FOOTBALL NOTES

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10716, 10 September 1912, Page 3

FOOTBALL NOTES

•.Clio Rugby seiijoii is tß# j p&vctica'iiy concludee'l, at as Fa'P j as, the Wairarapa is concerno(l, It j is 'just possible that Hawke's Bal re- I presentativfc.s may pay a visit to Wai>arnpa. Oiio of the mo»£ striking foots in connection with ling by football during the season has been the remarkable inconsistency, especially in representative football,' .all over New / Zealand. Taking a line through the j big unions the form lias bisen almost j extraordinary.. Jn the first Shield match of the season Auckland; \Vero ( lucky to defeat Taranaki x by one , point. Auckland then defeated Wellington by a good margin., and. the latter had all the best of the gamo against Taranaki. Inconsistency was further borne out on Saturday when i Auckland played a lucky draw against / Otago. According to telegraphed reports tho latter might have won with some luck. He Pearson Cup match played on the Showgrounds on Saturday, resulted in victory for Dalefield, who I defeated' Red Stars, holders, by 3 points to nil. The game was never interesting, both teams showing that ; they had lost their form. Tho Pearson Cup, which has been in Masterton for a number of years now goes to Dalefield. It was hoped that the New South • Wales Rugby Union would have played a match against" Wellington, while the team was on its way to California, to play a series of matches against the American "Universities. The Wellington Union has been informed that it is impossible to arrange a match. The League gamo has already taken a remarkable hold on football enthu-•jir.v'-r. One does not want better evident than the cvcrfr wh? /hit to wlu.::4 ihe matches plivwl liy tho visiting "Loaders." There is litilci ■ room ' for doubt but that next season tlu. l Northern Urion game will -be;, played .Extensively Jin New Zealand. ' An . Association football match which is rarely witnessed in Masterton, war. played on Saturdav between a Wellington team and a local combination, an el-resulted in an easy victory for the visitors bv six goals to nil.'