FOOTBALL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 4, 21 August 1911, Page 6

FOOTBALL.

N.S.W. DEFEATS QUEENSLAND. Sydney, August 20. T 1 ic Now South Wales Union team boat Queensland by 34 points to 14. OTAGO (18) BEATS WANGANUI (.12)

(Per Press Association.) Dunedin, August 20

The football match Otago v. Wanganui was played yesterday in ideal weather, the. former winning by 18 points to 12, In the first spell Otago had the lies! of the play, and at half-time the scores wore: Otago 15, Wanganui 6. For the former, trios were scored by Nome (3), Eckhold and Black, and for Wanganui by Sorter and Signal. In tho second half, Wangalnu bad tho upper bund for the greater part of the time, but they reduced the default by only three points. .Black scored another try for Otago, and Signal and Atkins scored for the visitors. Out of ton tries not one goal was kicked. , On the whole, tho teams were pretty evenly matched.

W AIR All APA BEATS BUSH. Pahiatua, August 20. The representative Rugby match between the Bush ami Wairarapa •Unions played hero yesterday, resulted in a win for -Wairarapa by 11 points to 8. . , MATCHES. Wellington, August 20. Fine weather prevailed for outdoor games yesterday. In the senior Rugby football championships, Oriental boat St. James, 9 points to 6 ; Petone beat Pphoke, 8 to o; Athletic beat Southern, S to 0; Victoria College beat Wellington, 11 to 6; Melrose beat Old Boys, 20 to 3. The schools representative game, Wellington v. Manawatu, was won by Wellington by 21 points to nil.

The Taranaki rep. teams leaves on tour to-morrow morning. The Rugby Union lias considered the protest of the Waimato first junior team against its defeat by Hawera, the ground of complaint being that Hawera had wrongfully played a man in the match. The Union lias decided that there was no fault on the part, of Hawera, and Hawera an t d Clifton will meet at Stratford oh Thursday to decide the first junior championship.