ENGLISH FOOTBALLERS. A MATCH WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COLONY PROPOSED. Christchurch, May 11.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 264, 16 May 1888, Page 5

ENGLISH FOOTBALLERS. A MATCH WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COLONY PROPOSED. Christchurch, May 11.

In commenting on the i-csult of the football match placed hoi o on between thcKnglis-hinen andCantorbury,the " Star" rot ens Lo t lie \ei y moat populaiity of football in the colony, and tho eagerness, with which the results ot these matches aie looked foi by everybody "It is clcai," says the paper, "I hat tiie ICnrrbsh team is just, ;i little too stmn^ loi <hi i •-, as it was foi the Huiiedm lop-. It is , not so much in .sheer strength ami skill that tho advantage lies, as in their olovernoss In siioit, it seems e\ ident that w hilo they will piobably piove .1 hauler nut than any single individual piouncml tram will be able to er.iek, they aie by no means beyond (he c.dibre ot a combined 15 horn all New Zealand, e\en ii the) should pro\ c its equal. This position bcinjj, asw< t.dve it, well established, it .-eenis liino to a little lvi (her Lilly white and Sinew slnu v s men should certainly be matched au-un.st a lepiesental n ( team before then aniipoilean torn Uosc--. his ivue thai al pu-ciiL theie -c 'in lo lie certain (lithculties in the way, bui with a little amusement and diplomacy the\ should \anish. The New Zealand Ixii^by l T uions aie s O lhoi'>u«.rhly oi-^anis.ul now, and the difleient pioxineial teams iVY m> well ae(|uamted with each othei, that Ihe maehinei > -hould mo\e easily it once vot in motion. Tln > Auekandei I-piopo-e a toni ot tin- lohmv on then own account , but it would Ik wist to }>o-t pone it till next >c.n, it. by -o dmnij:, in- n could besp.ued iiom business (o pla^ in a lepiesenlalne team, when the ICn^li-luncn ictui nin Auuu-t. The match could taki> place a». \\ cllmmon. sln most ((.nti.il po-i 'ion, ,iiul oik to In lcii 'il(1 ino-l casil \ l-\ all but a lew , -<> thai t h< expense would m>t he so^ieat \'_'aui. il man\ men Acic imt available, t In Welluutonclub-. im-li! b' I 1I 1 ii-ied to pi i, v vii t Ih'lii,l|i>i u\ , toi t in. \ ha\t .übniltedh at pie-ciil onv ot tin 1 fastest md he-t s(>ts o! itnu.inl- Hi i 1i 1 htviMMi bein known in au\ piu\mcial ic.iin In iddi t ii)ti to t!u- mitili with a i Dinlniu'il i> mi we would sii'^'M -t a tmihei tii.d ImlVh ii ti mis pii'Kcd tioin tin Vmh and .^oiiiii Isl mds The Noith Island match would, ot ouise, tak< pl.ici- m-i betoie theui md a'h.ution Tin Soul h Ula'ul malt h mi" at follow il. T'n- i-. howevu, to souh extent, a siiialKi inattei The eudiii.il point is to aiian^e lot <i lepii'-i nla' n • team liom the w liolc i olotn. It was dom undei mud "ii.iln di-ad\ ama.M s to meet the XS \^ pla\»|s on that i.imnib uu\ tiaunphant toui m 18C4, and tliou^h the familial form ot the (apiam who led that team so ,ibl\ has vanished ttom I lie Ik Id w heie all lc-pccteil him, with a little ot hieneiL'v. tad, .md un~elii~hnrss it could hi done auain ' 1 may m\ that siu ( i tin abovi was w lit'en 1 have ''cud that the m. U ti i is hkeh to be take.) up \ei> stionuK in L hi l^tchui i h

ihitglnml > fanfcrinin ( n umi 111 M ii M.i\ " Tin we it Ik i t hi" atfei iKiuii, on the i» i .i-H'ii ot tin letutn ni.iti li at Lanea-hi l\uk bet\w en Knyl.mil and ( auk 1 Inn \ . eonipaied unfa\'viii.ibi\ with that e\pei iciiccd at the M>t match, on Satuwhu l.i-t . Adullmu miM en\il"p (( l th( nialvin^ the spertatui- 'leci(l<'<il\ nnfnnitui (al)le, though it had nn appiiLiit diee t. on the plnyei" The limiii- w liich rontionted om> anothei ueie nol e\.ict I\ t lio-^e w lurli j>la\ ed in the in-f. matrli The Kn<_di-~hrnon put Speakni;m in Andeiton'- place at, thiee (|nai teiliaf X, and Nolan |>la\ed instead of W l!un!(>tt at halt, and Ua»k-> in phi re ot R. limiK^t- forwaid. In the ( 'antei l»niy team, \\ ehh nib io|)l<ieed In the \oi I h (anteibm 1 } [)lajcr, 11. WiNon, at thiee (|uai tci hack, and Hiou'ihton, ot theUui-t-ehmeh I lub, pla\ed tidlhaek in place ot Jliehaid- \\ hen the pla\ it-nted theie weie about 5,000 on the mound.

