FOOTBALL.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLI, Issue 176, 27 July 1907, Page 8

FOOTBALL.

The following will represent the Lads' Club against the Manse Road Football Club on Wednesday next: — C.*Mcb-ille. L. Dnnckley, S. Porter, R. Riley, J. Dames, L. Connolly, V. Melville, *B. Sheridan, C. Armstrong, J. Verry, I*. Mason, McKegney, B. Hester, C. Sheridan, Recce; emergencies, Prebble, Ewart, S. Hale.

PELORUS RUGBY UNION.

A meeting of the Pelorus Rugby Union was held at Canvastown on Saturday evening, Mr A. W. Dillon presiding. The secretary was instructed to rorward to the Marlborough Rugby Union the names of all the players under the Union, and to convey to Mr J. Dalton the hearty thanks of the Union for his generous donation. It was resolved that a Havelock player be warned about his play on the 13th July, and thabif any other player is reported to the Union hb will be severely dealt with. The Rai delegate notified that his club would forfeit their match against Canvastown. It was decided to hold a seven-a-side tournament later on in the season, and to send a representative team to Nelson about the end of August.

TO-DAY'S MATCH

[press association.] (Received July 26. 5.11 p.m.) . BRISBANE, July 26. Following is the New Zealand team to play against Queensland to-morrow: —Full-back, G. Spencer; three-quar-ters, Fryer, Gillett and Booth; fiveeighths,'Wallace and Eckhold; half, Roberts; forwards, Hogan (wing), Hughes, McDonald, Nicholson, Cunningham, Johnston, Seeling, and J. Spencer.

A BRITISH TEAM NEXT YEAR

(Received July 27, 8.48 a.m.) ' LONDON, July 26, It is practically certain that the English Rugby Union will send a strong team to New Zealand in 1908.'

THE PROFESSIONAL TEAM

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS

NEW PLYMOUTH, July 27. The Taranaki News says that it is able to state that four oil the "allblack" team in Australia have, since their arrival there, offered and been accepted for the professional team. These and others in the team will not come back to New Zealand, but will join the rest in Sydney, where three matches will be \played; and t^en all . will leave by the Ortona, instead of the lonic. The list -of 25" out of the 26 forming the team is" known, but is not for publication.