FOOTBALL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 35, 4 August 1911, Page 5

FOOTBALL

MAORIS v. WAIRARAPA. ■ ■ \M A DRAWN GAME. '; M By Telegraph—Press Aipobiaftm. : J| Carterton, -Lost Night. , m The Maori tcaiii played here to-day in perfect footiball The Maoris won the toss and dedtn-'tv'iaß play with a slight wind behind ttoaW-iffl The game opened evenly, WtfauitUt'yM more than holding their own. Pealni ' f *S were frequent on both sidles. The ««y? iv S work of the Maoris was inlnJtSjr. 'v heavier, hut Wafaorapa, repeatedly se- *y. cured the ball, and this Jed to lively *•': passages. The visitors showed themsehai "K remoiikably adept in pieidng the ball off the ground at full speed, and many \i pretty rushes, both dribbling and pas* k ing, eventuated. In the latter haffrf ■; the same tlteir efforts were always nufli- ''■• ■fled! by, failures, to take the ball or "-*i The piay throughout the 'i H first spell was very fast. Towards tin -| end of the Bpell the visitors scoured a *' neat mark near the posts, from which Rogers placed a goal. No further scor*' '. wan registered, tiiough the Natives ftw ' peatedly (forced. The second flpell opened willingly, Wairarapa forcing tU . ■'■ of"™ 1 " 1 I ! enmiin « tlle visitors in their "■' 25. When in a tight corner, the visitors * oomimtted a glaring breach of the rules, ' and from a free kick awarded against , them Hodge placed.a fine goal, bringine ~ the scores level. The Nafives wakened '>■'• up consideralbly, and bowled the Waira. V, rapa men about Eke ninepins, no lest "•'*■ than four sustaining knock-outs, no one. ■'''.! however, being seriously hurt. The play - was willing, but not intentionally rourf.' Only on two occasions in the second spell were the Maoris at all dangerous, they being for «e most .part kept well on the defensive. Wairarapa lost freqnent opportunities to score through bunglmg. or hard kicking, and the Maoris were forced three times. The game was \ very interesting, bat the' Maoris must ? Mow better form in passing to mate'' - a stand against stronger tenims. Speak". ' mg generally, Wairarapa hadah* better. « oi tne game, and put up an unexpectedly ' v , good performance. •No further score V was registered, and the game ended in , a draw, three points all.

FOR NORTH AND SOUTH ISLAND TEAMS. Wellington, Last Night, line management committee of the New Zealand Rugby TTntan this afternoon appointed Messrs. D. Gallapher, A. Humphries and A. D. Thompson selectors for the North Island team, and Messrs. R. Golbraith, S. Wilson and H. Hajrrie ' selectors for the South Island team for the mter-isJand Rugby match, to be played at Wellington on October 7. The selectors are to be asked to (be in Wellington on August 12 to see the mat«h between the North Island and South > Island country representatives.

TARANAKI v. MAORI TOURING TEAM. The following team has been chosen to represent Taranaki against the Maori touring team at Stratford on Thursday next: — Full-back: Oolinan. Three-quarters: Goodwin, Stohr, and Cameron. fSve-eighths: Mvnott and McLeod. Wnlf-bnck: 0. Brown. ~ Taylor. Forwards': Cain Osborne, Young," . Taanu, Wtiittington, Hawkins, and E»* sick. ;. SOUTH - CANTERBURY v. ASH- " ; BURTON OOTJTSTY. „, Timaru, Last Night. ' The rep. Rugby match between South . ■."■ Canterbury and Ashburton was won by the former by 21 points to nil. "'"