FOOTBALL JOTTINGS

Te Aroha News, Volume XII, Issue 1751, 17 July 1895, Page 2

FOOTBALL JOTTINGS

TE AROHA v: MORRINSVITLE .('By** Drop-Kick.] On Saturday mbrning;; _'las£;tJie ;Te. Ardha- footballers' left in one- q£ Smarddn:; Bros'.’ brakes to play; k match with their ‘old fi-iends, -tile 'JSLiyrinsvillites. .Owing to iffia very bad state: of the roads, before: we had. proceeded; many miles, on nur j ourney, the brake met- with a mishap, which necessiatecl the team dismounting from their comfortable 'seats- and; tripping the' light fantastic for- a mile or so along tae. road, when we., another .vehicle: which’c'arried us safely;to, pur en£ ; without fu ether delay The team arrived. on,.;.the, ; grouQ(i: at 3.30, and after a little- preliminary; on-the held,- jnv the way-'df kicking; passing; etc., the whistle sounded for both teams-to pirt."their' ifieu in the, field.- " -Both-, mdes; v^dii' iiaed out, lqqkedfit, audit w;ould' have' be.ejn .very hard t,o say who' selves victorious. Ugliitf: sounded,. and ; the- leather was, sot; ffi motion, and, as the game was very fast, was first to'be seen at one &nd oft the

field. and-thed the other. The Te Aroha boySj during -flier firs.if ilo"miautes ofthegamb,-did’ some very good passing, wjpch. resulted in one of Te Aroha’s hist forwards . JGornes) carrying the r oyal over the line," thus jsey curing; first blood. gdaf, • which was entrusted >; to •P* Morgan, •was a poor one, the ball-failing-tb:ijfo to the occasion- The the first-Spell was well ; fought but by both' sides, -but : at half-time ? ' the; 'nudib©r3: ' fehqys'.el: Arffifa'S pqi;fito MbmnSville; >d: JPothffoams' now had'’five minutes at a bag of oranges, whichwas provided r the.i Morrinsville-: players;' which acted as a breath re il ' newer, ahd ? '.whon : the whistle again soundedVothtoams'looked the betikerfor the sbmtf--spell,add entered ifito the game with renewed, vigor. The MemnsviUeJeam now ’played all they knew, resisting all attacks on their line, the forwards, headed by Wilsjon and .played'a dashing gaifie, and at. times it looked, as if theyvwere • going towin theday \ the’backs,’ alsb improved jfi the * fin hand. '.TThe* * ;Te AfoK^pys^-wefo-'fojr. ; defensive-‘game 5 hut stopped .-their ... adversaries Jfomrscering:. Wgs callb<f,'.!a.iid'.'what "to be a very •infceresfing gamej' resulted in a win for,. * Te. Ar. hi. . . ;Mr; Tf sintph paptaiiieT m'rHhs- ’ : the same eap^ty.for /Te’&fohaf Mr Mad’‘gan :; kjp^iy-eifieiated ves referee; ‘ and gaye generalsat’sfactionv?^ X \ • The team adjourned to the Nottingham Castle-tmsafcisfy the* inner man. 1 After tea songspetcj. were indulged* in •till a late hohr; aVthe : Te ’ Aroha b4yk . had to Whit fortlie xnobtt to'rise, so>aS fo make 3 safe which they reached aVdut’3 o’clock, ihj the morn.iPg- . ■• *, ' '

During the evening a meeting iof the Selection Committees of both teams was held, when it was decified’th arrange a match with Hamilton, to be played at Morrinsville. Sh&uld - fhe match eventuate the foHowing l;r t§am, Morrinsville-To Aroha, have. Men . selected to do battle in thfi-contest £:— -Fullback, Clarke-; three-quarters, Goldsbury, Gregory, Pavitt ; halves, Gorrie, Keesing Hinton, Eennick, Wilson, Orr, Glynn, Vincent, A. Lipsey, Cornes, and Smarddn. I Emergencies, Kirby, Grange, Mahdn. j

“The . match -between Paeroa and Wa'lhi which took place last Saturday at the latter place, resulted" ill a win f r Waihi by 9 points to nil.