FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 317, 31 May 1913, Page 7

FOOTBALL.

REPRESENTATIVE FIXTURES. June 3, v. Wanganui at Wanganui. June 25, v. Wellington, at Hawera. June 28, v. Wanganui, at Hawera. August 9 or 16, v. Auckland, at Auckland. August 20 or, 27—Wairarapa, at Waira- , rapa. August 23, v. Wellington, at Welling ton. August 30, v. Australia, at New Plymouth. September 4, v. Auckland, at New Plymouth. TO-DAY'S MATCHES. 1 ' Star v. Inglewood, at Inglewood. THURSDAY, JUNE 5. Senior. Clifton v. Stratford, at Waitara. Tukapa v. Eltham, at New Plymouth. Junior. Clifton v. Eltham, at Eltham. Stratford v. Star, at Stratford. Tukapa a bye. Second Juniors. Star v. Clifton, at Waitara, 1.30 p.m. Stratford v. Technical College, at New Plymouth, 1.30 p.m. New Plymouth H.S. v. Stratford H.S., at 1.30 p.m. RESULTS TO DATE. THURSDAY COMPETITION. Seniors. 13 O tt o 'S * 03 2 X a 43 k* c "■ £>. $ £ o £ o 8) a PH > H? P PH < ° Tukapa 4 3 0 1 37 19 7 Stratford ...... 4* 3* 1 0 60 17 6 Clifton 4 1 3 0 23 49 2 Eltham 4* 0 3* 1 5 40 1 Juniors. Star 3 2 0 1 21 9 5 Tukapa 4 2* 2 0 12 24 4 jStratford 2 2-1 0 52 12 4 Clifton 3 1 1 1 18 23 3 Eltham 3* 0 3* 0 3 38 0 SATURDAY'S RESULTS. Inglewood 22 0 0 26 14 4 Rovers 3 2 1 0 39 15 4 Okato 3 1 2 0 12 27 2 Star 2 0 2 0 5 26 0 THE TARANAKI REPRESENTATIVES. Owing to mutilation in telephonic transmission, the name of Page was substituted for that of Cade as five-eighths. The team will therefore be as follows: Full back, McLeod (Opunake); threequarters, Loveridge (Tukapa); Roberta (Okaiawa), and Stohr (Tukapa); fiveeighths, Cade (Tukapa), S. Osborne (Waimatc); Wing Forward, Taylor (Kaponga); Forwards, Cain (Clifton), Whittington (Hawera), Pini, and Tamu (Waimate), Hawkins (Tukapa), Jack Kissick (Kaponga), and Dewar (Stratford). Emergencies: Dobson ford), and Ryan (Waimate). BANKS AND LAW MATCH. The following will represent the local Banks and Law at New Plymouth, against their Stratford brethren, on June 3:—Newell, Greatbatch, Webster, Grant, Thompson, Nicholson, Car«o! Reid, Brown, Brooks, Standish, O'Netllj Quilliam, Brokenshire and Jennings Emergencies: Pott, Newell, Johnston' and Armstrong. A practice will be held on the Sports Ground this afternoon. NEWS AND' NOTES. The representative team to play Wanganui was published in yesterday's paper, and no doubt ere this the ,work of the selectors has been keenly criticised by football enthusiasts, who contain among their ranks many who in their own estimation could beat any selector out of sight in choosing a team.' It is to be regretted, however, that in the majority of cases their vision is completely obscured once it gets beyond the fifteen comprising their own particular club. One must admit that there is little to cavil at in the personnel of the team. So early in the season it is hard to gauge the form of new aspirants to representative honor and past reputation provided the player shows a glimpse of the past year's play, goes a long way. Consequently it is not surprising to see that fourteen of the fifteen selected have already donned the amber-and-black ierseys, whilst the fifteenth, Cade, visited laranaki with the Canterbury team last year. On this year's form, however all are worthy of places, with the possible exception of Hawkins. The ex-Star forward only played one game prior to selection, and was then palpably out of form but he is a good player when fit, and last Thursday's game against Clifton showed him a much improved player, the most noticeable alteration in the team is that McLeod goes from fiveeights to full-back. McLeod is a great defensive player, but his play in the important position of five-eighth was spoilt by a tendency to hang on to the leather and ignore the men behind him. In order to give new aspirants to representative honors an opportunity of showing their metal, a match has 'been arranged to take place at New Plymouth on Thursday of show week between teams representing North and South laianaki. This will replace the Thursday v. Saturday North match which had been arranged, and which will probably be played later in the season. Creat interest used formerly