FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 39, 26 May 1910, Page 8

FOOTBALL.

j MAORIS DEFEATED BY AUCKLAND. j By Telegraph—Press Association. I Auckland, Last Night. The New Zealand .Native Rugby football team which is to tour Australia played a match, against the Auckland representatives this afternoon, atid were defeated .by 14 .points to 0. The team comprises some fine players, but thencondition and combination is not good yet. The game played to-day indicates that they are a team of great possibilities. In tne first spell tries were scored for Auckland by Francis and McGregor, and in the second spell Herring and Clank scored tries, one of which was converted by R. Magee. In the second spell M. Winiata and Rawiri scored tries for the Native team. The party leave, under the management of Mr. W. T. Parata, for Sydney by the steamer Victoria on Monday. Every member of the party is of Maori descent. THE NEW ZEALAND TEAM. Dunedin, Last Night. It is understood that Judd, ot South Canterbury, has been selected as a member of the New Zealand football team for Australia, in place of Mitchell (Dunedin), wjio has been suspended by the local union. TO-DAY'S MATCHES. SENIORS. Tukapa v. Stratford, at Western Park, 2 p.m. Clifton v. Star, at Waitara, at 3 p.m. Inglewood v. Eitham, at Inglewood, at 3 p.m. FIRST JUNIORS. Clifton v. Star, at New Plymouth, at 3 p.m. Tukapa v. .Stratford, at Stratford, at 3 ,p.m. Inglewood v. Eitham, at Eitham, ai 3 p.m. SECOND JUNIORS. Clifton v. .Star, at Waitara, 3 .p.m. Inglewood v. -Eitham, at Inglewood, 1.30 p.m. Tukapa v. Stratford, at -New Plymouth, 1.30 .p.m.

(By "Spectator.") In al! matches an endeavor is to be made to adopt the "five yards" rule in line-outs. This can be done only by the consent of both captains. Robertson, of Okato, has dropped out of the Star seniors, owing to the inconvenience of travel. T. Hopkins has been sent up to first grade again. One or two others can safely be sent down a grade before "Tommy." There's a good bit of "ginger" in him. ana ginger is what many of the Star forwards lack. From 30th June the Saturday footballers' ranks should be strengthened by the closing of the legal offices on Saturdays. The innovation will go hard with the Star seniors, for there are several legal lights in the team.