FOOTBALL.
THE RUGBY GAME. 81/LLEII v. WEST COAST. By Telegraph—Press Association. Westport, Last Night. The inter-union match, Buller v. West Coast, was won by Buller by 10 to 10. THE COUNTRY TEAM. NOKTH ISLAND BEATS SOUTH ISLAND. Wellington, Last Night. The North Island Country team met and vanquished the South Island Country team to-day. The game was not a spectacular one, and resolved itself into a series of scrambles, with one or two occasional flashes. The northerners prevailed to the extent of 18 to 0, although the difference in the scores did not indicate the relative merits of the teams. O'Connor (2) and Darby scored for the visitors, McKenzie converting two tries, and kicking a penalty. For the losers O'Brien kicked two penalty goals. .
MAORIS BEAT WANGANUI. Wanganui, Last Night. The Maori touring team met and defeated Wanganui on Saturday by 8 to 0. The weather was perfect, and the ground hard and fast, all in favor of a good game. The attendance was very large. Soon after the kick-off - a native rush ended successfully, Winiata badly beating the local full-back and scoring under the posts. Rogers missed an easy kick. Play was very even for the rest of the game until, with three minutes to go, Kaipara, with one of his corkscrew runs, beat practically all the Wanganui backs, and then passed to Rogers, who scored near the posts. He took the kick himself and converted. Time was up a minute later.
WELLINGTON* TEAM TO MEET MAORIS. Wellington, Last Night. The following Rugby team has been selected to represent Wellington against the Maoris next Wednesday:—Evenson, Cooke, Mitchinson, Daley, C. Ramsden, J. Ryan, J. Tilyard, Sotheran, D. Sullivan, Elliott, MoFarlane, Moffitt, Perry, Wilson, and Bell. Emergencies, Hill W. J. Ryan, E. Roberts and McLeod. THE YICTC3IAN GAME. THE INTERSTATE CARNIVAL. By Cable—Press Association —Copyright Received 13, 5.5 p.m. Adelaide. August 12. In I hi' football carnival, South Australia beat Victoria, and Tasmania defeated Westralia.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 44, 14 August 1911, Page 8
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