FOOTBALL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 167, 6 July 1908, Page 3

FOOTBALL

BRITAIN v. POVERTY BAY. RUNAWAY VICTORY FOR TIIE BRITISHERS. By '.Telegraph - —Press Association. , Gisborne, Saturday Night. There was perfect weather for the British-Poverty Bay match, which was played in the presence of about 3500 spectators, Tliere was no wind, but the atmosphere was rather warm for football.' The Britishers, though not up to the form displayed elsewhere, gave a fine exhibition, whilst the local men made a creditable showing, and the game was much better than the score indicated. The teams were:— Britain —Dyke, Chapman, Tuan .Tones, McEvedy, Griffiths, Laxon, Davey, Harding, E. Morgan, Down, Oldham, Hind, ,J. F. Williams, Archer, and Jack (Rover). Poverty v ßay—Wi Ripa, Malioy, Graham, Howe, Watchorn, Kaipara, Brown, Nicolas, Newton, Lowe, liekc, MeKenzie, Lyons, Fine (wing). Mr. U F. Pegler (Hastings) wfs the referee. i .Britain woit the toss and Poverty Bay kicked off against a strong sun. Ray in midfield followed. A passing rn'h by Britain placed the local team on (be defensive, lmt a forward rush cleared

the line, and a lung kick forced Britain. Give-and-take play, and a . dangerous British rush vas stopped by Wi Kip-1. B» Britishers secufeirthe ball from # scrum near midway, and a passing #'ii»h between Loxon, Sk-Evedy, ami Hftvcy enabled the last-named to score. Harding just missed the goal. A dangerous r**h by the local team was stoppSl bv Jakes, but a local passing rush pjiiccil Britain on the defensive, line 'linekicking by .Jackett relieved the pressure. McEvedy gained a lot of ground by a pretty feinting run, and later a pa»sing rush„ participated in by Davey, Jones, McEyedy, ; a?id Chapman, resulted id the - last-named scoring. -Dyke's kick'was resultlesa. Jackett had two fruitless p&ts at goal ht quick succession,j and then She locals transferred play tojßrit- ; ish territory. From a markWi;Kipa just (ailed at goal, and Britain I The locals, still attacked, and a rush wasstopped by good tacklinpj.md another passing rush ended in jsiUov ; being pushed out near the corner, from the ensipng line-out there was a desperate strangle in front of the goal, a<B the locals were nearly over, Britain eventually forcing. McEvedy was heavily tacklei- in a passing rush, and lonised lui shoklde* severely. He exctwinged places with KJhapraan. The had two free kicks in- Britain's 25, tat Wi Bip&'s kieks were unavailing. Half-time Britain " .. n 'SovertV Bay . Aftfcf the " interval, Dyke, who was ! playing a patchy game, exchanged places , '.lift .Jaflcitt. Fast play followed the J : openilig of the second spell, neither side ' having a partjjujav advantage. The ( local vfing penalised for oft- ( tide Harjfn" Jcickeilj ii goinl , goal. *Sm>rtty after DSvey „J>'assed to Jones, who raced through and scorch fiiirdmg'i''kick fell under f >tse goal. Britain were now wearing Poverty Buy down, and a_ fine kick l>y Griffiths found the touch rieir the corner Sag. From the line-ont Davey secured aiid scored. Harding failed with the kick. From a acrum ioi tU<r locals' 23 Britain- spcured. and a passing rush was indulged in by L&Xon, Davey, Jones, Mcfvedy, and Chapman,and a score resulted, .Jackett kicking a Jtne'goal, Tlie locals again attacked but a British forward rush play back, and from a loose scramble Dyke picked up aid passed to Chapman, who streaked oxev betwcrii the pirats. Jackett's kick , never rose. Britauf came again, and a passing rush, in which all the backs' participated, ended' jn Griffiths scoring near the corner. Dyke failed with tlie jiick, and the game shortly afterwards. ended— Britain, .. ..'2O Poferty Bay. . ... .. 0.

