FOOTBALL NOTES

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10685, 3 August 1912, Page 3

FOOTBALL NOTES

(By All Black; Th.'is afternoon the North and South Wairarapa representatives will try conclusions- on the Carterton Showgrounds. Last year the match resulted in an ivin for the South. This y:a,i' the teams are alterfi;l. tliere are six Clubs in the competition, and as the oiiikhea this ecasoa have so far shown that there is ill great difl'iorenice between. the teams f''le top niul the teams at tlio bottom, a game should result. gajlle promises to. be played mxkr • bctioi' weather conditions than any match t!h:i:< season. Hie ground should I).? in good order, and good footb.UJ should "be "'witnessed. Johns Avill replace I'bl)otsoii at full hack in the Ncrtih team, as the 3at tor is unavailable. Otherwise >tilie -teams 'wclll take, tli-o field selected.

Hie Wairarajpa representative team to ip!ay Nclscn tli:« week will bo so-leot-ed .from the playurs in to-day's match. The selectors have a . tSfli-cul-t task front of them. The Waimrapa jusiior repre&en'fcativcteam will journey to Wellington next Saturday, «nd play the Wellington representatives on the same d;y. The team will Ireturn cu-'Monday. Of 'the two representative country I;<?flm.s which have been touring t'h<; North and South •lolancl, the dYort-Wtl team has been the most sucecer-ful, and 'although bsinig beaten in> two matches, the Canterbury and Otago 'repre&eaitativeis had to do tbiir very ibeist to win, in each base by very narrow margin. The -te.Mn lias created a very favourable impression in tlio South. A. Desmond, the Cartcirtc.m player, liais been playing a good game, for the North team, 'a.nd scared a try in the # Otago mafo'h.