FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 125, 18 May 1908, Page 4

FOOTBALL.

I'llOPOSEl) ITINERARY OF THE RRIITSH TEAM. Saturday, M.\\ 23 -\\ airarapa and Bush Li.ions, at Jiustertou. Wcdn. -day, May 27 \\ ellingtou I'nioii, at Ywliiligiou. Salurda). Muv :ID—Olago I'uion, aL Dlnlcilill. Wcuue»da;.. Join- 3-Southland L'niim, at iuvereargili. ■Saturday. June li- New /.eaiaml at Dumd.u. I Wdiic-.iay, June 111 —Snulli Canterbury, I'uuh, at limaru. 'Uday. June i:>■ - laulcrbiiry Union, at Clni-lniui'ch. \v dlle-day, June 17—West l.'oa-i :m.i iiulier I nioas. at Orcymouin. anday. .lime 20--.\c!r.oii aim .Marl borough t liiotis, at kelson. " '-.unlaw lime 27-New Zealand, at Wellington. Wedm-day", July 1- llawkc's Bay Luioii, at Napier. Saturday, .iuiy 4.—d'uu-riy Uay Union, at Gisborne. WednesiUiy. tuiy »- Muuuwatu and iloiowheuua Union-, .u Falincisluu. Saturday. Jui) 11- -VV augauui L uioii, at \\ augauui. Wednesday, July 13—Taranaki Union, at New l'iy'iiiiuitli. Saturday, July la-Auckland L'nion, at Auckland. Saturday, July 25—New Zealand, at Auckland.

AUSTRALIAN MATCHES. Sydney, May IG. The British liugbv team lias agreed to play two, and probably three, additional' matches in Australia after Its Tisit to New Zealand. UNDER NORTHERN RULES. QUEENSLAND DEFEATED BY ALLBLACKS. (By cable.—Copyright.—Press Association). Received Kith, 8.1 p.m. Brisbane. Mav lfi.

The Rugby Association match NewZealand versus Queensland; was mayed in fine weather. The attendance was small. Wright kicked out, and the game during the liist part was considerably in favor of the visitors. The Queenslanders were frequently penaliseii fo r breaches of the rules. O'Brien scured for Queensland, scoring lirst blood. but Watson failed to convert. Tile New Zealanders iln-u took the game into their own liauds, and had Queensland in ditliculUca during the whole time. Tyler, .Barber, .Wyiyard, and LUe soured, but Turtill and Wrigley tailed to convert. At half-time the scores read: New Zealand 12, Queensland 3. in the second spell Queensland was outclassed, and the New Zealanders scored as they liked. Lile scored two I tries, and Rowe converted one. -ilcLan, Watson, and liardcaslle scored for Queensland. The game ended: New Zealand 31; Queensland 12.

UUii AND MA.-TFAUO.N UNIONS. Per PHfca Association. , Masterton, Night. The annual football fixture, Bush Union v. Wairarapa, was played at Ilasterton on Saturday. The weather -was line, and the ground in good order. Tin' game, which was noticeable for the absence of brilliant [day, resulted in a win for Wairarapa by 12 points to :!. Hush were on the defensive all the game, except during the last twenty minute.-, Winn tiley ran over Wairarapa. and -cored a try. For Wairarapa Header»"ti and iirent-hley ,-eorcd tries, and Kentot kicked two goals.

IiUIITSHEIiS' OPENING MATCH. THE WAIRAKAI'A TEAM. Per Press Association. Masterton, Last Night. The following team has been chosen lo represent Wairarapa and Bu-.li against the Anglo-WeMi tcaini-Fiill-back. Ru-scll I Wairarapa); three-ipiar-ters. Harvill (Wairarapa), Connor iJJu-h), Collin, iliushl: live-cc'lHhs Oroube (Wairarapa I. (fLearv (Wairarapa ( : half-hack. Ad.im, (Wairarapa); wing forward, Workman (Wairarapa | • lorwards. McCarthy (Wairarapa) (';' Smith tlju-h). |] an ,. v ,|Su-h|. ,;,,„,.,, ley (Wairarapa), McKenzic (Wairara rapa) C. Hos, (Wairarapa), Swainson (liu-h).

