Football News.

Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 68, 17 September 1896, Page 2

Football News.

Q A junior representative match was played on the Oval yesterday between Wacganui and Manawatu and resulted in a win for the former by six points (a try and a penalty goal) to ail. The Palmers ton contingent, aa usual, were late in putting in an appearance, and were two men short whose places were filled by Aitken and Parkes. The match was uninteristing from a spectators point of view the play being chiefly confined to the forward division, Wanganoi winning by their superior combination and not. by any brilliant individual play. Manawata lacked combination, but the members of the team, individually, were far superior to their opponents, and had they practised together would have put a different aspect on the game. The passing of the visitors was at times very good, and the try scored in the first spell was the result of some smart work in that direction, and in the second spell Bullock and Tingey carried the ball within a few yarda of the Manawatu goal-line by some brilliant passing, and were within an ace of scoring when they were stopped by McMurray. For the visitors all played well, bat Tingey deserves a special word of praise, his dodgy running, passing, and clean taking of the greasy ball being very good. Wanganui lost nothing for the want of appealing, and one of the players had to be cautioned by the referee, Mr Mitchell, who, it is only fair to state, \a acknowledged to be one of the best and most impartial referees on the coast, and fully sustained his reputation on this occasion. Amongst the Manawatu forwards Wingate, Rosornan, Morris, and Smith were the most prominent, and in the back division Harper, of Kongotea, was very conspicuous, playing a dashing and sure game, Parses and Costall also rendering yeoman's service to their side. Messrs Swan and Palme* were the line-umpires, and would have been able to discharge their duties more effectively had spectators been kept outside the fence,