FOOTBALL.

Evening Star, Issue 4231, 18 September 1876, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

UNION CLUB V. BALCLUTHA CLUB.

A match between these two clubs was played at Balclutha, according to the Association rules, on Saturday afternoon, and resulted in an easy victcry for the visitors. Play was commenced about 1.30 p m., during a heavy shower of rain, but after half an hour's play the rain ceased, and the"weather proved beautifully fine during the latter part of the game. The game was playedin a large field close to the rifle-range, and so f sloppy was the ground that anything like wd play could not possibly be looked for.he Dunedin team consisted of twenty men, but as the Balclutha Club could only muster eighteen players, to equalise the sides it was decided that Lees (Union Club) should do duty for Balclutha. The players were :-

Balclutha.—Messrs Stevens, Barnes, Barr, Cowie (captain). Stanbrook, M'Xay, Frier, Mason, M'Neil. Hendry, Louden, Kiluour, Davis, Algie, Latimer! Baxter, Edgar, Lees (Union Club), and Campbell. UnionTeam—Messrs Grant, Teßeder, Monteith, Israel, Weston. Nicol, LitHe, Cowie J. (captain), M'Kumon Barber, Cowie, Logan, Gibb, Cargill W„ Yuille, and Cbapman.

The ulutha captain won the tosa, and decided to kick with the wind, M'Kay kicking off. The ball soon found its way down to the Balclutha oval, and was kept close to the goal, but the gaol was well defended, and during the first part of the game no score was made. At half-time a change of goal was made, Dunedin now kicking with the wind. First blood was scored for Dunedin shortly afterwards by M'Kinnon, who kicked a goal. Cowie and A. Cargill shortly afterwards fol-

loured suit, and when time Dun- , edin had scored three goals to none by their opponents. Balclutha possesses some good lucks Daviß and*M.'Eay .particularly distinguishing themselvesj but a warifc of organisation on the part of the team told, sadly against them. Messrs F. Smith' (Dunedin Club) and A. Kilgour (Bulclutha) were the umpires. The visitors "complain that on arrival at Balclutha there was.jhb one to meet them, and that they were .left to find oat the ground, which is situated/at the back of the towiislup, as h&»t they could. The team returnedto Dunedin by the nine o'clock train. ...- ■"