FOOTBALL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2599, 16 May 1887, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

Mastektox v. Grettown. The Masterton Club sent two teams to Greytown on Saturday last to do battle against the Greytown Club, with the result that they were successful in tlie'. second fifteen match and played a drawn game iu tho senior contest. The teams were drivan down in Mr W. Weill's conveyances and arrived in good time, tho juniors taking the field first. Ellers captained the visitors'. and Grigg the home team. ' From the kick off it was seen that the weight of the Masterton team.was too much'' for their opponents, but the first spell; did not produce any scoring, the.agility.of; the Greytown backs, proving equal to the extra-weight of the opposing forwards, In'the second spell both teams started, off with a .will, and . the visitors were very soon'/desperately'' defending thoir goal line.' X-scrim-' mage was boing fought within a few .yards ; of. the goal, when Ellers got possession and put in a good ran;; when collared, he passed to E. Polling, who in turn passed back to Ellers, and what seemed an inevitable score-was frustrated by T, Hawke. A scrimmage in front of the Groytown goal ended in Miller passing to Elers and he to E. Welch, who got- over the line and made the only score of. tho day. The' kick at goal was a good One, but resulted in a poster. The play to the end of the game was pretty erenly contested, neither side gaining any particular advantage. For the winners E. Polling, Ellers and H. Perry did the lion's share of the work, while among the forwards tho giant form of Eanginui was most conspicuous, although Miller, Ngature and F. Welch did some serviceable play. In the senior match. E. Udy captained the reds (Greytown) and W.Perry the yellows Masterton) the urapiros beiug respectively Messrs Tocker and Wickerson, referee Mr Booth. Theyellowskickedoff.andscriramagesbecaine the order,.relieved occasionally by short dodgy, runs, the backs on either side being too well watched to he able to get away. By determined rushes either goal would be menaced, but tho aggressors would be as determinedly forced back,. and consequently the game was principally fought out between the two 25' yards flag. In the first spell, Ellers (Masterton) made a smart pot at goal,' but. was hardly high onough to score. In the second Bpell, the reds, by somewhat welljudged forward play,., gradually forced, the. yellows on the lino, when from [a scrimmage one of the batter's backs got possession, but Humphries was smartly on him; the leather was' put down, Humphries secured .it, .and. touched down, amid deafening. olioers" from the spectators. The-. Referee's, decision, however, caused a deal of disappointment among the Rails', . partisans, and when it' was riileid to have been ,a .;'dead ball" when picked up, the cheers turned' to yells, Fi'om this, to .the end game the leather was well kept linear the centre, both sides doing their level best to make the play loose./ The Greytown forwards were.far, ; euporior to fye visitors'in their ( systematic style of playing. ' Led t>y (J. Beard and E. Udy ascriiipajje. was soon, burst up' a't a signal, anji the pair would he seen coming through with the leather, but only to h'o stopped by Ellers, the opposing' qentre quarter. Humphries, Goldsmith and C. Udy among the Greytown'forwards deserve' special mention for 4heir hard play, ,-■ and the three Tu11)!(b aud TV Hawke behind the scrim,lid their work well, the latter being the "man of his team." The Mastertonforwards played a hard game, and held their own well, ; against their disciplined opponents. It would be well for them to take Satur-. day's lesson to heart and endeavor tp practice with a for no' doubt more can be done by '< working", a scrimmage than by going into it with no definite object in view.: : Behind the scrimmage W. Perry and Ellers. did lots of useful work, the latter being; ; full of play, stoppiiig pshes.pping ; out J^n(l , ' lqf»lcir\g'_'. au^pr>si)n|*)y..-" "ft;

Thompson was; too close totho scrim-; : nwge; liis place should be half ••: and stand well out for,long passeii'-as. ;: miming is his forte;". On §. was completely siiiotliered and being '• rather light etobci'no show with ■ft ;-: few of the Greytowrrnien around him. .'.•;. F; Pelling, as wing man M the Mas- " terton ; team r -.-prpyecl-".-tq'hV tbe ; right: ; m\ man inthe right- ;place'jcm'; Saturday; j&l M dribbiei.-^feX[; ; the M,.:. :: i and didaqt allow to 3o ; i m<£ '■' i'L &st©warjmacbhisdebtii. ~: , ii: j^.thia..'matchiv : . '■ smart ■■'.■J i player, ml^^mji, the wing;; .&"£ | :was''alwaj3 opposite man,/ i,;; plays with : . :^^^paslji : hut; wauli-;; •'. serve m ; s more fnstpr.of ■. trying "to pick ttpv^jifc tlie Masterton halveg Judfp back V;. : had very little todo.biit tp return long;' Mots, which they . did ; , with.intereat added...-Spoils of twenty" • s .minutes each-were played, in the junior match andthirty minutesl each in the .:. : senior. Cheers were exchanged on all sides; the matches being,'the best conducted yet played ..between the two ciubs. ;,;:. r tTI- v :■The annual general meeting of the : Wairarapa Eiigby "Football Union will. be held at Carterton to-morrow even« ; ..The Masterton Football.Club hava challenged. of thft .. .Carterto-.Ciub':to; j at Carterton • on;Satui'dayhbii•"/'"'•' ..; .'"_'.. ■A.ma.tchison'lhe'tapis, for next . Saturday, .Masterton' (2nd Fifteen) v.: :Mauricevilie,. ■.. .'..'.■'