Football. (By Scrum.)
On account of the wet weather there was no football in Waimate last week, conseqaently notes this week are much shortei than usual. Our players have not enough enthusiasm to don the jersey and kniokeis and piachee in thaiain. The match with the Colonials, which is looked forwaid with gieat interest by both playeis and public, will not take place next Thuisday. Effoits aie beiug made to get it off on the Thursday, after. The piaetiee game next Thuisday 'will be fiist backs and second foi wards against second backs and fiist foiwaids, and an interesting game and good play should be seen, if the weather is at all fair. Waihi beat Temuka by six points to thiee in Temnka last Thuisday. Queensland piaved the Englishmen last Saturday, and weie beaten by eleven to Unee. They are not playing up to ex pecta'tions. Mr Gau&id,of Chiistclmreh, who lefereed in the New South Wales match, says they *re a very solid team, excellent on defence, but not biilliant. He reckons that they cannot teach New Zealand players \eiy much. It is more tnan likely that they will visit Maoriland. In Ciinsfcchurch on Satuiday, Linwood beat Meiivale by thiee to nil, after a splendid game. This makes Christchurch and Linwood a tie, and they play off next Satnrdav. Linwood bhonld about win. The Oatnaru first fifteen is evidently in good foini this season. They deteated Athletics last week by thiee tires to nil, and haVe not been beaten this year. Waimate will want their best team when the long expected visit comes off. I hear that the " Veterans " are in strict training for their match with the " young 'uns. ' They corsider they can give the boys a warm time, as Beveial probable m- nib *rs of their team are, to use a rathei eve '7 day expression, " toj^h old rags."
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 15, 4 July 1899, Page 3
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311Football. (By Scrum.) Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 15, 4 July 1899, Page 3
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