FOOTBALL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 180, 3 August 1904, Page 2

FOOTBALL

WELLINGTON V. HAWKE'S BAY.' (Per Press Association). NAPIER, August Q. The representative football match Wellington v. llawke's Buy was played here to-day. 'fho weather was line and there was a largo Attendance. Play was fast throughout, and at the start th? local men fully held their own. In the second spwl Wellington showed superior combination, the game resulting in a victory lor Wellington by 10 points to nil, BRITISH TEAM'S FIXTURES. August 6—v. Canterbury at Christchurch. August 10—v, Otago, at Dunedin. August 13—v, N«w Zealand, at Wellington. August 17—v, Taranuki, at New Plymouth. August 20—v. Auckland, at Auckland.

tilcnn will not be available for the match against Wellington at Hnwera. Tukapa and Wuimate Seconds meet at Manala on Thursday to finally decide the second grade championship. Tukapa will be represented as follows :—Full, lloucylield ; threequarters, Piraui, Dcwar, Mclsaucs ; live-eighths, Brown ; half, Mcljean ; wings. Smith, Ulynes; forwards, Howell, Davidson, 101 ms, Dawson, While, Malcolm, Stanley. The team will leave by the mail train. The south team, representing Hawera, Okaiawa, and Wainmte clubs, in the practice match against the replesontatives' to-day at liawera, will Iw selected from the following :—A. Hunter, Greville, Cowper, Goodwin, Greenbanks, Chas. Uurko, Tocker, It. Johnstone, Baker, Crocker, Crow-, ley (2), Cleaver (2), Tamil, Mclvuy, Joe Young, JJighain, Patterson, Vine, Uuy, Mellow (2), W. Young, Riley, W, Carroll, Joe Blythe. Mr Syme has a first claim on some of these men to play in the representatives. A match will be played to-morrow afternoon in the Recreation Arounds between teams representing the bakers and tho jockeys and trainera, the proceeds to be devoted to the fund for the consumptive annexe at the hospital, Tho teams will be : Bakeiß : Full-back, Finchnm ; threeiiuartera, Pullford, Elder, Stagpoole, live-eighth, Billings ; half. Hartley ; wings, J.Lovell, Cock; forwards, Davidson, Bayley, Johns, A. Lealand, Thompson, Currie, Buchanan. Jockeys and Trainers : Full-back, McKoy ; three-quarters, Standring, H.Eva, J.lrvine; five-eighth, P. Johnsiou ; half, R. Barlow ; wings, J. Barlow, P. Eva; forwards, Dufnn, Doughty, Allen, Duffy, Stewart, A. Morgan, L. Russell.

The New Zealand Union will need (,o don its best defensive armour. Following on Uio Wellington Post's remarks, which were publisned yesterday morning, a contemporary has received a good deal of correspondence, some of which has a decidedly " strong " flavour. For instance, one writer maintains that the Union is utterly incompetent. " The New Zealand Union," he says, " is killing i our chances against Britain ; it is killing the trip to England ; it is also killing the Rugby game in this country ; and it deserves U.e censure of every true-hearted footr bailer in New Zealand." " Hail Zeaiandia " writes at some length on the same subject. After pointing to the fact that a defeat al the hands of the Englishmen will lowun our prestige in the eyes of Austria liu, that football is our national game, but not the national game of itoglnnd, ho says : •• I have not the slightest hesitation In Baying that the Now Zealand public would gladly defray same in one-shilling subscript tionsif our footballers succeeded in upholding our prestige. It seems to me that our Union in grabbing for tho shadow (gate-money) is losing the substance (tho more permanent establishment of Rugby football as a sport and especially 0 f New Zealand's position in the world of sport) The present governing Union has proved, from the manner in which it has carried out the arrangements for the New Zealand match (the crowning mistake in its policy), that it ia entirely incompetent, and, having lost the confidence of our footballers, and o' t h^M n< ", al PUb " c ' " thu outc «'"e o the blunders results i„ the loss of makefts a Un,on snould ™,' b ] f * a graceful one by unanimously resigning- u m ,° J ".embers aro epiite uuft to occupy" borne local enthusiasts are growing because the Turanaki Rugby u. ion is not game to tackle the British. «« without help from wVngan f whoso union refusod to Toin in scheme at first proposer "a com! bind Manawatu-Han BVl nui-TarZkl earn. But the fact robins thaUhe laranaki team has need of a goo d strong galloper, and Mr Byrne if?" ho commended on the pain* he is tok(ngto get the tot possible team into the field. Of course, there are soma who go one better," an« suggest that Manawatu should bo asked Cb i*nd Uly and Armstrong to help the amber and black forwards. Their Inclusion would hardly effect much Improvement,. They way be fine individual players, but it would be hard to get a better all-round pack than lorauaki pitted against Walrarapa last week.

Dr Fookes will play at full-back tor the iaranoki team in a practice match against the southern clubs at Hawera. Rothery and McKay replace Dutbio and E. liourke. Mi' Symo is evidently testing oil claimants for rep. honours, an*should be able t 0 put a very strong combination against Wellington uext week, having tried all the best of our wing forwards and three-quarter players and the pick of the full-backs of the province. It is thought that tho team against Wellington will probably bo tie combination to ineot tho British touring te«m in New Plymouth on the 17th inst. En passant, it may bo noted that at least one player selected for today, and not in previous toami>, received only a nowspaper notification of his selection. Not daring to doubt our veracity, he considered himself selected, but at the some time said Dit he had been expecting official notification. The New Plymouth bakers have setec ted tho following team to represent them in a match against the horse-owners, trainers, and Jockeys on Thursday :—Full-back, W. Fincham ; three quarters, G. Pulford, 11. Elder, V. Stagpoole ; five-eighth, T. Hillings (captain) ; half, Hartley ; wings, S. Cox, J. Lovell ; forwards, Davidson, Bayley, Thompson, Zealand, Johns, Currie, Buchanan. Their opponents havo decided to entor tho following string :—Full-back, M. Koy ; three-ojuarters, Standring, 11. Eva (captaia), and J. Irvine; live-eighth, P. Johnson; half, R. Harlow ; wings, J. Barlow and p. Eva ; forwards, Doughty, Duflin, S. Allen, Duffy, L. Russell, C. 9tewart, and A. Morgan. Emergencies : liarley and Scorpin. Colours : lllue and white.

A Wellingtonlun was grieving on Monday because no arrangements had been made for the Wellington rep. team to show its prowess against tlho visiting English footballers. His tone seemetl to Imply that evon should all olso fail the Wellington Union could "knock the stuffing" out of any Britishers. "Well," remarked an enthusiastic Taranaklb'orn, "you can see just as good as that. Oo to Hnwcra on the 10th, and see Taranakl glvo Wellington a drubbing. Then wait round here till the 17th, and watch our boys beat the Englishmen, and then Just reckon up from that how Wellington would get on against Sivwright and Co.". The following will represent the Taranaki Hides in the football match Rifles v. Guards to be played on the Racecourse ground on Thursday : Full-back, Wood ; Ihrce-quarters, Pycroft, Steele, Cock; five-eighth, Hook, Rowan, : Tickner, Coombes, vr'ag forwards, Bruce Feck, forwards Captain Weston; half. Humphries ; Bagnall, Scandlyn, Scott. Emergencies, Bacon, Hanover, and Tippins. Tn» team will w#ar Star colour*.!