Manawatu Championships.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8199, 28 May 1906, Page 6

Manawatu Championships.

Senior Competitions, ■ .[By 3?aw Try.)* Encourage*} by iim p«wyeel« of wii* costing-good game#, et|>e<j(«lly in mt eenior fixture, & large uumbor—lbo largei* pro*entat any uiatehthi* season. Bbow< contest* fortt*e iwmicr&ndjunior chainpiombiw ofM&aowatu between KlaToa audi Institute and Pahx»er*»ton II and Feildiug 11. Tb» weather conditions, with the exception of a atiff. bleak westerly wind which prevailed, were all that could bo desired, while the t«rf was ia first-claim order And in cvorr way suitable for fast play. Of course the senior fixture commanded the greatest amount of interest from the " sports," but it was regrettable that the game. Which, without exaggeration in the least, promised to have been the most exciting and closelv- . contested recorded this season, should have her a robbed, as it undoubtedly was, of interest by that ever-prevalent and undesirable—nay, indescribably intolerable, element—incompetent refereeing. To say it was an " awful attempt" is to put it very mildly, and suffice it to .say her<{ that tho gentleman's decisions from beginning to end caused one continuous succession of derision and dissatisfaction from both spectators and players, tho Utter particularly. The progress of the junior match on Ho. 2 ground was w-atehed with interest by a good crowd of supporters of tho rival teams. It proved, as ii developed, % willing fight for supremacy, and as an illustration of the tough mannor the game was fought, it is worthy of note that no less than seven 41 knock oula " occurrcd during the hour and a-half's play. The Old Boya' seniors juuruoyed to Feilding, where a good game was witnessed by a numerous and representative attendance of spectators. Old Boys' 111. met Feilding 111., at Feilding, Kai Toa If. met Old Boys' IT., and Kia Toa 111. met ralnaeraton 111., both the latter matches taking place on the Sportsground.