FOOTBALL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8511, 16 August 1907, Page 5

FOOTBALL.

By Telegraph—Press Association.

Received August 15, 12.19 a.m. SYDNEY, August 15.

Gillett, Cunningham and Nicholson, members of the "All Black" football team that toured Australia, are among the passengers of the Mokoia, which sailed for Auckland at 6 p.m.

THE AUSTRALIAN STANDARD;

By Telegraph—Press Association

WELLINGTON, August 15

Speaking of the tour of the New Zealand football team, Mr Galbraith, who accompanied them, says:—lt was form that beat our men. With accidents and an epidemic of influenza it was a most disastrous trip. The whole time the men were suffering more or less. I consider that not in one single match did the team show true New Zealand form. No form as good as that witnessed in the match against Wellington or in the interisland game. The Australian forwards beat ours in the last match. In my opinion, however, the New South Wales men have not improved at all in comparison with the team that drew with us in 1905, but there is quite an improvement among the backs. They have learned cutting-in tactics in their passing attacks, and this is quite a new thing over there. Mr Galbraith principally went to Australia to attend the conference of delegates to discuss arrangements for future intercolonial campaigns. The old agreement of 1901 has expired, and New Zealand desires better terms in any future programme. In the past New Zealand has taken the gate money for matches played here and has paid its own team's travelling expenses abroad. New South Wales has followed a similar policy, and this gives Australia much the bigger end of the stick. New Zealand's enterprise has helped to put the New South Wales Union in a strong financial position, and it is maintained that the island colony should be able to get better recompense. The delegates were generally inclined to the opinion that New Zea-* land should receive more favourable treatment, but they did not reach a definite agreement. The matter will be a subject for further correspondence, and Mr Galbraith has no doubt that this country get something considerably better than it has had in the past. Probably the next team from Australia to invade New Zealand will be a Commonwealth combination. There was a certain amount of difficulty about refereeing, because it was found on the field that the Australians were playing under some decisions that were two years behind time. It was discovered that, either by the neglect of the Secretary of the Enfglish Rugby Union or the Commonwealth's representatives in London, the law rulings received in New Zealand a couple of years back had not reached Australia. However, as the result of the recent Australasian conference of referees, at which New Zealand was represented by Messrs Wylie and Robb, this undesirable state of affairs if not likely to be repeated. I PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALLERS. THE NEW SOUTH WALES TEAM. By Telegraph—Press Association. SYDNEY, August 15. The following New South Wales professional team has been selected to play the New Zealand professionals on Saturday:— Fullback—Hedley. Three-quarters—Chcadle, Stuntz, Fry, and Messenger. Halves—Rosenfelt and D'Alpuget. Forwards—Hammil, Hennessy, Mable, Pearce, Moir, Grave", Brackenrigg, and Cann. TARANAKI REPRESENTATIVE TEAM. By Telegraph—Press Association. NEW PLYMOUTH, August 15. The following representative team has been chosen to represent Taranaki against Auckland next week:— Fullback, Hargreavcs; threequarters, C. Sheehan, Cameron and Burke; five-eighths, Hunter and My not; half, Colman; wing forward, T. Sheehan; forwards, Kievell, Whittington. Prouse, Smith, Crowley, Thomas and Rothery. For the southern tour, Dive, who is at present disabled, and Pottier, Forsyth and Storey will accompany the team.

LIBERALS v. ROVER B

(Carterton Correspondent). Thursday,

A match which created a great deal of local interest amongst football enthusiasts was played on the local reserve this afternoon between teams representing the Featherston Liberal Club and the Rover B (Carterton) Club. From the commencement of the game it was evident that it would be fairly evenly contested. Rain was facing rather heavily, and the ball was in a very greasy state. The Rovers maintained the game throughout in a very friendly spirit, as, also, did the Liberals, who had the best of the game all through. Excitement ran high in the second spell as to what the result of the game would be, and just at the call of time Munro scored for the Liberals, who thus defeated the Rovers by 3 points to nil.