FOOTBALL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 25, 24 July 1911, Page 8

FOOTBALL

THE RUGBY GAME. THE MAORI TEAM. By Telegraph—Press Association. Napier, Last Night. The New Zealand Maori team inaugurated their tour here yesterday with a match against Hawke's Bay, which they won after a hard-fought game by 3 to nil. Drizzling rain set in the previous night, and continued all day. The ground was covered with pools, and quickly became a sea of mud, on which it was quite impossible to obtain a sure footing. " Play was characterised by a series of rushes on the part of the Maoris, who showed better form, and were mush more clever at picking up and passing than the local men. Hawke's Bay played a good defensive game, and only by sheer determination prevented the Maoris from scoring on several occasions. About five minutes before the call of time, Mona got over, but Erekana's attempt to convert was fruitless.

HIGH SCHOOL. Two teams from the New Plymouth High School journeyed to Stratford on Saturday, and proved too good for the representatives of the local District High School. The senior match resulted: New Plymouth (48) v. Stratford (0), and the junior New Plymouth (12) t. Stratford (0). NORTHERN UNION GAME. By CWrifr—Presi Aa*oci»tion—Copyrijhi, Sydney, July 22. Messenger has definitely decided not i to go to England.