FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, 23 September 1922, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

NELSON COLLEGE v. HIGH SCHOOL. THE HIGH SCHOOL TEAM. t The match between Nelson College and the New Plymouth High School will be played on the sports ground at Pukekura Park on Monday afternoon, commencing at 3 o'clock. The Nelson boys were to leave Nelson last night and arrive here by the mail train to-night. The High School team is:— Full-back: A. Petty (8.7). Three-quarters; T. N. Foden (11.1), H. W. Brown (11.7) captain, J. D. Mackay (11.0). Five-eighths: J. T. Shaw (9.5), W. E. Alexander (9.7). Half: J. Brodie (11.4). Wing forward: J. A. Paterson (9.5). Forwards: J. E. Eaves (10.3), L. Christie (9.10), H. W. Rickard (10.11), J. W. Palmer (12.0), C. D. Collins (11.1), R. H. Christie (11.6), R. Brewster (11.4). Emergencies: Backs, K. Taylor (10.5), L. Abbott (10.1). Forwards, B. Davies (10.6), J. D. Revell (12.2). Mr. A. H. Guy will referee. The High School boys, winners of the first junior championship, are to be congratulated on the great game they played against Old Boys last Saturday. The B division winners were represented by the strongest fifteen they have had out this season, and though early In the game they lost Wynyard (their skipper) they established such a, lead that it looked as though victory was certain. In spite of their eleven points deficit, the School played with great vigor right to the end, and adding three tries and a goal, snatched victory with a couple of minutes to spare. A feature of the game was the excellent footwork of the School, their pack dominating tli>vBituatlon in the loose and sweeping the field with some old time Taranaki rushes. In the first spell the forwards got the ball in the scrum and their backs opened out, but the five-eighths (Shaw and Alexander) were opposed by a solid pair. Nevertheless, there were some fine passing bouts on both sides. The boys also tackled In deadly style, Brown particularly. Brodie did some great work behind the scrum, his "dummying” beating the opposition time ana again. Foden, at wing three-quarter, and Taylor, at full-back, were hardly up to their usual form. Mackay showed a lot of pace. All the forwards played well. Of the Old Boys’ pack Atkinson was always on the ball. Marks did a lot of work, as did also Sykes and Penniall. Valentine, at full-back, saved his side time and again. PLAY AMONGST MAORIS. ‘ CHALLENGE CUP OFFERED By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Sept. 21. It was announced at the meeting of the New Zealand Rugby Union to-night that Mrs. M. A. Perry, of Hawke’s Bay, had presented the Maori football advisory committee with a rose bowl, to be known as the “Te Morl” Bowl, for contest between Maori teams. The advisory board suggests that these be southern, including the Wellington, Horowhenua, Manawatu, Wanganui, Taranaki, Wairarapa. Bush, and Hawke’s Bay unions, as well as the South Island, and Northern, including players from the Walroa, Poverty Bay, East Coast, Bay of Plenty, Waikato, King Country, Thames, Auckland, and Northland unions. It is suggested that the first annual match be played next season. The donor was influenced by the large number of Maoris playing in the last Ranfurly Shield match. Conditions are left to the New Zealand Union and the Maori Advisory Board.