FOOTBALL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4204, 29 August 1892, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

[By Diogenes.] REPRESENTATIVE PRACTICE, A practice of combined Wairarapa players, in view of the raatoh with Wellington on Saturday next, was held at Carterton on Saturday,'- About fifteen players in all put in an appearance. Teams were picked by Messrs Malcolm and Iggulden, and a very good practice resulted, The whole of the men were inclined to he sluggish, but the form displayed was above the average, Mr A, E, D'Arcy was indisposed, and therefore aoted as referee. A pleasing feature of the game was the passing, which was a great improvement on former practices, The dribbling, too, was good, but there was a lack of judgment on the line out. The importance of each man marking another was altogether lost sight of, Fairly good combine tion was shown in the scrummages, but there is still room for improvement in this department of the game. ' THE KEPRESENTATIVE TEAM. The following team was chosen by the Ma'ch Committee after the practice match to represent Wairarapa in the contest with Wellington on Saturday :—Back, D'Arcy; three-quarters, R. Thompson, M'Kenzie, and Do Joux; halves, Booth and H, Perry; forwards, Watson Gray, Tyler, T. Welch, Malcolm, Iggulden, Hudson, Fairbrother, G. Welch; emergencies, fl. Welch, C. Moore, T. and W, Thompson, CRITIQUE, The team as a whole is. a particularly strong one, although surprise has been expressed at the exclusion of Greytown players, This is not to be wondered at, however, when it is" remembered that not a single man from that township was at the practice on Saturday. The Match Comipittee has wisely decided to play pine forwards, for it is in this division 'there has been it weakness in the past, De Joux will be placed between' half and thieequarters as an experiment.' Of the individual players I should like to eay a \vord or two. P'Akcy (full-back),—Nothing need beaaidofbim. He'isin his proper plape. Ho runs and fends well, kicks splendidly, and is'a sure collar, A better tack it would be hard to 'find in Npw Zealand. M'Kenzie (three - quarter).—'A. strong runner, sure collar, and fairly good kick; also passes well. R. Thompson (three quarter).—Faat aud active, aud when he is in form invariably distinguishes 1 himself. Kicks wilh either foot and pioks up smartly, When hard pressed, however, he lacks confidence.

De joux (between half and threequarter).—A brilliant little piaytfr, Full of (actios, and 'always there when he is'wanted. He should'i&tiniate to the referee before the commencement' •of a game that he intends bouncing tbp ball'froni his knee when runping, as this inlay i? nearly always mistaken for a gaps forward. Boom (half-back).—A fine tackier and smart runner. Some think that with bis weight ho should be in the forward division. He certainly does shine as a forward, and whilst he renders good service behind the scrum he is hardly'tactician''enough" for" half. Joe Perry or TJ, Thompson would have been better, : ~■■■■ ■"

' H. Perry (half).—ln liTiright p] aC e. ■A emart'and active .runTjer, picks up well, kicks witb'jndgrhent, but has rather an inclination to'|ang on to the ball. ~ ... , /,, r f v Watsos (forward).—Ony,of the best forwards of the team. I'Dashing player, but inclined to be idijgk, sGRAY-Similav player, to Watson. 1

Good scorer and never tires. Throws his lege about rather much, thereby endangering his own team us well as' his opponents. Tyler-A strong man. Talks rather much, but is otherwise a good player. Hardly deserves his place, as be was not at the practice match. Mamolm—Plays woll when he likes, Would make a good skipper, as he is persistent in his appeals. Has not the staying powers o[ Watson or Gray. •

T, Welch—A plucky player, Always on the ball, and dribbles splendidly. • Iggulden-Somewhat slow, but a hard " grafter," Qualified himself for his place by the brilliancy of his play on Saturday, .. Hudson—Light for a forward, but very active.. Was not at the representative practice, and should therefore have given way to such a player as Harold Welch. Fair'brother,—Very powerful and judicious player. Eathor out of form, but his selection is justified from his play on Saturday. G. Welch—Also green. When he is in form is a rattling player but with his condition should have given place to Clarence Moore, H. Welch (emergency),—ls quite; good enough for the team, Has rather too great a liking for the hall, but is a dashing forward. 0. Moore (emergency).—Also fit for the team, Follows up well and is a" sticker." T. Thompson (emorgenoy).—Good half-back, ■ Picks up smartly, runs well, and is difficult to collar, W.' .Thompson (emergency).—As f-back-, hf distinguishes himself by his rnnDing and kioking. He is, however, rather light,

