FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 August 1920, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

THE RUGBY GAME. I ' „ TO-DAY'S FIXTURES. <5 Following are the fixtures for to-day:— REPRESENTATIVE MATCH. Taranakl v. Wellington, at Wellington. JUNIOR PLAY-OFF. Mldhlrst v. at Eltliam. THIRD GRADE. Star t. Tukapa, at Recreation Grounds (Carbine Shield match) .Mr. F. Hookor; Clifton v. High School B, at Waitara, Mr. T. Clare; Lepperton v. Rahotu, at Lepperton, Mr. A. Walls; Okato r. Old Boys, at Okato, Mr, Larson. FOURTH GRADE. High School C v. High School D; Star v. Technical College. FIXTURES FOR NEXT WEEK. SATURDAY, AUGUST 28. INTER-COLLEGIATE MATCH. Auckland .Grammar School v. New Plymouth High School, at New Plymouth, CDKTAIN-RAISER. North 7. South TaT&naki Primary Schools. _ REPRESENTATIVE FIXTURES. * RESULTS TO DATE. Taranakl (11) t. Wanganui (J), Wellington (20) -v. Taranakl (9), Taranaki (6) v. Wanganui (0). Taranakl v. South Auckland, a draw. Auckland (3) v. Taranakl (8). Hawko's Bay (8) v. Taranakl (6). Taranaki (14) v. Manawatu (9). Hawke's Bay (8) v. Taranaki (0). Walrarapa (!)) v. Taranaki (3). Manawatu (11) v. Taranakl (6). U B. ItEfS. Taranakl (12) v. Wairoa Sub-Union (8). FIXTURES ARRANGED. Aug. 21.—v. Wellington, at Wellington. Sept. 9.—v. Auckland, at New Piytreuth (probable). TARANAKI v. WELLINGTON. TO-DAVS MATCH. The Taranakl touring team playa the final match of the tour at Wellington to-day against tho metropolitan representatives. In view of the results of tho tour to date, Taranaki supporters are not very enthusiastic regarding Tarnnaki's chances to-day, but in the past Taranakl footballers have always plaved tneir best games when up against the strongest propositions.

Taranaki will bo strengthened by the inclusion of West and Brown, who have just Tetusned from Australia. There was some i,, as whether the latter player would Pk Jj.L t0 obta * n tiie necessary leave, but that difficulty has been overcome. The playing of Lynskey at second five-eighths is difficult to understand.

. S 1 ™ hns a narticularly strong team in the flcfiid to-day, including the quintette who have just relumed from' Australia viz T , i J ynr ''' Koberts (hacks). Shearer, and Mnffltt (forwards). Followin; are the teams:—

TARANAICI. Pull-back: Anderson. Three-quarters: Wilkinson, Roberts, Hickcy. Five-eighths: Lynskey, Cameron, Half: Brown. Wing Forward: Ma I one. Forwards. Pogarty, Day . Masters, West. Birchall, Thoumine. WELLINGTON Full-back: P. Malin. Three-quarters: Altken, Algar, E. Ryan. Five-eighths: T. Tilyard, Jf. Nicholls. Half: E. Roberts. Wing Forward: Ashton. ■ Forwards. Hughes, Standon. Price, Moffltt. Wilson, Harkness, J, Shearer. Emergencies :~Backs: Corner, H. E. Nicholls, Barker; forwards: S. Shearer, Calcinai. NEWS AND NOTES. • The chief topic in football circles locally at present js the forthcoming meeting of the Auckland Grammar School and New Plymouth High School, which,, taken Place at New Plymouth on Saturday next. College teams always give a bright and attractive display, and Saturday's match should 6e no exception. Grammar School defeated KID'S College a month afto, and there is 2? °, n at the Northerners play brilliant i£ * ii J oepln S tlie fast and open the ball being in play all the time. The local school, judging by theii? defeat of Clifton on Saturday, are now at the top of their a ." d should be ablo to maintain their reputation tn Saturday's match Charlie Brown played in the front row for New Zealand against Wellington on Wednesday, and scored the opening try of the eleven that were notched by Wellington during the game.

