FOOTBALL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 173, 13 July 1908, Page 3

FOOTBALL

I'HE MAORI I>ROS. .(By Cable.— Press Association.—Copy- . right.) Received 11th, 4.30 p m «t Heat ilaitlacd by 30 points to 10" inVTJIr 1 g ® me ' the Maoris indulging in good passing rushes. The Xorth ei rg . w(ort^ ! ', e .« ame - > Jllt the Maoris' cOnmt,lelattCr ' ,ortiottt ' f^ |

intercolonial university match. NMV ZEALAND DEFEATED. (By Cable—Press Association.—Copyright.) " Received 11th, 8.15 p.m. The New Ze«laad^U°i7era!ty y team but not Ar mHr ° l,olitan tea »' team was ofw* th r<-'e-quarters, Gbodbeh.er,e > Robmson, and Dansey; five . eighths Wrigley and Loma >.' Gray; forwards, Wilson, Fenwick, Delajnere, Potter, Brosenham, \Vri«lcy Grace and Young. ° The New Zcalaudera played quite a I good game in the first spell, although tr - v sc * ,re(l against tliem.V and failed to score themselves. Good passing rushes were a feature of the game. Gray was injured durinj; the spell, and Nuku took his place. In the second spell, the Blacks forced Ute pace for a while. Dansey kicked a goal from a mark, and then BroSenlam wound up with a try off a unoWing rush headed by Delamere, but Dansey failed to convert. An easy shot from a mark by Nuku was miskicked by Dansey, and the visitors wen went to pieces, the locals Scoring a couple of tries in qnick succession, although they failed to convert them. Time was called witli the score:— Metropolitan .. ~14 N.Z. University « 1

WIN FOR THE VISITORS.

ENGLAND v. WANGANUI.

By Tclgpph.-Presa Association. Wanganui, Saturday Night. ■fhe football matcli, England \. Wa nganui, was played at Cook's Garden TO- day in beautiful weather, before i large concourse of spectaoi-s. all thi terraces and auxiliary stand-- bein< greatly crowded. The ground was i! splendid order, but slightly heavy aftei the recent rains. The game was' inter esting and exciting all through, th« visitors leaving the field victorious by nine points to nil. The teams were very evenly matched, AA'anganui more than holding their own in the forwards, waile the English vanguard out-played their opponents. For some time after the commencement, the game was confined to the forwards, but after the players had found their places the English backs got to work, and several pretty bouts of passing were witnessed. Tuan and Ponty Jones by clever work let liibhs away, but when a score was imminent he was well grassed by Reed. Meuli then made a strong run alongside the ■ line, but slipped near the goal-line, Dyke saving. The British back division made some splendid concerted runs, but found the tackling of Mitchell, Seeling, and Heed too sound. J. L. Williams dropped at goal without success. Another pretty bit of passing resulted in Tuan Jones" losing the ball on the line. From the succeeding scrum, Laxon shot the ball out on the blind side to Dave and Gibbs, the latter going over at the corner. Harding failed at goal. England 3 Wanganui 0

A desperate combined rush !>v the Wanganui men resulted in Wanganui being swarded a free kick in -front., and Abbott kicked an easy goal. Britain .. ' .. 3 Wanganui 3

Hie visitors' hack* executed some pretty passing runs, one of which Mitchell intercepted, and dribbling over the visiton' line, Dyke forcing. Half-time intervened with the score 3 all.

On resuming, the Wanganui forwards made repeated charges through to Uvke, who stopped them. Harding now opened oi|t with iis backs, throwing an extra back, J. F. Williams, into the threequarter line. Laxon passed out smartly, and a pretty bout of passing resulted in Williams sewing at the comer. Harding again failed at goal. England <> Wanganui 3

Laxon anil Oavey fed their liberally, Suiter, Mitchell and Hogan. spoiling repeatedly. As the result of a mull by SouthcOuibe, Dibble and Thomas broke clear away and dribbled to tbc line, where Meuli saved cleverly. Abfbott lad a long shot from a penalty,* the ball dropping under the cross-bar. A brilliant bit of work by Laxon, Polity Jones, and Davey, resulted in the latter woring at the comer. Harding again failed at goal.

