FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 85, 27 August 1912, Page 5

FOOTBALL.

NEW SOUTH WALES (8) v. VICTORIA (5).

By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright Melbourne, August 26.

The New South Wales Rugby team beat Victoria by eight points to five. There were GOOO spectators.

INTER-COLLEGE TOURNAMENT,

WANGANUI (8) v. CHRIST COLLEGE («).

By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wanganui,"'Last Night.

The annual inter-college tournament between Christ's College (Christchurch), Wellington College and Wanganui Collegiate School commenced to-day, Christ's College meeting Wanganui School. The weather was beautiful, and the ground in first-class order. The attendance was about two thousand. A good game, keenly contested, resulted in a win for Wanganui by 8 points to I. Lala and Fober scored for Wanganui, the latter converting his own try. Bush and Stitt crossed the line for .Christ's College, neither try being converted. On Wednesday Christ's College will play Wellington, and on 'Friday Wellington will meet Wanganui.

PALMERSTON HIGH SCHOOL (7) v. NEW PLYMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL (0).

Napier, Last Night. The filial match in connection with the annual triangular tournament between the high schools of Napier, Palmerston North and New Plymouth, took place to-day, between Palmerston and New Plymouth, and resulted: Palmerston 7, New Plymouth nil. For the winners, Chapman scored a try (not converted), and Huxford potted a goal.

WELLINGTON v. TARANAKI. The Wellington team to play Taranaki on Thursday will arrived by the Rarawa this morning. It is expected that F. Roberts will be unable to play. If so, his place will be filled by E. Roberts, who occupied a similar position for the North Island, against the South island at Napier. There may also be other alterations. Wellington are confident that they can repeat Iheir performance of earlier in the season, when they defeated Taranaki at Hawcru, as they maintain that they played below form la?t Saturday. Taranaki, too, are out to avenge the previous defeat, so a keen game should eventuate.

WANGANUI MATCHES. (From our own correspondent.) Saturday, was a glorious day, and the number of outdoor sports in full swing was marvellous for a town the size of Wanganui: At Rugby the local reps, fell on Nelson from the word "Go!" and rattled up 32 points before the jam province scored. Final scores read 35 —6, and, considering Nelson's close game with Manawatu last week, the locals are a tough proposition on a dry ground. Great interest is being aroused in the Wanganui-Wellington match next' Saturday. The South Taranaki Leaguers onlysent down ten men, and, playing three substitutes, gave Wanganui a warm quarter of an hour. Then Moir retired with a fractured cheek-bone, and the Yellows were temporarily disorganised, Wanganui leading (13-8), at half-time. Good play by Judd and Hogg quickly levelled the sqore, tut the condition of the visitors was not worth mentioning at the finish, and the Blacks ran on four tries and a goal in quick succession, and led by 27 to 13 when the referee called them off. Tom Jones (Stratford) retired with in injured arm in the second spasm. 'The five-a-side hockey tournament was won I>y Hinemoa A after an exciting tussle with St. Pauls' A.

The Wanganui soccer team met and succumbed to Canterbury at Christ-church—6-3.

Golf drew big crowds, and budding William Webbs took a turn on the river. Wanganui is strong in outdoor pastimes thia season, and the healthy interest taken in all sports is in marked contrast to the lack of interest taken in athletics in Taranaki.

The inter-college Rugby contests take place on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and promise bright and sparkling games. The loctvl team will hardly be up to full strength, several of the hacks being down with mumps. Christ's College and 'Wellington College have sent up; ( strong teams, and the odds are even all round.

THE LEAGUE GAME. NEW SOUTH WALES v. TARANAKI.

Much interest is being taken in the match between thn New South Wales touring team and the Taranaki Northern League team, which eventuates at Western Park on Thursday at 1.15 p.m. This is the first occasion on which a New South Wales team lias crossed the Tasman Sea to measure skill with New Zealand at the thirteen-a-sido game, and every care has been taken to send over the cream of this State's players, so that the game which has carried New South Wales by storm may be placed before the keenest football critics under the best conditions. The thirteen-a-sida game was introduced into New Sout'h Wales in 1902. At one match, on the 34 inst., £641 was taken at the gate—an easy record for a sixpenny gate match, at any code, in New South Wales, and, when it is considered that on the same day three other matches attracted fairly large attendances, it will be realised how completely this modern Rugbj> has captivated public patronage there.