Football.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1472, 5 October 1885, Page 2

Football.

I "' "' "(Post.)' '"""' ■ *■ Many of the Wellington footballers are very indignant ; at . the remarks made which appeared m the Wangahiii Herald a-t'ew days, -ago, relative to the recent ,yisjit,fif the . Manaw.afu fpotbalVteahi * to this city. The paragraph Uii /qiiejifci6n was- to "the effect' that the Wellington men do not' seem iriclineflto^ expend to .thwir visitors the . courtesies, j ;custpjnary among; athletic, .teams, and .allowed the Manawatn team to raii rotiuff'- and 3 arrango- matches, 'the 'best way' '^hey, coma. Tlfe 'fact of/the matter !li isr' that tlie^arransrements 1 ; in connection withT^ the' visit were bungled' -from' l begin: riing- "to iend. " »The • Wellington :Xlnion;>vere not desirous of , arranging a uiatch with a team .from , th.e..Manawatu district so late m -the season, fint as several playets m that "district Vere very aniioiis tD nieeira'city ? fifteeeh' it was decided to -sec what could be dobe m that direction. A good deal -of difßhulty was : experiedced m: getting together a team from the Manawatvi, and. , the visit . was postponed so. long, that the Wellington footballers were under. therimpressiqn that it htid been abahdoiiedi *' Some surprise was expressed when it- Avas found that, a 'team . ,arrivpd. [The Union, Jr did their best to arrange a t match, and* affer a deal of trouble, ihahydf the local footballers having had more . than enough, of: tlid game this' season', a ; tealu* l was rg6t-i6-gether. The same remark applies to the matcli with the Athletic Club. Most of the iWlellingtoA -f ootbal^erf Tooimde^that the ManawaCu men have thouaserves to blame for the unsatisfactory character of their visit. ,' ;