Football Notes.

Southern Cross, Volume 2, Issue 19, 4 August 1894, Page 5

Football Notes.

[By Poster.]

STAR v. PIRATES

The championship of Southland for 1894 was decided on Wednesday, when the' Stars again “ got home. The Pimtes and Star had each won match, and so interest taken in the game was very great. The Stars (B. Bain, capt..), owing to Cuff and D. Mcßobie being unable ■to play, had to take Kingsland and Stone from the Seconds. The Pirates (H. Rodgers, capt.), had all their first men (barring McKay, in whose ; absence Bennie was taken from the. Seconds) playing. The day could not have been more suitable, but the ground was in a very soft state, consequent on the late rains. Shortly after the start from a scrumnear the hne, Jenkins scored for the Stars, but the try was disallowed. A ■scrum waS formed, and Jenkins, by a neat little run, again dropped over the line amidst deafening cheers from the Blue and White supporters. Knuckey’s kick at goal was a ■miserable attempt, owing to the heavy and greasy state of the ball. Prom this out no further score was made, the Stars winning by three points to nil. From first to last the game was a series of dribbling rushes andj.scrums. This is the fourth year the Stars have carried off the premieEkbip. The Pirates had. slightly .the worst of the game, but played splendidly, and although beaten' they may-“con-gratulate themselves on the position ibhey hold. 1 Jenkins played the best game on the field, being continually on the ball. On one occasion he might have improved matters hy passing. The Pirates had iri XV Mcßobie a very fast and hard-working wing forward. The backs of both- sides had very little to do—the game being purely a forward one. Anthony, Farquharson, and Lock and Innes in the scrums proved themselves honest grafters on the Pirates behalf. “ General ” Donaldson was always about when wanted, his kicking and collaring being very good. G. Ramsay followed up well all through the game, and was instrumental in starting several fine rushes. His collaring was Al, Tapper and W. Mcßobie as halves were very smart, and both passed and kicked beautifully. Hawthorne made a‘few short runs, and brought down his man every time. Manson put in some good kicks —he always does. - - Cockroft gave an exhibition of his old form at full-back. Hamilton played a rattling game. Smith’s collaring was very good. Although not showy players; Hughes, Murphy, Lee, Kane, Stone, and J. Ramsay did excellent work in the scrums. Rallinshaw and Wills made the most of the opportunities they had. Rogers had no show to “ pot.” “ Carbine ” showed that he had a bit of pace. Purdue is a very useful man on the line out, and the same may he said of Lennie. Wattie Mcßobie had the misfortune to get his leg strained just before the call of time. Knuckey had very little to do. There was a large number of spectators present —close on 1500. The selection of a referee did not prove an easy matter. There were three candidates for the honour (?). Mr Chas. Ward was finally chosen, and gave universal satisfaction. He had one fault—-just a little too slow. Mr R. Galbraith was unfortunately laid aside with influenza. The barracking and crowding inside the fence of the youngsters, was annoying. Messrs J. E. Taylor and D. Mcßobie officiated as line umpires.

i The match Britannia .v. Pirates A resulted in a draw, neither side scoring. | The Star seconds defeated the Pirates B ,by 21 points to nil, thus Carrying off the junior championship.