to be taken I" .i -A V " Rout ' ) mate 1 ', but latterly it has been played too lute in the Beason to bo of much use, It should however, prove very interesting thi" year, as there are several players in eaeli division who will be keen to catch the selector's eye, At the meeting of the Taranaki Ru«bv Union on Thursday it was decided" to play Auckland at Auckland on August 9 and Wairarapa at Wairarapa on August -0, when en route to Wellington. Auckland. however, lias accepted the challenge of Poverty Bay for a Ranfurly Shield mateh on August 0, and consequently the Taianaki match will not eventuate until August 111, This will necessitate rearranging the fixtures, aR the stress of (ravelling would be too irreat to allow ot Taranaki playing Wairarapa oil the \ ediif'Mi.av lifter Auckland, if ihev are to do justice in the match against Wellington the following Saturday. Wairarapa will possibly be plaved' on the return journey from Wellington. If the financial position permits, a laranaki Ti team will be sent to play Manawatu. Horowhenua and Rusb Unions. Such a tour would be of incalculable benefit to Taranaki football, and it is hoped it can be arranged The matter will be fully discussed at, nextmeeting of the Union.

Messrs Pitman Bros., of Ir.glewoodA have presented the Rugby Union with a handsome silver cup for competition annually among the primary schools of the northern division. The cup has to be won three times before it can become the property of any school. School football in this division is now on a satisfactory basis, and it is pleasing to see enthusiasts fostering it in this way. No fewer than six school teachers are playing in the Saturday division in North Taranaki. While teachers are so enthusiastic, there is no need to fear the decline of Rugby football in public schools. Compared with the game against Stratford on the previous week, last Thursday's match on Western Park was very disappointing. The reason may be found in the fact that Tukapa's clever rearguard got very few chances of opening up the game. Cain and Bernsten were hooking in great style, and at times the ball shot from the scrum with such rapidity that it completely beat Crowley. But Clifton made little use of the many opportunities given them, and their passing work was faulty in the extreme. Towards the end of the second half the Clifton forwards tired, and Tukapa were given an opportunity of showing what they could do. Some of the passing work was magnificent, and it was only bad luck that prevented a score. Brown was quick to seize any openings, and repeatedly beat the opposition. Loveridge was in good form, and played witn plenty of dash. Both he and Brown have certainly earned their places in the reps. Hawkins was prominent in the Tukapa; vanguard, hut Cain was easily the best forward on the ground: Stolir kicked with his customary brilliancy, and made several runs that considerably enlivened a dull game. The sturdy Ward was milssed from the Tukapa pack. He broke a small bloodvessel in his leg while playing against Stratford, and was reluctantly forced to take a 6pell. SECOND JUNIOR COMPETITION. Owing to Eltliam having withdrawn, from the second junior competition, it has been necessary to re-arrange the fixtures. The re-arrangement enables New Plymouth High School to take up the matches they were unable to play during the school vacation, without causing any delay. The fixtures are as follows: June 12—Clifton v. Stratford, at Stratford, 1.30 p.m.; Star v. Stratford D.H.S., at New Plymouth, 1.30 p.m.; Technical College v. N.P.H.S., at 1.30 p.m. June I!) Clifton v. N.P.H.S., at Waitara, 1.30 p.m.; Stratford D.11.5. v Stratford, 1.30 p.m.; Star v. Technical College, 3 p.m. June 26—Stratford D.H.S. v. Technical College, at Stratford, 1.30 p.m.; N.P.H.S. v. Stratford, at New Plymouth, 1.30 p.m.; Star v. Clifton, a bye. ' SATURDAY FIXTURES. The second round of Saturday fixtures has also been drawn up. On Show Saturday both country teams will be playing in town, and it is possible that j one of the matches will be played at 1.30 p.m. and the other at 3 p.m., thus en- I .abling show patrons to view