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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5222, 17 May 1888, Page 2

Th_ Taranaki footballers havo scored the first victory over the Englishmen, and on this subject wo have a few words to say. It will bo seen by our telegram that it, announces litllo more thiin tho bare fact of the Englishmen's defe it ■ but if that defeat had occurred at either Dunedin, Christchurch, Wellington, or Auckland, tho news would havo cost us several shillings for wire charges, end tho report of the match would have occupied a good half column or more. We should have had telegrams for days before tho game was played concerning the selection of the backs aud the forwards, and their names would havo been blazoned throughout the country to the disgust of the general render. But Now Plymouth is 1 a sraall place; the Press Association doos ' "How it to advertise itself;- and not .. '■''- Taruua.ki footballers liavo though tuu - -'-with glory, and havo covered themselves " *-i- t£ e leavers in achieved a victory of whit.- ■'-''•<«. nnfc tho big centres will be heartily envioiu,"

even the naino of their plucky captain has been telegraphed.; If all matches, whether cricket,-football, or coursing were reported in tho same'way, we should not complain ; but the-invidious distinctions that are made in favor of the large cities aro as mean as thoy are unjust. Last season, we remember, Taranaki gave Auckland a -terrible dressing dowu on tho football ground, .but the fact was almost suppressed. The Auckland toams'are about the worst in New Zealand, ,ahd'we do not want a more lengthy report of the gamo they are going to play with the Englishmen than what has been sent us'of the match at New Plymouth.