FOOTBALL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3072, 5 December 1888, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

Biilhant Victory at Blackheatli.

_ The New Zealanders had a sploudid afternoon for their match against Kent on tbis occasion; and despite the fact that the ground was awkward to got at, the "gate" proved most satisfactory.. When I readied the pavillion at half-past three, there' must have been fully 11,000 persons Is a head) on the ground. Two large stands (fid extra) were crowded to excess, and the spectators stood four and five deep all round the field. A glance at the so-caUed men of Kent sufficed to convince even my inexpert eyes that theirs was a carefully picked team, and far superior to Surrey, 'ibe- Sporting Life in its account of the match (written I may remark on passant by a Kent man, naturally not too woll disposed towards the Maoris) calls th,o Ifyme team a •' very fair county team." This is bosh, I don't for a moment wish to over-rate the New Zealanders, but to describe a team thus which included world-famous players like R. Christopherson, W. Bashleigh (of Oxford), the two Hubbards, audE.H. Wynne (of Cambridge), is not fair. Before'the match, in the paddock, English footballers were swaggering about wanting to lay 8 tolw the Home team. I myself could have taken £l3 to £5, and would have done so if the New Zealanders had felt any confidence in themselves; hut they were not sanguine,. Joe Warbrick, when ho saw the Kent lot, said it would bo quite' two to one. against his men even if they were in prime trim j and instead of that they'd all got colds. There was no thought amongst the Englishmen of defeat. "It's one of the strongest teams I ever'saw on tbis ground," "said a swell footballer beside me; " and the niggers won't "geti look-in, you'll see," " . . It is no use my trying to describe the match. I must leave that to my friend of tlio' Sporting Life/ linay, however, offer a few romarks, founded on'what I saw and heard. To begin with, the Kent men seemed to have much the best of the game. Jot the ;firaltime;: ; invEnglnfia,^hV' : Maoris werpiiahle.tq:; break; through" tluY ftpmages.rTlieplay r tbbrw«gali

in was thd arid- '• Home team seemed the point ;of, scoring, vAs;' ; , of fact, they did seourolhVn'rslitry butgood Zealnnders, and' there Then liere^oime~^a:ohanger S -lie;f ; «.T-p colonists.; begah- Jo\ fieiCGly randralmo3ibefbra?l ; lmew what liappened, Keoglr secured a ',os olovov try, hearty applause/,hicked : -a'brilliant:;: ; ;i** goal. After this there were ta ? long''■ : $z - serios of Mlinou if anything, having- the: best : bf:tlie ; :" 'M game, Just at- half time, however,'-?':*? the Maoris secured anotherinost for- 'fvs, tunate tryV. Tlie goal ltiok was iiot a?* r -t ■'« difficult one; audi felt ''?J landwould'take it; but by the mosf -: ; confounded bad luck tlio wind bore"i "•• : ' the ball 100 much to the ri|lit, aiid ' ■?'-?' ■it just grazed the; post, falling, alas, on the wrong side, amidst cheers and "'■* *- condolmg cries of" HardLiues/'-Iu - v ; " the second part the play seoiued V- :■ stronger and faster than eveiyKeht?" ■ "• being now rather on': theMiive : ■' U than.the offensive.- iTheNewZaM - : land men felt their colds badlyrthli ':>'.: said afterwards, ~but,there was?noth- 'AtS. ing to; show, it.?,-They' managed, in.V'■ ?•:?? feot,;to keep the ball :almoit ontirely'! ?i $ m .Kent's /ground,^and?wheti ■ the? 5 ?"?? fi : match'endedhadwon'66mparativelyv-; S;; !5 easily by one goal and'bne ■ try and"':' ; : I four minors to a try The applaußQwaa notao>hearty lis* '?? : : ;: : might.have-been.:si;fan^everyo^^' ; - was surprised;: their quick *-Ml :'■ tackling that .makes thenisoformidiV ; able,'':!; < :^: , colonists.—DuneclihStar.?~.. ' : }V^'-:% : <p

