FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 89, 23 July 1910, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

DOMINION REP. GAMES.

July v. American Universities. August It—South Canterbury v. North Otago. August 13—Taranaki V; Wanganui, at Hawera. August 13—Auckland v. Hawke's Bay. August 20—Auckland v. Wellington, at Auckland. August 20—Canterbury v. South Canterbury, at Christchurch. August 25—Taranaki v. Wellington, at New Plymouth. August 27—Wellington v. Wanganui, at Wanganui. August 27 —Auckland v. Thames, at Thames. August 27—Canterbury v. Southland; at •Christchurch. August 27—Otago v. South Canterbury, at Dunedin. September I—Otago v. North Otago, at Oamaru. September I—Southland v. Wairarapa, at Masterton. September 3 Wellington v. Southland, at Wellington. September 3—Taranaki v. Auckland, at Auckland. September 7—Otago v. Southland, at Invercargill. September 10—Auckland v. Canterbury, at Auckland. September 10 —Wellington v. Otago, at Wellington. September 14—Otago v. Wairarapa, at Masterton. September 15—Canterbury v. Wairarapa, at Carterton. September 17—Wellington v. Canterbury, at Wellington.

TARANAKI FIXTURES. August 13—Taranaki v. Wanganui, at Hawera. August 25—Taranaki v. Wellington, at New Plymouth. September 3—Taranaki v. Auckland, at Auckland. A match is probable against the Canterbury touring team. AUCKLAND v. AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES. By Telegraph.—Press Association, Auckland, Yesterday. At the request of the New Zealand Union it has been agreed to postpone the American-Auckland match to August 3. NORTHERN DIVISION. Thursday's matches have still left the senior competition in a very interesting state, and there is every probability that the two leading Clifton and Stra> ford, will have to play off to decide the winner of this division. Each team has one match to play. Clifton have to meet Eltham at Eltham, and should just about win, though the local team will give them a hard tustle. Stratford have tne advantage of meeting Star on the home ground. In the first junior competition Eltham have a three-point lead over the next team, Clifton, and have thus won the division championship. In the second juniors there is a tie between Clifton 'and Stratford, though with one match to play the former have a two-point lead. Detailed results:— SENIORS.

NOTES. (By "Spectator.") ' Considerable interest was taken in the match between Tukapa and Cliiton last Thursday. On the previous occasion, .when these teams met in New Plymouth, the result was a pointless draw. Mynott and Stohrwere then absent from the Blue and Whites, and many were of opinion that, with their inclusion, Tukapa would win and thus give Stratford the honors in this division. Until

(well into the iecosd spell h looked a 9 if this would eventuate, at Tukflv* le a five points 'lead (a try and goal ov?" ■ ta'med in the first epell by Stohr). Clif-j I ton, h«wever, rattled up 13 points very I quickly, and put the issue beyond doubt. [ On the heavy ground Clifton's weighty forwards were in great form, and Tukapa's lighter vanguard deserve commendation for standing up so well against them. J. Du Blois was the most prominent of a good pack. He did a lot of work in the loose and on the lineout, and also took his full share of scrum work. If he continues, lie should be a hard man to keep out of the reps. Loveridge, W. Du Blois and Jones were also conspicuous. Fast following up by the former was the cause of his registering a well-merited try. Cain and Berntsen have both played ! better games. Crowley, on the wing, played with great dash and judgment. He had a hand in every Clifton rush. Lash and Adams, at half and fiveeighths respectively, were decidedly weak, though the latter put in some fair defensive work.

Tate and Goodwin, wing three-quar-ters, played finely. Each scored a good try. The former showed rare judgment in going on with the ball at his feet instead of making a second attempt to pick it up when he scored. The latter's try was the result of a fine run, after gathering up the ball from a nice opening made by Loveridge and Kyle. iSampson, at Ml, was very solid, and kicked we'll. He should, however, have prevented Stohr from scoring. The same remark applies to Jones and Tate. Of the Tukapa forwards, Jones, Mathieson, Steele, MeAllum and Ward were prominent. Steele was unfortunately ordered off' five minutes before the game ended, for kicking an opponent. .Loveridge, on tie wing, put in a lot of week.

