FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 140, 8 July 1901, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

DIAMOND V. NKW PLYMOUTH BATUKDAY TKAM. These teams m it. on the High S ho!)l Ground, which wan ki.trily lent for thr-occa-ion. ended in a draw f ;er a keen cor.tes". Diamond kick d ■ ff, an! Hammond returned fc> tha Diamonds' 25'.-*, t : e all going out. From the throw-in, h* Dijmonds got on a lose dribblii g tush, bat was siopp d by one of their side getfc'ng iu front of the b ill. Fro u he kick, l'arker made a yooi buf, ineff c'ual shut at gi 1. Af.era lot o f giv<s aijd take play, m wtly in thi Diamonds' quarter, U e Diamonds f;rwards pulled them e'vet together, g:viog the Stlurd .ys' b.cks all their work to keep their lines cleir. Ha ft me was called she tly afterward l , wi'h 10 s or-3 ou either side. Parker (Sa'urd>y>) net t*o ball r lling for the start ot' ti.e sec ml i-pell, mJ hall being nic !y returned tie play was taken to the f-atur 'ays' qua- - •era. A kick for oil'side play .-aved whtt locked likt a likely s;ore A rally by the Siturd .y men t.o'i Hip ball in* o th'i Diam 25's flag, and McLean (Saturdays) getting possession made a dash for tin line, but was splendidly by the Di<mond lullba'k. Bad kicking by the Diam mda' lacks marly goc them itvo trouble, but the'r for warls. by a combined rush, took'he p'ay to theoh't -nd of the grouad. Tim i was cilhd sJilt ly af leaving the game a draw us Bt«fr j d above. The following play, d wtll for tl e Satudays:—Among thebicke, Hammond, Brown, McLe*n, and of the 'orword.H, Trnbtleo, Beek tfc, Parker and Beai«, For Diamonds the back* nil played a fine gamp, and among a ve>y even lot of fur wards Bonnie was always 'o the fronts. . |