SPORTS AND PASTIMES.

Mataura Ensign, 26 July 1909, Page 4

SPORTS AND PASTIMES.

FOOTBALL.

THE MAORI TEAM. SYDNEY, July 20. The Maori footballer* defeated Now Soutli Walts by 24 points to 21. About 20.H0C attended. The visitor* wero too heavy for their opponents. Wharcpapa time after time hurdled over tiio backs' heads to reach tho line. The Maoris w«;ro outclassed in parsing, but tho game was hard throughout. The most prominent were Wharepapa, H. Pakore, P. Pakore and Kalete. Al half-timo tho scorch were: Now South Wales, 13; Maoris. 9. In the second half the Maori forwards got- moving, and rapidly altered the complexion of . the game. 01-l IUST'CH U RCII c; AMES. I' 11 It ISTC'HUItCII, July 21. There was lino weather (o-cla.v for football. Tlie senior matches resulted as follow:—Sydenham (19) beat Albiou (11), Merivulc. (20) bent Old Uoyt> (3), Christehureh (.11) bent Linwood (8). di'xeuix hesult*. IH'XEIHX. July 21. To-day's match™ resulted as fellow: Alhanibra (1!) beat Kaikorai (.7). Southern (t,' boat Taieri (nil), I'ort Chalmers (lit) beat I'niversity (nil), Dunedin (HI) beat Pirates (•">), Zingari (.11) '"'at Union (3). WAXOAXU l''0( >TI! ALL. WAXUANI7I, July 2.5. A football match botwoen Wanganui and Awnrua was played on Saturday, and resulted in a win for Wanganui by 21 to 6. The visitors' forwards wers superior, but the local backs were the better.

RIFLE-SHOOTING,

THE KING'S IMU/.E. LOXDOX, July 25. Al, tlie Xational Rifle Association's meeting at- tiislcy Corporal litirr, of London Hillo lirigade, won the King's prize, with a score of 324, Hopkins (Wales) being second with 319 and Morris (Canada) third with 31(1.

BOXING. J

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