FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 49, 18 July 1914, Page 5

FOOTBALL.

TO-DAY'S TEST MATCH. THE NEW ZEALAND TEAM. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright Received 17, !) p.m. Sydney. July 17. The weather is showery and bitterly cold, and the outiook for to-morrow's New Zealand-Aui-tralia match is not promising. The New Zealand team has been selected as follow-. — Fullback, O'Brien; thrcequartersi, Lvnch. R. Roberts. V. Taylor; fiveeighths. Ryan and ISi«ck; half, K. Roberts; wing forward, Graham; forwards, Francis, Cain, Irvine, Wiison. Downing, Eruce and MeNeecc. TARANAKI RUGBY UNION, .' MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE. A meeting of the management committee of the Taranaki Rugby Union was held at Stratford last night. REPRESENTATIVE MATCHES. The Tlorowhcmu match was fixed for August 5 at Hawera. It was found impossible to arrange for a match with Poverty Bay this year, but the latter union hopes to travel next year. Regarding the Auckland matches, Taranaki wi'l play Auckland on August 22, and the union will endeavor to arrange for the steamer to leave New Plymouth nn Thursday instead of Friday in that week. bwini; to the long list of fixtures Taranaki will be unable to play Auck laud at Taranaki for the Ranfur'v Shield until September 17. New Plymouth High School v. Palmerston North lligh'Sehool will be played as a curtain-raiser for the South land match. The Railway Department has granted accelerated and delayed trains for Thursday's Manawatu mtch. To-day's match at Waitara and next Saturday a match between Waimatc and the rest of South Taranaki will be Tanm benefit matches, and. if possible, or, August 5, another match between the Kaspar Cup winners and a team from the Whanganiomona sub-union in aid of the Tanm fund will be played. For the play-off match, north v. south, at StratfoTrl on July 30. the union will endeavor to get excursion tickels issued and to arrange to have the train slopped at the ground.

The Maori members of the Star Cub will be requested to attend n special meeting of the union at New Plymoath on Thursday morning next to explain (heir action at the match with Tukapa last Saturday.

Mr. James Oarcia was appointed to manage the B team on its Auckland tour.

OrJETOX v. NORTH TARANAKI.

The following will repre-ent Clifton in their match against North Taranaki at Waita.ra to-day:—Tate. Goodwin. Bertrand. Abbott. Kupp. Orowl'ev. V Tate, Tavlor. Lash. Loveridge. Burkott, Hick*). Thomas. Bernsten. and Eislier Emergency.—P. Jones. CLIFTON 111 v. STRATFORD 111. After a hard, wining fight at Stmtf<rd on Thursday, the Clifton second juniors retained their unheal™ eertiii cale by II points to .5. Stratford led at half-time by 5 points to 3. In (he second sn.-ll (lift.m woke up. and Jerry •Tone- and S. Tate each notched tries, after some good passing work. Jones ccuvencd hi- try. The Clifton team has played fiy.. games, and won five, sioring Ho points while only ll' hmv been compiled against i-hein.' Star for t'eited once. THE ASSOCIATION GAME. Wellington. La--1 Night. Tin- Cantcilmrv Football Association, 'mlder, of Ihe lb-own Shield, h.ne »r----r.-.nged to plav the m-xt clm'b'iige match with YVangaum cm Aogn-l I-i at t.'hri»lchurch. The A-sociatioo's Loudon rcpre-nntv Mve -tales that ll,ere is a possibhil rof an revcrsea.-- t-i-n 7i.-it.in::- Australia and N-w Zealand m--.l -,e,-i-.,n. THE I.EAGCF, GAME. CHEAT BRITAIN y. TAIIANAKI. The following players have been chosen to r< pve--,.nt Taranaki in ihe match against Britain at EKhani:--Fullback,. Muione (Mangatokii. Threc-.piaiicrs. Hooker ' (New Plymouth). Nichols I Mutual old)- p)| A gcra'd (Mangatokii. Tichbo,, ( |.-. ' tham). Fire-eighth. "Kyi,. (Ne W Plymouth) Half. Tock.-r (New Plymouth). ' Forwards. King (FTfha'm). Osborne (Maugafoki). Charters ("Mangatokii. front row. Trwin (Ellhe.m). Parker (NW Plymouth ) sce ( „id row. Marli(ElthanO. Emergn„ci,.s : v,'>!V ( EH ham) and V Allan (New Plymouth) forwards- Me Lean (New I'lvmnnth). and Pooiier (Mangatoki', backs. ' '