FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 118, 9 May 1908, Page 5

FOOTBALL.

WKSTKHN 1)1 VISION. SKMOJiS. I'kiito v. Upuii.ikc, al (tlijiln. li'iiluilii v. i'ilmmi. iit Jiuliotu. .U'NIOKS. "piinnke v. Oknlo, ill Opiunikc. I'iliaimr v. lialmtii. al l'ihyina. ,M a meeting of the Tanumki Assn. ' ii'imi I'uioii held jit Kltliain 011 Thurs<ltv Mi'. < !;irk was :ip|n>intcilil solo selecli'i fur flie representative teams. A m rrcMMiliilivv match is lc> lie played against Wanganui on 3rd June. Owing to a mistake, in one of our fool-hall reports yesterday, it was stated that two Elthani players in the second junior match were ordered off the field. The transgressors against football rules were memliers of the Clifton team, not Eltham. On Thursday afternoon, Mr. Walter Matthews, who had had to lake his phu-e ill tile Tnglewood seniors, told our representative that he intended to make a hip: attempt t» arouse interest in the Tnglewood Football rltih. wlii.-h is at present very "sick," despite the almost unbounded enthusiasm of Mr. Secretary Boldt. Mr. Matthews has called a meeting for Tuesday night of "all those who do not wish the Inglewood Football Club to sink into oblivion.'' _ We hope tliat this effort will meet with success.

.'.eeording to the rules of tln> New Zealand Rugby Union. anv player of football wishing to transfer from one fi!"lbpll i'liili to another miinf. obtain tile permission ot the local union. At last wc-ks meeting ot Hip Canterbury I'nion (si.vs the Lvttelton Times) a large number of application. for transfer were received, but it was stated that a large number of players who bad changed their clubs had not applied, anil that t!• wa., a possibility of about thirty some of them in the senior Oloss, being told to stand down when the union"- competition matches were liegun on Saturday.