FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 80, 27 August 1914, Page 8

FOOTBALL.

i THE KANFURLY SHIELD. THE SOUTHLAND .MATCH. The Recreation Ground is in splendid order for the ntatdh. betweea Southland and Taranaki to-<lay, and, given fine weather, a fast, open game should bo the result. Both teams are very strong. The Southland teaim is a great improvement on that which .succumbed to Wellington by a large liiargin on Saturday. 1 It Jias bean strengthened by the inclusion of several fresSi men, umtaiblv » Ijindsay and MeNeeee, who toured Ann- ' traiia with the All-L'iacks. Moreover the southerners were not at Itcme on the hard Wellington ground, Suit feel at their best on the Recreation Ground, ■vrthcre they iiave been indulging in practice during each"morning this week. The Taranaki team, is the beat available, and inicludcs several New Zealand players; vis;., Roberts, Cain, Loveridge, Brown, Taylor, Colman and Stohr. Tin-ae teams have met on three occasions, Taranaki gaining the verdict each time, winning in 1890, at Invercargill, by 5 points to 3; in 1906, at Hawer.i, by 14 points to 8; and in 1912, at lir-vencargill, by 12 points to 11. The match will (.-tart at 3 p.m. Special delayed trains have been arranged. Mr. Geo. Nidu>lsO:i, of Auckland, will be referee. SECONDARY SCHOOLS TRIANGCLAR TOURNAMENT. Prior to the Shield match, a vurtainraiser will be played between Pafeneruton North and New Plymouth High School. This will open the annual triangular shield competition, in which Napier, I'alnrt'.mton North and New Plymout3u High Schools participate, the matches being played at alternate centres. Keen interest is always display*! in these matches, in which s-rape fin; football is shown, fostlxill of the bright and breezy variety, such as only two well-trained and coached teams of col le.ffe boys can display. Both teams have epecdv hacks, whose combination is said to be much a/bove thfl average. The .Palnierston boys arrived by the mlail train last night, and will be billeted with the parents of the boya «f the 10e,?.i High School. The Napier High School hoys will arrive this evening. The teams for to-day's match are as follows: PA.LM.ERSTON NORTH. ' Colors: All RYhife. Eglinton. M'Donald Steed Glasgow Il'.'dder (capt.) Llnyil. Bailey. Barber Laurensen Dii.y J Stewart ,Stul>!> Th'isnjisoii fiutclill'o L. Nash NEW PLYMOUTH Colors: Blue and White. Oliver (Sst-.) Pater •roil (fl.fi) Sykes (10.) Sinclair t11.."i) Hamblyn (9.3) Bruce (9.;) Court (10.0) Tarry '(10.8) Stoildart. (10.7) Jeiikinsoirl.lo.nl .Sutherland (10.7) Lepper (12) pott. (9.1 i) ( , M. Murray. (9.5) Montoatih (9.10) J .Emergencies: Kidd (10.(1), Graham (10.10), Borrie (10.8). ! Mr. \\~. Roch will be referee. 1 THfi PROGRAMME. Following is the programme for the secondary schools triangular toairiui•ment., which is to open in New Plymouth to-day:— i i s, Thursday, August 27. -I.I"' |)®., ,Palmeßton v. New .Plymouth (cuntsunr'aiser to Ranfurly Shield maii'li), lie- • creation Ground. 7.45 p.m., meet at Jfimpire Theatre pictures. Friday. August 28.—7.30 a.m.. niecL at school, picnic to Mt. Egmonl. Saturday. August "i r i.—8.30 a.m.. shooting maitcli at liewa Rewa rtuige, Napier, Palmcrstc-n sinil New Plymouth. p.m., Napier v. New Plymouth, Recreation Grounds. 8 p.m., dinner at school for the three fifteens. Sunday, August 30.—Horning, service ot St. Mary's; owning, seivi.ee a.t St. Andrew V. Monday, August 31.—3 p.m., Palmerston v Napier, Recreation Grounds. S p.m., dance in school gymnasium. Tuesday, Sept. 1.—7.10 a.m., Palnierston and Napier leave (by express. WANGANUI v. HAWK ICS RAY. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Napier, Last Night. The. representative Rugby match, Wangftmu v. Hawkey Bay, wis played here to-ihi.v, and resulted in a win ia~ JJawke's Hay by 11 poioiU (three tries, one of which was *onvwtedl_ to 3 (a penalty goal, kicked ,by Atkins). The ; game was not a spectacular exhibition. SOUTH AUCKLAND i. MANAWATU. Palnierston N., Last, Night. , Manawatti were defeated by Kout.v Auckland' reprcsent-tftiv-ptt by "it to nil. 1 Manawatu had a very weak- tenair. In • tact, the union had difficulty in getting a team.' on the field, as Most of the representative team have enlisted for the war. The try-getters we Byrnes, 1 Bolesk (2). Shaw, Morris, May, l.ciiard, and Flynn.