FOOTBALL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 250, 15 July 1908, Page 8

FOOTBALL.

: ; THE; BRITISH TEAM. ' (BT TEt.EGBAFE—rRESS ASSOCIATIOH.I '. ' V Chrlstchurcli, July 14. i The'"baJance-sheet 'of : the .-Canterbury Anglo-Welsh team, presented, at. a meeting:. of; the.! Canterbury ; Rugby 'Uuiori. to-night, showed' the net receipts to be £393 14s. , and the' expenditure £74*. 18s. 2d. ; . leaving £.518 ' , lSs. lO.d. profit .to .the New, Zealand Union, i ' New. Plymouth, July 14. ■ •t The British footballers, arrived.; to-night,:.., and were welcomod ty.the town. The following- team has been picked for to-morrow'a matc'h:—Back:'Dyke.. Three-quarters;:; J. L. Williams,. Tuan : Jones, ,\ r assall, and Chap- ; •• ■man. Halves:, W. Morgan, \V. J. Davey,. M'Evedy. Forwards: Harding, Dibble, Down, 15. Morgan, Hind,-Smith, Archer.Of the others, Jacliett, who has an, injured leg, "Ponty" -'Jones- ,'an . injured, shoulder,. and ; , : Gibbs suffering from the bursting of a bloo'dvossel under the knec : cap. are,incapacitated, , i . the latter for the. balance of : the tour- Came-.,, ron 1 may be Enable to play^for as " : he is suffering. fr6m ; ,an injury . ' received in match. . -The; wea- , ther promises to. be .fair, : but the,, ground has -, ,: scarcely had time to recover from the recent rains. r There is great ; dissatisfaction here, at ' the exclusion "of Myn'ott. from' the New Zealand team... Ho is playing better than ever, and.out-playing even-,Hunte'r.'\ , r,: NORTHERN UNION RULES SECESSIONS 'FROM' RUGBY IN SOUTH- . '• . .. .LAND > (8T TELEGRAPH —SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.) ,v • , Invercargill, Julv 14;. \ : The senior players of the Britannia i and Pirates Clubs,' suspended- by the Southland 1 - . Union-for refusing to keep an engagemen" on July-8, have decided, -with"' others, -,to ■ ' form clubs under'the Northern Union rules.' Tho . first gamoMS-advertised .to; be' playcd at tlio' Bluff 'to-morrow, ' there' being-. no ground ■in Invercargill available. The officials and somo ( of the' soniors and .most, of■ tho • juniors' of' the Pirates and; Britannia aro "standing;,,with 3 the' Rugby Union. ■' E; ; , Hughes (an mtcrprovmbial'aiid Now Zealarid '' hooker) , is included in the ranks of si.'ceders,' but*, so .far most of the-experienced men ' concerned are past their prime ;as footbailers. . A few: members of the other (lime local senior teams aro likely to join tha movement. The Preniicr'and;Starij, which • include as players W. Stead and F. . (selected for tho, third Test) am firm lo aman. Waikiwi, • the next strongest-Vhib, is also loyal to tho existing rules. All < >t!io country clubs; .to the number df twenty, have,refused to. participated..-Public'..opinion does'not appo'ar to favour the innovation. .' The Southland' and representative team will . bo slightly weakened, but promising country players are available for . inclusion. 1