FOOTBALL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1779, 21 August 1888, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

'WAIHI V. TIMAKU. The first fifteens of the above Clubs met for a friendly game of football on Saturday last on the S.C.A.A.O. grounds, Timaru. The weather was execrable, and the ground exceedingly wet and sloppy. Notwithstanding this; however, a very tough game was fought out, although the greasy state of the ball militated greatly against a scientific game being played. At the conclusion of the match the men looked like so many mud-bespattered, half-drowned rats, but one and all seemed to enjoy the game immensely. The sloppy nature of the ground seemed to afford plenty of amusement to the spectators, of whom there were, considering the weather, a very fair number on the ground. There were also not wanting some of the fair sex, who had braved the elements for the purpose of witnessing a contest in this essentially British game. The result of the match was a draw, neither side scoring a point, although at times both teams were dangerously close to their opponents’ line. Ealau* gher, for Waihi, who played his usual very fast game, made a splendid drop kick at the goal, the ball just passing to the left. Of the Waihi back division. H. ; W. Moore, as full-back, excited the. admiration and amusement of all by his audaciously cool and reliable play when his opponents threatened; his lines. Fitzgerald increased in no small measure the anxiety of the Timaru men by bis fast and'brilliant play, while Harte and Macintosh did yeoman service, latter especially doing an immense amount of good work. A Shallard played three-quarter-back for the first time with credit to himself. Some of the- forwards showed a very strong tendency to loaf in the scrums aqs play: a wing game. In very mii&g instances r the packing of the Wfkijji forwards was exceedingly poor, ts) wide a front being shown to tfreir opponents, who almost invari»ly formed their scrimmage smartly ;uid well. Several of the forwards, |oo, were much too slow in packing,{find in the line-out were not nearly enough in breaking throughtheir opponenls- line. F. fchallapd, A. awl W. Stewart, Fish, and J. |Ccf*od were the; pick of this division.' jfor

Timaru McLean, as full-back, and Perry, at three-quarter-hack, played a brilliant game. Wood and Goodall did a large amount of work, whd° Matheson, Gifford, Mackay and Black were eapecially prominent, Matheson ' doing good work in the loose rushes, Mr H. Smith umpired for Waifai, and Ei Gray for Timaru. Mr E Sihith cafriedT the referee’* whistle.