FOOTBALL

Wairarapa Daily Times, 22 March 1935, Page 5

FOOTBALL

BRITISH MATCHES. LONDON, Thursday. In the re-play of the English Cup semi-final, West Bromwich defeated; Bolton by 2 goals to nil. Other Association football results are as follow: — First division: Liverpool beat Evorton, 2/1; Derby beat Sheffield, 4/0. Third division, Southern section: Brighton beat Reading 1/0. Scottish League:—Hamilton Academicals beat Partick Thistle 2/1; Rangers beat Clyde, 4/2. Under Northern Union rules, Wigan beat Hunslet, 32/14; Leeds beat Castleford, 13/8; Salford beat Hull, 26/4. KICK INTO TOUCH RULE. SYDNEY, Thursday. At a special meetingyof the New South Wales Rugby Union a motion concerning the kick into touch rule was again submitted and passed. The motion provides that when the ball-is pitched into touch from a kick other .than a penalty kick or a kick from within 25 yards of the kicker’s goal line, it should be brought back into play at a spot on the touch line opposite the place where it was kicked. BUSH UNION BOUNDARY. Notification was received from ' the Bush Rugby Union at the annual meeting of the Manawatu Rugby Union that it intended to move at the annual meeting of the New Zealand Union that the' Bush boundary should' be moved so as to include Woodville. Mr F. Mackie (Woodville) said that the move had not come from Woodville, which had no desire to withdraw from the Manawatu Union, and did not want Manawatu to consent to the change. • It was decided; to oppose the remit at the New Zealand Union’s annual meeting. RED STAR PRACTICE. To-morrow afternoon the Red Star Football Club will open the football season at the Memorial Park, with practice games, in which all grades of the Club will take part. A keen demand has set in for the Red Star Football Club’s Jubilee book and it is expected that the edition will shortly be sold out. Those desirous of obtaining copies should save disappointment by applying at once to the secretary for a copy. In some instances purchasers have bought as many as six copies.

Those who can remember Hawke’s Bay Rugby of 30 to 40 years ago, will remember the Maori player, Wi Duncan, whose sparkling play caused many a thrill. He died recently at Rotorua at the age of 71 years. Wi Duncan was also an all-round athlete. He lived at the Waipatu Pa for many years, and it was while there that he owned and trained a few thoroughbreds. Well over thirty years ago, at Greenmeadows, “Wi” caused a sensation when he produced “The Pony” to win and return a dividend of over the century mark. Taniwha was a hurdler above the average that this late sportsman owned and trained; Some few years ago at Wairoa, when breaking in an outlaw horse, he met with a very serious accident that crippled him for life. After that he went to live at Rotorua. Both Maori and pakeha friends throughout Hawke’s Bay will regret to hear of his demise.