FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 159, 26 June 1908, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

! TIIK BWTlSIiKKfci' T01T!. By Telegraph.—-Press Association. Wellington, Last Night, j A! Ihc meeting of the Management ' (.oiiimittee of the New /calami I,'iigby I Union .to-night a letter Mas received I stating that the young .Maori partv I could not arrange for a match, Britishers I v. .Maoris, at Rotorua, unless the Union j could give some financial assistance. It ' "as decided to advise the Auckland Kugby Union under the circumstance* tlwre was no objection to the lvotoru/i | Sub-1 niou arranging a match against tlie Britishers, the Rotorua team to be composed wholly of .Maoris. The match is to lie an informal one, the Xew Zealand Union taking no financial resnonsiliilitv.

Uii' following refemis were appoiule j for uuUlies against llw lkitishevs:ilaufc<'\- Bay, y, Orchard, of Canter bury: Manawatu, E. MeKenzie, of Wai rarapa: Wanjranui. LVv. C. C. Harper of PiiJiiKMston; Tarauaki, A. 15. Charters of Cftrtertun. NECOXJ) TEST MATCH. Wellington, Uist Night. Thomson /three - (juanors). Robert* (half), ami Colman .full-hack) arc unable to play in the test match <mi Satur- [ (lav. Cameron (Tarauaki) takes Thomson's pkice. ami linrns (Canterbury) takes Roberts' place. : l.tyer for Colman's vacancy is to I.J -.'iected tomorrow. Exception taken at West port to Wednesday'* foot hall match at Wellington heinir styled "N'orUi l-laml v. Smith instead of "North Maud v. K.»>t Coast of South Mind," tile We-'. Coast not having l»een considered in the sric;:lion of tlie team! ,