FOOTBALL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 804, 27 June 1881, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

[-l!i3 S and second Ffteena of; the above'club's, ~.;; 1 00k-, place ,on- .SatUFday, -notwithstanding' ; ■}. ■:' the very bad weather which prevailed;; ; :.'. The two Greytown'-teams arrived by the; 12 o'clock; trdtnT arutaf ter ,arlittlo ireftresli- jjgi ment pro'cee'cied io'tlie opponents, not the first v match—that- betweea Jthe,two y;■ '.? second delayed/through the; non-arrival of Bom's v fiFUie'plajhfre. The ' ;[ ground was very a fine rain : j fell all the aft«rnoon,.bUt damp : j the courage of thel ;■ to p.m. ;■/£ 0a facing u each^other^he'j v ßuberiority of . - vj the Greytown men in strepgtb/andjmuacle : <"j :W.as;«atvpnce wind ./ r | proved equalip thetoccasion/bA novelty : ■« in this team was the fact that nine Maoris ;'] played in it; aiidia'firieilot of fellows they ,' .*' were? pJ»yjng ! ,ffith]g9od' courage, their zeal frequently led . them •'astray 4 'iti J _ £he The following freHh6)jnaWs'!of]flfe r Greytown y Mum, Tocker>i, King, Maunsell, Birch, Man i hera,: jTo hi;! /Phil ip, '■i.-jiKing ;o and . another Maori.'■..y.-.jj-.-f,?.;' ;S ;i v ;';,;•. The' Mastertoh jecondteam consisted of all young whom had not• played _-in a matoh before. They; but.",it' r .'wa3 .froiii "the. Starfc, that . they^were'',' riotgood'■'e'np'ii'ghV'' , ~Td i > make up for lots olpracticeto gain 'an^eitraamount ■; of efficiency.'.' ; r The'!',;following 'are the 1 names:—A. W. .H arris oh. (captain), back; ihalf-backs W. P, Smith; iquartets ;'Svandßenj and; Aiv;;Thompaoß ; ■ !forwardß ) :McLachlarii'vjT.>;R;iiß6ydhouße, ••,' !j. Beere,'-'R;«flarvey,iAiis;Welch. E. '!' I Bannister, 0. Vallancej'R, G. Williams, ... '(substitute),, and, J; G. Campbell, J. jWilliams, Hafei alid-Oollins, acted' ;as substitutes till late playeraarrivid. v ' I The ball was kicked off ibythe'Greytown ; side with the wind .jtii theiKfavbr. The (forwards'.•fbilowd'the'Ball down very 'smartly;' -ah'd--after) a brief scrimmage, : ;Wenhani gained- the.first try for Grey- > itowri,' which' Tully failed to convert into ! a goal.. The .ball mot going ; the. goal I line, the Greytown.forwards were upon it, and, forced, it oyer; the line, but it wasbrought' b'ack'as theball had beenn'att'ded. It was put iiitoiiscrimriiage,'' apd after a 1 sharp struggle'.Masterton was forced to ■ I touch it. dow'ii.ViP.lßinith r seritythe ball li off r , agairif. with a 'good /kick,';,but it Vas ' quickly' l Tetiirne'd ./and^^'iak'eii' 1 down close, toj'the'Mastsrton goal j and 1 after another Soririiriiage," carried .'oyer by 1 Muni, beitis; the second try, for Greytown. The try againiailed, a'iidl'as theball did ! , iiot,go r over" the jiitq another; struggle took • plfice' at brice'i 'and Svendsen made a'good run for Masterton, but the ball was soon > worked back; aiid^wherll time' was called, 1 was very close to' the Masterton goal line. 1 Score—two tries to nil;' ■ ■ ;:; . 1 I The ball was well kicked off'by^imith, smartly returned by Burch; whosuc- \ ceedod in' puttliigit'out'of bounds near j, flag. A -seriesot'j'aprinimages 1 took place, tho teanis. keeping well iA the . 1 middle of tho field for a minute or two, i when Kuni gajnodsix or seven yards by a determined run, The ball was again put . in;scrimmage;'and' ; after ai-'sh'Prt struggle Hirschb'erg good run, beinggre'atly:cheered..i.Heps 1 collared pear the Masfefton goal Ijne.-tanjJ;-; ' passed to Muni, who suooe'ededjn gaining.- > a try, which was'; again windj 1 makingii.Udifficult matter,to 1 The ball \yas,kicked off' - e-1 suit as before; being almost' immediately 1 brought down to the Masterton goal, and 1 a hard struggle was going on .about ,fiver. 1 yards from the' goal when time waß • called. Score—three tries to nil. 1 ; The third bout began a little better for . ' Masterton, t]|e bkil> being kept in the centre I of the field, and oupß'jtWas'forped through ' the Greytoff if '[forwards,' ;but ! (jUnori) by' a good kick again 'turned the • 1 scale, ;andthe.bali waahurrjpd.do.wnjtp 1 its usaul position near the Mas|erf!p'n. gp'ai'j,. 1 when Wpnham pl.ev.eijy gained, I try, touching the ball down right'undprA 1 the.'