England 'J Wanganui 3 After strenuous give-and-take play, the .Wanganui forwards charged through, and Jleuli obtaining possession, scored in a good position. Abbott failed at goal. England •. • • ■. 0

Wanganui 6 < After another great rush by the Wanganui forwards, which Dyke saved , by kicking into touch in goal, the game ended as above. The visitors played a pretty dashing game, bnt the general opinion was that they have not sufficient "devil" to cope with the highest Bu'gby combination of the Dominion. The Wanganui threequarters got out of their places time after time, a fault which contributed; greatly to their defeat. ' BRITISH TEAM'S TOUK. RESULTS TO DATE. >- ' Points Against Drn, W. Ij. or Aget. iWairarapa .. 1 0 17 3 {Wellington ..0 1 13 l!> Otaflo .. ..0 1 6 Si ■ Southland .. .. 1 0 14 8 New Zealand ..0 1 j South Canterbury.. 1 0 12 ft Canterbury .. ..0 1 8 13 West Coast.. ..1 " 22 3 Nelson ..1 0 12 (I New Zealand .. 1 0 0 3 3 Hawke's Bay 1 0 2-"> 3 Poverty Bay .. 1 0 2fi 0 Jfanawatu .. 1 0 12 3 Wauganui .. 1 0 9 11 ' Total .. .. » 4 184 ltis REMAINING FIXTURES. July 15. —Taranaki Union, at New Plymouth. July 18.—Auckland Union, at Auckland. j July 22.—Native team, at Rotorua. July 25.—New Zealand, at Auckland. August s.—New South Wales, at Sydney. 'August B.—New South Wales team for England, at Sydney. August 12.—Western Union, at Balhurst.

August 15.—Metropolitan Union, at (Sydney. August 19.—Northern Union, at Newcastle.

August 22.—New South Wales, r.i Sydney. August 26.—Queensland, at Brisbane. August 29.—Queensland, a{ Brisbane. September 2. Queensland, at Brisbane.

AUCKLAND CUP FINALS. \ By Telegraph—Press Association. ' Auckland, Saturday Night. To-day was a deciding day here in football, the junior grade champion j-'liips of the Auckland Rugby I ■ upon lieing finally decided. The winners ol the various grade championships for the Season are as follows:—Senior gradi 1 . | Ponsonby; second grade, North Shore; \ third grade, Ponsouby; ftiurth r-i• II Newton. j AUCKLAND REP. TKA.M. i By Telegraph.—l'ress Association. Auckland. Saturday Night. A rep. trial match was played to day, after which the following team dioM-n to represent Auckland province ngninst Britain next Saturday:— "Full-back: Keliwick. Three-quarter*: Murray, Magee. and Wilson. Five-eighths: Jlater and .Uor-e. Half: Kiernnii. FOrv.ii r-!.v: (t'rlleff 1/ening. Ma<ruire (City), Francis, Cunningham. Nichol-nn, Harvard. and Seeling. Emergencies: Young. Magttire (Oration). Miller, and .Johnson. THE T A R A X A K T-BRITISTI MATCH. All the selected Taranaki pla vers, with the exception nf Hunter, Cameron, and Smith. are now in town uiiili-i'/cin'r ■. i_training in view of Wednesday's match. ?'i. Bsiiitt is expected to arrive this morn-

fog, and Hunter and Cameron during the afternoon.

Mere is an almost unanimous con•emus of opinion amongst close observers that Pukere, the hard-workin»Clif- - t ° n forward, who i, first eiuer°cncv R„ 0 " ld b , e "Jt-'uded in the team, tald^ htter'nhvP i ,Ce iD - the Scn,m ' aml th * lattei plajed as wing-forward, vice T "vitM see !"V° ,mrc l° s t life "Jiinmv" (lNi n' r , mg like kere in-l ulllv -y, l - Whittington, P u . to few T m,,) there WOul 'l l« little Interest in the match has been m-eat ly mereased by the result of the Brit™! tion accounted for three tries to one • j, Bllt| s!iers are evidently reservand t C hf | CS f ° r the Tilrauaki match, . l 11,18 bcen noted that Jackett U, ° 13 T 0f the fnlWmcks itfcers "w! a '! d other mem matches. •* «*c» The British team arrive in New l 1! v put up at the Criterion Hotel, where the othfial welcome will be accord,.,l bv e«nil7° r ' ''• "• TiSCh) the

