FOOTBALL.

Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 146, 23 June 1887, Page 5

FOOTBALL.

The Canterbury Representative Football Team which comes North in August to do battle with our local kickists is likely to be •a-very.; strong combination. Preparations ares; already going on for the selection of the very best men. . Ab a meeting of .the Canterbury Rugby Union last Jweek it .was resolved, " That, with; a view to sending a !^SljE^S^^^%e__^iV^^-im<'' t"o-| fche North'lsland early in' August, the Secres tariespf jfe_,.C^b^^-be^,eiues|9d .to. send in to the selector of the, representative teams' the names.of members whom they are .likely to advance for iriterprbyincial honours. This method:ofr. selection, is: one* worthy of Imitation. ;■'■ '■ At any rate,"it is high time our Rugby, Union,, bestirred, itself. In view of our defeat,, by ; a.,small ,'.'province like, Taranaki, we: cannot any longer afford to trust to -,'luck.' j.'The ,probable ,repre'sentatiyes.' should .be" picked ,'at once, in order that they may go .into..systematic training.'- arid. thus 'be. enabled to place at' the required time a team in'the field'that will d^credi^to^tlie place,,besides exhibiting that..combined.play in. which Auckland is so frequently' lacking. Unless we ' take time-by the forelock,; select our best: provincial players, .and. go in for, regular: and systematic ''training,I.Auckland is likely to Sustain ~ ignominious , defeats ; from., botn Canterbiu*y and Otago; . . v