FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 May 1925, Page 5

FOOTBALL.

TEAMS FOR TO-DAY. The Lepperton team to play Clifton to-day at 3 p.m., at Waitara, will be selected from the following:—Feakins, Body, Barriball, Furze, Mc’Asey, Giddy. Colson, Fussell, Bishop, Puke, Hellier, Irvin, Gray!in, Wallath, Jones, Clark,, Payne, Jack. URENUI CLUB. Second Juniors v. Okato, at Okato. —■ Nichols, Loach, Thompson, Sheard, Whittington, Jones, Rumbal, Gillespie, Taniako, Powell, White, Howell, Honeyfield, Burke, Toa, Stevens, Carryer. First Juniors v. Tukapa, at Urenui, 3 'p.m.—Wallace, Halcombe, Wells,, W. Pigott, Herbert, Skelton (2), Rumbal, Bailey, Hutch-in, Jonas (2), Whittle, Wright, Fitzgerald, Slight. COMPETITIONS. POSITION OF THE TEAMS. The championship points won iby the various teams in the South Taranaki Wednesday Rugby football competitions disclose an interesting position, the four leading teams being very close together in championship points, although the City A team has a substantial lead from the point of view of points scored for and against. The position of the teams is:

THE LATE MR. MASSEY’S ADVICE. Some remarks by Mr. Massey at the reception to the All Blacks are recalled by an exchange;— “We sometimes grumble and say that the people, on the other side of the world do not know us well enough. I know there was no schoolboy on the other side of the water who did not know of the All Blacks. “In a short time, you boys (the All Blacks) who have been to the other side of the world will be playing the game of life on your own account. It is natural in the order of things that you will be going into business of some sort, what, I do not know, but I do hope that when you do go into business that you will take commercial life as seriously as you have played the game of football, in the interests of the country to which you belong.’’

Team. P. W. L Pta. Pts. Ch. Ag. Pts. . D. for City A 3 3 0 0 55 9 6 Fmser Road 3 V 0 1 26 11 5 Tokaora 3 2 0 1 26 21 5 Olsangai •> 1 0 24 20 4 Manaia 3 1 9 0 28 44 2 City B 3 0 2 1 21 25 1 x\‘ormaiiby .. 3 0 •2 1 ■8 J. Whareroa ... 3 0 3 0 12 36 0