FOOTBALL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 9015, 23 August 1907, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

[Per Pbsss Association.] AUCKLAND, August 23. y Jbr Sneahan, chairman of the Management Committee of the Auckland Rugby Union, stated at a social gathering of footballers that last season the Auckland Rugby Union gave the play-' era a. large number of trips, involving an expenditure of £561. ground at Three Kings, purchased by the Union a few yeans ago for £3360, is now Valued at £9600. BHEOTAGO-CANTBRBURY MATCH. [Fbom Our Correspondent.] DUNEDIN, August 23. Foote will captain the Otago team $o-moTTOW. The team is much stronger than that which met . Southland on [Wednesday. Jenkins's selection as fullbacE is due to the absence of Booth. who is now on his way back from Melbourne. Dansey, as half, will be an immense improvement on Borrie. The failure of the country forwards against Southland- has led to their entire elimination, but the two Vincent threequarters, Jolly and Dwyer, are retained. Heavy Tain has fallen all night, and the ground will be soft.

[From Ocs Co-respondent.] DUNEDIN, August 23. Mr Laws, of Wellington, will referee n the Canterbury-Otago match here o-morrow. Mr Williams has left Dunedin. to act in a similar capacity in the Wellington-Auckland match. The Otago team for to-morrow has Bndergone several changes since rb was >icked yesterday. It now comprises: — fall-back, Davidson; three-quarters, Folly, Dwyer, and Macpherson; fiverighths, Chambers and Ekhold; half>ack, Dansey; forwards, Harrison, [*homson, Abbot, Paton>, Foote (captain), Denniston., Ivi»ey and Adamson, wing forward). It is still raining leavily. \