WAIROA NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 225, 20 September 1905, Page 2

WAIROA NEWS.

(From "Oar dwn Correspondent) j TE KOPURU. September 1". The -football, match, Nrortfcern vj Te Kopnrn, wjis plaj-cd at Te Koporwn on Sat•.irda.v last, and resulted ia a win for Te Kopuru by thr«-e poiuts to nil. A- good nember of epetrt«"»rs were present. Mr Kelley had charge of the whistle and Messrs Elintt and Phelan had charge of the flag. To Kopuru kicked off, and play as a reeult of forward rushes was speedily In Northern's 25. Northern saved .the position by a long kick, and fast' following up transferred play to Te Kopnru's 215. The ball -was taken over the line. The Kopuru kicked into toueh-in-jroal. Northern worked the leather into Te Kepnru's territory, and made several att.|:npts to score, but the defence of the Te Kopuru backs was ;oo sound, and Te Kopuru, by a long :in; j tick, eared itxt position. Play was veryeven for some time, the leather travelling : from one end of the field to tne other. The i first spell ended with no score. The se- • cond spell was a repetition of the first, both teams in some good play, and ;the ball travelling from one end of the 1 Hold to the otiier. Towards the end of I tbU spell, from a scrum close on North|ern"s line. "VV. Cox got possession of the i leather and scored a clever try for Te Ko- | puru. y> , . Childs tdok the kick without fnrthei- increasing the score. After this the play was mostly in Xorthern's territory, the whistle sounding without any further sr-ore. The Kopuni. 3; Northern, nil. I This being the last match for the seniors, [te Kopuru thus wins tbe senior championI ship. The following represented North- j i Mills; three-quarters, i , I.itr'.e. "Fiahor, Miller- five-eighths. Moses; ( liai£. Uosers; wings, W. Christiansen and j' !G. Blow: forward, Flavell Wright. Lowe, j !a. Christiansen. Mitchell, and Robertson. : Te Kopuru: Fallback West; three-<inarters, ! ; Martin, Lawry, and H. Child.s; five- i I eighths. R. Cox: half. W. Cox; wings. E. ! ! Rope and X.. Bassett: forwards, W. Obilds, L j Andrev.-rs. Rope i 2). Broctlissc, and Olsen. j ■ The Cup fixture. Northern first juniors j ( v. Te Kopuru, was forfeited by the former j failing to send a team. Te Kopuru there- : fore get this match. ! Aratapu 11. v. Northern 11. was playod at Manga where, and resulted in a draw, bath teams scoring six point* eai-h. , I On Saturday last a Te Kopurn team jonr» I lieyed to Red Hill to meet a team chosen ifrom that district. After a good game the : Tr> Kopuro team won by three points to ! till. i The annual football match, Newport v. 'Te Kopuru, for a dinner, is to be played jat Te Kopuru on Saturday.