Football.

Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 27, 7 August 1883, Page 2

Football.

[B*. ScBIMMAGB.] The Representative" Oroua team met • on the Pal MM* ton' ground on Saturday to do battle against .all" comers. Their rauks were, ho never, short; by four men, whose places vrere filled .by boys. .In spile of this, and the fact that their opponents were.over 20 in number.-they^proved victorious by a goal and a . try to one try. It is quite. unnecessary to pasrs^-any re- • marks on the piny '_pf-the?teamTon.'Satur-day, with the exception of the facj that thfyalldid their best in their several places. ' The followingVhaVe.been finally selected to do battle against Wanganui -• = on Saturday m'xt:--Back :. Thomson ; half bucks: AY Smith and Roe 1 ; quarter* backs : Baker and Alabaster ; forwards : Dawson, Riddiford, Hounslow, MofSt, Stallard, Snow, Clarke, Taunt, Jo-es and Wheeler: 1 In^'ThomsonVwe hare a really j.rand back, his drop kicking being equal to anjthing on ..the coast, whilst he is always sure in picking the ball np, and if he once gets away; is apt to* distance the whole of his opponents if not very actively pursued. v Smi(h and Roe are both. : very active 1 in their positions "though" I- am very sorry to see that Smith is not playing with his old form this.seasoa, Baker is a very "Fast runner and a capital place kick. Alabaster js one of the cleverest quarter backs I hove ever seen, his punting being f always ,certain,*even with an opponent on. his back. .- Dawson, Moffat; Riddiford. Hounslow and Wheeler are all really strong and heavy forwards, and are always found in their ' Siallard frequently displays some capital dribbling whilst Snow' is' all 'iKe're on the wing, being a capital hand at passing. Clarke, Jones and Taunt are; really^ca'pital,'forwards, playing with great steadiness and being always on the leather., -Altogether we have decidedly a si rong team, and one which ought to do itself justice on Saturday. Wan»anui,hri» always been repre- • sented by a very hot fifteen, but rumour says that this season'they are by no means up to their old murk, many of thoir best men having sough t' : "fresh" 'fields ■'and pastures new." However this may be, I think we may anticipate" a.Tdrjfintoresting game on the 11th. The following are the names of the Wanganui players : — Alexander, Aliison, Craig (2), Hackett, Gray, Lomax, Locke] t^TurnVr^SjeJwart, Morse, Blyth, Kitchen, Copeland, Townsend, Coakley, Powell, and Smith. , -