both 1 matches. The delayed train that even- J ing will enable the Inglewood team to ' make the journey by train with a minimum of inconvenience:— June 7 —Okato v. Inglewood, at Okato; Star v. Rovers (Star match). June 14—Okato v. Rovers, at New Plymouth; Inglewood v. Star, at New Plymouth. June 21—Rovers v. Inglewood, at Inglewood; Star v. Okato, at New Plymouth. TARANAKI RUGBY UNION. A meeting of the management committee of the Taranaki Rugby Union was held at Stratford on Thursday evening, when there were present:—Messrs Thos. Buchanan (acting chairman), A. Lees, G. Glenn, H. J. Atkinson, L. de Launay, Jag. i Garcia and R. Masters (treasurer) and P. Skoglund (secretary). Reinstatements were granted as follows: Senior to first junior: 11. Morshead, R. Smith (Tukapa), C. E. J. Armstrong (Stratford), Gordon (Clifton), J. Dailey, Barlow, J. Christie, McKay, Tohu, Robinson and Hodgson (Waimate), C. Allison, G. Winter and (J. Radford (Okaiawa), G. Espine, M. Malone, 11. Mellow, P. Norgate, A. Patterson, H. MeGillum, D. Patterson; J. Kennedy, W. Mellow, J. King, F. Nicholl, Horace Mellow. W. McCarthy, F. Powell, A. Guy, T. Taylor and Carmody (Kaponga), 0. Adlam, P. Murphy (Hawera K First to second junior: Ogilvie (Waimatc) and F. Hall (Hawera). The Hawera Show Committee notified i that they had leased their ground to the Hawera Football Club. Mr. Atkinson, representing tire Hawera Club, stated that he had made arrangements for the use of the grounds for the Wanganui and Wellington matches,' and had also arranged accommodation for the Wellington team. The ground 1 charges would be 10 per cent, of the 1 takings. " It was resolved to entertain the Wellington and Taranaki teams to dinner, 1 and the arrangements were left in the hands of Mr. Atkinson. 1 The Wanganui Rugby Union wrote suggesting Mr. Bassett or Rev. W. B. 1 Scott as referee in the Wanganui-Tara- ! naki match at Wanganui on June 3. It ' was resolved to 'accept the former. It ' was also decided to suggest the name of ' Mr. Bassett to the Wellington Rugby Union as referee in the special Welling- j ton-Taranaki mateh to be played at Ha- . wcra. ' j The Wairarapa Rugby Union wrote j agreeing to play Taranaki on August 27 ] at Wairarapa. It was resolved to ask ] Wairarapa to play the match on August , 20. ] It was decided to suggest August 9as \ the date for the special match against 1 Auckland at Auckland. ] The Horowhenua Rugby Union asked ] that a match should be played at Levin • by the B. team when on tour. The ] whole matter of sending a B team on i tour was deferred till next meeting. It was resolved to substitute a North ] v. South match in place of the Northern f Thursday v. Saturday match to be played 1 at New Plymouth during show week. The North team will be selected by the ) Thursday ami Saturday selectors. 1 The Eltham Club wrote that they ' had no intention of entering a second junior team this year, and could not understand why they had been drawn in 1 the fixtures. They also pointed out that they understood a team had journeyed from Stratford to Eltham," and that tliis was in no wav {he fault of ' the Eltham Club.—The secretary pointed out (hat.the Eltham Club had paid the .Co 3s nomination fee. which covered litre? le«i:;«, and had not notified that they were not entering a second.junior '"»*"• M was pointed out. liv members (hat, l»i!!i Ell ha in seniors and juniors had already forfi'il"d /rallies this season, and. Willi a view lo fostering {lie game. it. was resolved that members of the management committee of (he Union visit Eltham and discuss matters of interest, tq footballers. Mr. .1. Thomas wrote resigning liis position as selector, as he was unable to attend Kufi'eienfc matches to form a fair climate of Ihe merits of the. players. The rcit'iiaf ion was accepted with reMr. I'. Masters was npnointed to : '•••'••'iic-- «•» northern divisi.ir' selection committee.

The referee in the Okaiawa-Waimate second junior match (Mr. E. Burke) reported Luke (Okaiawa) for bad language and Pita. (Okaiawa) awl Aka (Waimate) for lighting. These players will be suspended until their cases are dealt with by the l'ugby Union.