FOOTBALL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13841, 29 August 1908, Page 8

FOOTBALL.

THE RUGBY GAME. REPRESENTATIVE PROGRAMME. The following is the representative programme for the season: — To-day: Sprain at Wajnkn (junior rep. match) TiWlay: Against Taviiiuild. September 5 . A gainst Goldfields (at GoldSClflB). September 5: Auckland B v Wednesday Union; .September 12: Against Thames (junior reps.), tit Thames. September 12: Auckland B v. Lower Waikatr> September 12: Against Otago. September 19: Against Waikato (at Hamilton). TO-DAY'S MATCHES. WaiuVn v. Auckland Junior reps., at Alexandra Park, at. 1 p.m. ; referee, Mr. JI. Frost. Taranaki v. Auckland (Ranfurlv Shield match), at. Alexandra l':irk, at, 2.45 p.m. ; releree, Mr. J. Williams, of Bunedin. WAIUKU V. AUCKLAND JUNIORS. The match between the Waiuku and Auckland junior representative teams, which . commence at ono o'clock to-day, is sura to -bo a close and exciting one. "When the teams met. at Waiuku a few weeks back the "Auckland combination won by 6 points to 3. The Waiuku men are suro to play a fine game, so that with the well-known qualifications of our junior representatives a good display may bo expected, in which the honours should rest with tho local lads. The following are tho teams:— WAIUKU. Racks: L. Barriball, V. Barriball, J. Bennett, J. Herrold, S. Wilson, and S. Bright. Forwards: A. James, J. Atkinson, H. Wilson, G. Bright, C. Brockliss, A. Potter, W. Craig, P. Hunfling, and G. Middleton. Emergencies: E. Holmes and J. Cox. .. ; AUCKLAND JUNIORS. Eullbauk: O'Brien. Threequarters: Sargeanfc, Smith, Cross. Five-eighths: Wynyard, O'Brien. Half: Dick. Forwards: Dervan (wing), Bak°r, Frieker, McKinnon, Calligan, Grundy, Shaw, Hayward. " *. Brakes for conveyance of the teams to tho -ground will leave the Albion Hotel at noon. Mr. H. Frost -will referee. : / TARANAKI V. AUCKLAND. To-day another effort is to be made to •wrest the highly-prized Ranfurly challenge shield from the resistant grasp of tho Auckland defenders. ,The Taranaki Union is the challenger, arid it has sent North a .fine 'combination of footballers in an endeavour •" to Win. the laurels of - the Dominion Rugby ? world. The team contains some of the • best-known exponents of the national game in the Dominion, who may be expected to use every device to defeat the hitherto inX vincible Aucklanders. To-day's match is reckoned the toughest struggle of the Rugby year. • - • The Wellington-Auckland contests was looked upon as that a week or two ago, but since then tho Empire City representatives have been defeated by big margins by both Auckland and Taranaki. , There can "be no gainsaying the fact that the better "province has seat North a "star" back division, comprising men of the calibre of Hunter, Mynott, Cameron, Dive, Hardgravo, ; etc., who may .bo expected to , serve up something choice for the entertainment of visitors to Alexandra Park. The control of the game is in the capable " hands of Mr. J. Williams, of Dunedin, whoso decisions go. far to make the games be referees in attractive. • The Taranaki team put in a useful practice at Alexandra Park yesterday morning. In the afternoon they were taken to Chelsea, and shown over the Sugar Company's works, while in the evening they wero entertained at a performance of the "Private Secretary" by the Frank Thornton Company at His Majesty's Theatre. The Auckland team lias spared no pains • this week to .ens .ire being in first-class condition for to-day's match, two evening practices at the City Club's trainings shed and daily runs at Victoria Park having been indulged in. To-day's match will commence at. 2.45 p.m. The following are the teams:—' TARANAKI. I Fullback : A. Hardgrave. • Threequarters: C. Sheahan, D. Cameron, And E. Dive. Five-eighths: J. Hunter (captain) and H. Mynott. ■ ' Halfback: B. Frewin. Forwards: J. C'olman (wing), H. Whittington, C. Kane, Tama, Pukere, J. Crowley, H. "Rothery, and J. O'Sullivan. . Emergencies: McKay and T. Sheahan.

