FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 96, 11 April 1908, Page 5

FOOTBALL.

The llawera Football Club, which has been negotiating with Mr. (>. T. Bayly for a lea-e of Bayly Bark. on Thursday night met Mr. Bayly and came to an arrangement with him. .Mr. Bayly lias generou-ly consulted to give the club a of Bayly Park tor 21 years, the club to pay rate-, keep ground, fences, and building- in order, and to allow the cricket club free u.-e of the ground during the cricket season. There is also to i«e a clause in the lea-se giving the Rugby I'iiion or the Cricket A—ociation the right to play representative matches on tin? ground at* reasonable charge, and the football club is to have the right to buy the ground at the cud ot the term. Tlie football club fully appreciate Mr. Bayly's generosity, which is only another example of his neon interest in the -port. Friendly matches were played on Thursday Ifetween Elthain and Stratford i-eniors and lir-t junior team-. EUham won lwth games. The senior inateh wa-. played at Stratford, and ranked: Kltharn 5. Stratford nil. L Moir >eored i a try for Kllhani, which Dive converted. ! Tlie junior match wa?> played jii Kllhani, the home team winning by lo pmul- to nil. W. (Ilentuorth and T. Viu'cnt ieach scored trie-, and T. lilentworth potted a goal from the lield. Mr. Bert Kivcll. the well-known and promising young Stratford player, met with a >om« , what unfortunate accident whilst playing footlnill on T.iursdav. He collided with another player |>ay> the I'ost), and fell to tin- ground. >e\eral other players falling oiPtop «if liim. When he nw to his feet ii was discovered he had dislocated hi?, .-houlder. He was promptly attended In by Dr. Menzies. It will be some time i>elort he will be able to j»l:iy football ?.gaiu. Many people in Taranaki will remember Mr. Percy Bush, the Wel-h halfback, who visited New Zealand wit It the last British football team, football playing has come into conllict with hi- school duties. At a meeting of the Cardiff Schools Management Committee on 11th February it wa- reported lliat Mr. Bush. who is a teacher, was "constantly unable to attend school owing to illne-s and injuries received in footUill." During the last eighteen mouths Ml. llu-h liad been aWnt oS 1 /. days, or eleven week- and three days. Dr. Kuliin-oii: "There i s no need for it. There are other in the school, and tiiev don't do it.'' Mr. Stanlield suggested that Mr. Bush should be asked whether he intended to be a schoolmaster or to take up football professionally. It w;t- deride,l to direct Mr-Bu-h's' attention to the complaint, and 1 to intorm h' m hi- absences could not be allowed to continue.