FOOTBALL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10449, 27 August 1895, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

! The weekly meeting of the committee of the Otago Rugby Union, held yesterday, was attended by Messrs Chisholm (president), , Gallaway, DuncaD, Isaacs, M'Laren, Montgomery, Strong, Torrance, and Hutohison. It was resolve.d that the trinl matuh next Saturday, in view of tho forthcoming match against Canterbury, be played on the Carisbrool? ground, »nd that the semi-fins] matches for the Junior Flag ba played on the Bishopscourt ground, the Taieri meetincr the Warehousemen at 2 p.m. and the Green Island playing the Pirates Second ab 3 30. ' A letter wag read from the Otigo Football Association intimating the postponement of all its matches on, Saturday last, on account of the match bstwoeu Aucblaud and Qtago being played on that date, and the secretary was inutruoted to reply thanking the association for its courtesy. The Wanganui College team suffered defeat at the hand« of Wellington College by 12 points to 6. Tho Winganui boj swill play the Otago High School this week, probably on Saturday it! arrangements can ba made to play it on Carisbrook ground before the trial matoh. The' annual matoh between fche School and Christ's College will ba played next week. The takings at the football match on Saturday amounted to about £153 odd. A Wellington telegram stitea that there is a probability of the Taranaki team playjng either Canterbury or Otago next month. It is presumed that the mn.tch will be plajed with the winning team in the Canterbury v. Otago match. Just before the end of the WelllngtonTaran^ki in;\tch afc WeLinßton on Saturday, when the visitors were in iiffiaulties on the goal line, Lang threw the ball forward, and Mr Firth (the referee) ordered him off the field for foul play, insistiug on his going. Mr Firth had previously given several warnings to other players on tho subject.. The Tarnmiki me.i consider that a referee has no power to ordrr a man oft", and intend to appeal to the New Zealand Union. The Otago High Sohool will play a match against All-comers ou the Asylum ground at i o clock this afternoon. The match Ransers A v. B will be played ou tho Inhibition around 10-inorrow at 3" p.m. B team : L»nsley, OresK. T. ITaWcitfc, Parkinson," Price, P. Patton, Tnrley, Hunick, Yonns; Harrow I. Hilliker A team: Kobar, Rogers, D Pawcitt, M'Lachlan, Raid, Uilllker, Peters! bligo, Galloway, Thomson.