8 IvL? n 'i 18 tlU ,'r l ' to fomm ™cc »r ton) Tm Mr. Wylic (Wellington .lias been appointed referee, there was a great run 011 Saturday xrr cd acat ? .° n u,e s i ,eciiil 800 1 I «l'P«»ieliii,g completion. Only 600 seats are available, and over t\ri>'of these are already disposed of

Tlic tour of the Anj,'!«-Wel,| miHn , s draAvmg to a close. There remains only three matches-against Taranaki, Auckland, and New Zealand (writes the Aew Zealand Times football scribe) The Dominion's "tail" is thus a very forcible one. It was in the North that the 1904 team came to grief, after a triumphant tour of Australia and (lie South Island, and the prospects of the present team do not seem to me to be at all bright. The record of the British team is now rather a fine one. At the beginning of the tour it seemed as the end were to be a regular fiasco, but ever since the Canterbury match the team has gone through without defeat, making even the Dominion team look' exceeding foolish after the second test. At one time the record of the team stood at—won, 3; lost, 4; points for. To; points against, 00. That was very far from cheering, but what a difference has come over the face of matters now. The team has pulled itself together marvellously, and is now very well indeed. What will happen to it during the next fortnight it is abso- | lutely impossible to say, but I wish them every luck. As a New Zealander, born and bred I suppose I must 'liope to see New Zealand win the third test, but still I am not afraid to say that it is my wish, should the Britons have the better of the plav in the third test,

as they bad in the second, t'liat they be rewarded with the victory, that is their

Taranaki (the Times writer proceeds) will put a very strong team into the field against the Anglo-Welshmen. I have read of a trial at Hawera | /In! which both Hunter am! Mynott were fioth playing at the lop of 'their form. Those who saw that couple play in the inter-Island match this year will appreciate what" this means. Cameron and Dive both shaped well, and C. Shealian was also in good form in the threequarter lino. Col man was playing behind the serum, and gave n good exhibition, while Jlardgraves, whom some consider the liest full-back in the Dominion, and All-Black O'Sullivan, were also prominent. It seems as if Taranaki will be a hard nut for more tlhan the Anglo-Welshmen to crack.

I'RIJIABY SCHOOLS' TOURNAMEXT. At the Teachers' Institute On Saturday, Mr. Tyrcr pointed out that in South Taranaki the primary schools football teams were playing for a shield obtained from the Taranaki Rugby Union for the encouragement of school football. He believed that a similar shield would be given the north end, and that it could be had for the askihg, the Rugby Union having sot aside money "for the purpose. If suc:i a shield were available application should be made for it. There should be very little difficulty in arranging a tournament. He considered that this would be a valuable aid to school work, helping tile teachers in several ways and doing good to the boys themselves; He moved that the Taranaki Rugby Union be applied ty for a shield for a primary schools' tournament. Air. Tyrer subsequently digested that there should be a regulation barring boys who had obtained the proficiency certificate and the very big and weighty

toy*. ' i J Mr. Dempsey considered the plan a good one, and that it would be .1 helpin the school work.

Mr. Barv would like to see a < ■oin*' mittcc set up right awav to arrange a one-round tournament this season.

Mr. Hunter thought it would be as well first to secure the shield.

Mr. Evans rc|>ortcd the remark of a Rugby Union official that the people in North Taranaki were "too jolly slowto catch worms." The motion was carried. A committee comprising Messrs Hunter, liary, J. Thomas, H. Thomas, and W. J. Evans were appointed to discuss details, and at a subsequent meeting it was decided to inaugurate a tournahnent right away, the schools being divided into district eo-terminous with the present football club districts. Fixtures will be arranged shortly.