AUCKLAND.

Fullback: A. Ren wick.

Threequarters: F. Wilson, G. Murray, J. Johnson. Five-eighths: (■>. Eater and R. Magee. Halfback: J. Morse. Forwards: G. Giliett (captain, ■wing). F. Herring, J. MeGuire, A. Francis, W. Cunningham, G. Nicholson, C. Seeling, H. Hayward. . Emergencies: Miller and McGuire (Grafton). The Tavanaki team's colours are amber >' and black, ana the Auckland's blue and r white. HERE AND THERE. Dibble, tho British International forward, played against his brother in tho match Britishers.v. Western Districts of New South Wales recently. . .• The Durham County Association for governing elementary school iootball in the county have been promised a silver cup lor competition by the Earl of Durham. , George Giliett,. the Auckland and New . Zealand wing forward. left for " Melbourne to play the Australian game there, according to a writer in the. Canterbury Times. Probably the Australian Football Association Mould be pleased if the statement was correct. Professor Hunter, speaking at tho dinner given to the Victoria College and Canterbury College after a recent match, said that if it were not for such inereollegiate -games he would lose all interest in. Rugby such as . it was nowadays. There is now £102 at the bank standing to tee credit of the Wallace testimonial fund, says . a Wellington paper, and some , three hundred lists have yet to come in. There will also be the proceeds of a concert at. the Wellington Town Hall on November 18 to swell the amount. Messenger, who assisted the New Zealanders on tho occasion of their English tour last season, will captain the Australian side which is to visit that country next season, according to an English exchange. The side chosen for the English tour, will it is expected, be -even stronger than that which represented New Zealand. As a wedding gift the members of the Wigaa Northern Union F.C. presented James Leytham. the captain of tho team, with a purse of gold and a marble clock - and ornaments, together with a gold-jewel-»led - brooch and gold bangle for his wife. The presentations were made by the Mayor of Wigan. ■ : In the, Wanganui-Manawatu match played recently the members of the former team as a whole are stated to have taken their reverse in very bad spirit, and in this respect .' Abbott: the well-known All Black, v.'ho skip- . pered the, defeated side, .is reported to have "set a bud example to his men by displaying more energy, than is wise in fault-finding. ..The Oldham Rugby i'.C. have ma a splendid; capture in George Cook, centre three-quarter of Gloucester, says an English paper. He is 20 years of ago, Sft Bin in height, and turns the scale at list 61b. Two years ago he commenced playing with the premier Gloucester club, and last season he gained his county cap, and played - against Cornwall and Devon. He can play either right or left centre. F. Roberts, the" Wellington skipper, got ' a severe cold while in Auckland, and he was . tuiable. to play in the New Plymouth game. As his trouble was getting worse instead of better, he went back to Wellington without partaking; in any other games of the tour. Mr. W. Clifford, of Flaxbournc, Marlborough, who accompanied the All Blacks during a part of their tour in England, has forwarded to tho Wallace testimonial fund a cheque for three guineas. R. A. Young, the Cambridge captain, has now completed his University career. Ho is going to Eton as a master, where ho should . prove of great service both at football and cricket. He boasts double-Blue honours, ; and has figured in three Inter-'Varsity win- . ning cricket teams in four years, besides 7 scoring more runt" than any "other Cantab •'} V during that period. As a wicket-keeper, too, v \ he is right in the front in amateur ranks.