tiii; i'L\\ hkst sim:ll lit lm.u o again won the tu^ ami -elected tin uM(,l!l '_; o,l] . t.ikni" .idvuiitiUL of whit little wind tneu 1 wa- The ollieialweicthc -aim' .l-- in the otlwi match Mi Olliwei ,uid Dt. Smith umphe-, and the lit \ Mi lloat-nn lefcice. At a minute oi tun.ifter thiec o'clock, kukid oil, and ,i-~ in the, tu-t match, the hall unit to Ilotiui, who i fin u|> to the half \\a> ila'4 'J'he !ii -t few -cnim- woie m Va\^ land - halt of the giound, hut Stoddait, u>ino\ed the pla> to Canteibui\ - ([u.irtois li\ a line kick to Uiouirhton, who -lipped, hilt Ifohb- put the hall into touch betoie the Kngli-bni'Mi could \nnh\, by the -lip. Iloinci got away, anr! c.niiedthc play to the half-uav Hag, and Bean a-si-ting him, the pail look it to within a do/en yaids of theii opponents 1 goal. The ad\antatro wa-, howe\ei, shoi t li\ed, as Ifehnoie, in attempting to pass to il Wilson, thuw the ball, which was vci t > gieasy, 100 high, and Stoddart, spi inking up, sci/cd ll.ind lan ui> to lhoii^iitoti, who tackled him splmdidlj. Stoddait pu ted with the hall, endeavouiino; to tiansfcr ifc to ( S])calvnian, hut tlie Canteibuiy forwaid-. ucie ahout, and Kile>, Turnbull, and Dow reclined M>rne ot the losfcgionnd ; then the l']n<r.lish foiwauU trot on a splendid seicw, and Kent and Thomas, aided by Nolan, woiked the ball to Canterbury's 25, wheic, af'er sumo loo^e play, in which both tcuns enua^ed, Kent made a shot; al the uoal The ball went to | the side of the post, and Canterbury foiccd down. The Englishmen returned tothehalfway f'aj^, a- if a cr,oal had been scored, and seemed gicatly siuptised at t ho decision hoiiiLT a^ain-»l them. \Vilson kicke rl oil, and it was a inaivol how he managed to .-end .such a thorourrhly M>,iked ball the distance he did. Ifobbs lehn ned Paulkick, and the play 'vent up to ihe English 25. Some fast woik now took place, aiisiu^i from a bad p,is~, by Wilson to JTailoy, who mi,- unable to scenic the ball, and llaslam, Kent, !'j»<jic,-, and Nolan weie instiuinental in takiu<r the aruuc up to the , Canleibmy 25 ila^. vSutJieiland, howe\ei , managed tv> hi oak away, and icmoved the thicatcned dan^ei , but Mathcisand Nolan between them made a dash back. This was quickly loponded to by Hclmorc, who wiifrj^led a horn Humby. and passed to Dow on liein; 1 collared. The latter player #ot \\ it-Inn a short distance of the colouis' line; betoie bein^ K'' as ' w °d, and Uobeits had the hall kicked into his hands fiom the scrum, and marked within an ea'-y distance of the goal. Wilson was called on to make the kick, which was a miserable failure — all the more to be regretted, as it was his only bad kick during the game. Weeks secured the ball, which flew oil almost at right angles to the kiclcer, and made a .short dash, but immediately attet wards Nolan and Thomas headed a chaigo down ohe held to Bronghton, who fumbled the ball and made a miskick, and Nolan getting the leather, throw to Stoddart, who, in turn, passed to Spcakman ; but tl>e Canterbury pai li&ans breathed freely as the last-named was brought down close t,o Canterbury's line. By some means Stoddart received a nasty knock on the ankle while engaged in this