The Pear's Daughter and the r * Actor. - N A London corresponaent sajs :- The daughter of who is an ' ex-Minister, and i a 6t iH anaotivW ( {Million, has awfully scandalise!!*} J her family and her sdcial circle by 1 falling desperatoly in bvo with a M light comedian now performing at the I West End lWe. The damsel, it - M appears, was fascinated by his pre- V Bcntation of a part in a drama M lecently withdrawn after a long, run,' M and instead of letting concealment fl prey upon her damask cheek took the 1 ' fl bold course of telling her love by' M letter. The player, it appears, ,-■ readily responded to the peer's, daughter. A meeting was arranged j diveis sweet and stolen interview*. • followed, and the course of true lovo ran smoothly in its cbannol,. - till one day a letter fiom the player to the peer's daughter was discovered, , by an elder sister and laid before tho. patents. .She confessed all, oven to > M I fhe desperate avowal Mbed her troth to^JHMII^^H , ne should: wgatfhel^K»^^^;J? wife, Upon this ;w7mf%ttheV':#- ■ young lady was Biibjeoted to'all- sort&t-~y' ;■ of paternal pressure intended ; to?' ' extract from her the nebeßsary. repu-• diation. But she held out quite lik« tho heroine of a novel, declared that '■ herheartwas fixed, and that, she ; V; would have, her actor and no other.' : '."■ In this dilemma it. was arranged V ask tho; light oomedyVman to an amicable conference on the ' i subject, the idea being that the " • combined remonstrances of relatives: and friends, urged amid the' awful - surroundings of position and title, Jfc would daunt the spirit of the lover, and impress him with the hopelessness and folly of his presumption. Ho accepted the invitation, presented himself at the Belgravian mansion, and was ushered with extra parade of ■ gorgeous flunkeyism into amagnificent drawing-room, *here he was recoived with solemn severity by the noble parents and several other exalted persons, including a Bishop and a - present Cabinet Minister, whose confidence and influence had been confidently enlisted. All were m grand temie, and tho general effect, lam ' assured was forinidablein tlieextreme. " The batteries of remonstrance were • -■•'- speedily opened upon him~the sooial dispavity. the distress and disgrace of: Biich a mesalliance, tho certain disowning of the disobedient child, the' injury to his own professional interests "" which indignant influence would infhet, and so forth. He was equal to " It the situation, and stood by his guns with much coolness and obstinacy, j and repeated his determination to take \ ma dismissal only from the lady in person. At this the peer, her father, ' lost temper, and expressed himself in terms which gavo the cuofor dignified withdrawal. Hell the talo as it wag told t Q mo and othors. in the Savage ' Clab the other night. , "

A Fair Bettor. A New York paper relates the following story, proving that the love of turf speculation has extended to the daughters of Eve ;-At the Saratoga track last week, two' young ladies and geutlemen, dressed in the height of fashion, were observed iir the front vow of the Grand Stand.' Iho appearance 0 f the young ladies, who possibly had not yet loft school, days behind,-betokened that they belonged, to respectable society. Their : male companions, although well dressed and wearing a profusion of sparklmgjewellery, exhibited a certain loud and swaggering air, which, added to their apparent familiarity with the surroundings, showed that they woro habitues of the track. One of the party, ut pretty littlo brunette ■" with a wealth of jet-black hair and . sparkling diamonds, only rivalled by ' icr Hashing black eyes, offored, ina bantering tono, to her escort,'but loud enough for people several feet away to hear.-" I'll wager this diamond ring (taking it off ..her. finger) agaiust your scarf-piu that Jim's I mount wins." She referred to the ' famous jockey M'Lauohlan, and by ' her words showed she was familiar with the vernaoular of the turf. "You daro not do it." retorted saucily, with a toss of her lovely head. "Don't do it, Ethel," broke in the other pig lady, with a pleasing air. Then she added'-"Itou. have lost ' enough already: to-day, and; if you, : keeponyouwill:l6se all your jewellery, as you have your money." "You ' ; keep quieV;-flaidvtho'first speaker.■■ "i'msjure to :win : :this time.:.^See' '< He woji'CbDObeaten^ m. made^and,; as: usual,'itho^iJairr;;)'; bettor left the track'miniis' her'haid- - : : Bomc : diamond ring-^ abrii;v;:;:SS.'r-^^-'^'::...'^' :V v: