Football News.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 330, 4 June 1894, Page 2

Football News.

MARTON v. FEILDING. This match was played on th& Oval od Saturday afternoon, and resulted in a win for the local team by 11 points (two tries and a goal) to ni1. ... Feilding kicked - off, and the Marton forwards, headed by Johnston, got up by a rush to Feilding's twenty-fives. Giesen and Richards car- ; ried the ball to Marton territory, bufc Wilson returned it through a long.kick. . The ball, however, was yery soon spinning through the air to Marton,'s.twentyfives from a kick by Richard's, who, with W. Watts, followed Jjp fast and prevented Ward from taking a kick. Richards smartly stopped the ball going in touch, and Matravers, picking it up, crossed the coveted line, scoring a try - for F.silding. Matravers took the kick at goal, but failed to increase the," score. After about ten minutes' uninteresting ■ play, Oldham took the ball when in Marion's twenty -fives and rushed V through his opponents, closely followed by Watts, to whom he gave the ball, and \: the latter scored a : try. « This was the . . most unselfish play witnessed on the ground, as Oldham had only one man to pass and a few yards further to and he would, barring, accidents, have scored himself. Richards failed to increase the score from his kick at goal. For some ' minutes the play was in mid field, and: was somewhat slow, until Marton were awarded a free kick. Iveson made a splendid, though unsuccessful, attempt to place the ball over the bar with a drop-luck, and was applauded by the spectators. Iveson was again conspicuous for Marton, this time at the heaa of a rush wliicli Richards stopped and a free kick relieved Feilding for a while, bntG. ' Shannon's clever punting kept the local men busy. Play towards the end of the first spell became a little faster, Watts, Strachan, A. Parr, Robinson, and Richards, passing and running) and JR. Parr kicking well on the Feildmg side, and Cameron and Ross making serviceable runs for the visitors. G. Shannon was putting on pace towards the Feilding line when Aitken brought him down, ani for an infringement of the'rules was awarded a free kick. Iveawi had another shot at goal from atout? half - way, and, fortunately for Feilding, again missed although the ball very nearly went over the bar, the Spectators consoling ' ' Ivy " with the remark .that it was " hard luck." At half-time play was in midfield. On changing sides the game was more interesting thap the first spell, the leather being carried' and kicked about all over the field. Rockel gained some ground for the visitors, and Watts iook a pass from Aitken and neutralised the advantage by a run to the visitors' twenty-fives, where Ross, stopped him. Robinson picked up the leather and after a good run passed to Richards, who was stopped by Wilson a few yards from the visitors' goal line, and the ball went into touch. Cameron relieved his side by a short ran sand kick, which was " .marked." Strachan was entrusted with the kick and 1 the ball struck the bar, rebounding into the field, and Bethwaite saved his aide by a kick to touch. The Feilding backs were now very lively, kicking and passing well, while Cameron, Hathaway, Q. Shannon and Johnston materially assisted in preventing a score. A. Parr started a beautiful piece of passing, between himself, Robinson, Strachan, Watts and Richards, who was stopped by G. Shannon the ball going in touch. On the ball being thrown in, Oldham neatly stopped G. Shannon in front of the visitors goal, but their forwards, removed danger from that direction onlr to let Watts get possession of the ball, which he transferred to Richards who' crossed - the goal line, and in tryin&to get near, the goalposts ran behind the dead'ball tine, thus losing a well deserved score. J^obs, Ward and Cameron were" prominent in defending their goal line, but A. Parr started another passing rush which wa* too much for the visitors. The ball going from Parr to Strachan, Watts, Robinson and Richards, who scored a try. Although the ki?k was a lon» one Moore beautifully placed the leather over the bar. Iveaon kicked off from the centre," but the"&all was brought back as one of the visitors was off side and a scrum was formed. Watts and Aitken were at the head of affairs when one of them koocked-oh in trying to pick the ball up and a scimn was formed in Marion's twenty*fiye. -Tor a breach of the rules Feilding were awarded a free kick, but Moore tailed to place a goal and Marton were; forced down. From the kick out Johnston made a good run to A. Parr, and from here Cameron, Iveson and W. Shannon took play to the Feilding twenty-fiver -but Martini, Aitken and Sanson dribbled the ball to Marlon's twenty -five agajn and Cameron relieved his side by a kick along the touch-line. Matravers getting the ball passed to Watts who passed to Robinson, but the two Shannons were equal to the occasion and stopped the rush and the ball going in touch from a kick by G. Shannon time was called. The game was contested in a very friendly Bpirit and although Feilding won it was fairly even. Mr Elliot, of Palmeroton, acted as reteree and Messrs Sutherland and Brougbton as toucb>line umpires^