FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, 9 August 1921, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

FRENCH TEAM’S TOUR. PLANS FOR NEXT YEAR. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received August 8, 5.5 p.m. London, August 8. The French Rugby Union team for Australasia sails on May 15, 1922. calling at South Africa', where two games will be played. The party, which consists of thirty military and civilians, will return on September 13, 1922, via America, playing two games in California and Canada.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. THE JUNIOR FINALS. The first plays-off of the junior, third nml fourth-class finals are being drawn to-day, ai.d will be published in to-morrow's issue. Kingston, of Clifton, who has been selected to represent New Zealand as full-back in the first test match against the Springboks next, Saturday, left by the mail train yesterday morning for Wellington, on route to Dunedin, where the match takes place. FOOTBALL IN MOKAU-AWAKINO. (From Our Own Correspondent.) The football season here closed on Saturday last with a match at Awakino, Married v. Single, ending in a victory for the "bachelors gay." Awakino holds the shield, donated by Mr. Geo. MacMillan, having beaten Mahoonui, Tonga porutu, and the Maori teams. This handsome silver shield lias to be won three times consecutively, or five times alternately. A very successful smoke concert was held in the evening, when songs were contributed by Messrs. R. Parr, G. Thomas, and W. Hunt, and Mr. Jones (chairman), in his usual happy style, congratulated the victors on their wins, and the club generally on the very successful season. A very hearty vote of thanks is recorded by tte club to the people of Tongaporutu, who so royally entertained fhem when visiting there for the different matches. Mr. Lal Black, in last Saturday’s match, received rather a severe injury to his leg, but we are glad to see that he is now quite able to discard that "dot and carry one."