Football.

Manawatu Herald, 21 July 1904, Page 3

Football.

v >-> •••” • *—: The first Quitch, between teams in tb*.recently formedUmonj will take place on th« racecourse on.Satur- ? day, when Awahou end Kiwi meet; Beth' teams are expected to put 'y strong teams in the field, so an , exciting game can confidently be looked forward to. The game will commence at 3 o’clock sharp, The following will represent Awahou ;—Full-back, A. Shadbolt j f, J, Louisson, G. Lees, F. Robinson ; li. Furrie; half, J, Prestlibg; ; wings, J. Joe, Wv Robinson; forwards, Jeffreys, Jillit; Lee, J, Coley, S. Wright, Charles, and Brown. .Emergs.—Backs: A, Cook, W. Coley, F. Whibley; forwards IP. Cassidy, B. Dunn, W. Liddell. The Kiwi team will be picked' from the following :—Childs, Herbert, J. and G. Dunn, Donovan, t , Paka, Whyte, Newth, Hooker, Kentlj. nedy, Hattan, McKenzie, Desmond, Broad, Curtis, F. Wright, Bidlake, Wilson, Hannan, Corkevy.

Here is an extract from Christchurch Truth on the British term of footballers As the Emlisb football team appears to be a hor-hcaded mixture of excitable Welshmen, fiery Scots, whirooing Irishmen, and irascible Englishmen, who walk off ■ the field in a body when the referee orders one of their.men out for bad language, and then proceed to assert that that ollicial is various sorts of unspeakable things ; and as New Zealand possesses the most famous Hooligan band that ever carried death and destruction in its wake, and can find fifteen good men any time who may be relied on to massacre one referee, three touch-line judges, seven opponents, and as many of the crowd us get within range, there is going to be ii fine display of football when the Britishers arrive in this colony. Several undertakers are understood to be already extending their premises in anticipation of a rush of business, and the medical profession is grind- ' ing up its cutlery. Unless the New Zealand Rugby Union realises its responsibilities, and lets it be clearly . ■ ‘ pliy hews. ,sp much. about r * ■ disqaali* ; for iife, there is going,to be. ‘ . trouble when the jiqgiißhtfM arrive.', • ‘ men, anti i» they bump into a team ot Manrilanders something Sultry ie sire to happen.” 1 i •