Football Notes

Feilding Star, 29 June 1893, Page 2

Football Notes

BED STARS V. PALMERSTON HALF HOLIDAY CLUB. The above match took place on the Oral yesterday afternoon.' and resulted in a win for the local team by 9 points to 2. Owing to the late arrival of the visitors, play did not commence until soon showed up to advantage and proved too good for the^ro£pon<jsts in \flfe}ffor!o / ward department, wood runs werelnade by Turner, W. Smith, and Jqmea m down three times. .^Rosam^d it 'length managed to cross the line, and /James took the kick which failedLtoincroase the score. Soon after the kick of, James, made another good run. but> Palmenton * t« t&a (HCf BU^WW -Jfcv* passing. The ball was again worked into : ; tha visitors' quarters and f ram a, line out near their goal line Fv^F/oste* took the ball very smartly and Bcored an easy try, which Smith coaVettefl into a giklL HM time was called, with the score. .7 points - to nil. in tfator of the lw*rmen.™lmW ' mediately after the kick off, Palraerston played up capitally and ?fcad the J i best of the game |or some iipnutes, bm} the Red, ,-,. Stars defence wag too good.'arid the v»f. " < tors were unable "Ito i .scbrfe.J I SChe locals i then woke up, and the game improved considerably, tf rst^be and ffiert the' other ;'- --mde havin? a slight adrantafi*. the Stars, ultimately beifigioreeo! \dbW WW^r* « take play was alilUhe order* 4 of ! the- day, until from a smart rush Turner obtained a try for the Eed Stars; Smith tmkfthri a A kick which thoughyan easy, ,one, *ra»;Un-.,i i: successful., Just before the, oall^jto^^ the visitors rushed the ball down the ,_ ground when from a^scrum clbM^af the Home goal line, ' on ihe balT coming through, Ejres managed to touch d6wu, ' fpr the visitors, after.* maul ; wJth, ]Parr. Eyres took the kick which oosßfal. The whietle 1 then eoubdod, md the game resulted «s above. James played the beat game dn ( the ground, the " other members' cftl^ 'homo 'team "who showed to adwutsKe-'being SwStbi'rFvjf.'^ Foster, Tnrner,b B. ißoaamao, i{l Parkes, Beepber, and Hurdle^V^pi; losers. Bailey,, Georg<« t WMhart JjPuMer, ? \ Pine, and Frankel sho^e^h^eJiestJorm. :i Mr Fowler was MfereV,ana J tile nmfeires l were Messrs j; Keen abd OgilVie. After ' the match the vi^iferW weret riegaled^ with -ir:> a tea at the BmptroHotul, wkich. am^a v juaiice was done, A emofco oanbert: fpl- ■■■•■, lowed, and tho Palmerstoniang left on ' their'return journey, between «9. rand. ,10 ' ,* o'clock, highly Phased wittf'tb^r r say-s ' outing and the handsome manner in wb>ch they^were'ebfceftaiheß.r'M^.-i ) !-..l :i -