FOOTBALL.
The final football match of the season, for the Clarke Cup, was played at Rangitumau on Saturday last between the Rangitumau and Mauriceville teams, and resulted in a win for the former by 29 points to nil. Mr W. Harding was referee. Alter the match the visitors were entertained at afternoon tea by tha ladies of Rangitumau. The Rangitumau Club have won the Cup for tiie season, not having lost a match. '■"' Lite Cup was first competed for last and was won by the Opaki Club.
Received September ,21, 8.30 a.m. LONDON, September 20, The Mayor of Plymouth welcomed and gave a dinner to the Australian Rugby team. ihe captain (Dr. ¥oran), interviewed, declared that 'the backs ir.ignc not be as fast as the New Zealaiiuerd who visittd Britain, but the forwards were quite,as active.
, The English Rugby Union has arranged twenty-tight fixtures for the
team, commencing with a match against Devon on September 26th, and including matches against England, Ireland, and Wales, the universities, the counties, the army and navy, and the leading clubs, concluding with a match in Francs on January Ist.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 2998, 22 September 1908, Page 6
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185FOOTBALL. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 2998, 22 September 1908, Page 6
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