FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 76, 19 August 1914, Page 8

FOOTBALL.

THE JUNIOR PLAV-OFF. Hawcra will be represented .by the following in tlie junior provincial championship, to bo decided at Stratford to-mor-row between Hawwa and Tukapa:— Wills, Fiimcrty, Carmody, Young, Winl-is, [Clout, Harry, Hurley, Burke, Bensley. Chadwjiek, Robertson, Sprutt, Winks. Murphy. Emergencies: Langdon !•>;'. Karurangi. CANTERBURY v. TARANAKI. Tlie inemb'. rs of tlie Cjiitei-bury team ai rived in New Plymouth, yosterduv moming, bv\ tlie Tarawa. The team, which is recognised as one of Uie best that lias loft Canterbury, put up a great iig'h;t on iSattinlav "against Auckland, and, though beaten by 11 points ■vo 3, wore by no laieaiis disgraced. Tliev are in good term, and are practising assiduously with a view to annexing the Ranfur.y Shield. Yesterday they" were out at practice on the Reck'iutiou Ground, and to-day i.liey will -also indulge in ii-r-actLcc. home speculation exists a* *.-> the personnel of til-/ team*. ,S-iver.ii members of tii'e original team have responded nubly to the Empiirs call, and Hawkins, j.Mwar, Hen rand and Young iliava already gun-.; to tlie front. wbi.Ft others mar go any day. An ondeaaovr will be made to bring up the three Turanak; meniburs of the i<tw Zea and team that ricen..ly toured Australia., and should their boat fail to connect wifii tlie afternoon Wangaimi train today, r.hey will be brought through in a car. Taranaki, at fall -events, can be relied upon to make a bin bid to hold the shield. The Canterbury team will be finally chosen this morning, whi.t-.t the Taranaki team will be selected from George, WhLt'lngt.iri, S. Cameron, Abbott, It! Coleman, Brown, Taylor, Cain, Whitlington, Kitsick, 11. Young, Hobertson, Mtlooko, Patterson, Paul lk'nitieu, and Rowlands. , A MAORI-MATCH. ' lIOROWTTEXUA DEFEAT TARANAKJ. The mooting of these two native teams had been eagerly looked forward to, and it wag predicted that a goon game would result (says the Wellington Times). .Saturday .was an ideal Rugoy day—line weather, no wind, and a dry ground. There was a large attendance, natives forming quite seventy-five per cent, of the total. Prior to the maten both teams, in uniforms, marched to the ground, preceded by the Tvamm,; Farm band, which played patriotic aits. A 'Halt was made before the ground w.i,i reached, and Mr. Rere Nicholson ad-' dressed both teams, calling upon them to play a clean and friendly game, ftorowhenua was rather heavier than the visitors, and their hookers, as a rule, secured the ball from the scrum. Tile home team started off at a grout pace, and had Taranaki defending. From ,t forward rush liuxton scored, but Nepia failed to convert. Later on, from a similar rush, llopa passed to Jacob, who got over, and this time Xepia added the major points. From the commencement of the second spell, Taranaki settled down to hard [day and had the upper hand, but scored only once, tlie try, being converted. Horowhenua during the last twenty minutes acted on the defensive, and, thanks almost entirely to tile splendid play of Tangipo, kept file visitors out. Twice they were witliin an ace of scoring, once when they just missed a drop at goal, and again from a free kick, when the ball dropped just under the bar. Horowhenua thus won by R points Lo 5. Mr T. Partita was referee.