FOOTBALL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4155, 4 July 1892, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

' [3y DIOOBHEB.] ■.;- North v. South Wairarapa. A maltoh betweaa teams repreaiating North and South Wairarapa Was played on the Worksop Soid ground, Maaterioc, on Saturday last, resulting, uftsra game us aotal, as it was interesting, in a wia for the former by eight points (four tries) to two. The i weather, wbich has been wet every Saturday sine? the aeaaon commenced, was, as expected, inclement, aod tha spectators:aa a rnsnli wera c&raposed of: i.hiit enthtiaiaatic: element known as " barraokee|B." The match did not, commence lti)l nearly faui o'clock,' at wtisH hoar thirteen Boathernera answered tha call of the whistle. Of ibis pnintwr three of the backs and two of tile forwards were picked from the field! The Northerners, thougU not koking io nunjbera, were also without | the serficett of some of their moat promtneritplay era. boon "after the oooamenceiaeat of the game the Southern forwarda got on a splendidruab', ttnd M'Quire, who was playing a dashing game, slipped over the line and assured at first _ try, The kick at goal waa, ia coasequenca Jof the greaaineaa of the ball, a failure. The Northerner*, who appeared to be holding their op. poneuta rather cheaply, then woke op and made a determined effort io score. Froml:av fast forward rash Gray got ttnd ploughing hie waj through : the baflka oyer fairly behind the The kick was about to be taken when thi> akipper of the Southern team announced thai tha Northerners were playing with sixteen men. The latter wtsre aorprissd, but tbe fact tamained. Theattuaiion was a peculiar one, hot after some little discussion the ti-y-Jwas allowed and play reasimed, one jof the Northern men changing aidea, The kick at goal was not, however,! for reasons best known to the referee, taken. The play liEd only been reaumed a few minutes _- when Gray Becarad another try and increaaed the score of his t°atn to fonr points, tbi kick at goat was again a failure. titaa was aoon afterwards called. In th@ second spall tbe Hortberners had it all their owe way, notwitbaUndiiig that at an earl f Btage Gray retired* with a broken, finger, Ouckoo Thompson essayed & neat run from which he seored. Thfl i try was dispated on aeccant of affsido play, arid whilst a couple of playera were arguib/( witlj the referee tbei game waa resumed and Wataon busceeded in crossing thw line. Tha eecond try was also] disposed, but the referee was still discussing the firet acore and could notj therefbra qive aa opinion on the latter. Eventually the former try was aliiwed and the kick taken, but no goal resulted. Saglo, one of tbe Southern forwards, here retired with an injury to his back. The Northemera noon afterwards looked very like acoriDg,all|theoppoi:iDgbacxß having beeD passed, but Eaglo, the injnred player, divested himself of bis coat and fell upon jthe leather, thus averting another jtry. Within & minuta, of tbe call of time Cuckoo Thompson made adother dodgy run and got over a second time. Tbe kick being a failure ibe game ended, Northerners eight points, Southerners two. The individual play on neither aide was particularly brilliant and it would really be invidious to mention Games. Messrs & Hoimwood and Ngatuere officiated as Sine umpires.

McE. M,- D, Whatman acted as refgfee in the North 1 v South match on Saturday* and" the impartiality 0 f big decisions was favourably commented upon by all. He id certainly to be commended tor the effort he made to suppress oil-side play.

Tiio rofureo in thematoh it Mastertou Ofl a y ibjeai;<;nfid to »tOD tha game yoleeti the '• baf rackcyg *" became Iperi hoetjio iti their demonstration 4p??sr<is eejjtajn players.' Astall, a Ponejte forward, played for Soutli Wairarupa in Saturday's mate!).

The Oriental first fifteen defeated the Fttrkvaia .Non-ducliera on Saturday kst by two ;-oijits to ail, and the second oi Ike Orientals went down before the Royal Stars at Cartettois ty One try t'o love.

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