AUCKLAND .v. WANGANUI.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11646, 25 August 1905, Page 6

AUCKLAND .v. WANGANUI.

NOTES BY "DODGER."

The final selection.of the Wanganui team to play against -.Auckland on Tuesday next will be made to-morrow evening 1 - In all probability fclte only changes iiom tlift team which pjayed against Hawke's Bay will, be that Mitchell and McGregor will again, find, places in the combination, both men having- recovered. That their inclusion will add to the strength of the. team there can be little doubt, and as the whole fifteen are training hard for the match, it is quite safe. to predict that the Aucklandera will meet foemen worthy of their steel. Tie game, which, by the way, is timed- to start at 3.30 o'clock, is being looked forward to with a great amount of interest; and a big attendance is assured providing, the weather is suitable. It,..may fc,e. ; mentioned' that the- selectors for the combined- Taranaki- Wanganui team which is to meet the Australians at Haweta will be present at Tuesday's match against Auckland, and will pick out the Wanganui mdn, whose, for m-, in their opinion, in that contest justifies their selection in the combined team.

The. •Ajtuitraliajis' tfe&n Canterbury Tft Christbhuxeh to-morrow. The Senior -Cup matoll io -be played on the College Ground to-morrow between the Kaie'raus and T.T.M.Fs will commence at three o'clock, and not 1.30 as originally arranged, •: ' i

The above game is the only one which will take* plade on the College Ground tomorrow. Those ' clubs who had arranged other games there for to- morrow are reotuesteu to note 'this.*- - ' "

Hawke'ff Bay and Manawatu meet tomorrow fit Palmerstsn North. So far the Ha wke's 'Bay team have not won a solitary match since leaving' Jtfapjer, having been beaten by *Povet f ty. B&y,' Auckland, Taranakj,* Wtfngan^i, and Wellington. . , '.Tie" Jtanf iixly . Shield .between Auckland . and .Wellington, takes place tomorrow, and .<a most , e'xciting j contest

i should result. The Wellington .team is yery i hard beat on its r own' grbfrnd, but it is expected that the northerners will give the Wellingtonians a very stiff game. -It should be a great struggle. * - The Old Boys journey to Waverley tomorrow, and aTe taking up a strong team to meet the magpies, who are putting a good fifteen in the field, and are hopeful . of putting" up a big fight, even if they'do : not succeed to be in favour of the blues, '■ however. - -

The Auckland v. Taranaki match gate ' receipts at the New Plymouth Racecourse

on Wednesday totalled Jll3, or =68 more ■ than in 1903, and no charge will be .deducted for the ground. A correspondent signing himself "Observer," writes me as follows: — "Knowing you to be a keen supporter of football- in • Wanganui and elsewhere, I would ask you to kindly see that the following notes are inserted; — "I. xvould make the following , suggestion to the Selection Committee^ of the Wanganui Eugby Union: Certain/alterations in the present Rep. team wofad, I think, greatly strengthen it; especially when it would be playing Auckland 5 ;' at their own style,, viz., the - two. ."five-eighths ..game.. With two clever men such as Butler and Mitchell as five-eighths, the Au<jk- ' landers would have a warm time. I would 'select the following team: — Full-back,' 1 . A. fPownall; three-quarters, McDonald, Takarangi, T. Craig; five-eighths, It. Mitchell and C. Butler'; half, Anslow; wing ftfrward, Corby; forwards, Murray, Thompson, Green, Elmslie, Anderson, Guscott;,^). . Fowler." , "Observer" . has certainly, chosen a: fine . team for the style of game he suggests, but Auckland do not play with two fiveeighths, or at all events did not against Taranaki. If they are going to play two : five-^ightlis iere th^ local selectors could « do worse than pick the team mentioned'oby "Observer "

* Commenting on -the Auckland-Taranaki match, the Daily News says: — "For .the \ winners the best -backs were Kiernan, ToSd, ; Wynyard, and Twiname, who played • a ' good" attacking game. The best forwards were McGuire, Bonella, and Francis, whilst Tyler" and- Praser, -both played well ! as... wingg. „_Taranak'i!s ttadks who showed up were Hardgreaves and "Thomas, without whom the team would have been lost. The former's display was equal to that .of - any man ~on the ground. Nicholas was ;'not . up. to fclie_Eaark,,and Burke lacked jVsg" 'riie.nt in'iris kicking. Prewin'^was notflat his best, though his was a solid game. Rothery and Guy played right up to form. The forwards were dull, Eyan, Crowley, Young, and McKay being about the pick. Colemanj at full, was superior to Newdick, the Auckland full-back. :