FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 105, 11 August 1910, Page 8

FOOTBALL.

NORTHERN UNION TOUR. By Telegraph.—'.Press Association. Auckland, Wednesday. Une Northern Union has decided to> seld' a team to towr the whole Dominion starring' at the (Auckland end, this month, awl giving- exhibitions in all the centeesv i SOU-ISLAND mEMimSHIP. Soutnumd 1 , Last Night. The'playoff for fie Southland Rugby Union' prem&rship taok place tw-day before a; 1 record attendance of spectators. Waikiwi' defeated Wlnton by 12 points to nil.'-

v. Wm&W&TU. Palmerston North; August 10. Wairarapa; pfe-yed Mana-mrtu this afternoon under'delightful conditions as to the weather aad the- ground's; The play,, however;, was diriT and uninterestingj botliHeams'appearing to-lave a day off, and the Wairarapa' men: the least off. Thef had' .tfie best 1 of the play, but there wassnot' a* great' an' advaTrtage, as the scores-- might indicate. The Manawata forwards f&iled tcsKow the <Jash that they have - shown' in previous matches, and' Wairarapa 1 were' quicker on the balfall through; The Hamtwntu backs at times tried passing- rushes, but they were* usually spoiled' fry am inaccurate pass* at the fihisKi In the first spell Hodge scored" a try for Wairarapa, which Mackenzie crmvertsd'. Irt the second spell IHddge .scored' another try, which was unconverted; Skeat kicked a penalty goarf, the game ending- nr favor of Wairarapa.-by FT points 1 - to iriL

NEGLECT" OP' COUNTRY 'ONIONS.

Palmerston- iNbrth;. East Fight.

At the luncheon' to> flte- Wairarapa team to-day,, the 1 president of the Manawatu union referred' to* the continued neglect of country unions- fir its province by the Wellington- Union,, ami thse need of their acting- in concert srnd' arranging home matches amongst? themselves. Mr. Nicholls, manager- for Wafrarspa,. commented on tHe~> way Wellirngto-n treated Wairarapa-. He said' ail Wellington cared was to get good' players from Waisarapa, and then- it proposed to play them with B team:, which Wairarapa refused to do.' Wairarapa had' last year only been beaten' by Wellington's best team by a narrow- margin. His union would C o-onerate with other- Wellington province u.npns as sutrsested.

The following will represent the New Plymouth Banks and L?,w Offices against the- Stratford" Banks and Law at Stratford* on Saturday next leaving by the 12:50 train:—Pott, D. Webster, lan Grant 1 , Addison-, Hill, Thompson, A.Grant, E. CTapham, Monk, N. West, Bollinger, Co&er, L. Rea, Ellis and Mclsaac. Emergencies: Mulloy and Gilray. The following have been selected to" represent the Kia Ora in their tJiifcV match against the High School on thelatter's ground to-day, play to commence" at 2.45:'-—Lovell, White, Kururangi, ker, Skipper, Willis, Bridger, Mumby, Jacob, Jury, Leary, McGahey, Jfoili. Bowie,. Kendall.