FOOTBALL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14236, 30 June 1910, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

Celtic s»ud Pirates third-grade, teams will not meet to-day. The following players will represent Albury against Fairlie on tbe Albury grounds on Saturday:—A. Irving. J. McLaren, E. S. Rutherford, W. JJunn, James Trembath, A. Higgs, E. Blank, Jack Trembath, E. o\K«iny, G. Adams, j J. Higgs.. Jl Scott, F. Shannon, D. I Kidd. St. Seannell. Emergencies—D; Laverty. W. Boddye, J. 3d.cGov.-au, J- j Robertson, R. Davidson, J. Rosv. The following will represent Pirates —Seniors —Green, Percival, Davey, Hall, Wall. Coles, Head, Ker, Allen, Campbell, Wilson, O'Leary, Thompson, Jackson, Carlton. Juniors —Allott, Lahore, Sullivan, Hay, McKnight, Leslie, David, Baker, Gudsell, Fitzsimmons, King, Halkett, Mitchell, Row Davidson, Carlton, Davoy. Celtic teams —Seniors —M. Hoidihan. L. Riordan, D. O'Malley, D. Houlihan," T. Hertuan. W. Houlihan, 3.1. Darcv. 3.1. Feelv, G. Niall W. Dalton. J. o"'Brien, G. Fitzgerald, A. Millar, B. Fitzgerald, T. Keating. Fourth Grade—B. Casey, C. Redmond, F. MeGrath, V. Sheehau, J. Fitzgerald, I. Deunehv, W. Allen, P. Bergm, W. Flett, 1\ Fitzsserald. C. Clark, S. Carrol, C. FaheyT J. Flett. L. Kane. Weather permitting, the Rugby Union competitions will be continued to-dav. The grounds are certaiu to be on the sticky side, and in order to prevent the thinly-grassed No. 1 ground from being churned up, only one match will be plaved on it this afternoon. The junior game (Celtic v. Pirates) allotted to No. 1 has been transferred to No. 2 ground, and the third-grade fixture (Pirates 111. v. Celtic III.) has been postponed. In the senior grade, Tiniaru and Pirates meet on No. 1, Celtic and Star on No. i, and Temuka and Zingari at Victoria Park. In the event of further rain necessitating postponement, notice will be posted at the secretary's office this morning.

EASY WIN FOR MAORIS. P*«» Ajaociation-By T»legraph-CopTright 'Received 9.45 p.m., June 29th. SIDNEY, June 29. At Goulburn, the Mnoris defeated the southern districts by 40 to 3. There was heavy' rain during the play, and the ground was slippery. The visitors completely outclassed the local men. In the first spell, assisted by a strong wind, the Maoris rattled up 26 to nil. The game was willing, and some of the local men showed good individual play, hut the combination -vas faulty. Received 12.50 a.m., June 30tli. WIN FOR AMERICA. The American footballers won the first football match of their tour today, beating the Hunter River district by 10 to 9.

AUTHORITIES AT VARIANCE. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON. June 29. The Wellington Rugby Union recent, ly suspended a player named Marshall for striking an opponent. The Management Committee of the New Zealand Rugby Union at its last meeting expressed astonishment at the lightness of this sentence and increased ib to disqualification for two years. Tho Management Committee of thf Wellington t?niou to-night resented tip's and resolved to appeal on the grounds that the sentence is excessive. Some of the speakers asserted that Marshall had been seriously provoked and the opinion- ivas expressed that the New Zealand Union Committee had taken action without first ascertaining the facts and that this sort of thing was likely to drive players into the league ranki.

UP FOR. FIGHTING. A fight between two Association football players last Saturday was discussed at a meeting of the Wellington Football Association to-night. One of the offenders was disqualified for four Saturdays, the other for the rest of the season. OLD BOYS BEAT COLLEGE. CHRISTCHURCH. June 29. The annual football match between the Boys' High School and Canterbury College was won by the former bv 18 to 6.