Football.

Manawatu Herald, 27 August 1904, Page 3

Football.

The following players will represent their respective Clubs on Wednesday next:—

Wanderers. —Full-back, F. Walls ; f, J. Walker, B. Wilson, Andresen; five-eighth, G. Coley; half, L. Alzdorf; wings, W. Walker, E. Saville; forwards, J. Coley, Hickson, Broad, Huse, McDonald, Williams, Downy. Emergs.—Easton, Evans, Currie, R. Hendersen, Chamberlain, E. Walker. The above team are requested to roll up for practice. Old Boys.— Full-back, A. Overend ; f, J. Dunn, W. Cook, C. Edwards; five-eighths, G. Dnnn, A. Shadbolt; half, K. Fnrrie; wing, C. Cummerfield ; forwards, E. Spelman, A. Cook, J. Webb, F. Whihley, P; Jenks, C. Wanklyn, B. Spelman. Emergs.— Imrie, Wright, Honore, Rand,

Apropos of aggressive play in Rugby football they tell a story about a Cumberland team that came down to play Cambridge on one occasion. Cumberlands had the reputation of not being a “ Begging your pardon sort of team.” However, the game with the Cantabs was a great success and at the dinner following the_ Cumberland skipper started unburdening himself to one ot the Cambridge vice-presidents thusly ;—“I was ’alf afeared when we coom down that things would not be very nice, I thowt as how we’d have a lot o’ parsons, professors, and such like to play against, and aw did not know how to take ’em, but soon after we started aw got a hold of one of your men, and when he said, ‘ Look here 1 What the ■ are you crtching hold of me for well, 1 was pleased, 'i on can see it sorter put me easy, and 1 could see then that everything would go off all right.”