The moat prominent of the British backs w«re."J)a*ey 7 Uhapnian, HcEvedy, and Jackett, and of the forwards Hardlag, EdgaT; Motgan, DowS, and Oldham were the beat. The game throughout was played in excellent spirit, aud as it was the first British mftth ever played in Poverty Bay, raised; en- * thnsiasm, the Maori poptjjjation partieu- , Urly being much excited,■. * fTABANAKI's' FIRST ,|XCU«BMBJST. ; A FINE INmAfc GAME. ; f !•«/>.-. i t Considering that Sallijttay's u-prcv-'n-1 tative 'gaihe: at" Hdwer# wan the first ] , occasion on which the l'aranaki repre- j " . sentative tentoi as constituted luul played together) and that a certain amount of "rawness"'and want lifjfoifibination was to Tie pxpected, the 15ti!>-odd- spectators at the match' weip mare than satisfied with tlm exhibition afforded. The Wawgawii? team' -was! known to be a sound one, and tlie reputation that preceded them was in no way belied l>y the showing they-ipade. Han far man they were not equal to the cho»en of this province, but what jtUey ,might taye Jacked in-this lespecf was more fluw counterbalanced by. Tiieir combinatioife and homogenity as a wfiole, the'Sashof their forwards, and the excellent line-kicking of their tracks. For the gita,ter part of the game tlwgj quite hclj 'their own, with something to.spare, Ult in the last quarter. of an hour, during which the Tara3aki backs pulled themselves together land gave their forwards some encourage- ' ment, the alI-roun£ cleverness and finesse of our baetjajivißion, which up ' till (that stage f«M to assert itself, goon placed the issue beyond doubt. Some changes weri. made in the local team, Thurston took the place of Cole- ?■■■■ man behind the mpram, the latter not ' Shaving recovered f&m injuries received fa the North-Soutlclsland match. Jimmy tySulUVsri was alsqfariable to play owing f. to an old head trofible having reasserted itself, and Marchaiit was to have taken Us place, but owiirtg to some misunderL standing did not fcut.in an appearance f at practice, and Davidson (Patca) filled j the gap. The teaiw took the field short- ' ■ Jy after 2.30, Tari.naki in spie and span ** new uniforms, as) follows: •• TA^ANAKI.

Full-back—- !■ (Three-quarters —Dive, Cameron, and C. Sheebaii. • f pive-eighths—Uiuiter and Mvnott. j BaH—TUuratoß. (Slicehan. . Forwards—D. Sullivan, Crowley, Mae"k«y, Smith, Davidson, Moffatt, and JWhittington.

WAXOANTI. Forwards Slurriy, Leaky, (juseott, , jyflne, Dustin,lrwin, and Gillespie- . Wing-forwardh-.Siiiter. > Half—Dowc. ' : Five-eigliths-riSeeling anil Jlitcliell Three-quarters lleiili, Abbott, and Eoutheomlie. ' Full-back —Smith. Hunter won tlie toss, and Wangaimi licked off against the sun, into Tarauaki's 23. Do we marked from the throwin. and Southcombe had an unsuccessful shot at goal, Hardgrayes forcing within * minute ofcilie* start. Following the jack-out, Caafcroi.'tool" play to mid- ; field. MynAti'aiettred from a scramble, . »nd, cutting/in nicely, made an opening 'for C. SliMfca, but tho latter sent out » wild pass which gave the visiting forward* the tall, and Hardgraves luckily found the Bne. Fast play followed 111 Taranaki's », mainly owing to fine lmeHAin; by Abbott and Soutlieonibe. Thurston headed a ruth in which Moffatt and David Sou were prominent, and removed anxiety. Wve secured and ariVbled opt in Wanganni territory, srkere ThO|nton marked. An exchange of kicks brtween the full-backs ended in '< Smitfe kfewv oht in his own 25. breaking away ffonx tlie line-out, Crowley and hj, Hackay B»d Waaganui iu trouble, but " *a inlrlngMunt eased the pressure for

a time. < Irom a serum Thurston sent Mynott away, hut lie <*> ll ,"f . t " ■f ■ the line to get away, lie kitketl hard, liowever, and Divf. following fast, collared full-back with the i' kail fivi yards from the corner llag. K Wangadu were penalised, ami Cameron ■ iad an "abortive shot at jpml. Divo, f> Jtyßolt.widUunter renewed the attack. the ball alnmt ami conti on«i ' with considerable freedom, hut evidently

without) system, and tile \\ angauui ?-*, backs ijconrd, saving their forwards k:. much ufeeoessary running with accurate fc". line-kicjfe. lufusin? t>lfiiLv of "ginger | r , into tttir work, the visiting torwards. C' junonml whom Murray and ?v • Wte ™vay;i to tlw fore, worked tlic ImhX -past hjnfW&y. tn;irk<*«l Iron: a thri^m,and Davidson and Cmwlry. > JoUoidM tbc kick, block"! Smith * rev ' 'turiv<frht on tlu* lim*. penalised for playing tmj f ' the ground, and Ablwtt found. t* > the fine at halfwav with a line* kirk. rron&lieehan nud Whittiii«lo» | ? troll away right to !' W-i ,i----wt ' ' oiEjy ' i" Tluir-toii KJ' lowißttr, who passed out to (auicron. a fnv mid , |* , »^' ift'strutiienlul with placing AVuiiKaiuii on tli arik forward piav f.'tle »,.till Suiter'and 8 splendid dribble.

Sheehan just averting danger l>y Uirow|?e ou t of touch. Keeping up the attack, Seeling charged a kick by Umeron almost on the laranaki line, wit llardgraves was equal to tin* omi=>lo", ami fouuil the line twenty vtinis • laranaki were penalised' at the X '' q T r mm ' lmt fZ«I k 8 • ' failcd a,ul Hardgraves ' r L T't'R "1' tl'« pressure, tjiv ' <K- \?' ■'T" aki at work <lL '-' 1 1,,, "', lm! ™*"'ii Of Some of the , ~ b,u ' ks .contributing to s „ me cxU . nt j> Ile position. Myuott at last foui.,l k. l- 'i,'""' 11 L> "' lltl ' e fli >S «'ith a neat a »ut m "'V'- th " Wl, "» :,lmi hi!T fnru i * 'Hto prominence. Ins foittaul, swurmj, the ball for and he initiated a series of rushes. A hv Vkm"!? d f h ''- V «"« spoiled air., in i . kntickiiig-on. Securing . he t s " nt to Seeling, who made an opening f«>r Abbott to j,ot. The 1, for it < - r< ; wl< T "wnnged to reach i P f'" 1 aB a,l "" st certain score wa nT , hj(: Jorre of W> e »«»<•* «wtK. T Dt ' howt ' ver ' " rul ">»%*«» from j a /V' rwa . r,l,i l,iUl - to fo rce down iron. a. determined forward rush. At Ins .stage tile visitors were undoubtedly , t)'" '"'lter of the game. except, for occasional Hashes by the local backs. 1 tanierou broke through, and transferred U> Jljnott, but the latter was.ruled olfMde, and Abbott found the line inside >c Yellows 25. J)owc again' set Ill's backs going, ilm l | Ktl l was Hashed about ill line style till Jlacka.v intercepted and found the line outside' the •lunger zoii". Thurston flintier improved the position, from a mark, and for the tirst, time for ten minutes Uangauui fell back (o tlieir territory. T. Shechan secured and centred high,' but the Taranaki forwards, charging doWn, wer» ruled offside, and Abbott sent plav back to laranaki s end. JJovve secured from his forwards, and took plav closer to tile coveted line with a neat line-kick. Wanganui lost ground after getting the ball from the next serum, but Millie. Dustill, and tluscott returned with a line rush, which was stopped by Whit'tington when assuming # dangerous aspect. T. Shechan secured a mark, which enabled Hunter to take play into safer quarters. Smith, Moffatt, and Crowley were prominent- in a strong forward rush that took play into Wanganui's 23, where it settled for a time. Murray and Irwin, however, broke through the attack and carried, the ball half the length of the iield. Hardgraves secured, and, evading the forwards charging down on him, set the three-quarter line going, Hunter, Cameron, and Sheehan handling the ball, the latter finding the line in a handy position. From the throw-in, Abbott broke away on his own. but was called back. The local forwards were now asserting themselves, but a mark by Seeling sent them back. Dowe se-

cured from a scrum, and with a useful kick found the line at centre. A lively few minutes followed. Suiter, Irwin, and Gillespie, breaking away -with the ball from, the back of a scrum, threw tlic local backs into confusion, and several of them. Hunter nnd llardyraves in particular, made poor attempts l«> stem the tide. Over-ca«crness. how-