G. Loveridge, at half, had a lot of defensive work to do, and he went down well to the heavy forward rushes, and made some nice openings. Mynott, at five-eighths, was a host in himself, and stemmed the onslaught time and again. He also handled the greasy hall well. ■Stofir, ait centre three-quarter, acquitted himself well. The try he scored was a "good one. He handled the ball twice, passing it to Webster and receiving it again, when he gathered it in onehanded, whilst going at top, n/nd streaked for the line. It was a good try, and yet a simple one, as there were at least three Clifton backs who,should have coßared hinj.

Webster Bros., the wing t'hree-qwar-ters. shaped well.

Clarke, at full-back, had a lot of work to do, and he got through it all creditably. Time and again he picked the ball up almost at the feet of the opposing forwards, and with a nice kick relieved the pressure. Mynott stHl has recollections of his Australian trip. On several occasions on Thursday, when exhorting the Blue and Whites to further exertions, he called them "Blacks."

TO-DAY'S TEAMS. The following will play for Rovers against Civil Service on the Recreation Grounds to-day:--Clarke (2), D. Webster, lan Grant, Hill, Thompson, A. Grant, .Ryder, Loveridge, Turnbull, N. West, Coker, Mulloy, Bollinger, Monk. Emergencies: Rea and West.

The Civil Service team will be:—Gillett, Forward, Boyd, Allan, Marcussen, Kennedy, Kilgour; Maxwell. Simpson, Loveridge, Pfankuch, Copestake, Honeyfield, Callander, Chamberlain.

SOUTHERN DIVISION.

Position of clubs in the southern division are as under:—

The match of the season so far as the southern division is concerned is the one set down for the Manaia enclosure to-day, the visitors being Okaiawa. Each team has an unbeaten certificate, the result of their first meeting being a drawn game. The same number of championship points stands to the credit of both teams. The Plains men, however, have a superior scoring record. As on the previous occasion when these teams met, Okaiawa are again at a disadvantage in having a bye the week previous to this important fixture. The team that beats Waimate on the Manaia ground will have to be something considerably above the ordinary, says the Hawera Star, and the chances are. slightly in favor of the home team. J. O'Sullivan, although doubtful as to whether he would be able to keep the field on Saturday, intends to turn, out for the Okaiawa team against Waimate. S. McKay, the Manaia skipper, has generously agreed to allow a substitute to join in the game m the event of his having to retire. Such action indicates the good feeling that exists between such old opponents, and stamps the Manaia skipper as a sport of the first order. Some district football players squeal badly when a request is made for an injured player to be substituted, and to those the writer would recommend to read again the few lines amove and mark, learn and inwardly digest the lesson contained.

NOTES. Manawatu footballers didn't score a win on their recent tour, but the luck was against them, and with more experience and more sustained effort they would no doubt win (writes the Manawatu Times). In Wanganui after doing particularly woll they died away, and this was in part attributable to their having unfortunately to have most unsuitable and unrestful accommodation at iHawera, owing to the Show crush having swept over the accommodation originality reserved for them. And again they were unfortunate in what seems to have been a bit of unnecessary offieiousness on the railway journey up. They were promised a reserved carriage through to Hawera, and an official declared at Aramoho that it must be taken off or they would require a second engine, whereupon the men were bundled out and had an unrestful journey with damp and unrestful accommodation, sans blankets, plus rain, to follow—which is the fortune of war, but is not the thing most calculated to polish football form. However, footballers must, like the campaigner, harden themselves up to meet such happen! i'gs, and it is only through defeat tha I. they come to their own. I Regarding the Maori team, "Referee" in the Dunedin. Star says, inter alia:— 'Stead and Cunningham niuat have had

