FOOTBALL.
NOTES BY FULL BACK
Mr W. Ross, the old Alhambra and exOtago representative full back, who is now permanently settled in Atickland, is at present in Dunedin on a short holiday visit.
Mr A. C. Norris has tendered his resignation as secretary of the New Zealand Rugby Union, and^ has left for Napier, whith&r he has> been transferred.
Stated that Drs JTookes (Tamuu Macpher-son (Dunedin), M'Lean (\A-eliitigio.., ana Jennings (Chri-stchorch) are to be invited by the New Zealand Kugby Cnion to medically examin-a players in their respective districts who have been included in the team ior Great Britain. The Southland. West Coast, and Auckland Unions are to he asked to arrange for the services ot medical gentlemen m order to test the physical fitness of the contingents from their districts.
An ex-New Zealander. writing m© from ■Cornwall, England, on the subject of the New- Zealand llugby team's visit to the Home Country, says the first team they will meet in England on September 15 next will not be- a particularly strong one, but the New Zealanders nvnst not imagine thc-y have a soft thing on, for the English teams have a knack of bobbing up when least expected. "If the New Zealanders suffer defeat on their first appearance on English soil, they might as well roll up their jersej"s and return to Maoriland by the first boat, for the tour, from a financial point, will be doomed." My correspondent i 3. ho\v«\er, of the opinion that the New Zealand team will win more matches, than theji will lose. He has come to that conclusion after having sat out many matches in England in which so-called first-class team* were engaged.
Notes on <=overai international players who toured New Zealand last year, and who took part in this year's big* match between- Wales and- England: — R. T. Gabe (Cardiff) is well known to metropolitan players, having assisted London We-lsh and Middlefox in- Wales. He is a very dangerous runner and most difficult to stop. A striking proof of his scoring abilities was shown some seasons ago. when he got 29 tries in 25 matches. Gabe is a strappingathlete, weighing 12-st, and- standing sft lOin high. E. Morgan (London Welsh) learned his football at Christ's College. Brecon, and has since figured, conspicuously for his county. Guy's Hospital. Kent, and the London Welsh. At the present time ho has no superior in the United Kingdom as a left-winger, combining brilliant attack with sure defence. W. M. Llewellyn (Newport) is an eld London Welshman and an international of several year« standing, and. though his detractors 'ay that he has lo~t much of his. old dash, he has never 5-et let his sido down in those games. Llewellyn, who will act as captain, ha-s greater powers of defence than the average Welsh threequarter. This will be the seventeenth lime for him K> wear the Welsh icrsey. F. C. Hiilme (Cheshire) is an old international, a very soiind player. quick away from the p»ck«, and ftiws his thre-p-qnarters plenty of opportunities. Played extremely well for Birkenhead Park against Blaokhcaih a fortnight as*o. Last »uinmer Hi'lme tourer! in Australia and New Zealand with the British ■Rug-Tiv footbal' team. W. L. I. Ro^or(FCont) wa«, prvh..tp«i, unlucky not to gain hi- cap in 1903-4. He has certainly de served the honour this reason. Bnilt on big and powerful line*, be is iu«t the sorr to pro^ont a bold front in a bai-d game. The arti'.leiyman is remarkably grood in the lcos^e. and also a great place-kick. A. F. Harding (London Wt*H«) is certainly one of tbe bf'St forwards ever tinned out of Wrl^s. I/ike Morgan, ho is an o'd Christ's CoHpsto, Brecon, boy. ami proud of the fact. This will be his tenth cap. Possessed of every qualification for his Dlaoe in the field, he> "•an, if jje^ds be, kelp behind, and is )'*»-
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TAIEET A^JATEUE TURF CLUB. Tl'o mniii. L'Ci.ciu! lUd.'.tJ'g o'l lUPinbcis ol The rliue:ir liue:i A'natcin liv! Ciiib \\d^ l^cid vi the Ido^g.el i[.,tfl on Moii'J..\ cvenuig la=t, Mr W. A. Tiiuibit." r.ro=idirg. The leport and bilancf >-hcet v. ere adoplod. The report showed thni tho c'<vh Li,d rasJc pi egress chuiiig the veil. T'Jie e'cction of ofiice-bearera tor the season 1905 resulted as fcilo.vs — PieFiden f Mi J. lir.nc . \ ue-prcsident. Mr W Smith, trea--.uiei Mr C. Y>"i'k'c. stcw^ids — Mei^T- R. Green, 1 Ai*k<Mi, A B^con. A, Giant, Jo!m Snicatcu .1. Spcivr J.aiies Fleming. P. C. Sinclair J. 'ivur.bnli, W. \Wori-. G, jViithven J. Ross , im'litois. t c--~ls W. A. rvrnbull and T. Aitken. — Ad'-i-rate.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2660, 8 March 1905, Page 63
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