FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 53, 23 July 1914, Page 8

FOOTBALL.

TIIK ALL BLACKS' TOUK. •y Cable—Pre.-s Association—Copyright -Sydney, July 22. t'oekroft departs for Queensland tonight to join tin; New Zealand team. EASY UTX FOR \].;\v ZKALAXD. r.v ::.-, poixts to <;. Pceeivcd 2:!. 12.20 a.m. Brisbane. .Inly 22. Tlie .Wit Zealand lingby Union team severely defeated Xew England at Arnndale by thirty-live points to six.

Till'. MAXAWATU MATCH. The Manawatu team arrived by the mail train last night, and were met at tlie station by the chairman and members of the Tarauald Rugby Union. Burin/ their visit here, members of tlie tram have been made honorary niem)><ts of the Xew Plymouth Club. In all. the party comprises some seventeen, with Mr. Cnrrut'licrs as manager 1 . Tn order to assure the ground being in good order after the spell of bad weather, it is being rolled this morning, and the match between Tukapa and High School, which had been set down as a curtain-raiser to the big match, will he played on the racecourse at 1.30 p.m. The teams will be as follow:

MANAWATU (Green and White). ' Thomson Al*op Ford Jacohsen Phillips (captain), MacKenzie Niecolls Dustin McDonald. Johnson Best Darkness W. Carroll Brown, V. Carroll Emergency: P. Walsh. TARANAKI (Amber and Black) Stohr Young C. Whittington Bertram! S. Cameron / Brown Taylor McAllnm H. Whittington, Patterson, Kissiek If. Young Robinson Dewar, Birchall. Emergencies: Newton (back) and Ward (forward). The Tukapa first junior team to play High School to-dav on the racecourse is as follows:—IT. Patterson, W. Whitaker. West, Stohr. L. Whitaker, N. Loveridge; Fuller, F. -Loveridgc, Smith, O'firady, Amaru, W. Patterson, Leary. Spenee. Hoebuck; emergency, E. Loveridge.

THE LEAGUE fiAME. TARANAKI v. ENGLAND. To-day tin' English team will be soon in action at Eltham against the Tarannki thirteen. This will be the third •i|>po:iranee of tlie victorious Britishers in Now Zealand, they haying beaten Wellington by 14 points to 7, and liawko's Bay b'y 30 points to 7. Though -he game is practically in its infancy ■■ere. it lias yet made good strides in Taranaki. and the local team can bo depended u|)on to keep the visitors moving if they are not to have tho honor of defeating them. During tho interval a goal-kk'king competition will take place between Taranaki and British players for a gold modal. The competing teams will bo as follows: GREAT BRITAIN (Rod and White). Fnll-1-.iuk: Thomas. Three-quarters: McGara. Wagstatlc. Hall. Moorehonso. Halves: Smith, Prosser. Forwards: Romans, .larman, Clampitt, Gucrin, Hollands, Similes. TARAXAKI {Black and Gold).

Fuil-liack: -Jlalono. Three-quarters: 'Hooker, Xicholls, Fitzgerald. Tichbon. Halves: Tocker. Kyle. Forwards: King. Osborne, Charters, fvivin, Parker. Ma'rtis. XEW ZEALAND v. GREAT ISKITATX. THE XEW ZEALAND TEAM. - Tlio Xew Zealand team to meet the English team at Auckland on August 1 has been chosen. Included therein are two Taranaki forwards. King and Parker, and one emergency back, Kvle. The team is as follows:—Full-hack, 'T. Draclley (Wellington): -three-quarters. W. Wilson (AVellington), I?. Siddclls (Wanganui). Ifwersor. (Auckland) and Barclay (Hawke's Hay); halves, McClaymont (Auckland) and Busscll (Canterbury); forwards. King (Taranaki). Parker (Taranaki), Savorv (Auckland), Walters (Auckland). M.itclieli (Auckland) and Button (Canterbury). Emergencies: Hacks, Banks (Hawke's Day) and Kyle (Taranaki); forwards, Mitchell (Canterburv) and .McCarthy (Hawke's Bav).