FOOTBALL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13647, 15 July 1908, Page 5

FOOTBALL.

THE BRITISH TEAM. MATCH AGAINST. TARANAKI. ~ Per Press Association. NEW PLYMOUTH,- July 14. The British footballers : arriVeid to-night and were, welcomed-to the town. The following team was ~pick«d' for tomorrow's match: —Back, Dyke; threequarters, J. L.. Williams, Tuan Jones, Vassall and Chapman; .halves,'.'Ww Morgan, W. J. Davey. and McEyedy; forward.?, Harding, Dibble, Down, E.. Morgan, Hind, Smith, Archer. Of the others, Jackett who lias an injured leg, Ppnty Jones an injured shoulder and Gibbs a bursting blood-vessel ;ainder-the -knee cap, are incapacitated, the latter for the'balanc* of the tour. ; Cameron may be.mnable'to^playfonTaranaki. He is suffering from an injury to his. shoulder received jn *her Wangaaui match. ' ■• ■ - ■■''- '•■ ' ;: ' .-■ The weather promises to be fair but the ground will scarcely have time to|reoover from theM'ecent rains;.. ■"-"•- ■!.»-. "•'■'. There is great dissatisfaction hereiat:tfie exclusion of Mynott from the-New Zealand team, as he was: playing better than ever and outplaying even Hunter. ' WELLINGTON, Juiy.K. ■' H. J. Mynotti of Tarahaki, has been chosen as emergency -back ffor' New Zear land in the next test match. ' " THE RUGBY UNION. ; '

A meeting of, the management 'committee of the Rugby Union was held yesteiv day. Mr F. C. Watson presided. .Th* Zingari Club wrote that one of their 1 third graders- had played in two junior games, bull on the second- occasion' he was replacing a player who had bpen injured during the .progress of the game. Thev asked if this p'.iiyer could take part in-, third grade gamer, again.—Application granted. ' ''' ' Subject to the approval of the North Otago Union Mr A: ShirOelinV was appointed referee in the representative" game for to-morrow. ' ~ , '•: The Temuka Club asked perminißsion for .''their juniors- t.o meet Alburv iit .Temuka to-morrow, but owing to .theirejiresenlwtive game .being on it, 'was decided to refuse'the application. ' _' It was decided to write to the 1 Railway Department askina' for a'speci-d train to "Temnka on Thursday, July 23rd, - on the'occasion of the. game between Waira- , raiia and South Canterbury—if the'train lo have Timarn about 2 p.m. . and return about 5 p.m. It is- understood ibat Mr \Y. .A. Jfurd- . ley,' who has acted art llhe SG.ILIM'. for Ihe last- two years' is re-,-in-nino- his position/ The management committee will deal wilh the ro*ignajtion at, a special meeting, which will-be held in a, day or .two. , . . ■ . ■' ' \ team will be picked from the loilowinr»,on the Albury grounds to represent \ih-nrv against, temuka to-morrow, at 220- E. .Rutherford, C. Scannell, S. Kidd. W. Moore, E. S. Reily, E. Anderson, J. Trembath., J. - Strutters,.A.- Irving. Jim Trembath, 'S. Shiers, A. Croft, J 1 awlor, J. Simpson, J. Corbet*, E. Bray, P. O'Connor, E. Blank, J. HiggS, j. Kidd, J. Corbett. .... The following team has been chosen to represent the Temuka Club in tiheir match against the Albury .Club to be played at Albury on Thursday, next: ■—>[.. Guild, B. Norton, J. McKe'.lar, F. Sur-ridn-e, G. O'Learv, W. Spillaue, L; Grant, M.°Roonev, A.' Scott, ,M. Horgan, K Gillespie, "J. Heath, -, N. Walker, P. Greedy, R. Gillespie and, -J... Connoll. -A drag 'will leave Temuka at 8 a.m. and the match will be played at 2.50 p.m.