the \ nri^aiii'. tup, i-. the u-am in j ! the lOiii.trv this Tin- .\cw Zea- I landei ;jiiuUij»!i-!u'i.l a \ei'v g"od thing j in draw ing uilli th«m. in the tally j Mage > |»i.i\ Ua- UH\\ e\en. I Ungley -iinl 'kicked -plt'ihliti • WTigley al>o, after l( . liii' 1 rmi. iro--d the iiu*'- Mc-mmu'i ciiveiitd. When tiio -ecmid -pell op. ii- I t'd iln- home ham had ma -cored. but; j alter ili>' interval it played a much !

'"l'Mi-'i jmiiu' ln-canu exciting; <*oldt ii"i'j' kicked a gnal li'Um a mark and added tliivc irum jn'ii illi* 1 .-. With a -ujierb fil'ort Mc.-benjrcr kid;cd a |K'ualiy i:oal Ihmii just lu i \oinl tlie hah uav liu<- and brought tlie \vvel - \\ etUil.

! th L - aow Zoalaud profession ii | I'.oiliaMoi - )ia\e Ween delVated. To tae man in lii«- -ireoL iikv were i-earerh ewr "All in of thfir as- | -iiiiii'ti.-n (if the clotli, and if tli> y ; were, Ui»»\ aie not mnv. i'liev are r.itli-'r ! the "All Hacks" or tin? "All j thnu«!it I lie ' lack" doc- not refer, of j iu g dd. All is lout Kill tlio ! ' iM-v|ue. I liiny timer- the iuvadi".> { mail Ii; d f-ut against the Hritou*. and J tiiilteeii tillH'S lnvu tliey lotil'i'd to tllidr ! ttlits tU'leatt'd; two of the wel'e | drawn, iUI overthrow <d" the Xew Zea--1 laidhM' ir even more dvei-ive than ii. j aj»- on pajn-r. WJi.-u lliey l>egau jiu.-ir tour their ci-u-ideiAte ]>ilted i more or Ji»»« iiidilleicm annie-> a^ r aint-t | them, k»r the .Northern Union game wa* | iu'w to the The New Zealaadj ers vajH|iii-h»'d th»>e smaller teains. but the pa?t euujilo ot month?, wht>n the Krtl bu?iue>s tiegan, the sons of t.ivater Britain have beon 6ounclly ueek by uvek. in another fortnight | the campaign will be over, and the r"I*)VH ot the gold brigade" will retreat 1 with nmeli cash ami no glory. After th*» dazzling nf tho amateurs. tlw» performanee of the prnfes-iunals apjt.'.ir very drab. Tho-e who return n;.i\ ]-rc.icit [}w --h.iruis <>f pljying tnr UiOiiey. .111.1 .1 -\ ii>l i; -, afo may attempt to captui'e the jMiiilie. but. tho rer-urd of the mm-ii lieateti team In will m»l V a great adverti-ement for the new eau>e In the meantime, however. the olticer* of the Xew Zealand Rugby l'iii«.n shouM l»e watehfulj— Wellington l'n-t.