FOOTBALL.
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There was a very fair muster yesterday, and among the number I was pleased to see several fresh players. A scratch game was played,—sides being chosen by the Captain and Deputy Captain—the result being a favourable improvement on the previous Thursday’s play ; several members giving good promise. Wild kicking and ‘ hand balling’—faults that appear to come natural to ‘ new chums’—were not as noticeable as on the former occasion. This, evidently, proves that those who are new to the game have entered into it with the proper spirit, and have profited thereby. But, I contend, scratch matches are not the better means of instructing novices; forming scrums, dribling, and passing, are features of the game that require constant practice, and until such practice is indulged in it cannot, reasonably, be expected that any degree of proficiency can be attained. Two Kaikoura lads, Masters W. McAra and H. Smart, scholars of the Wellington College and Boys’ High School, Christchurch, respectively, who are home for their quarterly holidays, are good examples of the excellent training received by pupils of such institutions in athletics especially, football.
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Kaikoura Star, Volume XIV, Issue 737, 11 May 1894, Page 6
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185FOOTBALL. Kaikoura Star, Volume XIV, Issue 737, 11 May 1894, Page 6
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