I picco of work, and had to tctiro for about a quarter of an hour, Kent taking his place at centre thrccquartcr. By dint ot haul forward work the reds elcai od their lines, and looked like having a turn in their favour when Bum by got awfiy, but what ground he made was more than regained by Suther ! land. Bumby again came to the fore by ! passing very cleanly to lla.sln.in, who I Implied a good run by punting into I touch witliin ten yards ot Canterbury's line. Bofore tho Knglishmon could j proiit by tin* position ot allaiis Nolan lost, them a lot of ground by making a long wild pass to Kent, who, through fumbling tho ball, let Wilson and lioherth in, and these tAVO quickly had Live ball iar fium the Canterbury goal. Thiotigh the agency of WiKon, llelmote, Week*, and Turnlmll, Cinteibuiy worked tho play into England's 25, but JOaglos got away liom the side o the .scrum, and went light up to Broughton, who t :ok ;i llyinu kick <it the ball, and xent it out ot touch at Ji ill way. Mathuis, Banks, Seddou, and Nolan woie piomincnt in some good woik, which again saw tho colour in their opponents 25, but lioi nei and tleimoie made a line dubbling rush, and alter Stoddait had punted down the held, WiUon made a long sciew kuk into touch in neutral tonitoiy. KobeiK diibbleil up to lOnglaml's 25, but Speakman soeuring t lie ball made a shoi t Ivick to Jlornei, \\hoaitei a biiel dash u.i-> l)i on i • In dow n, but not hufoie he had pai led \iilh' (ho ball to Wilson, who being llnealenod, tlueu (olKuley That- playei took the b.ill| eleanl) , and went at top "-peed towaids tho ICngli^h line, winch was diil) about 20 y.uds Mi-tant. By the tune he ii.id co\( ltd a litt le o\er halt the -pace Nolan and Haslam had stopped hi- caiocr. J''iotn the loose w<»ik tluit followed the -ci i mi, Kobei t- seemed a mai k at about the 23 llau, and Bean had a fhot at uoai, but St v.ii I spoilt the kick. Thi 1 - «a- thomeaiis of a In bf inn leLji-len'd against Canterbui\, as the Kngli-n iorwaids made one -iiniiu -weep down ( lie held, and by woik ni (^ aeioss enabled Penketh to <.M-t in a ten \ ml- tiom the po-ts almost on the call of !i ilt (mie Paul look the kick, but, tailed ti -.(•(>!( a "o:d, and halt tune was (hen . died