News has been received by cable from Scatlo (U.S.A.), of the death of a Duncdin young man, Mr. Thomas Blackburn Thomson, aged twenty-two, and son of the lato Mr. Alexander Thomson, of Messrs. 4. Thomson and Co. The deceased was a wellknown athlete and footballer, having played for Nelson College and the Otago Boys' High School. Last year he played wing threequarter for the Pirates first fifteen, and was one of the most prominent players in Dunedin. The deceased arrived in America only last, month, having gone there for a trip. The proceeds of the charity match played by Manchester United and Queen's Park Rangers have boon distributed by the Council of the Football Association as follows: — London Hospital, £30; Charing Cross, £30; Royal Free, £'30; St. Bartholomew's, £29; St. Thomas'. £25: Westminster, £20; Metropolitan Police Orphanage. £25; Surgical Aid Society, £25; X J ress Jienevolent I*and, m

A peculiar point, whlcli might not occur once in a century, had to be decided by the referee in a Southern representative match recently. Tho defending side was awarded a free kick right on their own line, and tho ball was taken behind tho line so that the kicker could have room. The ball struck the goalpost and rebounded rk'ht behind, out of bounds. The referee awarded

a force down, and allowed the defenders to take tho ball out to the twenty-five. He stated as hi* reason that if the ball hit the posts from the playing iield. and rebounded, it was still in play, and it was therefore similarly not dead in this case. As , the defending team had not intentionally sent the ball out of bounds lie could not grant the attackers a scrum five yards out, and therefore allowed the defenders to drop out from the twenty-five. Tho, point is 0110 which the Referees' Association might very well discuss. Knrly in the Wollington-Horowhenna match (says the New Zealand Times) Wellington onlookers at the match received a great shock. Playing on the left wing was a very large Maori, Frank Cootes. This | man secured the ball, and* started to run with it. He dodged and slipped past several men, and then set off for the line. His way was barred by Twomey, who bent down to "take him low," but before anyone knew what had happened Oootes had leapt clean over his opponent. In the second spell ho repeated the performance, Corson being the man tricked in. this case. The leap seemed to be most dangerous, and those unaccustomed to it trembled for Cootes' safety, remembering the cases of A slier and "Barney" Arm it, the latter of whom met. his death while doing an exactly similar tiling on the Caledonian Ground. Dunedin, several years ago, in an 01 ago-Ta ran a i match. But Cook's' feat created no surprise amongst residents of the district, who talked with pride of one time when he jumped over three men in tho course of one run. It is said that he has employed tho same trick for about 20 years. One of the 'Southern papers thus refers to J book _ which is about to bo published: _ iSow in tho press and shortly to bo published is tho latest in Rugby football literature. This is a book entitled 'With the British Rugby team in New Zealand: The True Story of the Tour.' Tho work, tho first of its kind with a British Rugby team in New Zealand, is being written by the special correspondent with the British Rugby team through the Dominion._ The 'special' with the British team, who is a well-known dramatic and sporting journalist, had special and exceptional facilities of witnessing ' be- ! hind tho scenes 1 with tho British team. In view of recent events and sensational happenings—' dramatic farewell at Auckland'-— the book, written in an entertaining and graphio style, describing faithfully ail tho incidentssociuh football, and otherwise mostly otherwise—is certain to be of interest, and should command a ready sale. 'The True Story of the British Team's Tour suggests great possibilities for an entertaining story, not only to tho footballer and enthusiast, but to the great British public, who have of late heard so much concerning the British tourist footballers. The publication of the book, which is being illustrated with snapshots taken on the tour, and bristles with special articles written by members of the British team, will be awaited will mu"h interest." ,