evei>sjw»iled \\'anganui's eii'ort, and they were penalised to miiltield. Dnstin and Leahy, supported by Seeling, again broke awav. however, and both Cameron and Hunter failed to snap the ball from'their feet, but jfa nigra ves managed to secure, and squeeze liimself out of touch almost on the line. Prom a succeeding scrum Dowe gave Mitchell a chance, but tlv latter sent a wild pass to Abbott, which Dive secured, and broke away with Hunter in attemtonee. Meuli xva* equal to the occasion, however, and play settled at centre. Smith got the better of an exchange of kicks, and play returned to Taranaki's end, where Whirtingtou marked, ami Dive, with a long kick along the line, cleared. Thurston, securing, .sent to Mynott, who cut in smartly, but his to Hunter was intercepted by Abbott. The latter, with

Southeomlie, found .Sheehan and Cameron momentarily' out of position, and took the ball right to Hardgnives, where their progress was stayed, the latter kicking out over his head. Cameron was mainly instrumental in carrying play back to centre, and half-time sounded. It was generally believed that the i Wanganui men had "shot their bolt," and that with improving combination of the forwards, the local men would assert their superiority. It was soon evident, however, that the Tnranaki backs had taken too much out of their forwards, who had liad to do a great deal of unnecessary running about, and tliev were obviously tiring' soon after the second spell opened. tSouthconibc hesitated in returning the kick-oil. nnd the local forwards swarmed down o.u liini. ll.vnott secured and sent to Hunter, whose progress was blocked, and he found the line. Dowe, getting the ball from a scrum, kicked well past halfway. Crowley, broke, away from the line-out. but! Southcombe returned, C. .Sheehan nnirk-| ing at centre. Taranaki were penalised for man in front, ami a scrum was formed on tile halfway line. Dowe secured from the scrum, round which he slipped, evading T. Sheehan and Mynott, and passed to Seeling. The latter sent oil to Mitchell, who put in a line straight rim before transferring to Abbott, the latter galloping ill at the corner and scoring a very line try. The kick at goal was a failure.

Taranaki 1 Wanganui 3 Mardgrnvcs foiiiiil the lino near Wa- i nganui's 25, but Dowc, by clever foot- j work, removed play to hallway. .Securing again, he bloke away, but Ms pass to Seeling was mulled, and Wangauui were penalised, Meuli returning the kick to neutral ground. Hunter and Cameron broke away, but held too long, and -a good chance was lost, as Jlynolt and C. Shceliaii were backing up right on tile line. Abbott sent the ball out near touch in goal. Hunter again secured and centred, but liculi'beat Dive in taking the ball, bringing off a line saving mark, and foundstlie line at 25. A series of scrums followed, Wanganui almbst invariably securing the ball, o( which Dowe was making good use. The fast following of kicks by their backs bv the Wanganui forwards was at this stage very noticeable, on more than one i occasion "every Taranaki forward being in the rear of' the Wanganui team. Mynott and Hunter, however, were getting down to rushes in fine style, and although the onslaught was waged liercely, the local line was not in imminent

danger. Wanganui had tin* upper luiim, however, but lost the advantage of position on numerous occasion* through infringements. i'rom must of these penalties, however. Taranuki gained little, as they rarelv found the line, mid tile forwards were not following fast enough to bloek the sure line-linding kicks of Jlenli. AlvlMitt, ami Nmihcombe. Eventually Hunter and ijyiiott slipped through an opening, and Dive was given an out-dde ehanee. He was brought down, however, and Dowe got u\\a>, carrying plav baek to midtield. ilynott yot away but was smothered, aud Xava-

miki penalised. Thurston fielded Abliojt's kick ami sent Hunter away. The latter seul a ground pass to llynott, which was capped up, and Simon kicked out 'lose to the »lne>' line. The Wang.imii forwards retaliated to centre, where ilynott secured and smartly cut through to tlie 25. A passing attack was initiated, but ;iu oil side brought Wanganui relief. Dive responded with | a smart run, and Hunter found the line j near touch in goal. '1 lie Ulues, playing j clo>-e. drove the attack back, and Meuli i took'the ball to centre. Here a series of infringements let the visitors well inside Taranaki's iTt. where a passing lusn was looking ominous, when V hitting- ' ton intercepted and got. right iui '; ,v '; covering lifty y:U'ds belore being pulled down from behind. A pa-s to Hunter or Mvuolt, who were supporting, immt have ended, in a score. Thurston gave

