FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 14013, 18 September 1909, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

THE RUGBY GAME. TARANAKI v. SOUTH AUCKLAND. The match, Taranaki ▼. South Auckland, which was won by Taranaki by 9 points to 3, was not particularly interesting to onlookers, but was stubbornly contested. Taranaki, who were without the services of Mynott, showed superiority in the finer points of the game, more particularly in pushing home the attack, the failure in this essential point being the outstanding weakness of the South Auckland fifteen, says the special correspondent of the Auckland Herald. On the line-out, in the scrnminaguig|, and loose, the' Auckland forwards quite held their own with the amber and black; vanguard, but the sound defence of the Taranaki backs, counted with faultvJiandling by the Auckland rearguard, # neutralised; advantages frequently gaine3 by the latter's forwards. Taranaki was first to score, a passing rush amongst the backs' ending in B. Stphr crossing the fine. Cameron failed with the kick-. The home team later equalled the score, but a few minutes later Cameron scored for Taranaki^ No goal. Taranaki's next seoro came in a gpal from • mark, which was kicked by Cameron. TARANAKI TEAM'S TOUR. The Tarainaki representatives who recently played Auckland and South Auckland returned to their homes on Thursday. The team returned from the north by the Main Trunk railway. When approaching Marton Junction, Mr. P. Skoglund, the manager, was waited upon by the members of the team, headed by Mr. H. J. Mynott, and was presented with a very handsome caee of pipes oh a mark of the tentn's great appreciation. At Tlmaru on Thursday, South Canterbury beat the Canterbury representatives by 9 points to 6.