FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 184, 8 September 1909, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

AUCKLAND TEAM TO MEET TARANAKI. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Last Night. Mr. Gallagher has chosen the following seventeen players from which the team to play Taranaki will be picked:—Backs, Renwick, Wilson, O'Leary, McGregor, Murray, Bater, Magce, Wc'di; forwards, Gillctt, Herring, Sellars, Francis, Cunningham, Hayward, Williams, Wathlell, and Nicholson. Auckland's crack forward, C. Seeling, and Morse, a member of the last sejson provincial team, are still on the injured list, and it is doubtful if they will be fit to play_ again this season. NEW ZEALAND UNIVERSITY TEAM. .Wellington, Last Night. The following is the team selected to represent New Zealand University against Sydney University, at Wellington on Saturday.next:—Full-back, Robinson (Auckland); three-quarters, Dansey (Otago), Ongley (Otago)', Duncan (Victoria College); five-eighths, Phillips (Wellington), O'Leary (Wellington); half, Otterson (Auckland); wing forward, Wilkes (Auckland); forwards', Williams (Canterbury), Watt (Otago), Cnrtayns (Wellington), Delamcre (Wellington), Young (Canterbury), Brownan (Wellington), Peed (Otago).

"OLD-TIMERS" MATCH. Clifton "Old-Timers" have challenged New Plymouth " Old-Timers " to a match to be played on Thursday, September 23rd, on the Recreation Ground, in aid of the ground fund. The following nre asked to go into hard training immediately for the New Plymouth team:— Messrs. Bendall (2), Standish, C. Webster, Dr. Fookcs, J. and W. Woods, A. Smart, B. O'Dowda, J. Clarke, J. Way, W. Pryor, R. Inch, Scanlon, W. Roch, A. Humphries, Murphy (2), Sadler, Pycroft, Callender, J, W. Smith, A. George, H. George, and Billings. THE ASSOCIATION GAME. 1

AUCKLAND DEFEATS WANGANI'I. Wangnnui, Last Nye.'. The association football match betwre-i Auckland and Wanganui was played this afternoon, and was won by Auckland by 3 goals to 1. TARANAKI v. AUCKLAND. For tile interproviflrial "soccsr" match, Taranaki versus Auckland, to be played at Elthara on Thursday, tn: following team has been selected to represent Taranaki:—Goal, Stapleton (Hawera); backs, Robinson and Collinirwoou (Stratford); halves, Hocken (Hawern), Barrell (Stratford), Mcßines (Erttuv'O; forwards, Smart and Elliot (New p|y. mouth), Sclolcfield (Eltham), Eggleston and Gwillim (New Plymouth). Emergencies: Knight (Kapo'nga) und Butchard (Stratford), forwards; Niehol (Kaponga), back.