Here and There.

NZ Truth, Issue 60, 18 August 1906, Page 3

Here and There.

'Bubs" Tyler and' Nicholson were missing from the. Auckland vanguard $against Canterbury on Saturday, owAng to indisposition. Maguixe and Tfrevarthen were the substitutes.

Referring to the Ma*awatu v. Wanganui match on Saturday, a Palmerston scribe says that after having suffered so decisive a defeat at the hands of the Taranaki representative •iteain on Thursday at New- Plymouth, and, allowing for the .partial- disablement of several members of the Mana\watii team, it was , naturally anticipated that Wanganui's representatives -, woul rl experience 1 i itle , difficulty ! m , disposing of their opponents. , It was generally conceded that Wanganui ,would have a "cake-walk" similar to that of Taranaki. On the contrary. . Manawatu proved a surprise, and it must be admitted that they wer6 most unlucky m being defeated.

Jack Stalker was m a 'bad way when he took the field for JVlanawatu "-against Wan ganui, having ; been the i recipient of severe^ bruises - j; m. 'tile -match against /Taranaki.. f The W =tN sw, Zealand and Qtago repi back-was m consequence a "lump. off," • , ■/.'

?. ..Lile, . a : ; recent . arrival the •vThames Goldfields, who played m the Auckland - Goldfields ' matcb/.i a few weeks ago, took part m thcf'iAthleticSouthern match on Satarday. He iiad of course no opportunity to show W/hat he was like, -but; seems a likely looking recruit for the jblue . ranks,

J, O 'Sullivan, who played at outside five-eighth for Athletia during the season, has been transferred to Dunedin. O'Sullivan, whose strong point is attack, rendered valuable assistance to the bluesy who. will , find 'it a , difficult' matter, to fill his 'place.

■ -Southland- is sending twenty men on its northern tour.. The representative uniform has been altered to white pants .and maroon jersey and hose. .•■ • • "••AJbert'iCotter, the Sydney cricketerfoo%ballef; «is • .aAfdifficirilfc- man .to stop When foe* •means" on the footx r ball ; fiel'd." ; in' the Glebe v. Auckland City match h^-Bum^ed: into C. . Seeling, the crack- New Zealand* forward, who rebounded / and fell backwards to the ground. Seeling -is a bigger man than Cotter, and m 'that little incident he was no doubt caught nappine.v since Cotter does not appear to be as B&ong m '.his : football" garb as he ac- " tually is. l ' • . It. Mazey, who won the light- " weight championship at the recent ■ New Zealand Amateur Boxing Championship rfleeting, is a menVber of the Albion (eiiristchurch) Football Club.