FOOTBALL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1157, 21 August 1882, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

' :!!■■• •■■■: :.■„;-.- .-.•■■,■■ .■■■■■. ; -VTi/ , i { (ByOUBGREmWS'CORRESPONDENT;)'^ j "Saturdaydaatwaa a red letter'dafwith" ; (henatives of the Wairampa, aiid !ll aTifebt ; ' to be recorded bb an evpnt in Native History, to show the. progress of them" ■-. towards thapjOEtresßofpivflisation,, Two teams'of Masferjon Maorjes visited ,Greytown, to do battle* against two teams of the Papawai Maoriea. j ia prooesswri Lhout„l,3oi.tjjie Jfojeßter's Hotel, and niirpHed'to'Simra'spWdocE"" being preceded by, the standard bearer.i whp aj orange andj bjue >flagj[ The,scene.on the ground was one bfeodless' vari%,-for\ thelites,' "and 'Vdu'sitfl, and aums, of trie ebiit'eßte'nW'-were there in large numbers, decked out in all the colon of the rainbow. The visitors were captained by ■fillers, and Papawai by R, &Tlje fonn'er were: the favoriteiw l ¥r appearance on stripping vvas I umpired' for' 'Mas'«ion,. ijtfff^Afu^uir<3' ■ ■ fur Papawai, Mr BpeJls 'of twenty ■ imhijtes'-^e^'blftypd, '..',;' '•■•fi'; f -froJ.)} 'fad

■■".-.. -%\ the Home Team showing the throughout. On the Brat spell a try was obtained by Phillips which Aoreri ci-nvirted into a goal. In the eeound the visitors wai med up to their work and forced their opponents down, Ellen also got a mark, and made a pretty drop for goal, just missing it. Toi suoceetled in netting a try, which resulted in a poster. In the 3rd spell some very determined play was made on both sides, each scoring a force down, the play 011 Ellers being greatly noticed. He almosFsuccseded in-getting atry fo^MsHde,.after this.the, hontyieam got the Bailout of danger till'time. was. called. The'visitors had to "play" withodt" their.oaptain in the 4th spelUs he retired f hurt. iNoera' managed to seburejinq/hjirf; try for Papawai,. from which no.extra.' soore was made. jWhen no side was ihetball watf being scrimmaged nn thiL Papawai goal line, the visitors very much like scoring. Result, Papawai V* ; Vi The second match was won 1)J c Papawai > 4 tries to 2' tte ''Th'eplayvthrofighodt : waßxanied on in the best, of-spirUs, there being ah.absenoV of jangling ; ; aa is usual when) Europeans are playing, and the hearty manner in. which one team cheered the other : when a,pointwaßgained shewed that they play for the pure love of the )>ame, : _; y\ '■• .-■ , ' A matoh' will lie 'played' in' Greytown ronrSaturday uoxt between a Greytown 'Ybu'th's olub, and 15 of Our Boys Club typm Wellington,, the following H re the ,Vehriel|, Mei ut, Muir, Stevenfiop., : McDean. ;i McGregor, Hutchisonj'Hbod/ltobinsnd, Garrett, De Castro, Moss, Emergencies; Ewing, Kirker, and Bacon™ ■''''''■' ■'■' : '■■ ■.-;-.. ■■"■■■■ ,■ ~..:■;■ .. ■' : ' ORTOOWSi YOUTHS V; MASTEBTQN ; . YOUTHS, The matoh between the above came off in Mr G. Dixon's paddock yesterday, and' resulted in a victory for the Masterton youths by a goal and two tries to nil. The game was to have started at 2.30, but.it was, four'o'clock'before tho .vUjtbra' their team together, and a start waj made;' ' it beinij' decided to play four minute spells, On lining outfit was at once seen that the home team was much heavier than their: opponents, and from the fact of their three ■ -bft the' ? fifteen among them their chance of success looked very bright. Though all the Masterton team, were genuine.youths, some of them were rather hairy, and,this caused a little grumbling among the visitors. The following are the' names of the respective teams. Greytown :-D. Baillie, back; J. Terry, A Udy, half backs.;'J:fittrnplirievi J.-Winteringham,quarter backs; forwai da, H. Hawke,\H. Mitchell, A_Beard,7-■ Beard, W. Thuma*, Hrfiumphries, J - Baillie, W." Humphries, Hodman, Pellim; --- •Masterton :-Back, F. Perry: half-backs,-AV. .Perry, (captain), , VV. A. D'Arcy;< quarter-backs, J. Perry, A. Thompson ;" Forwards, A. Welch, H. Welch, 0. Bannister, H. and C Hounslow, A. Hoar, T. James, J.TCibblßwhite, Edwards, and;.; Taperell. The came througho'it was ia favor Of Masterton, though once or twicet" the visitors came very near scoring. The - home team was foroed down once, through F/Perry,., whs,,was playing back, not knowing exactly what to do, and as he was not far from the goal line he kicked it • behind and touched it down, The visk tors were forced down a number times, and a fair try by James was n»t' allowed by the Greytown Umpire. The-' ground was very heavy, there being several large pools "of water, and fconse' quently loose sorimmages were the order of the day.. Both ;.side> exhibited some very fair dribbling, but the passing was; very poor.. For Masterton J. Perry, played splendidly, ; being always on the ' ball, and secured two out of the three > : tries, fr'Siu una of which D'Arcy hnd no' "difficulty in kicking a goal. W. Perry and A. J. Welch also Bhowed up well, the latter getting two tries, one of which was ~not: allowed.. For the visitors d." Bailliß, Humphries', and Terry playedwell. Little Udy played plu'ckily, but.'' his opponents were too heavy for hiuv All the forwards played hard, and fought-V gamely .throughout, The collaring of the visitors,was inuch better than that of the home team; 'wh»; with one or two _en'ceptnins, try ■■■ collar round the neck, an'd not/re ofieii oaine to the ground themselves. At the coticlusion of the game hearty cheers were exchanged Messrs Webster and'Morison acted as umpires .respectively.for Greytown and Masterton, • and Mr W. McKenzie "officiafed' 'as referee. We understand the return match I will be played in about three weeks, The interprovincial matoh Nehon v, Wellington will-be played in Wellington on Saturday next. Bj.th the Wairarapa clubs will be represented." ' '