FOOTBALL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3628, 20 June 1887, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

SENIOK CUP MATCH,. The second heat for the Senior Cup of the Wairarapa Eugby Football Union was played on Saturday last between the Greytown and Carterton teams, and resulted in a draw, neither side scoring, As the contesting teams had met four times, and neither side having scored a win, great interest was taken in Saturday's contest, a number of-Masterton footballers journeying.. down to soo the. play. Messrs W. Hirsohberg and L. Nix umpired, and Mr Beechy was referee, About three quarters of an hour after the specified: time for starting, Fairbrother kicked off for Carterton, which, W. Tully, favored by a wind, returned into touch at tho centre. The visitors Soon set to work with their well-known forward play, and carried: the leather down the touch-line iuto thoir opponent's, territory, Bamber did some, serviceable. kicking into :toucli at critical tpes, and Bethune put in a good run; which took ; the play once more to the centre. From a scrim, A. Udy marked, ! ~and sent the ball into touch at Gartert.on twonty-five, but this advantage;' was shortly after neutralised by aome bad passing df tho (Jreytown men, wbp .went in for- .the foolish' short passes,, which opposing forwards an advantage :%at .was soon taken. Tlie visitors;' by good forward play, again got into: the home team's, temtoiy, and some intor'esting .scrimmages-were fought a Hew yards in front ofthegoal, resulting in Carterton being forced down, kick out was soon returned, and the home toam were again on the defensive W. Tully marking 25 yards in front of the goal. E, Udy'took a place kick but failed to get it behind the line, and Bethune punted into touch at the twenty-five. The Carterton. forwards worked it to tho centre when A. Udy punted back to the twenty-five again. The play now became very fast, Bamber and Bethune by.some good daßhes got the leather to the centre where a rough-scrimmage took place, from

which ltyan'got possession and put in a short run, passed to J. Terry who took it near the Carterton line. a matk, and.punted' into touch at the twenty-five, and his forwards followed up by carrying it to the centre aftor ,a series oi scrimmages, The visitors lost lots of ground at this point owing to them stopping play on an- appeal which was not. recognised, the-hojiie team meanwhile 'continued' on'their course.: .Lucena"'got' fii a iiicsTun ; .which was stopped by W. Tally throw-; ing him into touch,. .. The homa'team' now came out with several good rushes - ' giving the visitors .alt their wor.k to' keep them from, scoring, Reul and J." Peters ac..the head of the Cart/rlefii'forwards . carried it to the line, the Greytown back accepting the forcedown.' From tho.kick out another rush -car'' ried thejeather to the Greytown line and after a few.- most determined' scrimmages Peters got over with theball but was robbed of the honor of scoring by the usual spectator, who by the .way appears as regular at a football match as the proverbial dog at Epaom on the Derby day. On the kick out J. Beard gbt a pretty dribble on; which was well followed, and J. Terry getting possession, made' the run of tho day finishing up on the Carterton lnie, •it " being doubtful for a.time whether hp had not secured a try . The leather Was put into scrimmage about a foot from this. Carterton line, and the danger was averted by the home forwards, wlio took tho play to tho centre, when Terry was again to tho fore with another i run, passing, to W. Tully when collared, whowa9 in turn nicely grassed by TJasher, and 'scrimmages in front of the goal followed. The Greytown" forwards working .in a systematic manner, got withiu a yard of' the coveted line, only to be driven back by their stubborn opponents, Nicholson came off with' a grand run, and Baumber did some judicious punting, and tho contre of the ground sobu became the scene of play, The Greytown forwards Rgain returned to .the attack, and Carterton 25 was the interesting point, Ussher essayed a punt in front of his goal, which W. Tully marked and took a drop kiok. It failed to go behind, and Lucona by a good kick transferred tho play to tho centre, when half time was called, The second spell was a repetition of tho first, the ball beiug first at oneeud and then the other, each aide being able to thrust their opponents back from tho coveted scratch. K, Udy's kick off was well returned and scrimmages ensaed, in which the homo team showed mo3t grit, and Greytown wero forced down. JBethune mado a good run shortly aftor thekickoufc, being arrested by A. Beard just as he appeared dangerous. Scrimmages again became the order, when Bethune marked, and gave the leather to Fairbrother to place for a kick, when the visitors immediately rushed him, and scrimmages followed, in which offside play by both teams caused considerable wrangling, the field of play sounding like a poultry yard when a hawk appears in sight, the din of the players' voices drowning the roferee'g whistle. Bethunoquieted matters a bit by forcing Greytown down by a long kick. The kick out was well followed up by .E. Udy and Humphries, and the Carterton line was in danger. Some pluoky loose' play of the home team took the ball up to tho twenty-five, when A. Udy punted into touch near the goal line. A rush of tbo Carterton forwards started the leather going, and Greytown's twenty-five was where it stopped. The visitors responded with a rush, and brought it back to their opponent's twenty-five at which point Bethune obtained a mark, and by a good kick took the play to the other end of the field, W, Tully put in a serviceable run which was immediately neutralised by Rutherford doing ditto, and the Greytown lino was menaced. The visiting forwards were not to bo deniod, and the centre of the field was soon tho testing place, bub tho home forwards wero equal to the strain, and back it went to the twenty-five, when another rush brought it to tho centre again when., a free kick to tbo home team stopped somevery heavy scrimmaging, The kiok did not give Greytown anything for Baumber returned it well, with interest, into touch. A Udy shortly after obtained a mark and gained considerable for, his side, The visitors now began a very determined sorimmage game and it looked,as though they would. score before time was called, but the punts of Bamber and pluck way that Lucena stopped the rushes, prevented thorn from making much headway, and when time was called they were at Carterton's twentyfive, where l they bod been sorimmaging for some time, the game ending- in a draw, The fact that the teams have played five successive drawn matches is proof enough that they are well matched, and accounts for the great interest taken- in the contests Tho match was about the noisiest that has been played in this district, the : continuous chatter of the players sounding more like a school ground during playtime than a football ground and when playera so far forget themselves as to dispute the referees., decision, as they did on Saturday, it shows we are not making much progress with the game. The off rido play, too, was palpable on both sides, .It id a great pity that the umpires and referees are poworless to stop this kind of sharp practice, as it leads to a deal of unnecessary bad feeling among- tho players. The arrangements • wero not A 1, tho lines were indistinct, and tho boundary flags, too short, -It is necessary that players should know exactly where they are and the lineand flags areall tbey haveto guide them, " '