M-V.jUI IXAM lui; AI'STKAUA. Tor Press Association. Xaiirangt. Saturday Xight. !«<■ Xcw Zealand Mauri football team m Maoris and half-caste .Maoris lo lesiu- New Zealand, take their departure i„r Australia during the present month. The team ha, been organised li.v Opde.A-hcr, the well-known Xe« Zealand ripre-eiitativc. and X. J. O'Fnrrill, a piuniim-iit S\dncy referee. The men comprising the team" luil from Tan langa. Te l>uke, .M:,keln, Malata, Kotoma. Auckland, Xorihern Wairoa, Hamilton, Taumarunui, Manawaiu, Taranaki, Hawke' H Bay, and cx-plavcrs from St.' -John's, St. Stephen',, and' Te Aute Colleges. The combination will visit Xew South Wales and ijueeiisl.iud. Thev will play the fifteen a-side game. The average fourteen stone, and include some interprovineial men. The rear division average alxmi 12st 71b. .Many of the-* are noted for their prowess on the football Held. The combina tion numbers thirty, and most of the players have already arrived at Tauranga and are busy training here. •fudging by the form displayed, they will be formidable opponents to Australians, the tour will extend over twelve weeks. In addition to football, exhibitions of hakas, war dances, and Maori game:; will be given with full equipment. Ineluded in the team is the gold medallist and champion haka performer of Koto- i ma.

AI.CKLAM) SENIOR fiAMES. Per Press Association. Auckland, Saturday Xight. The district Rugby football matches were played to-day in beautiful weather, the -enior matches resulting as follows:' IWonby lieai North Shore by 14'poinls (lour trie-, one converted) to nil; I'arnell beat Newton by ',) jxiints (two tries and a penalty pnali" to 8 (two tries, one .-.inverted): and City beat (Irafton liv 'I point* (three tries') to -i (one try).

*<n"niKi:x division matches. (Special to News.) I'atea. Saturday Xight. I'atea and Waimale seniors plavcd a drawn gjnic. three points each. " The game wa- chielly a forward one. Wai mate v.,-re too heavy for t'atea. and !.'-pt tin- game ch.se. and the I'atea backs rarely got going. On the occasion that they did T. Sheahan scored for I'atea. Franklin kicked a penalty for Waimate.

Waimate junior? Iwaf PaTea juniors !>v '■! point"' to uil. I'.a-.i thinl A. lii'jit Waimatr third■. ".v I -J points it trie-! in S points (a .ioal and a penalty e.oal). | m:\v zkalaxij !:n;r,v i xiox. After til- teh-ranli nlliee rl.i-i'il at '••.olihi-ioii „ii 'l'linr-day nijrlit. the lol- ■ ■>« iiijs aililitimial I>u«imu- was trail--ai-t.-il. «,>l K.STIOXS (IF I-'IXAXO-;. Mr. '•. 11. Dixon (for the Manairi-mi-lit Committee i moved "That any profit ari-iii!; from tin' approaching ionr ■ •■ tin- UritWi (.■am -hall he divided i.niiiii!; alliliated I nii.iu pro rata, mi ,'!..• 1-H-i- ..f .!„• -„l,-.-ripiimi. paid I-. ■■:•■ Zealand i'ni...,.- Mr. DiM.n -it! !h- \."a Zealand I ninn «a- now iii .1 -!!-'>n; !in -i.i! pi.-ilam. am! a ihm.!.. • ot t!„- provin-ial union- were in ;■■■■.! oi i ~i:.r,- ,-i-;an.-,. The .■■.,"-. , m ioii. wo,:M f, n- «,•!! under —. ':.-ull-.1. ir v. mild 1... Lorn.- hv the. V ■■> '/.■ -i!:'iid I nion. It ua- propped - . li-. : !■■ the proti! . n-i-rniii'j from the .■ M ..-.-t...1 to 1..- rmi-iderahh' a- virll. I Mr. 1.0-!, i Poverty iia.v! -eemided the | \!~. ll.ii . -".eilm- I inoM-.l a- all |

