FOOTBALL.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXX, Issue 3825, 22 August 1899, Page 6

FOOTBALL.

WANGANUI V. BUSH UNION. PItESS ASSOCIATION. PAHIATUA, Monday. The Wanganui team beat the Bush Union team by thirteen points to ml. CANTERBURY V. NELSON. CHRISTCHURCH, Monday. The following team has been picked to represent Canterbury against Nelson on Saturday;—Full-back, Burrell; threequarters, Orchard, Balch and Forbes; five-eighths,A.Forbes ; half-back, Dansey : Farquhar and Bush ; forwards, Frost, Mofler, Cooke, Evans, Driscoll and BrunsUon. INTER-COLLEGE MATCH.

The following team will represent the Wanganui College Old Boys’ team against Wellington College Old Boys’ on Fri-day:-—Full-back, Rev J. M. Alarslndi; three-quarters, R. McLean, J. Hunter and D. Hewitt; five-eighth, Bannister; half, W. Gordon; wings, J. Cameron Anderson ;/» forwards, A. Montgomerie, A. ,E. Montgomerie, J. A. Blair, J. Morton, L. Craig, P. Lewis and D. Caphn. The following will represent the Wellington College Old Boys :—Hales, Brodie, McKenzie, Pope, Johnston, -Duncan, Gilmer, Rothenberg, Dodd, WiLs, Jordan, Ru.shbrook, Glasgow and Mackins. FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION. A special. meeting of the Welling Lon Football Association was held at Mr Gibbs’s office last evening, Mr A. E. G.-bhs in the chair. There were present -Messrs Courtney, Salmon, McKi-pwmi, Hamilton, Slnelds, Renai and Fender. The final match between Diamonds a‘,i,l Rivers is to be played next Sauirdm at Athletic Park at 3.15 p.m. Air Roberts will act as referee. It was decided to hold a six a-s:dc tournament, wl ii h will he open to all classes. The uinn.-i--of the tournament are to receive i.,.-d.:1.-. Messrs M. Fraser, T. Shields mi l K. Fordham were elected a sub-committee to frame rules, etc., for the tonrnaniein. Tiie- despatch of a representative learn to Auckland was unavoidably postponed on account of several of the picked mi nihers being unable to obtain tne lie. • , ..uy leave of absence.