Football

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 138, 15 May 1890, Page 3

Football

The match on Saturday last, Ist fifteen and all ooinecs, resulted in, yie . *ory for the former by 7 points to nil. The latter put 28 men in the field but; ♦y«n with this for ce were unable to hold I their own. Good passing by the fifteen] and a total abaenee of disputes and unnecessary talk were features of the game. I was pleased to we. Joe Henry in waV puint once more and I hope now tV.afc he has started playing be will roll op to prac- ; lice regularly, and get himself fit /qr, the; coming matches. Ait a half back, in my opinion he is one of the best pn the .coast and if he decides id play the team will be materially strengthened byhis pervices. , i On Queen's birthday a combined team from Martoii and Turakina play here,- and on the 4th June, the Mastorton Club try JWWlUsions. The latter are sending no ]«ag than 26 men, so it seems 'as . if they 'are daifrmined to win "back their lost Honors. ,4b view of these matches, as also., the Gup /tfektebet, I would ?iini)re«^\(fnppn' every lindtvidual rep'r6sehiattve the absolute neceasity of getting i hun^eltnf good fettle. Men are apt (especially after? recent sue--opum) to run away with the idea that they are good enough to meet any team, andneVertake any trouble to, train, Ac., and only find' out weir' mistak: after their colon are lowered, r , -*„; Next Saturday every* member of the first fifteen is specially requested to be on the ground) as the selection for the coming matches will take place after the game. . "•. • ,-. ..-■• v / . : ■ 7

An ofF-rpiaich between the Paimerstoß and Feildiog football Jfeaniß will take place at Palmerßton on Saturday afternoon, The match will give a fair indication at to which club wiU be the winner of -Mi Haybiiiile's cup this season-T^M^nawajtu