FOOTBALL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 203, 7 May 1912, Page 8

FOOTBALL

OUTSIDE .MATCHES. Mastoi-ton,' May .">.—At Carterton, on Saturday, Carterton seniors defeated Masterton seniors by 25 to nil. Palinerston North, May 4.—The Rugby senior games resulted:—Eastern (5) de- ' feated Southern (0), and Western (12) beat Northern ((!). , Auckland, May s.—The Auckland Rugby Union senior championship matches opened yesterday in cold weather, with a few showers of rain. Six teams engaged in competition, Newton and Grafton being unable to raise swiior teams. City drew with Ponsonby, 3 | points (a try) each, after a game, mostly ! confined to forwards. Marist Bros.' Old Boys and University provided a brighter game, Marists winning by 16 points to 8. Parnell beat College Rifles, a new team in the senior competition and winners of last year's junior championship, by 14 point < to 3. Fryer (ex-Canterbury and New Zealand representative) played for University. Christchurch, May s.—The competition for the D.C.L. Shield took place yesterday afternoon. Results: —Sydenham (11) .beat Old Boys (5), Merivale (30) beat Albion (3), Christchurch (3) beat Linwood (0), Canterbury College (10) beat Marist Bros. (3). • Dunedin, May 4.—To-day's matches resulted:—Kaikorai (15) beat Union (0), Zingari (14) beat Afhambra (3), Southern (25) beat Port Chalmers (12), Pirates (8) beat University (0). WANGANUI NOTES. (From Our Own Correspondent.) The 1912 Rugby season opened in Wanganui on Saturday in showery weather. The grounds were in good order, and the standard of play was above the • average for an opening day. Waverley, playing several men short, made no show against Wanganui, the latter piling up 20 points to the country team's nil. The Pirates—Kaierau contest was fast and open, the former scoring nicely by 15 to 3. Tilyard, for Wanganui, and Coutts, for Pirates, were easily the best players sporting jerseys. The Northern Union game threatens to do big things in Wanganui this season. The League lias secured the most cen--5 tral ground, Cook's Gardens, for a term t of four months, and will endeavor to inaugurate both Thursday and Saturday competitions. An erstwhile New Plymouth boy, "Jack" Grady, arrived in town yesterday on a visit to his people. Playing in the Poneke—Athletic senior match at Wellington on Saturday week he had , the misfortune to severely rick his knee. ' Hence the enforced rest. The following team will represent Tu- ,. kapa Juniors in the match against Star ._ Juniors on Lister, Stohr, ] Martin, Hodges, Loveridge, N. West, e Burrows, G. Lister, R Smith, McKoy, e T. Lister, McLachlan, Roebuck, Wylie. j| Emergencies: Patterson (2),. Players . I are requested to meet at Anibury's corl\ ner at 7 p.m. on Tuesday.