FOOTBALL.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LIII, Issue LIII, 14 July 1908, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

NOTES BY "SCRUM."

Not cuiiy ioiiowers ot the game in Tarauaki, uut entnusiasi/S througuuin, me .Dominion, win ue greatiy lntexesi-eu in the 'iaranaki-iintisli inatun, winch uiKcb piace on vv tsuuebviiiy. "ltie visiting payers have been so successiul during vie pasi; lew weeks that they are e\iuentiy now in their best iorm, and under laboring weather conuiiions one oi the best matches ot the tour is expected. (Japtain jtLaraing expressed the opinion some weeks ago mat his team "\vouid be successiul until the Taranaki match, and he expected tins to be a olose game. The ealiy portion of his surmise nas proved to tie correct, and as to the latter, well, it is the general opinion of totlowers ot the game in laranaki. Recent performances of the contestants may be mentioned, though they vie not to be relied on as an indication as to the possible result ' of the coming struggle, laranaki team, although hopelessly beaten forward, secured a 10 points to 3 over Wan- < ganui team on July 4. Exactly a week ! later Wanganui team (perhaps , slightly I strengthened) lost to the British at Wan- 1 ganui by 6to 9. Any comparison of these' issues suggests that there will be little dilierence between the ; teams when the final whistle sounds. The British team have proved very consistent since the match against Canterbury in their all-round play, whilst Taranaki, by playing the match against Wanganui, discovered that their forward team, which was on paper regarded as one of the best that could be got together, miserably failed to realise expectations. Another trial match has" been played since, with the result that Rothery, Cain, and Tamu have secured places against the British team, and with J. O'Sullivan also available a much better exhibition is expected. O'Sullivan was badly missed in the recent rep. match on account of his generalship of the f orward division. Whereas Wanganui were dependent upon their forward division for their hopes in both* recent matches, the position is different % with Taranaki. The backs comprise Hunter, Mynott, Colman, and Cameron, present New Zealand reps. Dive is said' to be # quite up to his fown of two! years ago, and ' it is claimed for Hardgrave, that he fills the full-back position as creditably as an All-Black. Slieahan is a player who always rises to the occasion, so that provided Taranaki forwards hold v their own, the backs should make things merry lor the visitors.

A few weeks ago a Southern paper gave the following as the numbers which i would appear on the jerseys of the Britw ish players during the whole of the tour-:— J. C. Dyke 1, E. J. Jackett 2, H. H. Vassall 9, J. L. Williams 10, J. B. Jones 7}7 } R. A. Gibbs 4, F. E. Chapman 3, P. Y. McEvedy 8, R. B. Griffiths 5, J IJ. P. Jones (Guy's) 6, W. JYlorgan 13, G. L. Williams 14, H. Laxon 12, J. Davey 11, A. F. Harding 19, J. F. Williams 27, W. L. Oldham 23, R. DTBble 16, R. U. Green 18, J. A." Ritson 24, G. V. Kyrke 21, H. Archer 15, P.\ J. Do\van 17, L. S. Thomas 26, E. Morgan 22, F. Jackson 20, T. W. Smith 25, and G. R. . Hind 28. , l i It is pleasing ,to note that any feeling; that had existed between the ■. Okaiawa and Kaponga Clubsj as the outcome of the previous cup match had been entirely dispelled when' the teams met again on Saturday, both * having "buried-* the hatchet." The game is said to have been playefl in the friendliest spirit, and the result, which was a drawn game with ' no score, is similar to the match played at Kaponga , earlier in, the season 1 , each team then scoring three points. At the Hawera-Waimate 'fixture on Saturday the exhibition of Rugby provided was a very tame one. There were occasional glimpses of good play seen, but generally little serious football was showm. The result, a drawn game, would undoubtedly have been a Waimate wjn had Meuli not attempted to run round under the posts after he had crossed the line, a risky thing to do, for there was not a player within reach of - him when he got over the line and he had ' ample opportunity to touch down. ' His folly cost him the try, for Whittington raced up and tackled him, with the result that Meuli lost the ball and Hawera forced. The spectators were shown what the powerful Waimate vanguard is capable' of, though the visitors had not their full strength. \Vaimate juniors, unable to raise their best team, succumbed to Tukapa on their own ground last Thursday, and prospective, championship honors are thus deferred to another season. The Waimate seniors will be expected to return the compliment when Tukapa i come down later in < the month. ' j .following' .are the final tables in the Southern Division, results of the seconds having been' previoUsly published : — , \ >/. ,, SENIORS.

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