FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 June 1919, Page 7

FOOTBALL.

JUNIOR COMPETITION. STAB v. MIDHIRST. The following win represent Stkr Juniors in their game against Midhirst Juniors at Stratford, to-morrow (Thursday): M. Cracken, Talwasser, Broughton, Cliff, Penniall, Tito, Thettlewell, Dims, Carran, Adams, Owen, Courtney, BroughAm'oi n ' ■^ rajlc^3. Emergencies; Harvey, TUKAPA v, ELXHAjVI. The Tukapa First Junior team to play Eljnam at Eltham on Thursday is as follows: Prior, Oliver, Boswell, Lawson, Oliver, Cocker, Cameron, Hurley, Gardiner, Hawkes, Cocker, Braetrarn, Evans, Early, Johnston. Players are reminded that the team leaves by the 11.45 a.m. train, wet or fine. STRATFOKD y. N.F. BOYS HIGH SCHOOL. „ The following will represent Stratford in the football match at New Plymouth on Thursday against the New Plymouth Boys' High School: Masters, Hampson, Terry, McCullough, Bonner, Huriestone, R. Collins, Aldrldge, Belcher, W. Kirell, Coutts, OlllTer, Rogers, Mouat, Cameron, Fry day, Hancock, Cameron.

The New Zealand football teanr which hag had such a triumphal tour through Britain has probably done more to "put New Zealand on the map" so far as the Mother Country is concerned than all the war exploitß of the New Zealanders, for the term "Anzac" has inextricably mingled Australia and New Zealand in the British imagination. But when it comes to a matter of football, modest little New Zealand is allowed to' stand on her own merits, and her existence as a nation is once more admitted. The sporting pages of the London dailies are full of references to the New Zealand team at present, and a short excerpt from an article by "Astral" of the Daily Newa, who was warning a British team against under-estimating the prowess of the fern-leaf representatives, may bo of interest.

'The great feature of the New Zealand game," says "Astral," ia their tremendous tackling The Britishers will have to be right at the top of their form to pierce a defence that is well-nigh perfect, and there must be no blundering. These colonials leave you no margin for error. Two of the tries at Twickenham were scored by New Zealand directly from faults in handling by the South Africans. The New Zealanders are so wonderfully fast and they follow up so keenly that unless the full-back clears with the utmost promptitude his case ia hopeless. The colonials are rather fond of the short punt and follow up but this is a method that may not prove succt' iuj against quiok, adaptable ,f~ those of the Mother t y 9h i eu f« be as good. jj ar( | ft footwork is th» sort of thing, ho ve *er to worry the colonials." The "worrvZealand defeated the Motherland tea** hy six to three.