FOOTBALL.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 186, 6 August 1913, Page 6

FOOTBALL.

NORTHERN TITCOW. TffE LEAGETE GAME. CANTEBBCRT'S CUP TEAM.

Tie Canterbnry League's- team, which W to p!ay Auckland on Saturday for tte Northern Union Ohallentre Cnp, loaves Chrlstelmnih to-night, and will arrive. in A-nckland by the Main Trunk express on -Saturday morning. The team is said to possess aome clever backs, and, with a fine day, a bright, open game should eventuate. The fullback has the reputation of bclug a reliable and brainy player. OX the tliteeijiiaTters, Smith (a recent convert) Is a good sid-e-stepper and nippy, while C. Koskella (centre) has a great name as a tackier. The other -wing roan (Saunders) is smaJl, bat fast and tricky in attack. The fire-eighth line contains nnoQier prominent convert in Briinstteu, who is a strong runner and a Round tackier. Stokes ife nippy, and Watts (half) is a boy of great promise, being a smart passer. The forwards include Pierce, who 'was selected to captain the team for Australia this season, bT!t w»s unable to v'o. He has earned his repntatlon clrfeHy as a hooker. Auld went to Australia, ant! is said to have vastly improved as a result of the tour. Sharks is a fine player in the open, and is described by a Southern writer us a second edition of Dxrfty as a soal-kicker. Tlie reniainlnff forwards are stated to possess plenty •of Tfoe team is as follows:— Pull-back: B. Glasson. Th ree-anarters: M. G. Smith, C. Koskella, T. Saunders. PlTe-eusthths: Rrmißden; 'Stokes. Half-back: Watts. Forwards: AnW, Pierce, Morris. Shfinfcs. tyes, Klrt CANTERBURr TEAM. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) CHRISTCHOTICH, this day. , The following Canterbury League teti, tours the North Island, playing at Auckland, Taranaki. and Wellington: Gasson, Sann'Oers, Coskella, Hardinifham, Smith, Stbknn Watts, Pearce. Morris. Shanks, CampbeJL Klrton. Brunsden, Kruse. 'ft