FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 1352, 15 June 1907, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

The crowd at Western Pai^on^hursday was painfully' 9ne'-sided.m,'.iti''.'bar-racking." There was an inclination to hoot at the slightest appearance of i rough play on the Strntforxi BideJ-^hilc some very questionable play, of Tu^apa men was lustily* ! a-ppTaiideß'« i -' r -" tji > - It was pleasing to see the strictness with ,vhich Mr Griffiths,' referee in the Stratford-Tukapa match on Thursday, enforced the obstruction rule. Atkin, the Tukapa seniors' substitute half, is not such ra-, stone tva}l- m'dpfenco as Frewin; but; he .'is: v aiseful man. Though he was unfamiliar with his team, his play , of las,t , Thursday was distinctly good,. . ', D. Cameron was the only one- of the Stratford ' backs who was," thoroughly equal to the unusual strain put on their defence on Thursday., . -, ,'' i ' On Thursday Sto'h'r ' gave 'further proof of his ability in place-kicking. He kicks clean, and the ball flies as true as a dart — almost. -' McLean's habit of trying to pass two or three men before getting his kick ;in is a good one >to got rid "of. • Ag'Airist a team like Stratford it does not succeed.