• goal. '•■ This' try was successfully, 1 negotiated by Faulkner, amid? driqs . ? of_'»; t'. Well done I On the.ball,b.eii)g i agaijn'kickedbff,it was taken closer'to' the Greytown go : al i, lha'n'''it had'yet been; 1 being; only! ten yards.from .0 touch, but by aaefieaof, scrimmages' the 1 Greytown men worked it to half-way, when Wtmhamj-by a struggling run, gained about 15.yards for Greytown, but .was collared'; and : the ball BontJ- back. Burch here; ;i niuffed it,iand .'R, G, 1 Williams, by a'lucky kick,' followed by a short run, gained considerably for Masterton. Burch, made a run, but was jbollared by Smith before he: had; gained 'much, and when time was 'cajled the ball was about 20. yards from jth'e' Greytown goal, Score—l goal three tries;; to 'nil. In the last bout, much the Bame play took place, but Greytown quickly brought the ball down to their opponent's goal, and the latter were: compelled-to ;j touch it : dolwn. The: ball was kicked' offend quickly returned,'\Villiarhß gained a few yards for. Mast erton Gi Tully got the ball, and made a splendeß- r'uii, and got colkred'near the Masterton goal line, A packed scrimmage ensued; both sidoa strainingtheirutmost, .theGreytown men.7, forcing'itslowly oversthh.line,.andKuni having the honor of .touching it down. Tully; tried'a punt mit, : butiifc,dld'iiot como.off,,and another struggle took place abptf't: 10 yards' from 'the 1 line'j &Here/'the' ! '- ) ball'' till remained wheh'time was called, Scor e —Greytown; one.gpal to no Cheers were given by side, and the, firgttpariis stripped for plfl^H !' EfttSI'PIEIEEN.' ■'' l "'' '"^^H Thefollpwing were the players iprthls -^0 match :-Greytowri--Day' (back),MjjjyiM| Hirachborg (Captain),-J, iLee /Ronaldson, F.. Tully,",Saywell! backs), Maguire, Maxton, Cameron, Palmer, DesmorJjPw^;: ~\Yebster>| (forwards).:;/ ; ,: dell (back), McKeti?ie(Paptain);o'Conhor • (half-backs), ■s., Sni.ith,.\y ; i ; Perry (quarterj . r;> { backs), "Cow'an; W, ;'aii| ; ff« Harfey/ : A.'':.V ; Snjith, Bpnny, G, arid'H/Bannißter, B. '■■ and J, Perry, and.Morrison.rtorwardaV :; / Whenlhe' teamsiaced"eacli presented' a*very 'gb'tid n^atph^cdrfiprialbg^S:. as leach did,a.number of big,-atljletlor - : players, butas soon as the ball Vas kicked; v bMhe Greytown forwards were upon it,;.^.: and after a very short strupgle Mastertoa to;touch,down in defence twici.jgiS; ' ! withih r a few''ininuteß; f; "0n W BenVeut; again a bettera'tand; ni , rMa'Btertonr>F> «Sraith'jbeirigi'partioularly|(|§;; ! , .of the fieldijtp; the team^beinfl^yg • evidently r'oioßely*' rriatche'd ; aj;'re((Mded|i| ipdlkl^!wlf^llowea:l«^« ;fs|&ftpk:i^ |tert|pgpaljjnepwhere^i^

Vfliicli Ronaldson easily converted into a goal, Cowan kicked,off, and.Borne fast : play commenced; atfd Bonaldsmi' niade a run for,, Grey town ; ;,wasi McKenzie by a good dribbling regained lost ground for Masterton, wheii Eqiiald-, within a coupiefof yards of jho goal line, where he was :cnllared by Wardell. ' He quickly.'pasW'iiie ball to W. Hirschberg, who- w.aa.alßp 'collared, but pasßed buck'to Eonaldßoh,'Svh'o succeeded in carrying itover and securing another..try for Grey'-' town. Theje-jWas a.dispute here ..as to the passing of the' ball forward,' but 'the umpire gave it in favor!of Greytown, and Ronaldson! negotiated the try .but failed. When'tinuii'waa .called shortly after,, the. ball was'.rieaf'tVe Maßterton;2Byards flag.; Score- r l.g'oal);i ; try,ldnothing. '..:■•■ '• Oh: the ball; being - kicked off for, the second.; bout, : it -was kept- more in the centre, Lee gaining a little for Greytown, bu|..:.thei '■■•' men .quickly worMj-iitv'babk,-..:Bunny ...making' a bleter/i though: short', run, .He was quickly 'collaredj: and "•' Hirschberg got the ball, He gained a considerable distance, and. .being ; >well backed, up by the -forwards,- who were always on the ball, the Masterton. back was again forced to touch down. Ou the ball beiiw again put into'play, Beard, by some good dribbliiig;ahd being well backed up',' took the ball-nearly under the Masterton goal, where another try was rather easily Becured, which' was' made a goal by Ronaldson.h.The 1 - Masterton men now resolved to try. the effect of scrimmaging, as the open 'play of the Greytown team was too smart for them, and the ball was placed in scrimmage almost at once; but cm it working out the Greytown men rushed Ilia ball on in loose scrimmaging order, and carried it and several Masterton' men-with it nearly to the line, when Eonaldsonniilde'a run, Wardell collared him,'and the ball being forced out of his hands .by .the