JUNIOR CUP. The Bed Star team journeyed to Greytown ;on Saturday to'play the second heat for the Junior Cup, but owitig to a mishap to their conveyance they did not reach the ground until about three quarters of an hour after the arranged time, and the Greytowc team, who were to do battle against them, claimed' the match by default, The Stars, hot to be done out of a match, played all comers, and after about half an hour's practice, returnid.

home,' As the Greytown team were made acquainted with the Stars' mishap before tho.specified time for starting the match, and. wero requested to wait for short time, the Stars are rather indignant, and have entered a. protest to itlie Union against the claim of the Greytown team. .The Msfr heat fijrthe Senior Cup. .at Greytown on Saturday . ;next, .. between the Mpstertori and JreyiowitQlubs- The following team will,'..'represent Masterton: —Back, halvej, C. Perry, W. Holmwood, W. Mc- v • Kigazw,; Stewart; wings, Kourislofi sr'P!el]mg£ forwards, C, BannijK, Kibblewhite, F. Perrjp'" 'WelcH, Whatman; emergencies: back, Dyer; forwards; O'Connor F, Welch. . The Masterton and Carterton second .fifteen's, meet at Carterton on Saturday. ,iext,in the second heat for the Junior, Cup, The following are the Sfasterton representatives:—Back: 4. Welch j halves: Dyer, R, Thompson; quarters: E. Welch, H, Perry, A, Thompsonwings: F. Welch, O'Connor; forwards: F, Pay, Bodmin, Miller, iicKenzie. Stokes, H. and J, Bannister;} emergencies; T, Dixon, 0, Hoffiqns, J i-Williams, Bacon. The.lnterprovincial match Hawkea Bay .t, Wellington, was played at Wellington on Saturday, and resulted in a draw." - No score was mado by either side, though Wellington, helped by a strong wind in tho second spell, camo, very., near it soveral times,a There were. 2000 people present, ground was,wet and slippery, andfe* . wind , cold, It would probably &a been anjntorming match under Awe favorable .conditions, as both teams played capitally, but the slippery soil prevented fast, play, and crippled the backs/