FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 201, 14 August 1908, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

JUNIOR REP. MATCH. ~" WANGANUI v. TARANAKI. A CLOSE CAME. By Telegraph-Press Association. \ *,„.n „ Uan S auu b Last Night. and Tarul mtCll *"*<*" Wa ft diaranak. junior reps. was pTayed : on th« Kcc. fills afternoon. The «..-i her was glorious, but the attendance was hmiied. The teams were eve iv the tact toat Wanganui just managed, to wm by the narrow margin of one Pomt, the teams .having been, as " i. ere, racing neek and neck. Th e Tiira nak forwards were Slightly superior'. «» loose, but the Wang-anui backs we" somewhat better than those of the Vhltors. Taranaki drew first blood, Stohr who had ,bcen playing prominently, .-ettmg over the line near the posts V r,n a int SUCC n SfUI " * ddi,, S tae ™J°r pmnts On resuming, Stohr put iu another fine run, but spoiled a certain ! orlJ " « Uing to ° lou S, Wangaaui ™Sf t . Wanganm forwards then ru»hed the play to the other end of the Held and Mirimu scored, Ansley converting, Taranaki », Wanganui 5 Wanganui soon after scored another try, McDonald kicking from the 25 line following up fast, and touching down i m good position. Half time was then called.

Soon after the kick-off Wanganui werv penalised for oil-side play„ Stohr kicked a. magnificent goal from halfway. Wanganui 8, Taranaki 8. Shortly after the kick-off Stohr secured ad centre B nd kicked high. The local fullback mussed, and "Paritutu," following up fast, scored between the posts, Stow converting. Taranaki 13, Wanganui 8. McDonald, following up a long kick, secured tuc ball and scored near the corner. Wirimu failed with the kick. Taranaki 13, Wanganui 11. Some hard play rollowed. Stohr nearly added to Taranaki's score. He kicked from halfway, but the ball struck the posts. Wanganui then carried play to the Taranaki line, and Guan scored near the corner. Taranaki tried hard to overtake Wanganui, but the ibell went with the score standing—Wangaaui 14, Taranaki 13. Tor Taranaki, Stohr, McLaren, Ryan, and Koru in the backs and McDonald, "Paritutu," and Haislin in the forwards played the best. A feature of the game was the splendid place-kicking of Stohr. NORTH OTAGO v. ELLESMERE. By Telegraph.—Press Association. I Oamara, Last Night.

The football match, North Otago v. Ellesmere, was played to-day in n.ie weather and on a good ground. The local men were superior to the visitors in every department but semm work, and won by 10 points to 3. WELLINGTON v. AUCKLAND. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Thursday. The Wellington representative football team arrived here this morning. The team will play Auckland for the Ranfurly Shield on Saturday. WELLINGTON ITEMS-. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. The management committee of the New Zealand Rugby Union to-night considered a protest by W. Fraser, of Southland, against his disqualification for disputing a referee's ruling. Fraser denied the charge. Fraser is to be informed that the appeal is not in Order, not having been lodged within the stipulated time. Mr. H. Kelly leaves Wellington for Sydney to-morrow to represent the New Zealand Rugby Union in respect to its financial interests in the tour of the Anglo-Welshmen in Australia. At the meeting of the Wellington Rugby Union committee to-night, F. Murphy, of the Polhill fourth grade team, was suspended till the end of the 1909 season for using obscene language during a recent match. TARANAKIw. WELLINGTON. The following seventeen Taranaki players have been chosen to go into training and to assemble in New Plymouth on Monday morning preparatory to meeting the Wellington football representatives on the Recreation Ground on Thursday next: Hardgraves, P. Skeahan, Dive, Cameron, Buckhind, Hunter, Mynott, Frewin, Coleman, Cain, Rothery, Wliittington, Pukere, Smith, Tamu, O'Sullivan, and Crowley. "Old Stager" writes: "In selecting the teams to do battle against Wellington and Auckland, 1 hope the selector _ will make an alteration in the compositi .n of the back division, which up to now has been weak in more than one essential. C'olmaii is a failure at half, no matter how good he is in the positions of wing and full-back. Sheahan, wing three-quarter, lias not justified his inclusion, and should be retired for a better man, who can be found in Pini, the Waimatc crack back, who seems to "have escaped the eye of the selector altogether. Frewin has his deficiencies, ibut he is miles ahead of Column as a half. Some of the forwards want sorting out. Whittiugton, McKay, and O'Sullivan could be replaced with actvantage. Wliittington lias not played up to representative form; McKay won't train and loses his wind; and O'Sullivan is not the player he used to be. Rothery ought to be put in the pa* and Colman given his place. Tanro, Smith, Pukere, Cain, and Crowley cannot be improved upon.- There is no trouble in getting a seventh man. The southern division contains half-a-dozen men from whom a successful selection could be made.

REPRESENTATIVE MATCH FIXTURES. August 15.—Southland v. Canterbury, at Christchurch. i Wellington v. Auckland, at Auck- , land. . -1 August 19.—Southland v. Wanganui, at ; Wanganui. . i August 20.—Wellington v. Taranaki, at New Plymouth. i August 22.—Auckland v. Thames, a, I Thames. 1 . Southland v. Manawatu, at Palmers- I ton. Wellington v. Wanganui, at Wanganui. Horowhenua v, Wellington B, at Wellington. August 26—Southland v. Wellington, at Wellington. Au-nist 20—Auckland v. Taranaki. "Canterbury v. Wellington, at Wellington. . September- 12. Wellington v. Waira-

j rapa, at Wellington.