Football.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 55, 3 August 1885, Page 2

Football.

OEOUA v. WANGANUI.

[Communicated.] : ; Tn'is match was played at Wanganti on Saturday^; Thg Jball'^as-senti- rbllin» " shortly a;fter.2 r o t clqc^'bs: the Oroua menV andit was almost immediately forced down m the Wanganui goal line, ' For some time after .this the game wag? a. succession of rushes fcoia v one end of the field to the other, arid 'Ofoua -were forced dq\?n. A few. minutes later by some good up Wati^anui their first ky, a goal did not Result aVthe well kicked ball. The Oroua.then took the' ' hall clean . through their opponents, Thompson- getting away dribbling the ball m front, andit seemed a certain try for Qr r oua, hut Thompson at the last "moment could not pick, up thevball, he slipped on it and 'it was forced down. JSalf time : was shortly afterwards called and the •scoresstanding, Wanganui 2, Oroua nil. For the first .half of- the second spell the game was! very even. Oroua generally getting" the ball through m the c scrimmages, and the Wanganiii backs by good passing taking it back toward the Qroua] ;goal. y^Tanganui nowmadea grand efe •fptt and by some clever passing enabled '- Copeland togec through with tlie ball.and a '■ goal, -resulted,^^Wanganui 7, Oroua nil. :Oh the baU being ta.keh into the" field, Oroua : made another effprt.^Templar getting well through 6'ut slipping passed' to Thompson who was eventually collared by their full-b.ack.; During the last ten minutes the play was within the War& ganiii 15, and we regret that owing to ah-error of the umpire the ball was called back at the very moment when by'sorae judicious passing.Thompson had a dean run, .being only ten yards from the goal with only one man to tackle, time waa called almost immediately after this, the victqry reinaining with by 7 points to nil. : The rain ' was falling all '• the time making the ball difficultto fold and the ground rather slippery. ■;■ Oroua played a dribbling forward game, and I Wansanui a passing o^lo. The return match will be played here on the 22nd inst, -when we look forward to turnihff the tables on the Waßgahuites - 6