FOOTBALL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 205, 19 August 1908, Page 3

FOOTBALL

THE MAORI PROS,

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"* •The Rugby Leagufhas A | B '!f' 18 " . io permit its plan" t„ ' ?•'- e<l not "other tene Ht l i t d/;o/ nl ;W ,; ia *eam to-morrow. The rei o • n the refusal i» that, af£' L?\? for ■iad stated timf #j,' -Maoris depart f or Xew Zealand I)re * liirt ' d to -ay last, Wiey entered im VV . eu, . ,es " *o play a" match at "» ™ of the claims SSat't "T te ™ above board'and' that" , t iu-tiH» I in trying to raise funds after An fi Mo of the last benefit matcili , ai "

A UNIVJiIIsAL AUSTKALLW GAJIK

' ' .Melbourne, August 18 An inter-State conference represent-, t»e of football or^nteations,Tossed the question of establishing a uni versal Australian game. . g In reply to a question one delegate declared that there was no pSrt whatever of the Rugby authorities gTv w'h w l egard to tl,e off - side Mrwwi n Sald: " Timt Settk 'S it." ilr. Jlclveown, of Xcw Zealand, said a game should be evolveil , \ ou d „,, bc tl,e Australian game k Nor thera Union gnme j «B played by the professional All-Blacks «d come to stay in New Zealand. Ao decision was reached by the con-

the professional gajik. J AUCKLAND v. WELLINGTON*. By Telegraph—Press Association. Th„ f«,i • Auckland > f-ast Jiight. The following team has been selected to represent Auckland in tike football match against Wellington next Saturday under the Korthern Union rmes:-rnll-back, Duffy; three-quarters, Kowe. ' a "? Ilcd " 00d ; five eightlis, W. Tyler and S. Kiley;. halfback, 1! Wynyard; forwards, Mackrell. Dunning, Trevarthen, McDonald, Gladdin" and Hooper. Of the thirteen plaver°s chosen seven toured the North of j.; lur . la " d 5 1 ® D ? (S. Riley) wtnt across and met tae team in Australia, plavini? several games there. McDonald/ Hooper, and Dufty are Auckland amateur ropa., while Redwood and Gladding are senior players. THe team is in active training.

JUNIOR REPS. FOR AUCKLAND.

TKe Taranaki junior representative team to meet Auckland at Auckland on Saturday has been selected as follows: Ryan, Taylor (Waimate); Winters (Kaponga); Robinson, Hellier, Macdonald, Maslin (Eltham); Koru (Okaiawa); Etohr, Stannering, McAllum, McGiven (Tukapa); Pearce, McLaren, W. love (Star). Mr. H. Stocker accompanied the team, which leaves by Thursday night's boat,~as manager.

, The Wellington representatives arrived yesterday from Auckland, and ire putting up at the Criterion Hotel. The Taranaki representatives are now in town, and will put in practice to-dav. It was'expected that the fifteen men would have got in some practice on Monday and Tuesday, but they did not all put in an appearance till last night.. The Tukapa' junior touring team re--0 turned home by last -night's express. Hie team.left New Plymouth on Monday, 10th inst., and travelled right through to Masterton the same day. A match -was to have been played at Masterton against the Red Stars', winners of the junior competition, but owing to ihv Wairorapa Union having altered the date of the junior reps.' tour, T!he match had to lie abandoned. (The Tukapas landed at Napier on •Thursday night and were met. by the members of the Kia Ora Club, whirfj team they met and defeated on Saturday by 6 to 3. In the evening the vis- . itors 'were sumptuously entertained at 1 a dinner. Next day they- were taken for a 25-mile drive into the country, and enjoyed t'lic outing. The Tukapa boys speak in tnost complimentary terms of the hospitality of the Kia

Ora's, -particularly praising the thoughtfulness and kindness of the secretary, Mr. Hunter. They are looking forward to returning the compliment next Easter, when Kia Ora will be returning the visit. "Hospitality like that," said ine of;'tire players, "will take a lot of returning, but I think'well give them a good time over here." With regard to our paragraph concerning the inclusion of Hooker in the Tukapa junior touring team, Mr. Moverly, secretary of the club, assures us that Kia Ora knew all about it,, the matter. having been mentioned in correspondence between the two clubs.