FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 July 1919, Page 6

FOOTBALL.

NORTH v. SOUTH TARANAKI. MONDAYS TEST MATCH. For the first time in over lour years a represent'iiive ruiiby football match will be played between North Taranaki and South Taranaki on Monday, at the lleereation firounds, New Plymouth, when two strong teams will be in the field, and an exciting game may be expected. The following will represent North Taranaki: Fuli-hack, Pryor (Tukapa); three-quarters, Itogers (Stratford), Coutts (Stratford), Stewart (Cl'fton); five-eighths, Wynyard (Old Boys), Moir (Eltham) ; wing forward, Tate (Clifton); forwards, Masters (Stratford), Carlson (Eltham), MJ'iu (Clifton), Blucher (Star), Burkhardt (Inglowood), Fuller (Clifton), Betta (Clifton). Emergencies: Eustace (Okato), George (Clifton), Olivrf (StaT); wing forward, Fryday (Eltham) j forwards, McCulloch (Stratford), Kaspar (Rnhotit). This team will meet at the Bed House Hotel nt one o'clock, and will be lu the charge of Mr. H. L. Abbott. AUCKLAND v. TARANAKI. Twanalti will play Auckland, at Auckland, on August 23, when it is hoped that a contest will eveatuate between New Plymouth High School and either the Auckland Grammar School or Kins s College, as a curtain raiser to the big event. STRATFORD v. STRATFORD D.H.S. This afternoon on Victoria Park, Stratfotd, Stra<ford second juniors will meet the Stratford High School team, the match commencing at three o'clock. The following will represent the Stnilf-rd Club team: Budding, Henry, Chard, j McDonald, Mundy, Grant, Clifton, M. Henry, IL. I erg (captain), Therkiesoii, Clemow, W. Per;, Forrest, Collins and Austin. STRATFORD v. INGLEWOOD, The following will represent Stratford seniors aga'nst Inglewood, at Inglewood, to-day: Fenwick, Fryday, Cameron, ltogers, Coutts, N. Klvell. Berg, McCullough, Klvell, Masters, Bonner, But :hcr, Vlckers, Harapson, Cameron. Emergencies: Terry, Collins, Songster, Hancock. Players will make their own arrangements for travelling.

"ALL BLACKS" IN FRANCE. THE NEW ZEALAND SOLDIERS' TEAM. London, May 22. Tho New Zealand Rugby team, before leaving for lome with the King's Cup, which symbolises (he championship or the Allied forces, have Just tompleted a tour in Prance. They have played three matches, and though each was won, the margin was smaller than might have been expected. There is no doubt that Trance Is developing apace as a Rugby nation, and If the Invitation to. tour Australia is accepted, as 1 bellovc it will be in 1021, if not next season, the Australians must be prepared to receive worthy opponents. Tho time lias gone when one could regard a victory over tho frenchmen as certain. The "All Blacks" won the ilrst ma!.* at Colombes by 16 points to 10, the second at Pau by 10 points to li, and the third at Toulouse, by 14 points to 13. In tho last gamo the French held the lead for a long time, bu* then the New Zealand forwards came to tho rescue and pulled the match out of the Bre. ' The "All Blacks" by their fine sporting play have made many friends here, and particularly In jorkshire. In sending a farewell message to tho Yorkshire County Committee, Gunner M. T. Naughton, the secretary of tho team, wrote: "As regards our share in the bigger game 'over there' we do not claim to have done very much, but we gave of our best, and sometimes when my mind runs back to some of those 'treks' up that immortal Ypres-Menia Koad, and I remember the many good men whs went up to their end, I am not speaking idly when I tell you I will curse the Hun all my life. On my last day in the field, and coming back from the line," I went to look for a decent place to bury a sergeant friend of mine who was killed the night before, and I ran up against a little cross which proved to mark the resting place of poor old David Gallagher, the captain of the original All Blacks. Though he was no personal friend of mine, still he wai one of us, and I am telling you the truth when I say the Huns paid heavily for that life." The New Zealanders will shortly be sailing for home. They are to stop for six weeks in South Africa to play a series of matches there.