JJviiott a pass from t'"' m ' x '' "■'■rum, iU "' tlic latter passod tu T. Slu'i'lnm almost Oil 111.- lini', but il wa< knocked-on. Hie attackers were iieiialiscd, and AbboU uiM Meuli, following the? former* kick vcrv fast, took |>iay past halfway. Hunter* broke awav ami passed to Jlynott, »lio«i' kick found the line inside Wan#i- ■ nui's quarter. A series of scrums followed, from "'lie ot which Houston I transferred siimrlly to .Uyiiott on the . blind side. A "|"i' k 1,i,,sl ,i,,s and the hitler just managed to cross at r (lie collier, lianltfravcs made a line, f lliougli fruitless, Vifk. %

Tamnaki . - •• •• J Wauganui " Crowley and iMvnlvm lirnke a\\<i v fr»in tin' liuc-out" succeeding I lie kick- | out, and ni-lied tin' hall right tu the W.injianni goal, where Smith niarT<id in lli!- nick "I iinii'. A good "|'pi"'t«nUy |„si shortly iifti-1- liy Thurston over(•if'i'iiv taking I In* lull out ut n serum. The play 'if tin- l«n-;il backs was now rli'niin"'a marked fin(jrovciniitt. Dive, afu-r a stvnnjr run. centred to M.viiotl ami Sbcehaii. 'ml tlurir progress wasl:ij«l li.v Dowe "'"I .Seeling, tin- hitl-r neutralising iheWlort with a good kick.] Tar.inaki kept up the attack, liui breaches of tin 1 rules enabled AVangiinui 1 tu keep their liiitf ami a lot <>( I foi'Witvil play ensued about halfway. A high kick l iv Aliliott into Tarannki's I quarters found ii weak spot ill the local defence. and things were looking un- ' promising till C. Sheehan luckily specu- | latt'fl out of touch. Molf.ili and Crowlev broke away from ilie line-out, and the 3 1 latter up-cmled Mitchell before ho could •11 jjet hi* kick in. Dive and Cameron were 1- 1 at hand, and took the ball right to the corner, where the latter \>'as tluown into touch. Mynott got the ball froir the throw-in. and passed out to llmiU"j. who was grossed alniout under tlic^ K . . XLJ**.J . I V J. I-:. J .

where Abbott got offside, llardgravo missed the easiest of kicks, ami Wauganui forced. Following the kick-oiu. Wanganui took play to the centre. Here Hunter secured ami s „t his bucks in motion at, top speed. Transferrin" smarll.v lo Mynott, tlu- latter iniiued" ately sent it to Cameron. Dive, cumin-,' fast along the line, accepted a line transfer from Cameron, and when blocked near the corner, passed iii-fiold to ,\lynott, who dashed over the line, scoring the try of the day, after a brilliant glimpse of the style of attack for which the public had grown weary of waiting. No goal resulted. Taranaki .. .. .. 10 j Wanganui . • .. .. 3

Cameron, who had hurt his shoulder when collared in the last rush, retired to full-back, Hardgraves coining up to centre. Hunter fielded the kick-out, and transferred to llardgrrtves, the latter t.o Mynott, who took play into Wanganui's Abbott gained littlu ground from a penalty kick, and Crowley, Sullivan, and Davidson dribbl.'d right to the JiliH's' line, where a scrum was formed. With ail irresistible rally, the visitors'

forward brigade smashed through to halfway, where phiy was being waged wli'.'n the whistle soumb'd '[Time.'' Air/Williams, of Xaplsr, bad control of the game, his rulings l|6ing promptly anil accurately given. As indicated above, the game was interesting to watch, hut brilliant episodes were few. Amongst the latter, however, Wangauui's try and Tarar.aki's concluding score were splen'did eii'orts. There were no ''passengers" in cither i.eani, but one or two alterations in (he home

brigade might Ijo made wifcji advantage. Want of combination a aft lack of a systematic plan of opeiat.wns between the backs and tin* Torwnnl Jif Hit- home team, for which the backs r| t're mainly responsible, were Turanuki'lchief weaknesses. and those are eisil' remedied. Amongst the home fonvaul, "Whittingtou, Crowley, and MoH'att 'kere always

1 prominent. Smith playod a [solid game, and Sullivan grafted hard in tin* tight play. Maekny played a lty& game in the first spell, hut was evidently out of condition. Davidson was mdieeahle for smart following-iy). Sheehiiji, at wingforward, did gdod work, lmt was several times helrlen hy the opposing half. Thurston played a useful game, hut lacks initiative. Hunter, as usual.

was clever, but not newly s» reliable as his partner, Jlynott, wto prolialily played the best back game on the ground. Cameron was not seen at his best, but made very few mistakes. Con.