' I ' ll 3t l , was tho first time that Manawatu has defeated Taranaki in tho last tl'irtv- /«? rs - Pot old Taranaki I How siio has fallen from her high football state I To be defeated by Manawatu, Hawke's Bay, and S"I a 1 „ Shades of the Lambles, the Goods, the Bayleys, the Humphries! TARANAKI RUGBY UNION. management committee. r,f A n,T~?n'" g "J f , l l' e M ' lna semeut Committee «..<!• , r!i ?nakl Rugby Union was held at Stratford last evening, the president, Mr. Jas. JfcLeod, occupying the chair. ~r efere t0 arrangins a junior representative match versus the Wairoa SubUnion. it was decided that it was now too season to arrange the match, me Clifton Club protested against the K" W*h School A being awarded them on the ground (hat Whittle was a. senior. wJlw? t , lint ns Protest was not received within three days as ronuired bv Bv-iaw 19. that it could not be considered, and the protest fee should be refunded v«V«, (I T dGII t0 W SIO each to the n«X rommltt'ee, Ta ™ MM Ptimary Sfh °° ls

Tho Hawn-eiifton play-off nIIR j, y mllt uai r^a«r ea to be i,iwd at waitarn -I'',® Union a,| SWSted that (lie i v ' Taran!lli i should he plaved thJ a,'," 7" J i "' tember u ~lt was resolved LilLi I , * informed that Taranakl wished tho match to be played at New Plymouth on Thursday 9. iJL7 a w„ r f? olred „' 0 pliiy the Ptim «V Schools junior Noith v. South Tarannkl as a curtain Wkhrni r Ne ™ £ lvmouth Hl sh School and Auckland Grammar School match at New Plymouth oil Saturday, August 28. It was decided that the primary schools' Rowntree arransed Mr - L s ,a '»> <">< i Mr.

THE ALL BLACKS' TOUR. "VICTORIES IN AUSTRALIA. TEAM NEVER EXTENDED. Now Zealand Rushy Union team, so far. has had three wins in Sydney—and they have T S ' V Wl " S ' says th(! Aueltland !?™. s Ssdney correspondent, writing under thfi Ati Ui ßi- 1, It.!" ! hB opinion ; the All Blacks, although given worthv nn. ponents, have not. been fully extended. Any-' one natchinß their play in successive matches j ? pardoned for thinking that thev Played to the score—in other words • thov are interested only in k eC pin e their scores a winnlnc one, and they do not p„t „ n pressure until their opponents' score is close or level with ther own. It is.at least easy tc persuade oneself that the wearers of the sUver fern could have "won hy a street" in each or their had they been so disposed 5 Last Saturday's match was a sharp diaanloimment to thou whe saw the tan tr&i

strength against New South Wales. The first match was fuli of sparkle and excitement, and delightful to see. The second was flat, dead, and uninteresting. It was a long scries of scrums, line-outs, and scrambles in the mud. There were occasional spurts of individual brilliance, but the "machine" the really spectacular thing about Rugby football— j seldom got into action. The ground was' very soft and heavy, and about a hundred square yards In the dead centre of the field was simply a mud puddle. The players avoided it whenever possible, and when a man did run into it—well, he just stopped running. And this handicap on fast and open play was greatly added to by the referee. Some new rules, which were so tmuch Greek to the spectators, so far as they could discern what they were and what they purported to do, were being played to, and the referee was extraordinarily fussy about them. He saw errors in the dribbling rushes, breaches in tackling, and wrong in everything. His whistle again and again brought about a full stop when play was working up 16 nn interesting point. It pounded so continuously that at last the spectators wearied of it, and counted him out. There were only about seven thousand at this match. Across the fence, at a purely local League game, on a much belter ground, there ffpre said to be ten thousand spectators.

On Tuesday, the All Blacks played a Aletro-! polltan team, and again won easily. Tn the first half they loafed--there is no question about it. They held their opponents too 1 cheaply—and at half-time they had the score 3 points to nil against them. Then; they pulled themselves together. They gave a display of football more reminiscent of their first match, and they won comfortably by 20 points to 11. It is a thousand pities that so many of the country's best players are now in the League's ranks; there would have been a magnificent battle between an Australian team such as used to be put into tho field ten years ago, and these New Zealand giants. Still, some of the matches yel to be played may try out the All Blacks.