FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 162, 3 August 1909, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

| MANIA WATU COMPETITION,, t Uj Telegraph.—Press Association. i „ , Feilduig, August t. By defeating Kia Toa in the Hanawatu 1 Cup competition on Saturday, FeUdlng ' seniors won the Hankin's shield for } three consecutive seasons and four times , in all, baring won it in the nrst year ' in 1890. Feilding thirds and fourths have also won their respective shields. [ WAXGAXUI v. TARANAKI. I m, , „ . Wa "Banui, Lost Night. The following will represent Wanganui against Tarunnki at Wanganui on Saturday next: Full-back: Meuli; thrcequartent Signal, Coo, Campion; ■ hve-eigliths, Campion and McLeod; half, Dane; forwards, Aitken, Takaramri. , 1 Dustin, Leahy, Milne, Bishop, Murray, ,' ; Suiter Emergencies: Slight, Busseil and Miller. . , d - A REFEREE HAS A HOyGH TIME. \ By Telegraph.-Press Association. \ Dunedin, Last Jnikuu ■ , .; At a meeting of the Otago Football i Association to-night, a referee In tip • •senior match City v. Kaitangaia, waved ' at Kaitangata on Saturday, reported i that the conduct of the spectators was ' ' disgraceful, and but for the protection" afforded by the City players and vno i' vice-president of the Kaitangata Club he , h r i would have been subjected to persoial' violence. He also reported a spectator j and a player for attempting to use < personal violence. It was deaden Wan > the match be replayed, and that the ■ player referred to bo suspended until the ' end of 1912, taht the spectator be warn- 'i I cd off all grounds under tho jurisdiction of the Association, and that the Kai Jl tangata Club be asked-to show reason 1 why the ground should not be disquali- \ iled. ' >t Pelone are now level with Poneke lor 'Ji the Wellington senior championship, Ath. letic's defeat of Poneke on Saturday ' ' being responsible for this change in the positions of the teams. , Tile following will represent Bakers and Butchers against Fire Brigade, on the Sports Ground on Thursday, play to start at three o'clock sharp:—McCoy,. Whitaker (2), Boulton, Bullock, Lowe (S), Ballot, Davidson, Burrows, Grey, Words. Leabnd, „ml Bycroft,' The I'ir,. Brigade will be represented by the following players:—Wigley, Boon, Rich, Oourtcnay, Douglas, Way (2), Moon, Hardwick, Oman, Prior, Walsh Bond, Clow, and Inch. Brigade will play in blue and white jerseys.