-SECONDARY SCHOOLS' CHAMPION- . SHIP.. , ' The King's College was the scene of a festive gathering on Thursday evening, the occasion being the scholars' annual dance. The college was beautifully decorated with nikaus and lyeopodium, and the crossways between the buildings were covered in. At a convenient interval Mr. A. C. Devore, president, of the Auckland Rugby Union, presented the secondary schools' banner for the Rugby football cnampionship to the members of the team, and in the course ot his remarks congratulated them on their meritorious win. He hoped when the time arrived, as it surely must in the ordinary course of events, that they had to hand over the banner to their successors, the members of the King's College team would be the first to congratulate the conquerors. The school football captain, Mowbary, accepted the banner on. behalf of the team. Mrs. Devoro, at the invitation of Mr. and Mrs. Major, of the college, presented each member of the team with a set of gold links. The King's College Old Boys last week presented a set of caps to the team in recognition of its success. « A HAMILTON MATCH. The annual Hamilton football match, Grocers v. Tailors, was played last Wednesday, in the presence of a fair crowd. After an < interesting game the grocers won by 6 points to nil. Tries were scored by C. Elder and G. Foster. Mr. Speight acted as referee. THE ASSOCIATION GAME. The Council of the New Zealand Football Association has made th 3 following arrangements for the Brown shield competition at Duncdin:—September y, Southland v. Taranaki, 1.30 p.m.; Otago v. Canterbury, 3 p.m. September 10, Winners of previous day's matches, 1.30 p.m. ; Auckland v. Wellington, 3 p.m. September 12, final between winners of previous day';! matches. % Tins Association intorprovincial match Ota go v., Southland was won by the former bv three goals'.to one. Light rain fell throughout tho afternoon, and the ground was sloppy. Goals were scored b" Clyde, As&inall, and Grant for Otago,. and for Southland by Walton. The Corinthian Club's annual "smoker" will bo he id in the Federal Club Rooms this evening. Last year's function was voted the best of tho season, and an equally enjoyable time is promised to-night. Special interest attaches to the gathering, in that the club has won the first division championship this season. The victory will be celebrated this evening. General sympathy has been expressed with Mr. W. J. Worrali, secretary of the Corinthian Club, in tho sad bereavement he has recently sustained in tho death of his father in England.

AUSTRALIAN CARNIVAL. VICTORY FOR NEW SOUTH WALES. By Telegraph. Association Copyright. Melbourne, August 28. At the Australian Football Jubilee Carnival New South Wales, with a score of 13 goals 15 behinds (171 points), beat Queens- . land, who registered 8 goals 11 behintls (10? points). Tho unbeaten teams so far are Victoria, Tasmania, and West Australia. The first match in the .Jubilee carnival of the Australian game of football was played at Melbourne on the 19th inst.. between New South Wales and New Zealand, before an assemblage* of between 7000 and 8000 {say.? ho Sydney Morning Herald). Both ] sides showed slackness at the outset. The players seemed strange to one another, and many of their efforts were old-fashioned. There was abundant evidence of individual ability and promise of fine football. The display given by these two teams was an object lesson to Victorians in its fairness. In the earlier part of the game New South Wales were decidedly the better side. They were quicker to tho ball, while New Zealand | often seemed lost. They were slow to secure opportunities, and when they did the ball had passed on. In the first quarter New Zealand had the wind, and thov got tho first point of the carnival. But a snapshot by Hunter, from an angle, gave New South Wales first goal. At half-time the Sydney men, led by 6 goal 6 bohinds to 2 goals 4 behinds. ■ The second half saw a great improvement in the game, and the injunction of the crowd, "Get into it," being obeyed by NewZealand, they gradually made up their leeway. West, who was playing a fine game, scored at once for them, and they quite turned tho tables on their opponents. The final quarter was stirring, first one side leading, then the ether. Iwo goals by Wright from free kicks put New Zealand ahead by five points, but Coulin scoring gave his -ider a lead, which subsequent behinds raised to fivo points. It looked as though New South Wales must win, but gradually New Zealand took it down, and Paul and Darby got tho ball within range, when Paul snapped a goal, and New Zealand won by a point. Scores: New Zealand. 9 goals 9 behinds (63 Joints); New South Wales, 8 goals 14 beiuda (62 poij}f|).