fall, it was touched down in defence by Masterton. The Greytown. men seemed to avoid packed scrimmages as much as possible, and trusted to their dashing forward play, and by their loose scrimmaging, dribbling, and passing. soon, had the ball again in close proximity to Masterton, but the latter, by a series of determined packed scrimmages and good general play, worked nearly back to the ceatre, and F. Smith, by a splendid run, for whichhe was greatly cheered, carried the ball well down to the Greytown goal, when he was collared and a tough scrimmage ensued, and by skilled play the ball was gradually worked bock to Masterton. Wi Perry made a good run, but the advantage was quickly lost and Masterton again forced down, the same result occurring on the ball being again put in play. On kicking off a series of hard-fought scrimmages took place, and when time was Called the ball was near'the centre of the field Score—2 goals 1 try to nil. In the third spell the Masterton men made a much better fight, and W, Perry, by good play, took the ball close to Greytown's line. It was being well worked back when McKenzie made a good run, amid much cheering, and took the ball within five yards of the line, He was collared here, and a series of packed scrimmages ensued—Masterton being gradually forced back to the centre of the field, Eonaldson now made a good run, but was : quickly collared, and Masterton regained a lot of around by Perry making a good run.' Day got a mark, however, and . mako a judicious kick for Greytown, which the forwards followed with a determined rush, and took the. ball up to the Masterton goal line, \ whore it was touched down by the latter. As soon as the ball was kicked off Tully made a run and nearly got in but was collared by Smith, and a desperate scrimmage took place. Masterton being ultimately again forced down. In the next few minutes Webster by good dribbling brought the ball again near the line and a fierce scrimmago tcok place, but the ball was worked out and Saywell carried it over and touched it down under the goal. The try only resulted in a ('poster"picked by Ronaldsnn, During the rest of the spelj W. Perry piflde a .good run for Masterton, but on being collared Saywell got the ball and made up for lost ground, Be was collared and a scriinmageensued. O'Connor made a run for Masterton, and when collared, passed to McKenzie, who, however, could not get through the Greytown forwards, and a'Scrimmage reßUltedin favor of Greytown, and Masterton was again compelled to touch down. On the ball beingkicked off again, Hirschberg made a Bplepdid run and nearly got right through when he was polked by Wardpli, sent the ball back. It was quickly returned, and after a. s]iort run by Bannister put. in sprimmpge, and on wprking. opt' was carried over by gaywell, McKenjiie collaring and getting hold of, the ball before it reached the ground, A maul in goal ensued, which the umpires decided in favor of Saywell, who thus scored another try, which Ronaldson converted into a goal. Time was called just when.the try was gained, and some dispute arose as to the right of Greytown to kick the goal undei the circumstances. .The umpire decided In favor of Greytown. Score—tliret goals two tries to nil, As the tim< wqs approaching when the Greytown men would have to leave to catch tin train it was Agreed to play only ter minutes in the last spell, and as soon a: the ball was kicked off some very fas play ensued, the ball being almost imme diately taken down to the Masterton goa lifts, where a hot scrimmage took place He wet arising in a thick steam from tin men's rain-soaked jerseys. Neither sid< gained any advantage, till Eonaldson!go tfto ball and .'cleverly kicked a difficul goal 'from the field, for which he wa . mueh cheered.-Before, time was up Mas terton was again forced down; and whei • the game ended the ball was : about th middle of: the field, .score—Greytowi and two tries to love, Hearty cheers,were given and respon ded to, and the teams left the field, Mas ' terton not being at all disheartened b; having, been! beaten by one of the bes teams iri • the Provincial district, an trusting tO'profitb'y the day's sport, ■ t/ Mepßrß 3,: Gjrdleiitoni3 ;and Bonaldsoi ' / . acted'as umpires' for the'second fifteen! r, and the former and H. McMaster for th > A first, and 'cheer's were givon for. them b [) both sides before leaving the field.