Tho Junior Representative Match between Wellington and Wairarapa, played at Petone on Saturday, resulted in a via for the former by seven points to two, The ground was in good order considering the recent heavy rainß. The first spell was evenly contested aud ended without a score, although Wairarapa, if anything, had thebest of it, During thefirst filteen minutes of the second spell, Wellington were rather hard pressed, consequent on the reckless play of their backs, Eventually they cleared their lines by a series of rushes, and from a pass by McKay, Wakeiin got across under the Wairarapa goal posts. Bee placed an easy goal, Aftor a lot of fast play, McGuiro secured a try for Wairarapa noar the corner fhg, but Jackson failed to convert, owing to the difficult angle. Shortly before call of time, Barle scored a Becond try for Wellington, takiugnpassfrom McKay, but no goal resulted. The game ended with play in neutral territory.

The representative team is request ted to meet at the Drill-Hall on Wednesday night, when a skipper will be elected and a practice indulged in. 0, Perry has retired from the football field. His friends will excuse him under the circumstances, although' lie will be a great loss to the Master'tun Club. •■- The- Orientals were defeated "at Greytown by nine points to nil by the Hard Cases. ' The Masterton Junior Sohool Boys played the Fernridgo Sohool Boys on Saturday. Fernridge had by far the heavier'team, but notwithstanding, Masterton won by eleven points to five.

Pani, the well known Hawko's Bay player, returned to Masterton on Saturday, He intends permanently residing here.

The following team will represent tho Printers in the match against the Blacksmiths, Wheelwrights, Cabinetmakers and Upholsterers, to be played on the Park Oval to-morrow (Tuesday) afternoon at 3 p.m.:-Sage, Warner, Darloy, Green, O'Connor, Gardner, Wilsone, Hounslow, Cargill, Vile, Nicol, Wimsett, Nicolson, Byford and King; emergencies, Vibert, Copping, Bennington and Martin, The Blacksmiths and Cabinetmakers will be represented as follows;—T. Hawke, Thompson) Jackson, Welch. Hoar, 0, Ewington, Caleb Ewington, H, Ewington, T. Dixon, Broom, Grant, J. Cole, Owen, H, Cole, W; Spackman; emergencies, 0. Forbes, Cade, Marsh, Watson, Pybua . Welch, Muir and Eeynolds,

The interprovincial match Wellington v. Hawke's Bay was played at Napier on Saturday, the visitors winning by 11 points to 5, Tho ground was heavy, but the play was fast and exoitiog. The scorers were; Lee, two tries; Gage and White, one try eaoh, Ellison convening one of the tries. For Hawkes's Bay Bees got a. try and converted a penalty kiok. Wellington kicked off, and through the Napier backs mulling play was in the local quarters until Morrison, Hiroa, andßees broke through, but their aggressive play was stopped by a free kick awarded to Wellington,' who followed up quickly, and Hislnp mulling, Wbito scored. Ellison made a poor attempt at goal. On resuming, tho play was of an even description for Borne time, until Ellison passed to Lee, who broke through the local defence and scored. E|liaon*B kick struck the bar and rolled over. After this the play was in Wellingtou.territory, and Hislop passed to Eees, who got over, Howards kick at goal was unsuccessful, "The ball remained in Wellington quarters, where a pena|ty kick was awarded tp Hawke's Bay, and Eeos dropped a splendid goal. Qage by smart pjay got pver, but the kipk at goal was a' failure. The kick out was returned by Gage, who followed up fast, and gottingf oss.es.sion o( tho ball eluded tbp opposing backs and scored, Le Quesne hanging on to him. A poor attempt was made at goal, The play was even until timawas called.