FOOTBALL MATCH—OAMARU v. DUNEDIN.

Evening Star, Issue 3205, 29 May 1873, Page 3

FOOTBALL MATCH—OAMARU v. DUNEDIN.

A match at the good old English game of football came off on Saturday on the Cricket Ground, Camera, between the Oamaru and Dunedin Clubs—this being, we think, the first match played by the Oamaru Club, except inter se. 'the representatives for Dunedin were—Mews E. Johnson (Captain), J M. Thomson, W. Thomson, Park, W. D. Smith, A. R. fmith, T. R. Smith. G. A. Fenwick, Murray, L. E. Beade, M. Begg, and J. E Dennison. Those for Oamaru were —Messrs C. F. Corrigan (Captain), L Fenwick, C. Fenwick, F. Fenwick, F. Holdeworth,%. Yeung, Anderson. 0 Meagher, J. Fnlton, Holmes, Lynch, Smith, Maoann, and Wade. The goals were fixed nearly due north and south, that at the south end being marked by red Hags, and that at the north by green. The Captain of the Oamaru team (the toes having been won by Oamaru) kicked off. After thirty minutes play the Otago men won the fir*t goal, Mr J. C. Thomson kicking in. Time being called by the umpires play again commenced by changing goals at 2,30 &ra., Dunedin being again successful, Mr G. . Thomson giving the ball the coup de grace. The next, which was the goal of the day (as both parties appeared to have settled to their work, and to have agreed as to the rales of their play) came to a close at about a quarter past throe, after a. game struggle, the Dunedin men showing very pretty play, Park taking up the running with the ball, and Andewon, on his (Park) being overtaken by one of the Oamaru team, relieving him of the ball, and carrying it close to the goal, where, being challenged by one of the Oamaru team, he passed the hall over to J. C. Thomson, who quietly kicked it home, thus scoring three for Dunedin. again changed sides, Oamaru kicked the contest for home, standing about fifteen minutes, when the captain of the Dunedin team, carrying the ball more than fifty yards in his arms, quietly dropped the ball before tbe goal, and parsed it through. This finished the game so far as tbe rules of the play went, and to all practical purposes the event was decided in favor of Dunedin. Subsequently, honvevcr, at the request of the Oamaru Club, two goals were played without handling the ball, both resulting in favor of Dunedin ; but this style of play was rather in favor of the Oamaru team, who were superior in physique, though deficient in science. Dunedin scored six goals, Oamaru none; bnt the last two were much more closely contested than the previous four. The Oamaru team has been defeated this time, we think solely for want of practice and organisation, and if they turn the c-x----perience of the contest to good account by giving diligent attention to the practice of the came, they may at next contest turn defeat into victory. Major Atkinson acted as umpire on behalf of Dunedin, and Mr W. Gardiner on behalf of Oamarn, and the game was watched with great interest by fully 300 spectators. —North Otago Times.