Football News

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 9, 11 July 1893, Page 2

Football News

Great surprise is expressed at the downfall of the New Zealanders on Saturday, but everyone will admit that it is too muoh tor any team to play five matches in ten days. The Post states that the collapse of the team is partially attributed to the severe knocking about the men rereceived at Paramatta the day they landed. It quotes a private letter showing they were very roughly handled, and it believes they have never properly recovered from it. Herrold, in particular, has never been able to play since. The Marton papers state that the Marton Seniors kicked off on their ground on Saturday last, and scored a try, thus claiming the third match. Seeing tbat the Manawatu Union has already adjudicated upon tbe misapprehension in question, which arose through the laches displayed by the Marton men, wo fail to see how the latter can claim the match. The following will represent the Feilding Juniors in their match against the Pirates, which takes place on the Oval next Saturday :—Fullback, Mines; three-quarters, Bailey, Robinson, Richards; halves, Watts, Fowler, Parr ; forwards, Whisker (3), Oldham, Aitken, Keen, Pickering, and Wakelin. The following will play for the Unionists in their match against the Palmerston Albions to-morrow afternoon on Messrs Gorton and Bon's paddock :— Dowdall, Cleary, Long, McFarlane, Feck, Dais, Walton, Morris, Martin, Bilderbeck, Bellve, Boyd, Gosling, Tuohy, Hamilton. Emergencies, A. Bray ahd J. Smith. The Red Stars will play the Bulls 11. , at Bulls, the brake loaving. the Square at 1.15 sharp. The Red Stars will be represented by Swance, James, A. and F. Foster, Parr, Smith, Brinkman, Rosaman, Evans, Parkes, Lowe, Mines, Hurdle, J. Smith, and Beechey. The Secretary of the New Zealand Rugby Union has cabled instructing the team now in Australia not to arrange any matches for this week, so that the men may be able to rest until Saturday, when they play Queensland. He also asked the team to endeavour to arrange a return matoh against New South Wales on the day they leave for New Zealand, which will be the 26th or 27th inst.

(per press association.) Sydney, This Dayt Mr Geo. Campbell, manager of the N.Z. Rugby Union Team, has received a cable from the Union asking him to endeavor to arrange another match with New South Wales. In the course of an interview with the Daily Telegraph reporter, Mr Campbell said it was impossible to do this pending ihe result of the Queensland trip.