FOOTBALL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9113, 12 June 1908, Page 6

FOOTBALL.

TOUR OP ANGLO-WELSH TEAM. UV TKIjKOUAI'I(— i'ftliHH ASSOCIATION. WELLINGTON, Juno 11. Tho Management Committee of the New Zealand Rugby Union tonight approved of the appointment of Mr F. Laws as retcreo in the match between Canterbury and the AngloWelshmen on Saturday, The Otago Union notified that the takings at; the first test totalled £1,200. A message, from Timaru stated that £<!2o was taken there on Wednesday, when the Britishers met S,'Uth Canterbury.

We remember having onco read in an over-sea contemporary that every Nov/ Zoalamler wua born with a Rugby football under his arm, says th s Wanganui "Herald," this by way of accounting for the intense enthusiasm of the average young Dominionits for the good old winter pastime. An instance of this enthusiasm may bo found in the fact that many of the youngsters engaged in the primary schools football contests travel iievoral miles into Wanganui every ►Saturday morning to do battle for their schools. The palm, however, in list be awarded to a boy living at Kai Iwi Hcach, who for several Saturdaya actually walked the whole eleven miles into town to play in the in-itches. Hid enthusiasm has now btu'ii rewarded by the loan of a horse whenever his schojl is down for a fixture. That boy will be a New Zealand rep. yet. A match, under the auspices of the Wairarapa Kugby Union, will be ployed iri the Muatcrtori Showgrounds to-.'iiurrow, between the Red Star and Grey town Senior teams. Tlij following will represent the JVlajtoiton Football Club against Carterton, at Caiterton, to-morrow:— Samdon. Handily, Cowan, Thompson, Darvill, Logan, Fielding, Barry, Htvnchley, Uoa;i (2), Lyall, Macktdlui', iJaniel', and Gray. ASSOCIATION MATCH. An Assocuit ~u match in which c msiderablt) interest waa taken was played at Lanadowne, yosteidny afternoon, between the Masterton Club and the W.F'.C.A. team. A

very good exposition of Association was given, and although the Maaterton tun in won by 1) goals to the losers at times showed up well. The (jo-.il scorers For Ma;torton were Doyle d'!), Smith (I!), Marshall and Lawrence, all of whom showed capita! fv.rm. For the losers goals were s/.u.vd by Long, Maxwell and Dixon. | by the form shown by the [ MiuUrLon Club it gives) p-omiso of I developing into a very nlrong combination. A match will be played at Lansdowre to-morrow :iflurnoon, between the iYlasterton and the Y.M.C.A. Clu-'j.