! some fairly raw material to deal wit' 1 when they took the natives first in banc • I and no doubt a great deal of the sucees i attained by the natives has been due ti | the" poaching of the wily Stead, who j with Roberts, were the brainy men o the famous All Black rearguard. Steat has some very apt pupils in Kaiparc Piki, M. Winiata, Ryland and Rogers most of whom would be well worth ;i place in a Kew Zealand team of the pre sent day. The last All Black team coulr easily have done with three of thorn at least, more especially in those mateliowhere they had to play the Canterbury scrum-half, Burns,- iit wing three-quarter, The writer was not surprised to learn after Kai'para's display on Saturday that Gallateer, the renowned' All Black skipper,- regards him as the fittest five-eighth ■M New Zealand. Playing with a jmstiSa'stcr like Stead, he is unquestionably a great player. A forward who should have no difficulty in finding a place in a New Zealand team is Hall. He is ft big, powerful man, who knows every point of wing-forward play, and who uses his head, which is more than can be said for some other big forwards with a reputation. Poor Morrison had a bad time against him on the wing. It is not unlikely that a Maori team will visit the Old Country in about two years' time. The Dominion says that the tour of the Californians has already proved so popular that it is probable that it will be repeated and returned. The one thing necessary to produce this result is a measure of organisation in America similar to that which obtains in Australia and New Zealand. Mr, D. Biirbank, the manager of the Californian team, told a representative of the paper that America has as yet no organisation on the lines of our Rugby Union, although he hopes the want will be supplied in the near future. On the return of the touring team, a strong effort will be made to build up an organisation in California like that of our local union. The tour •is thus likely to lead to the formation of a, strong Rugby Union in California, and eventually the gradual adoption of the Rugby game in the United States. If the anticipations of the touring party are realised, the introduction of the Americans as an active factor in Rugby will no doubt lend an enhanced interest to the future activities of our New Zealand teams. One of 'the strongest features of the Californian University Rugby team is the absence of "passengers." One of the ibig features of some of our big teams is the undue proportion of that commodity. The only remaining football fixture in which the New Zealand Rugby Union is directly concerned, this season is the 'North v. South match, which will probably be got off towards the end of August. So far no late has been fixed, but the secretary (Mr. J. D. Avery) has circularised provincial unions, taking advice as to their arrangements, so that a date may be selected for the big match which will not interfere to any extent with such arrangements. The North v. South match has been played in Wellington for the last two years, but it has not so far been fixed where this season's game will be played. Summarising the results of the Maori team's tour, Mr. Parata remarked that the financial loss was more than balanced by the educational benefit. Also the nature of its performance in the football field entitled some of if* members to inclusion in future New Zealand representative, teams. Apart from this, other proposals had been received that a tour of Great Britain should be undertaken. In conclusion, Mr. Parata denied the correctness of the oft-repeated reproach that a football tour tends to unsettle the players engaged.

£•> fl -p c tf h 8> -p . g p 8 5 .5 .? 0 M 0 0 '3 Wo W f> h4 W rH Clifton ..9 7 11 86 14 15 Stratford ..9711 103 29 15 Tukapa ..9423 79 52 11 •Elthani ..9450 57 84 8 Star .. 9 -2 6 1 86 75 5 Injrlewood ..8090 24 166 0 * Won against Ingle wood 'by default. FIRST JUNIORS. •Elthani ..9801 65 26 •17 Ciifton ..9612 68 33 14 Tukapa ..9540 95 33 10 Tnglcwood ..9333 77 77 9 Star ..9262 32 110 i 3 Stratford ..9081 34 83 1 * Won again Star by default. SECOND JUNIORS. •Clifton ..9720 130 22 14 Stratford ..9030 93 51 12 •Tukapa •• 9 5 4 0 61 59 ' W ♦Eltham ..9540 33 41 10 •Star ..9270 25 93 4 Inglewood ..9270 23 78 4 *One win each by default.

4 A m -P .s a 2 « . . s & § ■ S 8 p. "3. 3 3 t? o 2 fc P J Q c fa Waimate .. Okaiawa Kaponga Patea Hawera 7 6 0 1 7 6 0 1 7 2 6 0 7 2 5 0 8 17 0 JUNIORS. 122 79 32 12 39 18 13 27 13 71 4 51 4 117 2 Okaiawa Hawera Patea (Alton) Waimate Normanby .. Kaponga G 5 I 0 7 5 2 0 6 4 2 0 7 4 3 0 7 15 1 7 0 0 1 57 41 23 32 37 11 12 10 24 10 24 8 25 8 37 3 77 1