FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 223, 14 September 1908, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

WELLKGm; DEFEATS WEAK. TiARANAkI TEAM. By Telegraph-Press Association, T .„„ Wellington, Saturd.iv. t i, an attendance of 4,000 at the match between the represenUtives 01 Wellington and Taranaki, which wis nmn °? the Atllletic i'aik this afterSn U » , CT PL ' r£eet conditi °»*- Either teen Ia Tf BI,W b ' V its Jif " teen 1- roin the Wellington ranks jlit nson ,vil s aibsent, Jlagee goinir' plairT/ 1 P l "*' playing at five-eighths. Hardiiraves ! Hunter, Mynott, and Frewin were all Wellington had the best of the game, and completely turned the tables on l,^.L 0 fF oneUt , 9 .' who hi,J previously beaten thein this season at Xew Plvhi' } s t Po'nts to nil. The wind *<>s a great, factor in the game, as can be judged by the fact that neither side scored while playing against it. The teams were as follow:

Taranaki. •Full-back—Stohr. Sheanhant, Dive Cameron, Beamish. Half—Thurston. Forwanls-T. Shcaliaii (wing), Cain Winimgton l>„kere, .Mo/lilt, Tamil, o Sullivan, Kivell. Welliugton. Full-back-Ryan. Three-tiuarteis-ilatheson, Utgee, Ev-Five-eighths-Grccn, .UcLcod Half—Roberts. ' Forwards— Gardiner (wing), Keadv lamilton, "liangi" Wilson, A. C \Y.\on, Rush, Alexander, A. Cameron. Wellington lost the tos s and kicked off against, a strong wind and with the sun in their eyes. Jlelieod was the first to break away, and, being ably seconded by Green and ilagee, took play on to the yellows' lino; but Thurston secured the ball, and, dodging round Green, shifted the scene of operations. A kick by Roberts sent the ball to Stohr, who returned well down into Wellington's twenty-live. i'lav remained here for some time, until JkLeod, with a tine dodging run, crossed over the Taranaki half, but the ball got into the hands of Stohr, who once more sent i* back into home territory. A few minutes later Stohr again got the ball, and with an excellent kick sent it into touch right on the corner. From the line-out Taranaki sent the ball into touch in goal. Then, from a mark, Stohr had a shot at goal from half-way, but although his attempt was ait excellent one, the ball passed otitsid* the posts. Wellington slowly worked plav up to the other end, and from a scramble the ball crossed the line, but Moflitt forced ;'-own. The Wellington backs repeatedly attempted passing movements, but their efforts were always unavailing, the tackling of the yellows being very deadly. From a scramble in the centre of th> field Sheahan secured the ball from a rebound, and lieating the whole Wellington team, ran right down and scored a beautiful try beside the posts. Cameron made a very poor attempt to convert. Taranaki 3, Wellington 0.

About two minutes after, the Yellow forwards got away, and Tanui, taking a pass from OSullivan right on the line, fell over. Stohr converted. Taranaki 8, Wellington 0. From the kick-off Talmu again got away, and the Yellows looked dangerous, when Evenson intercepted a pass and ran into Taranaki's quarter. The game, however, did not remain here long, Beamish, Cameron, and Dive, with a fine passing rush, taking the ball to the other end. T. Sheahan got away, but was forced into touch in the corner. Cameron passed to Dive in front of the goal, and the latter attempted to pot a goal, failing miserably, liivell and I. Sheahan dribbled the ball into the Blacks' quarter, where it was secured by Ryan, but Sheahan grabbed it out of his hands and dashed forward, being coilared right on the line. Stohr took a shot at goal from a free kick at halfway, but A. Cameron charged the ball down. A long kick by Roberts found touch in the iellows' quarter, and the Black forwards, keeping up the pressure, forced play on to their opponents' line. From a scramble in front of the goal, Cameron kicked out finely, but Evenson marked and sent the ball back again. A fine rush by Beamish, Cameron, and Dive again put Wellington s line in danger, but Ryan saved well. The showing of the Blacks at this stage was very poor, even when it is taken into account that the wind prevented anything like good kicking by the backs. C. Sheahan made a fine run, beating all the Wellington backs except Ryan, who ran across and threw him into touch at Wellington's 25 Hag. Ualftime sounded with play in Wellington's territory, where it had been for about two-thirds of the spell. (Playing with the wind in the second half, "Wellington started much better, and soon had the ball in Taraim.Ci's quarter. 'Roberts had a shot at goal from a free kick, but failed. Alt; r about ten minutes' battling, in whlcn Wellington had all the best of the exchange, the ball came out from a close scramble, and Ready snatched it up and dashed over in the corner. Ryan fail tt to convert. Taranaki 8, Wellington 3. A fine piece of passing, in which McLeod, Green, and Magee participate.!, looked promising, but McLeod was downed near the Yellows' line. Play continued in Taranaki's quarter, .but nothing of any moment happened until the ball came out clear to Evenson, who dropped a beautiful goal. Taranaki 8, Wellington 7. A fine piece of passing by llusli, McLeod, Green, and Magee was spoilt by the last-named knocking-ou just as he was about to cross the line. The Blacks were awarded a free kick under Taranaki's posts, and Ryan landed in easy goal.

