FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 12289, 23 June 1903, Page 5

FOOTBALL.

TARANAIKI RUGBY UNION. , A meeting of the Management Committee was held on Friday. The Secretary of the Auckland Rugby t-nion wrote stating that it was proposed to play Taranaki on September 24th. The secretary, will write asking- Oiat the match be set dmvn for August 27th or l Soptontber 3rd, or at any rate that the match .be made the iirxt in the to,ur instead of the last. Letters from the South Taranaki Association and tho Wai mate iirtd Opiinake Clubs re. directing to play under Mr O'Connell as referee were receiveid. The Association ssuggested that the apjiointunent foa* the next OlJtunake-Waiinatf match, be cancelled. It- was reported that Hawura aiyl Mtham teams were well satisfied with Mr O'Oonnell's decisions. Mr Statutory said Waimate Avould not- play in a»y engagement under this referee. The matter was referred bade to tjvo Referees' Association to deal with. The Thames I/nion wrote that they were doubtftil abairP visiting Tara--naki this season. In answer to Wanganui Union, it was decided that the secretary write informing them that they owe Tara— naki a visit, and the rep. team would be unable to pay Wanganui a visit ! this season. } The Otago Rugby I'nion wrote that j they would grant 20 per cent of the gate u)p to £25 for a match at Dtmeedin.' — The team cannot vi*--it Bunedin r on ihese terms. " A leeter was received from the WaiTarapa Union aslking that the Taranaki team~ visit "that district before the end of July. Jn the match Tnkag>a I. y Inglewootl 1. lnglewood cluimed tihat . Tulvapa , playetl Jacob ■ ami MoPike, who - were-* m#t> bona fide residents' ' iii-'Puka'pa's j disfferfct." -Mr ' ArhfcTt said there was too much. case law, too many fine pjoin'ts, anil not etuftigh. football in North Taranaki. The protest . against Mt-Pike brought out a Y great deal of strong and contradictory _ evkleiiee. Hie will be asked to attovicl a meeting on Friday next. f Clifton I. applied for the m,atah ■won by r J?ttkapa against them to be awarded to Clifton Jon the ground that ODea was not in T,ukapa dis— iriet. I Star I.L A v Star IT. B on Thursday: W. Richards. Pycroft. HUH, George, Ladner, Nicholson, Me A Hum, j Kivell. Rowan,, Weir.. v Allen, Gonnett, ' Tisfch, Carter.. tn, the Southern dk-i«ir.n on Satur- _| t :iJa.y Waimate beat Gkaiawa.' I. by 8 " '■&>' 3: Waimate - TJ. beat- Okaiawa llby 3 to nil; TFawera 11. beat Kltham If. by 13 to nil. The ■ following team will represent tbe Erranxl Boys- against Till-kums team on TlhursHay: Firll C. Brown:; f , M. WawT, (r.( r. Pearce. L. Hooker ; i, R. ' Bodkin' (car>t); i R. Nash; wiwgs, B. Maisey and E. Ro"Ugh; for■w'arcl.s S. Main; <\. Itaok.- A. Allan, . '•*. jfopkin.9, P. Butler, S. Patterson, V. Jury. Knwrgoncies:' Lobb (2), 4. HJowell, S. <Jeorge. Star 2nd Juniors against StratforVi at Stratford on 'Jlhlursday: Full, Hill; f, Nathan, H'as%ell, Capel; * A. Hkskell; i Weller; wings, Street, H.aifclimg; forwards, Tiptpins, Cooms, Pratt, Lock, M^trah, Kendall, ami Thomson. Emergencies, Chaffinofs. Hanover, anfd lioek. Any player who cannot get away will please notify E. B'ai'ding. Fooiballers in the Westport district express themselves thoroughly diesatifffiiocl with the New Zealand team, alleging that it is unrepresentative of the colony, as no meniber of a West Coas* Union has been selected. They , attribute their non-inclusion to non-- j representation on the Selection Com-j jnitiee. ,! The Otaco Rugby Union on Monclay acceptcfl the offer of the Wairarapa Union to play a match on August ; 15th. j At Auckland on Sa'tutfday the cup j matches requited: Oi'afton beat Pott-- j sVmby by 8 to 3, Newton beat Par.nell 13 to nil, anrl City 'defeated Suburbs by 22 to nil. City have -won five out of six matches, the other against Newton being a draw" At Wolliufirton 'in senior football Old Boys and Wellington drew (22 points each), Poneke beat Oriental by 5 to nil, and Mcl rose beat Athletics by 11 to nil. At Ohrisrb'Knrch the weather was farourable but tho fl-mui^ 9 very heavy. Linwood 0 points (goals> from a try and a mark), beat Ch'rietehurch 3 points (a try): Sydmham 5 points, fa goal from a try), beat Merivale A yknnin (potter? goal); Canterbury Collpo-e 12 points (a goal »from a try. a goal from a mark, and a try) beat, Old Boys, nil. Albion won from , Lyttelton by delault. • ; At Dunedin in the senior football miatches Univerxitv (V 2) beat Southern (5). Kaikorai (;12) beat Union nil, Xingari (3) beat T)r<n<xlin (nil), Alhambra (14V beat Pirates Cnil). ' On Saturday Wiairarapa beat Manawatu by 2fJ to 1 ,