FOOTBALL.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 246, 14 October 1908, Page 7

FOOTBALL.

■I BTJGBT. I The taSngs at the gates on Saturday \_L whei Taranaki and Auckland played •I tSen rettrn match under ISTorthern Unim m- - amounted toi £130. _ I• I "We to acknowledge receip. of a I fetter fron l Mr. H- Frost, aeting-seeretary tf-l. Auckland Referees' Association, I mnveyu. the thanks of the association J Sefforts, on. their behalf during the I »s_a inst concluded- In return I have I -_: heartily thank the members of the _sso__-ti_n for the assistance given the fjsss stall times. T . The'game on Saturday last, between 4iic_-_nd and Taranaki, under Northern gmon rules, can safely be said to conlocal season. Although tha jfternoon was more suitable for cricket $__ football, the game was fast throughnatandthe wonder was how the players I 'rfbod 'the strain. Taranaki looked to \jgye Auckland badly beaten in the second j raell, but the local men made a wonderi fnl recovery, and pulled the match out of (he fire in the last ten minutes. .According to delegates who were prepit at the recent meeting in Wellington, committee of the _f__R-U. carried a proposal, during thfi tonr of the "All Blacks" in England .(.he_. : n. —as seen that the financial retnlts were more than satisfactory) to jUovf the players 5/- per day expenses. Hie -matter, however, was not suijmrt-ed to the English Union,.the general opin--j—. being that they would not sanction it--. u 3o— s McGregor, the ex-Auckland remesentative player, who is now located fa _____ Afnca, is at present on a holi- _& visit to Auckland. He leaves on his jehnn to,. South Africa, on Monday next.Hie special meeting of delegates to _ie -S-ZJS-U. which was held in Weljjngton on Thursday evening last, was not h fnritful as the progressive party Trished, hut, nevertheless, a number of anendments were carried which should . {end to make the game ccaasitlerably faster. Otago, Southland, Auckland, Jtatawatu, and Wanganui, were generally in favour of the proposed amendments, Canterbury sat on the rail with » slight tendency to the new ideas, but "(FeD-ngton;"from whom strong support TO expected, were, with the exception • of one delegate, decidedly conservative, and showed strong opposition to- all the proposals submitted. The payment to pjajers was thrown out by a large majority, and it will be interesting to see what effect this will have nest season. The" Anckland and Otago Unions are to be co_g-_t__ated on their efforts to imjirove matters, and if the Northern Union game attracts the players, they Trill'have the satisfaction of knowing ■• __a. they did their best to prevent such ' ii -_w_r_-_ice. happening.