FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 81, 14 July 1910, Page 5

FOOTBALL.

ROUGH PLAYER ORDERED OBF. 1 \ "•y C«ble.—Press Association.—Copyright Received duly 14, 0.55 a.m. Sydney, Last Night. As the result uf rough play in the match one of the Englishmen was or-/ dered oil'. SOUTHLAND v. MAORIS. Jnvercargill, Last Night. The Maori footballers arrived from Melbourne on Monday, and played Southland to-day. There was no score in the first half, but in the second Southland scored 0 points to the visitors' 3. THE NORTHERN UNION GAME. Received July 13, 8:20 p.m. Sydney, Last Night. In the final match Australasia beat England by 32 to 15. The weather was fine and the game hard, attractive, and spectacular. In the first half the Britishers held their own. linishing onlv two points behind. In the second speH, toe Australians took charge, and in spite of strong defence managed to add an additional fifteen points, bringing the score to 32. The Britishers failed to increase their first-half score of 15. For the winners, Messenger kicked a penalty, and McKivat two; Farnsworth, Messenger, Bvackenrigg, and Spence scored tries, Messenger and Brackenrisrg each converting three. For Britain, Riley (two) and Winstanley were the try-getters, Thomas converting. Asher played a fine game. He received a nasty cut on the head by coming into collision with an Englishman.

THE ASSOCIATION GAME. The following team has been selected to play a, match against the Taran&ki representative team at Taurnata Park, Eltham, at 3.30 this afternoon:—Goal, Soutihall (N.P.); backs,- Lovell and Bullock (Hawera); half-backs, Kelly (Kaponga), Elliot (N.P.) and Pope (Stratford) ; forwards, Tunes and Stevens (Hawera), Barnsley and Faull (Kaponga) and GwlllJm (N.P.); emergencies, Holmes (N.P.) and B. Law (Kaponga). .