FOOTBALL

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 6170, 10 June 1891, Page 2

FOOTBALL

The delegates to the Rugby Union meet at the Criterion Hotel to-morrow afternoon at five o'clook.

The TeAute College football team propose leaving on their southern tour at theend of this month. It is probable that the first match will ba played at Christchuroh. against Canterbury College. Efforts are being mado to get a representative Dunedin High School team to meet the Te Ante fifteen at Christchurch, but nothing definite in this matter has yet been decided, and negotiations are still pending. After playing two matches at Christchurch the College team will journey to Wellington, where two matches for them will probably be arranged. The team will join the Hawke's Bay representatives (who play Wellington next month) at WeHinsrton, aud will then travel with them to the Wairarapa, where a representative fifteen will be met. The Te I Aute College team is a very strong one, and should give a very good acoount of itself in the southern matches.

The match on the Recreation Gronnd on Saturday between-the Te Ante Club and a combined team should be well worth witnessing, and there will no doubt be a large attendance. The following will represent the combined t-am :—Full-back LeQuesne ; three-quarters, O'Connell, M'Rae, and Prentice; halves, Knight and K. Williams ; forwards, Morrison, Malcon, Sw.n, Wilson, Crowley, Ross, Fleming, Stanton, and M'Do well. Emergencies: Backs, Percy and Caulton; forwards, Waiheke and Whyte. Any player unable to take part in the match is requested to communicate with Mr Logan, the president of the Union. The following team will represent the Te Aute Club : — Full-baik, Paui; three-quarters, James. Wihapi. Stuart; halves, Paul. Friday, Williams ; forwards, Hiroa, Martin, Katene, Tepene, Morgan, Ellison, Hawkins, Smith; emergencies— backs, Nikera, Duncan ; forwards, Haka, Reihana.

The following will represent St Matthew's Club (Hastings) in their match against the Te Auto second team on Saturday, to be played on the trainers' and jockeys' ground granted recently by tbe H.B.J U. :—Fallback, B. Nicoll; three quarter backs, H. Catherall, H. Reeves, F Roach; half-basks, J. Fritchley, H. Blake, J. Cathenll ; forwards, W. Reynolds, J. Paytou, J. Wrigley, H. Syraonds, H. Morris, E Roach, L. Anderson, and Cameron. Emergencies: Backs, Ebbett and Donnelly; forwards, List, Wawn, and Peta.

At a meeting of the Ahuriri Football Club, held at the Criterion Hotel last night, Mr Et. Gorman in the chair, to elect a captain and vice-captain, A. Hillaon and A. Wrightson were respectively chosen.

At the last annual general meeting of the English Rugby Union, at which aboit 150 delegates attended, the rules of (coring were again altered. It was decidel that Law 7 Bhould read as follows:—" A match shall be decided by a majority of pouts ; a try shall count one point; a goal, h.wever obtained, except from a penalty kior, two points, to be added to the try ; and i goal, from a penalty kick shall count one joint.'* It was also decided to alter rule 12 to read : —" A player when on side may take ip the ball at any time, except in a scrummage."