FOOTBALL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3000, 11 September 1888, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

ffA : meetingof iheWairarapa Rugby Union JTvaa: held \at Carterton last evening, (Monday), Mr G. E.'Smitli in 'the chair,' .. Several; important' questions in connection with the visit of the English' team were settled,and it was deoided:that the Union; team wbioh played against Wellington on Saturday last be pitted against the next seventeen for a short practice.at Carterton on Saturday .next, -after whioh the team to play against England will be picked. It was unanimously decided that Mr E, M.D. Whatman be sole match Committteeman to pick the Wairarapa representatives for the forthcoming lnatoh. The following seventeen have been selected to play against the Union first fifteen at Carterton on Saturday next, at three o'clock—Back,, D'Aroy; threequarters,E. Polling, Wallace, 0. Perry; halves, Pani, Hawko,' Webster: wings, Eagle, Hounslow'j: forwards, | F. Perry, Igguldeh, luinmer.LO; Beard, Einmett, Amos, Kibblewhite. T. Moore. .Emergencies— back's; Bennett, Ehnini; forwards, Muir, Alf Hoar, Kara, .-' '

The- following. items, are taken from .the special reports, supplied by a correspondent to a London' paper, of. the'matches played by the English inen in New Zealand i-r-Beturnmatoh with 'Canterbury—!' .The"', game'was splendidly contested, espeoially.in the ■ firs half.: -During.that portion of the game the local ineii had slightly the better of the playj ; bufc' in the last half, except for about ten minutes, England's representatives were;too good, The bad kicking, of oourse, is acoounted for by the slippery ball," First mafoh with Well ; ngton—" The English players state: that the gamo was the roughest they had/witnessed for years. Many of the Wellington players depended entirely on brute force, Moking fiercely either at the ball or a man, they cared not-.whioh, and besides those who actually had to retire, nearly the whole of the English players received some nasty kicks, two getting a' pair of black eyes. The public of Wellington are well-nigh footballinad, judging from theuproar, shouting, cheering, and frantic gesticulations of the crowd, and the feeling was muchmbre one-sided than had been shown either at Dunedin or Christchurch, not only by the general public, but by the players themselves. The order appears to have been issued to win, whether by fair play or foul, and by the bullocking game which they adopted, the ohance of success was in their favor. For six weeks all the men had been in strict training, consequently they lasted Mof go to the end; besides this the weight of the forwards was considerably more than their opponents." The Taranald match—"There was tremendous cheeriug 'on the result being known. Tar'anaM is the firstteam that has beaten the Englishmen. The gratification of getting the victory was, however, marred by the certainty that. it was not gamed in a fair manner, The referee was incompetent as well as partial. But this was no fault of the players themselves,' who played with rare pluck throughout, and although the Taranakimen had the worst of the play nearly the whole of the time* they never lost courage, their certain * collaring' preventing . what might have been with weakness in that line a heavy score, and great credit is due to. them, although if a dozen more matches were, played with thOsame;.teams,-.I should, withoat 'hesitation/ say the Englishmen would win thewhole of them." j . The second Auckland matoh "With regardto theplay.'the winners showed about the same ability as on the first occasion. The downfall of the Englishmen was through their over confidence in victory, and although several took good care of themselves, many did not, and their exhibition compared to the Saturday's form was a very poor one. None of the backs appeared to have the least dash in them, and the try by Auckland, was due entirely through Haslam being out of His place, .allowing a clear opening, Eagles worked like a horse and did wonders. Seddon, Penketh, and Mathers, all did well, but the game.was lost by the feeble play of the backs, who could never escape their opponents, even with a good start,' The ground and ball after the first few minutes was very greasy."