FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 156, 6 July 1904, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

The Waimato team to play Tukapa on Thursday will be :—Bighara, Patterson, Burke, Tamil, Vine, Mellow, W. Young, Brown, Christie, Guy, McKay, Glenn, Bourke , Voung, Hiley. Tlvo following arc Waimate I. team to play oil against Tukapa to-mor-row :—Bighani, Tamu, Burke, Patterson. Viae, Young. Brown, Mellow, Christie, Guy, Bourke, Glenn, 'McKay, Riley, awl Joe Young. Tlio following will represent Tukapa seniors 11 gainst Waimutc sen iors at tho Recreation Arounds tomorrow :—li'ull, Rwlland ; three-quar-ters, Smith, Kookos, Wood ; liveutjrhth, M.vnott; half, Frowin ; wings. Tmisey and Dulhiu; forwards, Jenkins, Balfe, Semark, Standisli, Priar, Dyne, Loveridgo. The following is the southern team solected to play the test matches to enablo the "reps." to he chosen : Pull, Ely the ;. throe.4quarte.rß, J. Hunter, Burke, Burke (Pntoa) ; flvoTighth, A. Hunter ; -half, Tocker (Putea) ; wings, Guy Iluiublyn ; torwards, Glasgow, O'Kullivun, Glenn, Douglas, Mtlvay, Bourke, Baker. On Saturday Waimato I. boat Patca by 10 to nil. Haweva 111. forfeited to Waimato 111., who are the winners of the contest. Hawtaa I. defeated Okuiawa I. at Hawera by eight points to nil, Okaiawa had live juniors playing. The ganio was vigorously and evenly contested. Okaiawa 11. were defeated by Hawera 11. at Okaiawa by 14 points to

The following are tho teams for tin Star 111. v. Tukapa 111. match to morrow :—Tukapa : Full, Faulder ; Hooker, ltuckland, wings, Shipping, Edwards ; forwards, Johnson, Tipping, Autridge, Mace, Allen, Youngman, Setford. Star ; Full, Allen ; three-quarters, Julian. Holler, Coker ; five-oighth, Humphries ; half, Whitaker ; forwards, McKoy, Bullock, Harding, Avery, Way, I'oarce, Coombes, Oray, Coleman! Tho Waimato Witness gays, in re porting tho Waimato v. Patoa senior match at Patea, that a feature, and an unfortunate one it was, o: the match was tho behaviour of some of the spectators. It was nothing short of scandalous. They hooted and howled, and <£uestioncd' tho decisions of tho referee (Mr W. Powdrell), who had to stop the •game and renioristratc with them on several occasions. He obtained the name of one of thorn and will report him to the union, which should make an example of him. The selectors of tho southern division team (Messrs Slattery and Wilson) havo selected the following : Full-back, Wythe (Hawera) ; threequarters, ,7. Hunter (Hawera), E. llurko (Waimato), C, llurkxi (Fatoa); five-eighth, A. Hunter (Hawera) ; half, Tocker (Patea) : wing forwards llamblin (Kltham), (Juy (Opunoke) ; forwards, (Jlasgow (Eltham), O'Sullivan (Okuiawa), McKay, Glenn (Waimato). Douglas (Hawera), llaker (Okaiawa), Ilourko (Waimato) ; emergencies : Hacks, Moir, (Srcville, Tamil, Anderson; forwards, Joe Young, Young (Opunnke), Hill, Tlrown, M'Pike.

It is questionable whether the action of the Wellington Union in applying lo the Hospital Trustees on Tuesday last for permission to allow accident ctiß'S from the Rugl))' lieJd to be received into the hospital was well advised. The construction put upon the application by some people is summed up by the following remarks made my the mother of a Rugby player :—'Torhaps you'll tell me now thnt all this talk alxmt the Rugby rough is rot ? Why, on the top of all that has been iii the papers about rough play, I see th>' Wellington Rugby Union has applied to tho Hospital Trustees for permission to allow accident oases from tlu' Rugby fli>W In he received in'to the hospital." Said lady is more than ever convinced thnt « man takes his life in his bands every time he goo< on the football field.—Post.