FOOTBALL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 586, 14 August 1909, Page 10

FOOTBALL.

, WELLINGTON V TARANIKI The :'aiinuol ''repre&iitative ' game • between Taranaki and Wellington is down for. decision at' the Athletic Part this .afternoon,, and a i .fine day appears 'all that is necessary insure a game full of interest and excitement. Til connection with Taranaki, most followers of the' game will remember the .fiasco, that' took ;ulaee f -iB-i'JBOJ" , and, Tarannlu. had splendid teams,' and great expectations wero 'eipebted'• from the^'game against Taranaki, especially as Wellington had oust defeated tl-.o redoubtable Aucklanders:: The > only .expectation realised- was m ;the direction of seeing an ' i'X[y.;ption.ll gaine. 1 'The ground. was a little l'iVer, the. rain: fell in sheets, a bitterly cold .wind- swept across the field, and at half-time 't;he giirtuShad to be abandoned. Oil this. occa-'■'BiOTi-'-thor'Tisitors deserve better of tlio" weather.) The jonly alteration m the Wellington team an ! .oiutriimlfc?eteettdo3 , 'that.Green takes: Roberts's place ibenind the serum, the latter not:canng ■ -td l riSl{'an , ';niii3i'V. -'to- v his somevhat badly served le«. Tho annual, match between .the two col- ! Uegea till borplayea 'at .1.30, : and ?hould: induce a,-large number to go to the ground early, not ■dnly"; to-=iec'ure i: X''6obd' : .Beat but also to-wit- ; \ne§s ;,\J-hafriß;,usjiajly:;ieei>rded:'as a capital; exiiibitiori"ol how football should be played.

BUSH UNION NOTES : (From 'Our I'ahiatua Correspondent.),, ■ - il.iij.Qr several yeaxs-Nir?aha has striyen to wju, tlio \Eu<ih' Union Banner, ■ and, this year, thoir efforts- havo been crowned with success. On Saturdayla«t the .final; match was played on th& between, this team and the . local. team, and a .poor sight the sports 'were .to; look- at, _aft«r about five minutes play.'. The ground was' -nothing; but a sea of . mud, ran4'Biiis^''3Mj^*®V® n t < of\the question; way. through the 'sccohd TOell-"How\rd scorcd'an easy try. for Nireaha, whicti: E.'SOSaiiC piloted, safely'.over tho bar. Almost-immediately I 'after the kick-off,. Thomp'son •, sebiired; the vleather,'. and,-,- racing, for; the .corner," "quiqHyttrarisferred '.' tb; : ; :Wnite,- who s(..orcd, : a ■ gtry^ViNofurther score took Iplade; ififeahff-leaving theifield victorious by ,eight '.points.-t ./iAlsof by- this match; . they. Seoured-jtlie BushJ Rtfgliy. ;Bahner for_ the 'first "fiine. 1 Thei previous,i 'winners,'.. Eonini,, were second : in'; the .championship/: being one point behind Nireaha.- • • , . ■ : ■ 1 .