from their shares of the gate receipts iu Ihe British match before the final (lirilril)iition of the prolils of the tour i> made amongst alliliateil unions.'' Mr. Isaacs (Olago) pointed out that the management committee had already agreed to the terms offered.

Mr. !•'. 11. Campbell (Otago) stated tuai his Union did not anticijiate that there v.oilid be a division of the prolils ot tin- lour when it made it„ oiler.

Messix Lenuic and AlcGrath I Southlaud) declared that their lniou was not at the time aware that there would lie a uistribution oi the prolils id' the tour. It would not object to liaving it- snare curtailed if that course were thought a proper one.

Mr. W. .1. McGrath (llawke's May) moved as a further amendment that II) per cent, lie deducted from all Unions charging over 15 per cent, for the line lit their grounds.

Mr. Lusk then moved ,is a further amendment that the matter of the distribution of prolits of the liritish tour lie left in the hands of the Management Committee.

.Messrs. Hales and McGralh were nllowed to withdraw their amendments Mr. Lusk's amendment w.is preferred to the original motion. .Mr. Mclntyre, on liehall of Ihe Wellington Union, mured: "Thai in all matches placed under the direct control of the New' Zealand Rugby Union (excepting the present Briti-h tour) half the net prolils be paid lo the Union in whose district the mulch is played. In the ease ol a team from beyond New ! Zealand touring the country, one half of the net prolils obtained as a result of such tour be divided between the Unions in whose districts the matches have been played'." Mr. Weir moved as an amendment that the question be left to the Management Committee. The amendment was accepted. Mr. l'ownall, on behalf of the Waiiganui Union, moved: "That the New Zealand Rugby Union delete the interest clauses from all mortgages given by the various Unions lo the New Zealand Rugby Unions on account of loans advanced, and that all such loan* in future be free of interest." The resolution was lost by a substantial majority. ACCIDENT INSURANCE.

The Tarauaki delegate (Mr. Humphries) moved: -That the New Zealand Union set up a committee to consider the question of instituting a scheme of accident insurance to cover all footballers in the Dominion under its jurisdiction" Tie motion was carried, and Messrs. Cargill and Humphries were appointed a sub-committee to draw up a scheme lo be referred to the Management Committee.

OTHER BUSINESS. It was agreed to vote .V.201) towards the cost of fostering school football. Mr. F. 11. Campbell (Olago) moved ihat the inter-Island match this season be abandoned. The resolution was lost. Mr. Lonnie, on behalf of the Southlaud Union, moved that in those instances where Unions have two or more vote, at the annual meeting, the expenses of two delegates should lie paid. The motion was lost. A iHinus of was voled lo the treasurer, and one of C 3 to the auditor. GENERAL ITEMS.

The following have been select ed to represent the Elthani lirst juniors against Star at New Plymouth next Thursday:—Williams, Fitzgerald, (llent. worth. Johnston, Cooper. Rasinnsscn Reeves. Colson. Heller. Maslin. Hark; lies, Hansen. New-love, Godkin, and McDonald.

There should be good eoinpetition for places ill the Otago team against the Anglo-Welslmien at the end of the present month (sav H "Full-back"). Several of Otago's best players have left since last season, and "Full-back" think thai the team will lie somewhat weak behind the scrum, altnmigli fairly strong forward. Booth, (iilray, Adams, and Macpherson luive all left.

The members of the British team will wear distinctive nuinliers to aid recognition.

