Football.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 10, 20 June 1899, Page 3

Footb all.

The spi inkling of spectator who found then way to Vntoiia Paik on Satnuiav, weie lewaideri b> witnessing a \eiy excit.mp; game, and WauiMte him the batigtaction of ueteatuig their old opp meats, Waihi, by two tiies (G points), to one uy (6 points). As usual the Wdimate tcun was veiy slow patting m an appe<Vfin*e, and as sevenil did not tuirt up at al., emeißeuctes had to be picked up on tlie Riimiid. Wditii were" lully lepieseuted, and the odus weie all on the vihitois. luvttmj won the toss for W-dimale, and the ied, white, and blues had to p ay with the sun And wind m then 1 ia^es. W.u u,\te staited in their well known inshiiig style, and tor a time pIAV was ia^t ami open, neither t>i le claiiiiii),^ much ot an a ivauta^c. a good mn by Mines lo'ike t like pto(liacniß a scoie, but fauitv pay wuii his wintf bpoiit the chn,nee. Soon -if Unwinds, in s'oppinK a Wo-iln t'oiwaul liibh, t'-ib p'avei got a nasty knock on the lea win en ciiiihOil him to leave the field, and W»unnire hAvl to finish the game with toiirteen men. i'iay was ior a while in the visitois* end otthe giound, and at l»a the local team got an opening. A biyh kick was mulled by the Wai hi lull baok, and lolling into tauch was sociued by C. Goldbtone who thiew out to Beiry before his opponents could get up, and tLe lattei sooied near tiie posts. Piesland kioke l r poster. For the ie3t of the spell, the lo^a! men kept at^rking, and it their fonv.uns had been abie to .get pusseKion^ the-bali,

— — TT would most likely ha\e put a good score. However, G widinning (lid get tlie ball occ!i4ion.ili\, and tiom one of his mshes, Thomas daihed straight ahead pisfc the opposing me eignthc and tuiee qaaitei. aivl innmtt" inivul the full back, ended it se'i«ationrt.' inn by seoung at the cornel PifslatKi's kick at go.i', though K>od, tailed. Till ha t Mine pay was lauly even ; the Wauiiiv'p t'Mwaidb shi.nng m the open, and then nacks being veiy quick on to their opp ments wnen they had the ] hall. The second swell the W.uhi foi wauls made veiy wiiimg, getting posses sun of the ball evei\ tune, and shoving the local men all over the p ace. Foi almost, the whole spell they continued the Attack and it was only l>v the haul tackling and good following np of the foi waids that a big voie was pie\ented. Oiie tiy was scoied, Vustm getting possession fioin a sci mil, and c'aiting over the line instead of puling. The kick at goal wa-> ft tailure. The Waihi backs had p'e-ity of chances, but they weie too si >W, and passed in iddiriously, and their opoonents weie always able to stop them seeing. As time woie on the Waihi foi waids tued h.uder and harder to Ret over the line, but fiisf, one and then anothei of the Wannnts men would le.ieve, Butcher on one occasion bieaking away and getting half (.he length of the ground. Tne whittle finally blew with the ha l l in Waima'e teuitory. Mi Mooie, of Winchester, was refeiee, and Rave oa^faction, althmigli he allowed too much olfside play. Messis A. Mnore ana Coltman weie toach judges and Mr Pitcaithly tiniekeepei. Among the visitois, A. Shallaul at fullback was fairy safe, b«i< lie was rathei slow. Amos was the best, of the threequaifei^, and showed conbideiahie dash, C. Meiedith in the centie wad not a success, and McDonald was not too certain. A. Opie dm not shine, but Austin played a Eiood game. The torwaids weie a very heavy Jot, and packed sp'endidly, Hart. Opie, Mooie, and Shallanl doinj? the balk of the woik. The same pa vers were nlso conspicuous in the open, but they 'ficked pace. For the home team, R. Goldatone pla\ed veiy well at full luck. He nmde a couple of mistakes, but he collated in line style, and did some tair kicking. Richaid and Stewait, vvm!j<s, weie boih veiy safe, hut the foinier want& expeitence, and the laltei is r.tthei slow. XcPheison took Mines' place at centie, and placed a very plucky game, and seveial times biouqht down the ho,use by the wav he stopped his j opponents. He is a veiy promising pla\er. Thomas gave one of his best exhibitions, which is saying a good cjeal. Besides scoung a try, he put in a tiemendous amount of woik, on the defence. Glendinnuiß at ha'f did not get nianv chances, but he made the most of what came Ins way. With good thiee quarters behind him and Thomrts, Win mate ooitld easily beat any team in the distuot. Tue foiwaids who \\eie badly beaten in the scinm showed up well individually, and while condition lasted, playe.l with a lot !of dash. Aitken and liattnty weie the besr men in the pack, and Pie^laud fiom stait to finish pla\ed as if the match depended upon him. The amount, of work he does in a match is smpusuig. liattiay is anothei foi ward of the sa m e stamp. Beny and J Gonistone a c a pair of forwaids that wi 1 alw.us be usetnl in the tea'n. and as they follow up well aie like' y scoiing men. Both cud excellent woik in this direction on Satnula* « C. G)ldstone and Batehei wpie bilh piomiuent in the iou&e woik, and Hurst, foi so Aoun*! a pla\et, also rud very qootl Woik. The dub must tiy and get a «ooH hont, Kink man to hep Aitken. D.icks aie useless, if foiwaids don't get the ball bad,. Tiieie was a fair number of la ues among the spe^uto.s on Satunbiy. Ouo of ihe Wai.nate p ! a\eis started to taik on Srttnrday, but he stopped shoit. Hi -> b^^ he wn't q iinfj to talk a ly moie. Tneip v.is a collection b >x a1;a 1 ; the t;ate of Hie I'Atfc, hr'jt all that was collected \vas si\-!hiiliii r ;s and a penny. People did not Isee f lie box. Oumaiu have wiitten to say that they cannot c mio up next Thursday, but ihit on saline holiday in the near futuio tiidr wi'l "end unsvfiust and a se^orut fitted, i. juums wake tap. j It is "-aid i,h<i,*; Waimate will have a very stioiig tciim to travel to Tiunuu to play i t'laivtum match with tbe Culoai ils, >iad the o a^is hftveall stalled stnct tiaiTimg, All trie country piaveis will be available if ■then se^vicesare requited. In Chiistohiueh on Saturday Ohiist--chuich beat Albion, Llnwood bei't Syde.j- | haui and Kaiapoi beat Meiiv«,ie th 3 posi ti 'us i)o ihd, chaiqpionsbip now being Cinistcharch a point ahesd of LinvncKl, which is half a point ahead of Syucnlnui and Msrivala. Waihi a-ad "Waimata ure nov three I frames each, the -poaitjj being >Wj>lhi 23, -W>noiftte>22. " „ '' 45

v The English team beat New South ■\y.t es by a g>al fiom ft maik h a Uy. Tne hero ot the uiaton was Ward, tho payer who reptesent°>l SouMiji.kl Ja-c yoai, and cieated such a fiviaiablo i.a piession when that piovnwe touied la->I ) eai .