Wellington 10, Taranaki 8. ■Wellington kept up their attack, the j forwards especially putting in a great , deal ot hard work. The play was j exceedingly uninteresting, consisting , wholly oi scrambles and short runs by j the Blacks, none of which resulted in | any advantage to either team. A Tara- , naki forward carried the ball over his ] own lite. From the scrum the ball , came out to Roberts, who passed to : McLeod, who dodged over. Evenson , failed badly with the kick. Wellington IS, Taranaki S. The Yellows were rather more successful after this, and took play into Wellington's half several times. The Blacks' defence was, however, very solid, and could not be pierced. A tine rush by Green and Evenson saw the latter thrown out at the corner flag. This ended the game. 11l the second spell the Yellows had never penetrated into Wellington's 25. The final score wa»— I Wellington 13, Taranaki 8. Mr. E. Wylie was referee. ! AUCKLAND DEFEATS OTAGO. Auckland, Saturday. The Otago-Aueklaud football niateit was played tu-dav at Alexandra rail;, under ideal weather condition-, and in the presence of some 3WK) »|H?ttilurx. The contest was the last of the season lur the Kaufurly shield, and resulted in a victory for Auckland by 11 points to Otago played against the sun in the first spell, Paton kicking oil' to near Auckland's twenty-five. 'lhe visitors rushed th e ball over the line, but Mnvrav saved. The visitors still maintained a'slight advantage, l'aton attempted a penalty goal without result, .Mnrny relieving: and shortly after Clarke torced down. Gillett kicked high Horn lialfwav, Clarke's efforts to save the position being abortive. Baker falling on the ball. Auckland 3, Otago ml. Oil the resumption of play. Cillctl got the lrall away to Seeling, who made an opening for Morse, who scored, -Magec netting the additional points. Auckland 8, Otago nil. , Shortly afterwards McUuve got .< hot pass away to Gillett, who tramferred to Murray, the latter scoring. Auckland 11, Otago nil. Half-time was called shortly afterwards. Auckland had the better of the p a> o„ resumption, but lyemey and ' 11 *" patrick broke through the ruck sec mt id bv Eekhold, aud as the Ksiilt ot a scramble McDonald scored litem's first try.'l'aton cmitribot the additional points. Auckland H, Otago Sir. Rowe, of Wellington, refereed. UAXGITTKET v. WANOANt T. Marlon. List Night. The representative senior match Wangamu v. Kangitike . ,1. a ilt Marton o-i Saturday, r.-siihc;.l ! m u win for liangilikei by two come, cd tries io one converted tn. Tin am WI- f-iirlv even, and at times very la-t. Til- Ran'"itikei forwards played real > well, and obtained the l.all more often, but the backs failed to make good use 0 { their chances. IIEWHTS DISQf'ATJFJCATfON REMOVED. Wellington. Last Xiglit. I On Saturday evening the Z«j----i land Rugby Union committer upheld 0.