"All-Black" Stead is reported to be playing up to hi h previous best I'urin. of the backs in Southland this season he is princeps facile. Phil Jacobs, e\-\Vellinglnn. Taranaki and Southland rep., is reported to be -.-liou-ly indisposed. The international male he- iu-t enneluiled in the Old Counln have ended very curiou-Iy. It i- a .a-c of "Wale, lirst. the rest nowhere." Of three n:alehc„ placed. Wale- ha, won lliree. whil ieh of the other cuiiutric, huwon one and lost two. The loll..wintable, gives the result of the match.-: - P. W. ], PI-. Wale s .. :i 3 U (i Scotland .. :! 1 -± ■> Ireland .. ,'i 1 -1 -J. Knglaikl ..a 1 1 i Heater's Telegram Company has re-i|iie-ted the various unions which are to play against the Anglo-Welshmen, to supply it with a. list of their prominent players, and their records. These are to lie posted Home, to the big newspapers of the United Kingdom so that the subeditors there may be able to extend the. necessarily short cablegrams which will be sent to them as the tour progresses.

An old Sydney 'Varsity player at present at Oxford, sends the Referee some French Rugby phrases. The team card (he .says) reveals the following positions:—Arriere (full back), trois-quarts (three-quarters), demis (halves), avants (lorwards). The reporter calls a try "un essai,'' a goal 'but," ball "ballon.' and a serum is elevated to the dignity ol a "melee." Out of a few criticism--un the match I recollect the following: "U- demon liirkett," and "Ces diablcs Anglais." "Quel coup!" is the favorite ejaculation of the spectators. The nearest translation one can get for tin.-, in Australian Rugby parlance, would be, "What a bosker!" For myself, I rejoiced in the proud title of "le redoubtable Anglais" in the columns of one dailv.

In the match under Northern I'uion rules between New South Wales and Nuw Zealand on May 2, 11. Messenger place-kicked one goal from licyond halfway, and others from the vicinity of toiich from five lo ten feet short of half-wav.

L Corbett, the ex-Canterbury representative front-ranker, has decided to play again. The Olago rep. team will go on lour about the middle of August. Its engagements will include matches against Canterbury, Wellington, Wairarapa.l la wke's Hay, and Auckland, with possibly a match against Xorth Otago en route. Kiighy is making great strides in France, and in the international contents this season some of the French players gave excellent displays. According to one writer, however, they expected nothing but the orthodox movements of defence, and consequently tiabe and Trew. of Wales, puzzled them very much by passing in Irom centre three-quarter i instead of out. Thus a writer in the Leeds Mercury: —"lt must be considered that the tour of Ihe professional All lllacks litis been a great success, and has proved of educational value, not onlv to tin- New Zcnlau.lers themselves, but lo the Xorihern I'niou clubs and to the public Had Ihe pronmlers of the All macks' tour known as much before they sailed of the -tivngdi of Northern Unionism as they know now. they would probably have brought a dozen more men with them, and would thus Lave been less severely hit at times wlien illness deprived them of leading phi vers like .Smith. Messenger. Todd. Wright, and others. The plain lad is that the reserves have not In en a strong lot. Fifteen really line phi vet-' niighl lie singled out from a parlv »f twentv-ci-bl. but the balance ha- 'net been .strong, and far (o„ much work ha- fallen upon Ihe 'stars' of the n.iiibinalioii. ... A good deal has

li.i-M written alionl tlin discipline of tli,. haul, ami I am personally of o]iiuion tlint lietli'r work might have 1 n ae-nniipli-lii'il hail tin- eourse of training l.een of a more rigorous rhara.-ler. liiil l ha ~|,i,.|- hamlieap l,a- imdmiliteilly l.eell I lie lark of eoinpetenl reserves toelialile men like Sniilh ami Messenger to h;i\e ! uialrhes a week unain-l Ihe vigorous nliver- of the Soil hem I'nion is 1.,,. hm a -1 rain on auv man. ami overwork haivrlainlv hail an important ell'i-'-t mi I lie reemal of the lour."