Football.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 12926, 3 August 1905, Page 7

Football.

SOUTHLAND V. MANAWaTU. Per Press Association. Invcrcargill, Augitst 2. ( The conditions were ideal for the first football match, Manawatu v. Southland. The general opini»n is that the match, was the poorest exposition ol interprovincial football seen here. - Within three minutes of the starb Manawatu had a try scored them by Clark, and Lang mal^ng another after thirty minutes' play, the spell eria«a'7.;-T "' Wl'W 1 ' !' • Southland 6 Manawatu 0 I In ihe second half Hewitt placed a : penalty goal for Manawatu, ( and just on ' call of time Hepburn scored a try, \ the match . eliding in a draw. ' , Southland 6 j Manawatu 6 ( KIA TOA V. NELSON. Nelson, August 2. { The football match' Kia Toa (Pal- , marston North) v. Rivals i Nelson) to- ( day was. Avon by the visitors I y four i points (a potted goal) to nil. 1 One of the Opunake senior fifteen ' ( travelled 794 miles in order to play ' j Cup matches during the present sea-'\ son. | • The Wairarapa Age special on the t New Zealand - Wellington match :— j ', "Gillett was the safest of the New f Zealand backs except Mynott, and is a m fine player — cool as a cucumber, and c safe as a houses ? Mynott is a wonder, f He is absolutely fearless, and got his * side out of trouble time and again." A team will be picked from the following to represent the Government Buildings against the Railway on Saturday :— Honeyfield, Morgan, Har- j ding, Hallett, Clarke, Dewar, 'White, * i)e Loree, Dawson, Buttimore, Woods, ( ~\ Waters, Kivell, Malcon, C. Mclsaacs, i X. Mclsaacs, Moverley, and Pearston. ' The Government Buildings will' play ' ■.n Black. j A correspondent writes :—ln: — In regard • lo the, match Government Buildings" v. Railway Department, on hearing ' lhat the Railway Department intends ' playing .several Tukapa senior men next Saturday, the Government Buil- ' clings decided to put tliu following < team into hard training : Stfvnewall Dick, Galloper . Mac, Spring-heeled -Jack, 'Kangaroo Bill, Torpedo Jim. ' Jiu-Jitsu Jack, Scrapper Hal, Offsido Mac, Alabaster Black, Blue Metal Harry, Pluggcr Bill, - Bunrper Jack, Bullocky Fred. Nuggetty Tom', Pile • driver Allan- i