FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 100, 5 August 1910, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

ENGLISH NORTHERN UNION TEAM. FINANCIAL RESULTS OF THE e VISIT, s i The British team of Northern Union ( footballers who have been visiting the ( Auckland province Ifet by the Maheno 1 on Monday for -Sydney. t One of the managers of the team, Mr. .\ J. H. Houghton, in conversation with a 5 Herald reporter just before departure, 1 said he had received a cabled invitation to play a match- against a team in Syd- s ney on Saturday, and he had replied ac- ( cepting the invitation. He did not know < whether it was an Australian or New | South Wales League team'. The portion ] of the party not playing in that match ] will leave Sydney by the,. Orient liner ] Otranto, which leaves Sydney for Lon- \ don prior to the match. Those taking ] part will journey overland-, by train to < Melbourne, where they will rejoin their 1 party. When asked whether he would give 1 particulars of the New Zealand takings ( Mr. Houghton said they .had nothing to ■> bide. The New Zealand takings amounted to £875 Bs, made up as.follows :-~ Match v. New Zealand Maoris at Victoria Park, £73 8s; against Auckland representatives at Victoria Park, £323 8s"; against Rotorua representatives at RotoTua, £45 8s ; and against New Zealand representatives at the Domain, £,433 9s. The amount was divided in the proportion of 60 per cent, to the -British' team, who had to pay all their own expenses, such as fares and hotel I bills, and 40 per cent, to the New Zealand Rugby League, who had to stand the expenses of ground fee, advertising and local expenses.' It would be seen that they would lose money by the New Zealand tour, but they did not mind that. Theirs was a missionary, visit, and they had not expected to make money. Ask why they had not sent a team South, Mr. Houghton said they had been unable to do for several good reasons. One was the limited time and another that the. team was reduced in strength by illness' and accidents. He had proposed to send a -team South to play a match «imuitan*ousry with that against the New Zealand team last Saturday, but found tie was unable to do so at the last moment, owing to the fact that they had not sufficient playing men available. Regarding future visits of teams he and Mr. Clifford would certainly advise the Northern Union on their return to keep up a series of visits between Australasia and England. He would not pass an opinion as to whether the next team to tour England would be purely Australian or Australasian. That would be decided later. ' The team were given a hearty send-off, ringing cheers being exchanged as the Maheno drew away from the wharf. I THE MANAWATU AFFAIR. . At the last meeting of the Manawatu Rugby Union, the Taranaki Rugby Union wrote that they understood that the arrangement with the Hawera hotelkeeper for the Manawatu team was 8s per diem, B and'that he claimed £l2 12s on this basis. b —The chairman said that there had been II some obviously erroneous statements published by the secretary of the Taranaki Rugiby Union in reference to the treatment of the Manawatu team and „ also maile by the chairman of the Union * at the meeting at Stratford, and the Tafanaki Union had published the letter from this i Union thanking them for the J hospitality extended to the team, as though that disposed of the situation, '* whereas that letter had been written 1 in view of the supposed offer of the ranaki Union as its guests by way of amends. As that offer 'had been withdrawn the letter had no basis. The Ta : ranaki Union was holding that the secretary of the Hawera Club wa9 its repre- j sentative, when he made the offer in k» name. Also the Dominion Show commitItee had explained that.in failing to invite the team to its smoke concert after the team had gone up to assist at the Show it had been amazed that the Taranaki Union had not asked it to ask them and was waiting for that body to do so. It was time that the Taranaki Union was supplied with the faets : of the matter. —It was resolved that the president, , secretary and manager of the team draw up a statement to be forwarded to the Taranaki Union.—Times. < The Gisborne footballer Kaipara, says a Southern paper, is a Rugby freak from whom anything might be expected. He is a contortionist and a dancing master, executes a pas seul with the enemy clutching frantically at his garments. ,