FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, 28 June 1915, Page 7

FOOTBALL.

the senior ocm,mrmo\'. ""I. The ■,!>,.,„ - V '" ,01nts to ground, "..a ;r, t i; 0 a v' i,ic ' a,,<it '''-' of «.o ~„st I , h ' eilVy niinf ' l ' l <>"<■• mi „i °ti *°" d T "'atched, l, llt t |„. bl , Y Broughton knit th Ji ' ? an ' l on*»ear tho corner Ind.foreTws lav o»e. Martm-a k.ek at goal just failed. Tnkapa „ ofcato :::::::::::: 3 ■ gr. *t i ush on rosummg, nml ~ f , } , ff*v« Eustace a shot at goal, the ball falling short. Corhett and Ku ta,o next broke away and the latter made a fine openmp tat Martin cut in and 4* a grea hue kick had the greens lg i* on the defensive. Give and take Slav « until arana set Ins backs in S £"' ] * f « ll,ti "S- A bout of kick"g lwtycon the opposing tacks ultimately found touch at half-way. Prom Bina.tl) followed up caused Broughton had . & kick at goal, which missed the

posts by mcheg, and, being allowed no charge Ins second kick did likewise. Oknto forwards pressed, but an infringement enabled the blues to clear and Mjirhn, kicking high, Wnril . "neon «t,<l. Inch smartly followed up T by SLpper gave Carroll a shot; at goal, the ball falling short. Eustace ! made a good lone-handed nm, hut was I unsupported. Half-time saw no alteration in the score.

Tukapa made the game open on resuming and bouts of passing 'between the backs had the g, C en stoutly defending, .Martin being well collared bv Eustace From miss-kicks Early ami' Ryder maiked, and from the latter Ward landed an unmistakable goal Tukapa .. r Okato ■■■■'■'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.' o .■Okato forwards now made the m,.« *'"' n P. I'«t fine line kicks by Paflv ™™ them luuk, and WnS, 'l Co, hav : ,g earned play to w tl, n ( " k ng distance. Martin kicked Imrl, V £» in the corner" ] Tukapa ... . i

rie?i n pKvl ng T "! e car- ' P t0 Tukapa's nes wher« n scrumensued, a force resulting. Okato sti kept busy, and Brennan made a lash but was crowded to the line From t,mdw;th l f^T gaine<u ° iis^" under « * # g&aI > th * g»i£ rushCarroU m^^,« checked in time by Juli a „. Att<u . k ■ , counter-attack sa W each side "or /"n pc ate attempts to increase their sc re, backs and forwards trying hard. Ward «««I.v«-or N l f j„st mi ssinl the ballbut the de ence was soun(l llnti , f forward rush by Ward ami Co , Corbett' speculated, and Carroll, picking up the RvL at f t ' 0 , t r ,Ch «»". BtreakcdW Ryder failed to convert. Tukapa ~, I Okato '■'■'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.", o ' The concluding moments .saw play up ! and down .field, each side attacling Z I turn, but no further score resulted. ' «. w h S ' lVe evncml s I as referee.

MATCHES AT AWKLAKD. By Tcl«granh.—Press Association, •n -n , A ™klantl, Last Night. The Rugby senior competition was eontinuedon Saturday in iline weather. ReUniversity defeated Ponsonbv by p po.nts to S: City beat JVncil b'v ->2 to 0, and College Rifles and Marist'Brother* played a drawn game, each side scoring II points. Tim second round of the Rugby League matches commenced on .Saturday. Grafton defeated Ponsonby by 10 points to » (and in consequence is leadiii" for the championship); City beat Newton by 18 to 1,1, and North Shore defeated Otahuhu by 11 to 10. Grammar School beat King's College in the Rugby competition b y 21 points to 0. TARANAia v. WELLINGTON. THE TAIUXAIKr. TEAM. Tlie following 'players have been selected to represent Taranaki against Wellington on 'Wednesdav, at tlawera Full back: Lynskey (Waimale), Three-quarters: l.overidge and Martin (Tukapa) and Robertson (Tlawera). Five-eighths: Twomcv and Roberts (Tlawera). Halfback: Coleman (Tlawera). Wing Forward: (Rowlands (Opunake). Forwards: Cain and Thomas (Clifton), Kissick (Kaponga). Robertson (Tlawera), Patterson (Kaponga), Ward (Tukapa) and Wliittington (Tlawera). Emergence's: Hacks, George (Tlawera) and A. Patersnn (Kaponga); forwards, Carcv (Okato) and Rvan (Waimate).