SKI i;M> SPIILL \\ «.ek- -Luted i he -» coin! -pi 11, and Paul ficiililmu, < tiihf d Bunib\ tn (oino to the 111 1 -i in' and .-i nd the ball l.ito nun li aI. about hair \\a\ Smut, fellow id up l>\ Si u.it t , |>n suited Hobb- icluininu a kick -cut to him, and Wil-on - -niaitne-- .-la\ul oil J wii.it looked like a -con llobb- tumbled i til. 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 \ in tin- -pell, -i ' mini; totally tin « 1 1 ill i,u hold tin' lull, u lik h ct 1 1 unl\ waui\ -hppei\. A di lbbie b> Kent, fttuui I | and l'>anks <,u l ied !hco\.d to the Cuiteibui \ 25, but Ihe ad van tan en a- ,-hoi I h\ed,us |)ow and I liddlestone made one ot the best di ibble- ot t'ne d,i} , i i<_dit llnoilgh to the fullback, Paul, who puned his wotth h\ sioppin<_ r a 1 1 i o - 1 d.mgeiou- i u-h Can h i buiy then ua\e wa\ giaduall\ beloio the Knuh-h pack, and at I. i-t Nolan got the hall; iiiul, lunuing (li.i'^on.dl^ ,iun^ thu irioiiml, pa— ed -att 1\ thiou<;h Ihe ( antei bui\ back 1 -, and scoied a tiv clu-o to the toinu iia<_;. I'aul look (he kick, and made ,i -pit ndid aitempt, but- lailcd Allci the kick out, Hiddk-tone gol the ball which .Sto<ldait -cut to Wil-oii, who lcinined it in line -t^le llclmoic made one oi two dashc-, and once >4ot i- iar a- Paul : but it, vas i\idiut tlif Kiigh-h weic plasiug tin -hon^ei u r amc, and in a \e!\ -holt time nude up an) yiound lost bv l u-hes Fiom a Ioiil; ihiou in tioin (ouch at about the haliw,i\ llau, lia-lam -ecuied Hi- le.itht l and muli .i -pit ndid i tin, bein<_ r backed up well b\ Kent, and Hank-, who got \ci\ neai to the (\inkibuiv uoal pn-f - The ie<ls j.tllicd and ie- ponded wi( h the be^t combined i u-h they had made -o tai , keeping \\ c! louetliei , and bcai inu down all oppo-ition. Tumbull, |)o\\,aml Iliddlc--tone a\ci c con-picuou- in t hi- ni-h, which Stoddaitat la-t (hocked, but, immediatels, aflei I >o\\ ;im\ Fullci rallied Iho ball tin t her into the eoloui-' tenitoi^ }\a-~-lam i chained ncail\ all the uiound b\ Intel ceptinu a jia— . ILe kicked to liiuiiuhl on, v ho maiiayctl to^ct the ball into touch at halt-way In lace oi a tonmdable m-h, Ihddle-tone took the ball hoin touch, and i,m to lhic;l md'- 25, wheie he \\a- ])u-hed out ot |)la\ K.ij^le- woiked the ball to llobb-, but Dow, Homei, and Sutheiland look it back, only to -co a piece ot -mail woi k by Nolan, .speak man, and Smut neutiali-i the diet t- of then Inborn . 11. ilam <;;u i ied on the l unninu, anil p.i— ed to Sloddail That pla\ei was -plendidly tackled b\, Bioii'iliton. anda-coie >a\od. \\ d-on, ll.ii ley and lloheit- cleaied the nth' line-, and immediately aft ri lloinei ami I Iclmoie s\ eie the mean- ot taking the ball .nice auatu into Kn^land'- 25. i la-lam and l»auk- woikc<l it back to halt \\a\, and then Kobeit-, Homei, Suthuland and Kdes, ni.idc a i u-h, and Tuinhull joining in, the last-named dubbkd almo-t up to Ihe Eii^'islmian's coi nei lliiy. tanteilnuy here placed mit h eiifijix to seciuc a score, bem<r hi ,ti til\ ehceicd by the -pcetatui-. 'I'liey kept, Knirland on (Ik defensne tor -oine little time, until the Iviuli'sh ioiwaidh -uccceded in makinu; a] \ci\ pietts, -ciew, which enabled lOa^ks, Thomas, and Banks toc.uis tin play into neul ial c;i ound, \\ hei o Bum by uot po—(>---ion oi it, and fini-himj up a inn by a hi^h punt <iot to Biouyhton. As that pl.'n or secured (he ball, \\ d-on a^am came to the re-cue with a .scicw kick into touch. Speakman then <j(jt tli<> lealhci tuna a pa— and lunninu in hont of the ooal e.ss.is ed a "pot,' but the ball went \ei} wide of the post-, tuucllinjr almost, parallel "w ith the j^oal line. Nolan .seemed it and touched down by the coiner fla^;. Paul made a splendid snot, at the £;oal, the ball <^oin<j; i only a few inches inside (ho pot. Almo.sb immediately afki the kick out lia^lam made the run ol the day, away fiom sc\cial oi the Canteibury lorwaids, whom he " blullcd " by piet,cndin<j to pass in a manner which is paiticularly his own, ami Lfot to wit/hin a vaid ot the ))osts, wheic he was collated b^ Wilson and biou<j,ht on. Fiom the .scium Nolan i_rot the ball, and ran in behind t.he ])osts. Paul missed the kick, a \eiy ca.sy one. r rhc jilav for the lem.under ol the spell about i hi ce minutes— huiifi about the haH-way, the only noticeable work lioin«_> a rush by ]lailey, which Paul stopped m (me style. Time was then called, the linnl seoie beiu^, F/tiolancl lour points, Cantei buiy nil. The nmoeh was not ncaily so fast as Satuiday's u;une, the f oi wai ds doing the gi eater pai tof the work, and itwas only now and a^ain that the backs had a " look in." The ball bein^ so slippery, lendcied lonff passes dangerous, but in the second spell the Englishmen did some fine short passes. After the collapse ot the Canterbury forwards on Satin day it came as a surprise to che spectators' to Had them holding out so well, and except for a short space about the middle of the second spell, they played with dash and resolution, although at times there was a tendency to overrun the ball. ITorncr played on the side of the scrum, and was of much greater service there than in the centre. lie assisted greatly to neutralise tho oHccts of the screwing of tho English forwards, who seldom gained much benefit by adopting the.-c tactics, as 11 olmore and Roberts got to the rear very smartly. Dow, Homer, 1 1 iddlestone, and Turn bull were tho most conspicuous among tho Iqrwards 1 , while Wilson played a line game in the back division. Broughton was an immense im-

provcmenton Richardsabfullback. Eagles, Konb, and Banks wore bho most prominent, of the English forwards, and Nolan and Haalam of the backs. The formor did splendid work from btavt to finish, but like Bumby has tlie habit of taking tho ball out of the scrum.