FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, 8 October 1921, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

SELECTION OF THE ALL BLACKS. ' C T“* NEW SYSTEM PROPOSED. ~ 1 By Telegraph—-Press Association, Wellington, Oct. 7. The selectors of the New Zealand teams against the Springboks have presented a report to the New Zealand Union in favor of widening the basis of selection. They recommend that two teams be chosen from each Island, one from the larger and one from the smaller unions, these to be chosen by men in close touch with them. These teams should play against one another, one match in each Island and from them North and South teams sould be selected. The report advocated strict training for international matches and that every player undergo medical examination. The selectors also considered that too much latitude was given to the Africans over the choice of referees. The committee approved the suggestions and will recommend that the annual meeting adopt them. THE NEW SOUTH WALES TOUR. The committee of the New Zealand Rugby Union has received a report from Mr. Bosward, manager of the New South Wales team, praising the arrangements for the tour, and acknowledging the attention received. It also pays a special tribute to Mr. W. T. Parata as one of the whitest men they had ever met. The total receipts for the ten matches were £3610, of which the New Zealand match, at Christchurch, furnished £1258 and the Wellington match £720. In response to a query the committee decided to inform the Southland Union that no inquiry was made into the allegations of rough play in the Southland v. Springbok match.

THE LEAGUE GAME. AUSTRALASIA’S TOUR. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, Oct. 6. At League football Australasia beat Widnes by 28 points to 4. During the last three minutes Australasia scored thirteen points. THE SPOILING WING-FORWARD. Writes a correspondent who was with the N.S.W. team in New Zealand to the Sydney Referee: —Our impressions of New Zealand football? Well, their forwards are magnificent, but the back play has retrograded. We saw only five passing rushes by the backs against us in our 10 matches, which tells you all. The cause ?—well, the wing-forward has to shoulder much of the blame. He is doomed- The eight pack beat the seven for the ball, as it will always do when the players are of anything like the same calibre. I think they now realise that the day of the spoiling wing-forward has gone. At all events, prior to the war we demonstrated that the three men in the front row will beat two with adc‘quate support. And our team and the i Springboks have further accentuated the lesson.

TARANAKI REPRESENTATIVES. During the past season no less than 43 players gained representative honors in the nine representative matches played by Taranaki. Of these player* _ a number were given a trial but failed I to come up to expectations. On the ' other hand a number of young players showed great promise and the prospects for football in Taranaki during the next year or two look good. None of the players represented Taranaki in every match, this being due to accident in some cases. Of the players selected Campbell t-ook part in eight matches: Birchall. Hickey, Kivell, and Masters in seven; Malone in six; Coutts and Sykes in five; Kingston, Lusk, Hooker, Berg. Spratt, Fogarty, McAllum, Cain, H. Whittington. Fryday, and Robertson in four; Lynekey, Allen, It. and Atkins three each; J. Coleman. Hunt, West. B. Roberts. Hart. R. Oliver, Cameron, Thoumine and Wilkinson two each; McKay, McCullough, Dunford. Brown, Kissick, Osborne, W. Gray, C. W’ ittington, C. H. Wynyard, Ross q,nd O’Rourke one each. Taranaki scored a total of 71 pointe, consisting of 12 tries. 3 potted goals, 5 penalties and 4 converted tries, whilst the 95 points scored against them 24 tries, 7 converted, and 3 penalties. Taranaki’s points were scored as follows: Hickey 14 points (2 tries, 2 potted goals). Coleman 12 points (potted goal. 2 penalties, converted try). Hooker 11 pointe (try, 2 penalties and converted try), Kingston 4 points (2 converted tries). Sykes, Campbell, Spratt, Malone, R. Roberts, Masters, Whittington, Kivell, Fryday, points (penalty goal).

Three men who were travelling with the Springboks team left Napier without paying their hotel expenses, says the Hawke’s Bay Tribune, and these were included in the amount of the bill to the Rugby Union. The treasurer (Mr. C. Findlay), however, noticed that they were paying for three too many, and got into touch with Wellington, with the result that the Wellington body collected the amount. The gentlemen concerned managed, however, to get off without payment for their wine card entries.