FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 138, 2 June 1908, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

THE NORTHERN CAME.

MAKING HEADWAY IN NEW SOITH WALES.

Received 2nd, li.">:i a.m. Sydney, June 1,

Tin- Mauri footballers will play the Northern L'nion game during their tour of New South Wales.

Alter witnessing a t , oun ] ( . (|f ,„.,!,.]„., and themselves practising the new (■,,.,. I >JJ same, the leani look a vole nhicli favored the new Northern Ru-ln „„. jn l»la« of the Rugby game. The ltu„l, v ■League luw determined to countenance no other .style, and any tea,,, visiting the Mate Ullder th „ u . s * wll he expected to ahide l.y its decision. THE TEST MATCH.

Per Press Association. Duucdin, Monday. Ilio Mayor has ollicially advised the Now Zealand Rugby l'nion that. imKs a minimum charge of one shi'lli.,,. i s -"'opted for the public enclosure f or °t;, 0 test football watch., an indignation meeting Wl || he held.

v„., , , 0l "'«lin, East Night. \esterday the Hon. J. A . AliJlur sent a lengthy telegram to the Ota.'o delegates on the New Zealand itughv i'n on andm atl )IMtI()n ( ;. »ft hat th e_ public ought t „ have ( ,?c ght of admission f„ r olle shm , , this afternoon the .Minister revive |, J'"nt reply from Messrs Isaac- and La„ enson.—-fon.niittce re-considered ,nattcr; cannot 5( .,, llleil . charges.' *

At a meeting of the otu.ru j;„.,i, v 1. 1 , n,0u t ! lis evening, the question "of , charge, fixed by the New Zealand "nim s for Saturday's test match came „„ fu , , "inch «as unammous as to the need for t protest, the following n.otion "a ca • nedr-'Ttat the N™ Zcalan, K,Hv 1 Lnjon be informed that the feelß . *>th committee and m.blic is s0 st ?„ , that unless the Union reduces „,, ..." "l cntranc-e charges the committee wi11,,,,, wdur the advisability of declining to take control of tho match." h • Wellington, Last Xighf. the management committee of the *™. ,t ala,,d K "K''.v Union has replied «* fo lows to Dunedin's protest againsl the charge of two shillings at the test match next Saturday;-.' After fully con-iderinj, the .natter, the committee, "till consider the charges reasonable in mw ol the importance of the occasion and tne additional expense of the tesl »«!<*• Tl l eel,ar g eistl,e,au,ea,el, llr : 1 | .-d in connection with the test match of | J-KM. and was made at the suggestion of | M'veral unions, w hi,.|, hilvl . , ix) .,, t) , p charge lo thoir ~„,,, Jn . lU ,, |(is I Hh.ll.np*. The commit.,,. »„ IIM «„,,„„. "'"•the Jact that the jm.fils will |„. divided _ai....iig the alliliated unions. llms I.non (the Xc„. Zealand Union) 's not sharing. |„ vi ,„. of t|)M „ {m J i "" 1 ".'/<»"■<«.< lu .be other unions, tile ™.n„„tt,,. ~,„„„„ „ mv llIU , r tl)e

WESTERN D:\!S|!i.\

Opunakc I. beat Dkal o I. at Opunakc l>v I) to .). '

Opimakc 11. heat Oka to 11. at oka to »y o to ;i.

lfiiiima 1. boat liahulu I. a t Minima l),v 0 to nil. ltaliotii 11. bent Pihama 11. at Kahotii by » to nil.

The.following team will plav for Star [ 1. againsf Tukapa on Thiirsda'v next:— >■ Clow, T. Smith. E. Mnnkiicli, CI. McLean, A. EviSou. ,S. ilavno. C Brown M. JlcKoy, A. Si'tford." S. Stroud. ]?'. Kennedy, A. Dixon, E. Haskell W Smith. T. Diiflin. The players are requested to attend at the training hall to-night (Tuesday). The following team will represent Tukapa seniors against Star at Western lark- on Thursday: - Ifonevficld, looker. Ila nigra vs. Stohr. Mvnott, rrcwin. Courtney, McLean, Halle, Johnston, .(ones, Ixiveridgc. Ward. Walsh, and Seamark.

Waimata I. defeated Okaiawa I. lull to ml on Saturday. Waimale 11. dcfealod Okaiawa 11. by 27 (.. :i. Owing to the ohehunga-Xew I'lvnionlli mail-boat not reaching the breakwater in time for the mail Train vesterday morning, several of the "reps." piefced to play against the Britishers will be considerably ib'laveil. not being ai>|c to arrive in Duneilin before Wednesday ujjht, An incident in a n Auckland football mal'h last Saturday which gave rUe lo a great deal of merriment happened wh"ii the referee put the ball iu th" serum on one occasion: a winger oil tlie other side of the scrum not noting who had put the oval in. jumped up and appealed. "Unfairly put iu. -ir!" S.itunlav's Wellington senior matches resulted as follows.—-Athletic la. iPoneke :t: Melrose 4:i. Old Rov* II; IVlone 17. Wellington a; St. .lames S. Southern II: Oriental 11, Victoria College 11.

BRITISH TEAM'S ITINERARY'.

Wednesday, June a—Southland Union, at Invcrcargill. Saturday, June ti—New Zealand at

Dunedin. i\ cdtiesday, June 10—South Canterbury,

Union, at Tininru. Saturday, June 13—Canterbury Union,

at Christchurch. Wednesday, June 17—West Coast, ami Buller Unions, nt Greyiuoum, Saturday, June 21)—Nelw.iu and Marllmrough Unions, at Nelson. Saturday, Juno 27—Xew Zealand, at Wellington. Wednesday, July I—Hawke's Hay Union, at Napier. Saturday, July 4—l Poverty Bay Union,

at Gisborne. Wednesday, July B—Manawatu and lloroMJhenua Unions, at Palmerston. Saturday, July 11—Wauganui Union, at Wanganui. Wednesday, July 15—Taranaki Union,

at New Plymouth. Saturday, July 18—Auckland Union, at Auckland.