FOOTBALL.

Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 9, 10 July 1885, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

Rugby Union Team v. Interprovinoial Fifteen.— Union team : Backs, Stock, Davy, Stirling, KUner, Hirscbberg, and J. Smith; forwards, Bolton, Varnham, A. Kennedy, Miles, A. Gore, Buokley, Wilson, Malcolm, and Williams. Interprovinoial fifteen : Backs, Fairbrother, Thomson, Pearce, Leckie, Perry, and Roberts ; forwards, Webb, Cooper, King, Gibbes, Holmes, Brown, Berry, Shaw, and Aatill. Emergencies : back, j Merlet; forward, M'Gowan. At Newtown, to-morrow. Union Second v. Patone Seoond.— Union team : Fulford, France, Hill, Haddon, Beale, Burns, Watty, Leslie, Grigg, Oakley, Pearce, Prince, Kelly, Stewart, and Curry. Fetone— Urquhart, Edmonds, Blake, Cook, Brooks, Reid, Carey, Pitama, Frsethy, Allan, Butta, Wolland, Abraall, Hoani, and Lucena; emergencies, Love and Feast. At Petone, to-morrow. Train leaves at five minutes past 2. Union first v. Prince Albert (Nelson) first.— Union team— Back: King; three-quarter backs: Jaoka (captain), KUner, Sterling; half-backs: Smith and M'lntyre: forwards: Little, Hyland, Loasby, Mountier, M'Donnell, Hawthorne, Osborne, Skinner, and M'Leary. Emergencies— Back : Reid; for. wards : Hill and France. At Newtown on Monday. Poneke first v. Prince Albert (Nelson) first.— Poneke team— Astill, Beck, Bright, Blacklock, L. Dixon, Ellison, Johnson, Muir, Merlet, Nioholls, Bigg, Robinson, Storey, Sim, and Young. At Newtown to-morrow. Poneke seoond v. Wellington seoond.— Poneke team— Allen (2), Blakely, Bacon, Brown, Clark, Copeland, Dempsey, Denton, Gage, Hill, Leighton, Merlet, M'Kirdy, M'Lean, Mountier, Eandell, Skerrett, Stoddart, and Turnbull. Wellington team— Morrah, Jennings, Barr, J. Roberta, Hunter, Gore, Kelling, Robinson, Humphries, Hickey, Bncholz, R. Hume, E. Smith, Field, and Hempton; emergencies, Reeves and M'Lean. At Newtown, at the conclusion of the Poneke-Prince Albert match. Athletic second v. Karen firet.— Athletic team— Bumes, Cooper, Dean, Gardner, Robertson, Luckie, Moore, M'Caualand, Porter, Richardson, Summerill, Te Pene, Taiaroa, Webb, and Hume; emergencies, Cnllnm and Wilson. At Karori ; conveyance to leave Government Buildings at 2 p.m. The Prince Albert (Nelson) team arrived from Pioton by the Hawea. to-day, and will do battle with the first fifteen of the Poneke Club at Newtown to-morrow. They have taken op their quarters in the City Buffet

Hotel, To-morrow afternoon the Empire} 'bus will leave tho Buffet, and piok up tht) Thorndon players of the Poneke Club at tna Government Buildings, calling round at tho Gymnasium on its way to Newtown. In tbo evening the Poneke and Union Clubs wJU entertain the visitors at a smoke concert itt the Post Oflioe Hotel. On Monday the vm* tow will meet the Union Club's first fifteenat Newtown.