FOOTBALL.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume IV, Issue 238, 22 September 1914, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

WAIPUKURAU. lows CORRE3PONDISNT.] In the presence of a large crowd on the local ground on Saturday, vVaipukurau seniors defeated Takapau by 6to 3. The game was fast and exciting. In the junior competition W’aipukurau deieated lakapau bv 12 to 6. the latter team playing snortnanded. The W aipukurau A team is to be congratulated on annexing the Huni< t iM id io the pi int season Ine win is the more meritorious lor the Aaroukurau team when it is taken into consideration that in order to maKe three teams at rhe commencement ot tne season (laka pan only decided to come in later), h aipukuran decided to put two teams m tlie field and to cto this it i nor s rix t<» )nonioi It t >(u s juniors to the senior rauxs to make up two even teams, and also the snhiting of the seniors into two as evenly as possible. I iiev unooubted--1? i.ieserve ineir win. The keen heht mu up bv Hie lakapan fifteen lor the Hunter shield rtas voi v commendable indeed. It Mill be remembered that lakapau 1 i '-m aid hithmto pbxed junior, but mis vear decided to make a fourth team in the semoi competition. so that thev have i-.-.-t reason to reel proml of their a- lue-. emenis. and 1 reel sure if thev bail ioi tbi slut 1 this season n noidd 1 nt 1 e n i wrv popular win. Ii " I ii -J f Id Generally anticipated tiin 1 t t uld .annex the iroj h Ih H " ti u i |uiio nd the Takitau pin o i« um >n the san inaix m iio cornp mon and ilir n 1 tdi niol abb i plavod urj u i Uid.lt. Hit gam. hould be apery keenly < unt< ; ted one, with, I tliinkl '-lig} lt advantage to TakaP ;t .h Next S,ai.ui'da\ s junior game will bring the Waipuva Sub-union’s matches to a close.