ASSOCIATION

Evening Post, Issue 29, 3 August 1936, Page 14

ASSOCIATION

PLAY IN THE MUD

EXHIBITION GAME

AUSTRALIANS' LAST /APPEARANCE

The worst 'Saturday.: afternoon weather conditions in Wellington this ■season completely spoilt the exhibition Association football match played, by the Australian touring team and a number, of local colts .on the Basin Reserve on Saturday.- Elevens' cap-tained-by Evans; and Cameron, consisting of six Australians ■and five Wellington • players; each, played a. 4-all draw ;in ,a ; short- game that was more of;-a' mud scramble than .. an exhibition of science.;-! ' ':.;' '•■■ ■■■;; The. teams.; were:—;'\'. v.; . • y;l;^: ■;(;KVAi^;toaml .'." -.• ' .'••:.. ]^:S/i:& %)£'<& Blacfc);: M': :'\ :, V ;.i'-::-; '.■'-■• Goalkeeper: McNabb (Australia). ' Full-backs:: Ev{ins (Australia),; captain, and Forrest (Australia).: ■'■ j : Halves: ', N.v Gates: (Technical, O.B.), Boyes (Institute)/, and Osborne (Aus;traiia):v: v v;-/;- :■■■;■-;:;■;■:-:.. :,;'^:;;--. , ■,;,Forwards: ;-;Halley; (Lower Hutt), Sutherland ;;(Institute .O.B,),;. Janes (Waterside);". White (Australia),; ]'■ and Donaldson (Australia). > ' : '/} v'; ■ ■ :'cAMEROjrs TEAivi..■: ■'. ■ ':>. .- ■■■•^'■:.■;■■. : ":.;(In;White.>-" ;; ; ."} /;•-;' ; 'Goalkeeper:.'Turkington (Maris't). '■). Full-backs: K. Yeoman, (Seatoun), :C6nnell'XPetonfe).; Kv¥ ;^:^VS.-''ii'\;'." :• Halves:'•"= Bryant: (Australia), ■ Love '■ (Australia)';.- and Nicol; (Diamond).. ' ;Fprwards: Wilkinson; (Australia), Cameron' (Australia), captairi >; ; (Smith '(Australia)j. Mackay (Australia);, and M!.\'Quirke:'(Marist). -.- : '"•;; '■■;;, | ;-;;Heferee:;Mr.,:J; 'Duncan; ;: ■?■■/'■■ .' ; •-■> On fjpapef '.Cameron's ■ side, consisting of-aviocal-defence; and. Australian, attackersjjlooked. the stronger side, but in practice the'.hohours. went to Evans's jteam^anV. jAustraliaii 'defence with mbstly>J;.^ellirigtph . forwards - J and halyes.^:(Thfi1 latfer'side had-the ;advyaritagejof ■;the\; high southerly, : plus Tavni- -aSdlisliee^sin>the;. first ;Jialf, and they,made.:ttieniost of it by piling vp1 threeTigoals to S -their .opponents' nil; Th'e'-'scprers' were; .Donaldson,-;"Whitej ,and; Sutherland. ; With^'the change^ over;: a 'reversal; of form was expected; but': expectations I, were; not ,; fulfilled, ancl-'the ,lbcal: attackers;morethan '} held their :6wri;against the wind;; 'The stalwart.i Australian centre-forward," Smittij netted; all. four of i'-his side's 'goals in thiss:Kalf,-while'•:Janes got;^the fburth f^r ( ;Eyini>s.:side;;!^,;/-'f .^;-^:;'.,/V, : '> '■*,: ;v^lMHes'Sof?mud;arid 'water on; the 'ground^wUb ;a j continuous wind~ ;;and j|fre^%|s^VMg;t^;andiiaii; shbvirers, 'Inadetgiipas'jfootball :■ almost impossible; :^b'ut|aU|jHe^>layerS>/ ac^uitteici:;: them- | selve^^eliij^ijSthe '^circumstances. Ball coni^olt.was'eX^eedingly difficylt where ! tfie?^^y^^;co^S^bt"even get, a foot- [ hold^^utspositiotlalv tactics; were vstill i.usefulXto'drtiie^:yisitors>how^ 6i^tftelr^^rue ?fornv; in 5 that, respect: to make|vth^ffif eyf % spectators realise that .had fine arid the ground 'fira^inidi^ons^wWch are familiar: to jffies^ii|^ai^s^thS|e3^ibitioii- would haye'fSeSsilyS/iulfilledv Even ; as: it; wasy icolts must have .gained -sbirie • good'sf^om their playing-'in 'better ; :coiripariy","and the effect ofAtheVgame r :will; possibly be n6ticeable,iri spme; ( raisihg of the startdJ dbjes bfappenlthfe. ganie, ;.disappbinting though ■it?<vvM,fiy^rtn6t3haye"-:be^^inK.va.in'^Si^ !.^Tlie:A^^UaTiS:leftjfpr Jhome by this Wanganella^bri: Saturday" riight;^^hayilng been ih/New(Zealand for a :little more tha'n^six^weeks^;;;1"- '■■'(',:.u:''-.-;l'i- rKV)N?Si;