Hewitt's appeal against disqualideation by tiie Manawain Rugby Union. THE ASSOCIATION GAME. BROWN SHIELD WON BY WELLINGTON. Dunedin, Saturday Night, -the final Association match tor the Brown Challenge Shield was played today between Wellington and Ota»o ill [ splendid weather. Wellington played the better game, and won by 4 goals to 2. For the winners, Gibson, Ash" (2) and Shea, scored, while Baillie an.l Ussher were responsible for Otago« goals. The visiting teams were entertained at a ,siuok(i social this evening when the Shield was presented by the Mayor.

UXDER NORTHERN HULKS. WELUKtiTOX AXD AUCKLAND DIIAW. Wellington, Last Night. Hie contest under Northern Union I rules between teams from Auckland and V\ elliugton was played at l'etone yesterday, , mt l ended in a draw, each side scoring 13 points. The outstanding feature of the game was its openness. Both teams were spoken of as being well trained, but before the match ended the majority of the players were M uite weaned. Ashcr was the most notable example. 11,. was almost brilliant in the lil'st spell, and was scarcely once prominent in the second. His '■hurdling" trick was twice attempted, but availed but little. Cieorge Spencer stood up and waited for him, and when he jumped he was upset without trouble. The crowd showed enthusiasm on two occasions during the match, but for the most part they were stolid. There seemed none of the continuous enthusiasm and bitter rivalry that characterises the two sections of the crowd which witnesses the Auckland v. Wellington fixture under ltugby rules in Wellington e very .second year. There was, however, plenty of vim put into the game by the players, and on at least three occasions there were blows struck, but the contest was too keen to permit of any long continuance of these misunderstandings, a nd no apparent harm resulted from the blows.

The first match under Northern Union rules to be played ill Taranaki takes place at Western, Park (No. 2 ground) next Thursday between Auckland and Taranaki representatives. The Auckland team includes seven of the Pro.Blacks who toured Great Britain, also "Opae'' Asher and Barclay, of the .Maori team that went to Australia, besides other prominent players. The Taranaki team lias been carefully selected, and Includes A. Hardgraves (the best fullback in New Zealand to-day), .T. Colman (the New Zealand representative, Frewin (half), and "Babe" Hooker, Taranaki representatives, whilst the other players have all shown exceptional form during the season. The backs are a very fast set, and will take some stopping when under way, wliiUi the forwards are a dashy lot, goo-l tacklers, and handle a ball well. Combined with exceptional place-kiekers like Hardgraves, Stroud, Frewin, u*rl Hooker, they should give a good account, of themselves. The team and new game have created a very favorable impression. The teams are as follows: AUCKLAND.

Full-back—Riley. Three-quarters Redwood, H. I'ow.', and Dillaniore. Five-eighths—A. Aslier and W. Tyler. Half—Dick Wynyard. Forwards—Maekrell, Trcvartlien, Barclay, Dunning, Hooper, and McDonald, TARANAKI. Full-hack A. Hardgraves, 12st 2ib (Tukapa). Three-quarters Hooker, list II"') (Tukapa), C. McLean, Hat (Star), B O'Driscoll, lOst 101b (Star). Five-eighths—W. McLean, list (Tukapa), J. Colman, 12st 41b (ilawera). Half—B. Fre.win, list (Tukapa). Forwards—C. Johnson, 12st (Tukapa), 8. Loveridge, 13st 1()11> (Clifton), E. Haskill. list 4211) (Star), S. Stroud, 12st 711) (Star). T. Smith, 12st 21b (Star), and "D. Morgan." The last-named is a nom-dc-plume, as he has to obtain leave from his employment. •Mr. W. Chorley, of Auckland, will : referee. Frewin and Colman have apparently decided that they may as well lie killed for sheep as lambs. Both are at present suspended by the Taranaki Rugby - Union till the end of 1010. If they par- ■ ticLpate in this new game on professional lines, playing against professionals, it is pretty clear that they have decided to give amateur Rugby the final slip. There is very general regret amongst amateurs that llardgraves has allowed his name to be included in the professional team, for no finer exponent ( of the Rugby full-back game exists in the Dominion. But "money makes the mare to go."