FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 42, 30 May 1910, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

THE TEAM FOR AUSTRALIA. STOHR SELECTED. By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, May 28. F. Herring, the Auckland forward, is unable to go with the football team to Australia.

Wellington, Last Night. Stohr, of Tarauaki, takes the place of Fryer, of Canterbury, in the New Zealand llugby team for Australia, Fryer ibeing uriabie to make the trip. WELLINGTON GAMES.

Wellington, Last Night. There was perfect weather for outdoor sports yesterday. In the senior matches St. James beat Ponekes by 6 to nil (Ponekes' first defeat this season). Athletic beat Melrose, $ to 3. Petone beat Southern, 32 to 3. ■Oriental beat Victoria College, 15 to 5, Old Boys "oeat Wellington, 13 to 5. PLAYER SUSPENDED. Duaedin, Last Night. The Rugby player who was suspended ■by the Union last week for striking another player was Tansey, and not Dancey. The name was erroneously telegraphed as Daneey. WELLINGTON v. NEW ZEALAND. Wellington, Last Night. The following team is to represent Wellington against the New Zealand reps, at the Athletic- Park on Friday:— Full-back: Thomas; three-quarters, Dawson, Bradley and Matheson; fiveeighths, Evenson and Walsh; half-back, Tiilyard; wing forward, Avery; forwards (front rank), Elliott and Irvine, (lock) Rapson, (supports) Tannahill and Perry, (back row) Bruce and MeKellar. Emergencies: forward, McFarlane; back, Kin-! vig. TARANAKI REPRESENTATIVE TEAM. (By Telegraph. —Own Correspondent.) Stratford, May 39. The following team has been chosen to represent Taranaki against Wanganui on Friday. Full, Dixon; three-quarter*, uive, Cameron, Roberts; five-eighths, Beamish, McLeod; half, Brown; wing, Whittington; forwards, Cain, Osborne, Crowley, Smith, Milne, i'oung, Pint; emergences, Livick, Tinney.

THE SATURDAY. COMPETITION. CIVIL SERVICEvT WAREHOUSES. Those who turned up to see the game on the Recreation Grounds on Saturday afternoon between the Civil Service and Warehouse teams were treated to an interesting and fairly fast game of football, despite the wet ground and the consequent slippery state of the ball. A notable feature of the match was the absence of talk. The referee, Mr. Mulvey, warned the players at the start that he would penalise talkative players and appeals. On two occasions he nad to execute his threat, and twice only. In this respect some of the Thursday teams might well take a lesson. Jioth teams started one man short, but filled up later on. Service kicked off. Early in the game Crockett, in the Warehouses three-quar-ter line, made a bad fumble, and the! Service men got well down towards the goal. The Yellow forwards, however, got well down to a scrum, and pushed their opponents back to halfway, where Hawkins broke away to the other end, Crockett kicking into touch in the Service twenty-five. A free • kick against Blues for appealing gave Hawkins a shot at goal, but the attempt was futile. A ■nice passing rush was started by Richards, and Crockett, Dynes and Crockett again handled the ball. Pfankuch grassed the latter, and Addison kicked down to Doughty at full-back. A uicej passing movement by Tressider and Ad-j dison was checked by deliberate obstruction ,by Jenson, but it escaped the referee's notice. Warehouses was frequently penalised for off-side play, Hawkins being the principal Ha v.'kins and Okey beat down the j>uie opposition, and got through to the fullback, Kurangi, who was bustled. The road to the goal was clear, but Pfankuch got in just in time, and booted to the line well up-field. A long kick was sent down to Doughty, and he forced. Service continued to have the best of things for some time, a succession of free kicks giving them an advantage. J The heavy rushes of the Warehouses | forwards' never got past Addison, who I was tackling splendidly. He was penj alised for holding too long on to the ball, when tackled in a risky position. Halftime was called without score.

Upon changing ends the Warehousemen, averted themselves, and from a mark Wtne g0.",; Jine Richards unsuccessfully attempted a'#o'ai> Addison fielded the bail well, and serif X > ie j kick down to half-way, where the bitfl went out. Jensen failed to take a short kick, and Service got dowii to the other | end, where Tressider, instead of going [ on, claimed a mark. Had he made for ■ the line he must have scored. LoV'er- ! idge failed to find the uprights. Dynes relieved the pressure, breaking through the Service vanguard, but he held too long, and kicked late. Another kick against Warehouses for off-side was returned by McAllum, and Service forced. On resuming, Pfankuch and Honeyfield invaded the Yellows' territory, and a lot of forward play failed to give relief. Johns was temporarily disabled by being "hipped" by Addison, and Hawkins balanced the account when he met Addison a minute later. A free-kick was given against Service for off-side, and Hawkins just mis'sed the goal. "No charge" was given, and Hawkins tried again, with tlie same want of success. Hawkins and Richards broke through with the ball at toe, but in front of the goal they were obstructed by off-side play, and the ball came back to midfield and out. Jensen cut in and passed to MeAllum. who just failed to reach the line, Addison bringing him down. From a serum a few yards from the iine Johns got the ball on the blind s'ide and scored. Richards made a good, but unsuccessful attempt at 'goal. Warehouses came again and again, but offside play generally spoiled the effort. Taking a penalty kick, Hawkins placed the ball himself, and sent it over the bar. The goal was disallowed. The finest piece of play of the day wag a smart passing run against the Warehouse backs, every one of them Ibeing brought down just as he got rid of the hall. Dines, Jensen, McAllum and Crockett took part in the rush, and the last man was grassed by Chamberlain. Failure to get the man would undoubtedly have given Warehouse a second try. "A lot of scrambling play ensued, mostly at the. Service end, but there was no further

incident of note till call of time. For Warehouses. Okey, Hawkins and Richards Mere the best forwards, and Dynes, McAllum and Crockett all played well in their respective positions. For Service Chamberlain'played a good game at half. Addison was perhaps the best of the backs, but Pfankuch and Loveridge both did well. The best forwards were Forward ami Marcussen. Warehouses thus won by 3 points to nil. Rovers forfeited to Pirates. SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIP. The primary schools under the Taranaki Education Board arc competing for a trophy, and for the purposes of the competition they have been divided into two sections. Central, West End and Fitzroy comprise one, and Stratford, lnglewocd and Waitara the other. Each section will play one round of matches, and the winner of each section will play off. Matches will be played at fortnightly intervals. The competitions started on Saturday, and resulted as fob lows:— . . , ■ .-,-,):>■■

STRATFORD v. WAITARA. This match was played at Waitara, and resulted in a win for Stratford by 11 points to nil. For the winners tries were scored by Wall, A. Kivell and D. Sheahan, and "the latter also converted one try.

WEST END v, CENTRAL, Those teams met at Western Park, the* match resulting in a win for West End V" H points to T. For the winners tries •were scored by Jury (2), 'Stohr and Sykes, one of which was converted by Hooker, whilst for the losers' Curline scored a try and Taylor potted a goal. (By "Soectator.") . Jack Stohr is to go with the New Zealand team to Australia, owing to Fryer being unable to make the trip. He and Mynott will leave for Wellington on Wednesday morning. If they play up to the form shown in eup matches this, year, the selector will be glad they're, in the team.

With Stohr and Mynott out of the Tukapa team, the Blues'' chances in the contests are hardly so bright. McAllum will probably be taken from the forwards to the three-quarter line, and Clarke will go up to the centre threequarter, Davidson probably playing at fall. A reliable five-eighths will probably take on the game again' in or(1:t to heln the club.