FOOTBALL.

Mataura Ensign, Volume 7, Issue 365, 13 June 1884, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

[By Long Drop.]

Eleven players aside put in an appear* nnne on Saturday , to take part in tke ,!:•'. ■<rr > in<Toil by the committee, the ..•an. » being captained "by Symes and Ambrose. <On paper the former skipper looked afj if he would liav.e things all his own "way," but the' result showed how evenly the teams wore matched, no score, being recorded .on either side. The captain's forwards pressed their opponents hard, Symes,, . Haines, , Hunter and young'- Wallis being 7 conspicuous, 'but the excellent collaring of Ambrose and F. Wallis ■frustrated their efforts to scoreBehind the scrimmage Donne showed .up well, r fending -to advantage; and F. Sayers, by always' being in the "thick of it," showed that a forward game is more in his element than a back game. Macphersmr had any amount to do as three-quarter-back, and did it well. For the other side the . prominent forwards were A. Sayers, McLepd, ,P,un, . Sjnith, and Boranlan ; the last named should attend practice more regularly, as ho only needs that to gain a' place in the team. Labatt was very active, and did a lot of useful work. F. Wallis and Ambrose weife never idle, and tke'lss&n£ifted's" collaring was better than ever. I wish the players would take a lesson from " Tommy " in the tackling depar tmejift,. ■' Altogether the game was, a very good one, several of tho new players doing excellent service. - Jp is to Ibe regretted, however, that so many of the players are troubled with a mania for talking and disputing ; until this sort of thing is put a stop to the game of football will not make the progress ii should do in Gore, as half the time is lost in disputing and contradicting. Perhaps it would be better if, in future, the captain arid deputy-captain were on opposite sides/ it might have the desired effect of keeping the men in check. The usual scratch match takes place .tormorrpw, wljenit is hqped /that /players will put in an appearance punctually. It is expected the return match with the Pirates will take place very soon.