FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 139, 3 June 1908, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

CIIAXC.ES IN ENGLISH TEAM. •; THE (.'ATE CHARGES. Per Press Association. Wellington, Lust Night. i The management rommiltcu ot the New Zealand Rugby Union telegraphed In the (Hugo Union to-day stating that lif the Xew Zealand Union's arrangements regarding (charges at th» test | 111:1 Mi were not complied with, the I match would he taken out. of tile hands •of the Ota go Union, and probably played elsewhere. A reply was received stating that the match would he carried out in accordance with (he New Zealand Union's arrangements.

Wallace, of Wellington, full-hack, and Deans, of Canterbury, three-quarter,will ilie unable to play in the test match, owing to recent injuries. J. 1). ColeI man, of Hawera, will now take the position of full-tack, and K. Milchinsoii. of the l>oiiekc Club (Wellington), will take Dean's place. The New Zealand Rugby Union has approved the appointment of Mr. .1. Duncan as referee in the British v. Southland match to-day.

OTAfiO UNION CM JIBS DOWN. Per Press Association. Dimcdin. Last Night. The Olago Rugby Union held a special j meeting this afternoon to -.onsidcr the reply from the New Zealand I'nion with respect to the Dunedin protest against the price of admission for Saturday's test match. Tile telegram from Wellington was as follows:—"Committee adheres to its previous decision and requires to know by 0.30 to-night whether your Union h prepared to go on with arrangements, if not, the match must be played elsewhere. An average net return of £4OO is required for each match to clear the cost of the tour. Unless this is considerably exencded in iflhe large centres the tour is likely to prove a loss. Last Saturday's gate provides!

only the average required. You must recognise this average cannot bo maintained in the majority of the matches yet to be played in sparsely-populated districts.—Avery." After discussion a motiou was carried, That while still of opinion that tincharges proposed by the Now Zealand Union are unnecessarily high, the committee agrees, in view of the preliminary arrangements', to tako control of the first test match in Dunedin. Christchureh, Last Night. A special meeting of the executive of the Canterbury Rugby Union was held to-night to consider a telegram from the Xew Zealand Rugby Union asking in the event of the test match not beiug played in Dunedin could the Canterbury Union arrange to play the test match on Lancaster l'ark on Saturday m-xt. After discussion it was resolved to reply that the committee regrets being unable to arrange for the match at such short notice; als-n expressing the luqw that the executive would re-consider its decision re charge for admission to the grounds for test matches.

BRITAIN" v. SOUTHLAND. TO-DAYS MATCH. Per Press Association. Invereargill. Last Night. There is keen local enthusiasm over the match England v. Southland. Thi« morning the Britishers had a light practiee, and in the afternoon some went out shooting, some played, and others amused themselves variously. Tonight the team was given a Mayoral reception at the Town Hall, and afterwards attended a boxing tournament. There is some feeling locally about the appointment of Mr. Duncan as referee, and the matter is still under consideration, though there is not much time left for alteration.

PALMERSTON ITEMS. Palmerston X., Last Night. The Manawatii Rugby Union has decided to apply to the Xew Zealand Union for a grant of .C3O for encouraging school football. The Palmerston Club is inviting the British team to a ball on July Bth. The Union has decided to charge general admission Is. members' stand 2s, people's stand Is for the match with the liritisli team. The Wellington Evening Post offered gold medals fnr the most meritorious hack and forward of the Wellington U:\rn that defeated Britain, the players being selected by a referendum of its readers. The Tcsult has just been announced. Green, the half, was declared the best back by an overwhelming majority, and "Rangi" Wilson the bc«t forward, the latter beating Uardham by 110 votes. Green, who is onlv 18 vears of age and weighs '.lst 41b, learned"his football at the Pet One school, the nursery of some of the li#t footballers in the Dominion, lie left school in 1904 and in the next year captained Petone's iifrji-c-la-s team. The next year he went straight to the seniors, winning his representative cap the same year. He is another Wallace, and no doubt will do big things yet. Wilson, '•Rangi" of that ilk, was a junior player three years ago. Last year he gained a place, in the North Island rep. team for the inter-Island match, and this season be has the distinction of being the only Wellington forward picked in the Xew Zealand team to play llritain on Saturday. When the "All Blacks" visited ScOt-

laud the Scottish Rugby Union were very cautious, and looked askance at sharing financial responsibilities in tonncction with that portion of the New Zealanders' tour. They accordingly stood aloof from the arrangements made in England with regard to "gates," but the New Zealanders proved a. remarkable draw, with the result that the drain of "saxpences" from Scottish pockets was very severe. This has never been forgiven, and we have been lead to understand by the manager of the An-glo-Welsh team now touring the Dominion that it is the reason no Scots join-! Ed Mr. Harding's combination. Apparently this matter of saxpence is going to be always with us, for the Otugo Rugby T ; nion has worked itself into a frenzy about the charges for admission to the first test match, and the Mayor

of Dunedin is actually going to "call a public meeting" to protest against the democracy being charged 2s instead of Is. The desire for the average citizen of Dunedin to witness an all-New Zealand game for the samo sum he paid to look at the Otago fifteen defeat the visitors is no doubt characteristic, and the Mayor is sure of gaining vast popularity, but it really does seem to be the very, limit of a reductio ad absurdum for the Chief Magistrate of an important city to be bothering himself about this sort of thing. Of course, it has to be remembered, Dunedin is Dunediu, and there, are no Scots in the team, and tbo.se snspciiee* the "All Blacks" got in (lie Old Country are still burning memories.—Wellington Times.

II r. .1. (ilenii, ;i pojiiilar member of] I lie Hawera Foothill Cluli, for two years I I secretary, and at the present time the 1 cluli's treasurer, has lieen transferred I to Hamilton. A large number of his personal friends met Jlr. filenn on Sat-1 unlay night and presented him with a 1 (ravelling bag as a mark of the esteem I in which he is held. .1. Column left Hawe'ra yesterday morning for Dnnediii to take part I in the test match against the British (earn on Saturday. The Auckland contingent al-o went south by the mail train.