Football Notes

Southern Cross, Volume 2, Issue 26, 22 September 1894, Page 12

Football Notes

PIRATES Y. KAIKORAI. A day of summer-like warmth and sunshine greeted the players in this match, thus affording a complete contrast to that of the previous week. The Kaikorai team arrived on Tuesday evening, were billeted at Deschler’s Hotel, and were thence driven to the ground on Wednesday afternoon, where some 2000 spectators, including many ladies, were present. The anticipations which were freely expressed that with a dry day and dry ball a brilliant exhibition might be looked for, were hardly realized, and the game was marred by very frequent infringements. The Kaikorai team appeared to be a very business-like lot, with very clear ideas of what was necessary to be done at every stage of the game. The Pirates forward team were quite a match for their opponents, but the backs were hardly up to concert pitch. The local men adopted the questionable policy of altering their game to match the visitors half-backs, but in the second spell reverted to their old wing forward game, and therefrom did better. The play does not call for much comment, the local team being overshadowed by the excellence of the opposing backs all through, and nothing but a stubborn defence prevented an increased score. Rodgers was awarded a penalty kick right in front of the posts, but by electing to take a drop kick committed a grave error of judgment. The Kaikorai, from a far more difficult position, successfully kicked a gaol. The tries for Kaikorai were obtained by H. Davie, Armit and Sinclair, in the first spell, and Armit and Duncan in the second. Kerr also kicked a penalty goal, making the score 18 points to nil. For [the winners, Duncan, Armit and Davis played an excellently combined back game, and McLaren, Bain, and Wingfield were prominent forward. For the Pirates, Rodgers, Tapper, W. Mcßobie and Wills played excellently, the two latter distinguishing themselves particularly. Forward, N. Mcßobie, Lock, Farquharson, and the two wing forwards, McKay and Smith were very much in evidence, and no doubt kept the score within reasonable limits. Mr R. Galbraith was referee, and Messrs Taylor and Cuff line umpires. In the evening the visitors were entertained at dinner in Deschler’s hotel.

The following team to represent Southland in the return interprovincial match at Dunedin on Saturday, left by Friday’s express in charge of Mr P. Oldham as manager :—Oockroft,“Hawthorne, Donaldson, Hurst ;

Tapper, Cuff, N. Mcßobie, Farquharson, Lock, E. McKay, Jenkins, Mulloy, Bullman, Murphy, and Hughes. The team is considered to be if anything superior to that which played in the first match and will no doubt render a good account of itself on Saturday.