Sheehan played a sound game, but is not half so dangcrou* near his, opponents' line as Hooker, the TnkapaJ Dive gave a good exhibition, although hf 1 showed an inclination at tithes to liosi-

tate before getting off the mhrk. Hardgraves has given better exhibitions in his position, and his kicking]\va* uot of his nana I "paralysing" order, Amongst tin; visitors. Abbott and Doive oNcelled in the hack division. AbhoH played a ! really fine game, his kicking especially being of a high order. .Dowe was very .smart behind the scrum. Smith was safe at full. Southcombe \vt\* more prominent than Meuli on the wiig. Setting was,'not very noticeable at rive-eighths, except in defensive work, and Mitchell made several mistakes. Ahe latter showed a tine turn of pace and splendid judgment, however, in opening the way for Abbott's try. Amongst a hardworking set of forwards, a;feature of wlio.se play was their backingjup, Suiter, Murray, Irwin, and vijeve noticeable for strong play. j tswai xoiamux UAOIUS lil ijl'EilNSU.\«. (By Cable.—X'l-Ctis Associatiuu.—Copyright.) Keceived 4.30 p.w. Brisbane.. Juiy 3. There was; a big attendance at the '•ame between IjueeiwaiHl and - tiie jiaoris, and it was hotly conlo.-sleu froui ■'jtart to lini-li. .u jmli-liine tiie scores were; Queensland 3 (a try oy Jiardcaatle), -Maoris 2 (a penalty goal kicked by As her). 11l the .-second spell. Haira aecuied. u try for ,lhe .Maoris, and llardcastle added a second try for Queensland, the match ending Queensland .. .. -• (i Muoria .. -• '■>

XNTIiIICOLUNIAb l"N1Y KliSlTl ItS. NliW ZIiALANU DEfJiiXJSI) 111 (l}y Cable.- -I'rcss right), llcccived -llli, a.m. Sydney, Jui;. - I.

Till' match between Sew Zealand and Sydney Universities was played «!. the University Oyal to-day. The weather wan line,and the attendance numbered 2U,0U0. Sydney University put a very srvong team in the field, ami Hie visitor* put ii [i a good lijjiit, but not lim ing-settled into their stride, were outinaieiied. 11l the early stages of the game, playing agaiiu-t a Hill breeze, they heid their own, securing (it-t blood with ;i clever try by tloodbchere, wliieh was unconverted.

Sydney thou got to work, in c-uick succession Matthews, Waudy, and Cuddy securing tries, the hvst spell ending, Sydney !); New Zealand 3. 'J'llic second spell opened with the New /.(inlanders attacking strongly, and from a tine run by Lomas. N.iku secured a try, which was not converted. Sydney again took charge, and ran tip the score to 22 before the New /inlanders had another look-m, (ioodbcheve securing his second tiy. The shot at goal failed. From this out, Sydney had all the best of tibv game, ami tries were Hecured bv Hughes (3), Matt.he«s. and Hammond, of which three were eonj verted. The game ended— Sydney University .. .. :ifi X.Z. University .. ~ 1)

AUCKLAND v. TIIAMKS,

By Telegraph.—Press Association. * Auckland, Saturday Night. ; -Zflm Auckland-Thames inter-Union rep. match, played llere to-day, resulted in a win for Auckland by 13 points to (i. About 3(100 spectators were present. Thames had hire better of the lir-t spell, scoring 0 points, t)ufLy kicking a fine goal from a mark, and Chirk scoring ii try. Auckland, in the second speil, bad matters their own way. anil tries were scored, by Cavlaw and Herring. Kiernau converted both and kicked a penalty goal.

INTKK-COLLEUIi MATCH. ! Auckland, Saturday Night. St. Patricks College (Wellington) beat St.-John's College by 2!) points to nil (nine tries, one converted). TARANAIU TRIAL HATCH. The following teams have heel! selected for the trial match at Stratford on Thursday, 9th instant- j"A" TEAM. Full-back—Hardgravea. Three-quarters Dive, Cameron, and C. Sheelun. Five-eighths—.Mvnott and Hunter. Half—Coleman. Wing-forward—T. .Shechau. Forwards—Alarchant, Jloll'att, Crowley, Smith, Tamil, Johnstone, Whittington.

"13" TEAM. Kull-liack—l'ilii. 'rhrce-(|uarter.s Hooker, I'otiur, and liucklaud. Kive-eighths—liuamish and Do Uiuniiy 1 Half—Thnrstoji. I il. llotlicry. I Konviirils—.liiliau, Davidson, I'ukcrc, ' Miickay, Klmslie, Osborne, and Sullivan. Any player unable to attend mu->t notify the secretary of the ttugby Lnion ' not later than N p.m. to-morrow. Immediately after the trial game, Unlearn to meet the liritisliers will lie 1 elinsen. and will go into training at New '' l'lvmouth for the event.

•UN I'll! '11! IA lj MATCH. The following junior teams have beeii selected to pliiy a curtain-raiser lu the liritish niak-li at 1 p.m. on the !.ith instant, provided the ground is sullicieiitlv dry not (o be injured thereby, lu that event the nialeli \vilL probably be played earlier in the day on another ground:- • N<iin'ui'.i:\ division. I'llll back -tJoldsinitli (Waitara). [ Threi'-iptarU'rs -(llentwortli (I'llthain). Stobr (Tnkapu!. UnnmisM-n (Ulthain). J-'ive-cighliis--Staiiiieri:ig (Tukapa). Ilall' -Mcl.areu (Slar). Wing-.fiirwaril-— I'ierec McCivell (Tukapa I. Kimvard" - llollicr and (!'■■ th-.ini). Me.Vlluiii iTukapal. McDouahl (Klthaini. Dernliill (Clifton), Dradley (Stratford), -loin's (Tnkapu). SOUTH AND WKST "DIVISIONS'' TKAM. i Full-back—ll.van. i Threc-nuarters -- t.'ainpbell. Katenf

. Kuril. five-eighths—Morrison. 1 Half—llunter. , M'ing-t'orwards —Hrown. Taylor. '' Vorwurds \ illars, "Alcljcllntid. Pep-- '' nprill. Winters. U. Brown, .f. Scown. and' " Willis. , ■' Any player unable to attend must I notify . the secretaiy ,<if the Union at fIW9; - -hi " *^l

j CLUB UHAlil'lONislll l'S. | The play-oil' ft>i the senior premier- | "hip ot tlic province between I'likapn. I Him Wnimatc j-i i 0 |, u played at Manilla | "11 July Mill. 'I'll!,, selection of Hie J pl.ue of play was decided en tlii! spin |Of Hi" loin, and . Myuott lost. The j play-oil between Tukapa iir.st juniors I aim Wiiiiiiiile will iils, o ho played .it j 1 .dan.iia, on Thursday next. llai'dgravs I luul no better fortune with tin.' coin | than his skipper. It is most, unfurtu- | initi' that tin; Union dill not decide | whore t!n>, matches were In be playril, us there uii! very many anxious to wit--111 s (lie matches, especially, the senior "Hi 1 . Played ut ilanaia, tin' opportunity hi Kct-iiio what would hi' tlif game of tlic season is limited to very lew. Uaweia, Lltluiui. or Stratford would have suited all parties, and on a neutral ground, no loam could have am- advantage.

NOTKS. The iiielusion of Tamil, of Waiuiafe, stated to lie the finest forward in Mie .southern division, in the A team tor I thursilay's trial match, will iiiueli satisfaction. If Tamil is all that is claimed for him, he should ],e a decided iici|iusifioii to the rep. team. In tlic previous trial g :l ) 'j'amu played n r°od !?»ue, but was stated to be'.shirking the solid work of Mm serums .Winston. the "All Black 1 ' footballer, mis been ordfiTtl Jlomc n' one<> !o join the elub with which he !, << signed'on. lie leaves, via ,Sydney, l, v iVcdnesday's boat, and does not intend to return to New Zealand.