FOOTBALL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4478, 24 July 1893, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

[bYDAHOOIES.] The second round {artbejunioroup , was opened on Saturday, when the Stars made an excellent start by 1 winning the matoh against Masterton by twenty one {joints to nil. The | ' match v.'ub a very one-Bided affair, and the Stars fairly romped over tlieir opponents from the start. The 1 ground was in excellent trim, and ' suited the light and fust men of the 1 victors immensely. Masterton was '. all there in tight work, but directly , tbe play became, loose, they all i at sea, and points were recorded in | i rapid succession. The scorers were Wellington, Galloway, Carnill, Hock- • i ley, Dorset and Pearse, Wrigley Be--1 curing'three" goals from the places, i 1 and making splendid attempts fit tbe 1 remainder. The Star backs were a fine smart ; set, and made things very merry from ! the start to the finish. ' Wrigley as , full was as sure and safe as usuol, and the three-quarters, Green, Wellington , and Cargill did a lot of useful work | in excellent style, The latter player . especially was in rare form, and in i several instances gave Ilia opponents 1 a turn of speed which .fairly out« matched them. Galloway and King i also played exceedingly well, little '. Charlie feeding his backs in splendid ' style. Among the forwards, Pearse | j was the principal mainstay, but they I all played with considerably combi- ; nation, and deserve tbe utmost credit. ; , For Masterton, Yates, Jumbo, Jaro . and Owen in the backs, and Jeffries, f Mundy, Rangi and Kara (forwards) were the best, although laok of train* j ing was plainly perceptible, and the i staying powers of the greater portion i were exceedingly, weak, Mr Tom Hawke aoted as referee, and Messrs t Agnew and Hudson were umpires. The second team of the Orientals i inflicted a severo beating on the Homebush second on Saturday, win- ! ning by twenty points to nil. No • lesa than eight tries were scored, none of whioh were converted. The tries ■ were obtained by Sayere (8), Weloh 1 (2), Bagge, Reynolds, and Braggins, [ Welch also potting a goal. The Masterton School won their J matoh against Grey town on Satur- ■ day by seventeen points to nil. ' The banner presented by Mr E. M. 1 D. Whatman, president oftheWai- | rarapa Kugby Union, was on view in Mr J. Williams'shop on Saturday, , and attracted a greatdeal of attention, I The banner is a beautiful one, of an ■ artistio design, made of green and • gold plush. The monogram of the ' Union stands out splendidly in gold I letters, and it is certainly a credit to 3 the donor and the recipients, The } Red Star Club will take possession 9 (if the protest of the Masterton Olub is b not entertained by the Union) for the J present year. The banner was made [ by Mrs K, J, Malcolm, wife of the , Secretary ot the Union, and is entirely her own design, The Sydney-MorningHerald,thinks j that the New Zealand team will be ; very unfit for theirreturn match with . New [South Wales, on Saturday next, r and would like to see them cancel the ' engagement with Bathurst on Wednesday in order to save themselves 1 for the final trial of Btrength onSatur- ' day. The paper says:—They ploy [ their last match in Queensland on . the 22nd, and if the new proposal be f carried out they will have to travel I baok to Sydney, probably by water, - go by rail to Bathurst, play a match '• there, return by rail to Sydney, and 9 play another important matoh here- \ all in a week, If they fall in with ' any such arrangement it will certainly } be said that their good-nature is stronger than their intelligence, for . with the exception of the new men, the team would be just as stale as it 9 was last time, It is, not, however, 1 likely that the New Zealanders will » commit the error of making the trip to i Bathurst before playing the inter- ' colonial match. j A Sydney paper remarks;— New , Zealanders will not begrudge their i cousins the rictory,aince it is only one t against many reverses, They will look 1 at it as Rugby footballers should; it ' will give heart and impulse to the ' young Cornstalks to persevere in the | pursuit of the pleasures of tbe football . field with a new zest. I The following graphic introduction i of tbe return New Zealand"N.B.W. match appear in the Sydney Rei feree:—" There are scenes which are said to be beyond pourtrayal by tbe ' brush of artist or the pen of soribe; i there are sights which leave an ' indelible imprint upon the mind of men never to be blotted out. Bat of ' ■ all the 'sights that I have seen and ' attempted to describe that of tbe re- ' ' turn match between New Zealand and ' . New South Wales stands out aB the ■ ; most perplexing—the most hopeless' beyond description. In fact no match ' has ever been played in this Colony which oan be compared with it. , 1 Abounding in the most marvellous, pieces of individual and concerted j brilliant play, incident after incident of the most exciting character following as quiokly as tbe eye could follow, ( and almost too fleeting for tho mind i to grasp, small wonder is there that no pen could do suoh a match . justice. The Association Cricket Ground lias been the scene of many ' grand struggles; upon it ono colony againßt ano'her has competed; the combined colonies have opposvlEngland at cricket. Still no sight, none of the greatest conquests of the oast, not excepting perhaps the Loost wonderful cricket match ever placed , —England v Australia—can be com- ( pared with that of this match. The ( cheering from fully 17,000 throats was tumultuous, the noise was deal- | ening as thunder, more prolonged, t and almost as far reaching. The residents of Waverley, of Paddington, j and of South Sydney beard tbe roar- j, ing; and the countless thousands on , the Centennial Park, despite the dis» i lance and tho noise there, heard .the j. incessant cheering. Tbe match was v a triumph for the footballers of New j South Wales; it was an equal triumph andcause' of elation for the spectators, whose excitement knew no [ bounds. If the wonderful brilliancy, , tbe marvellous kicking, and the allround excellence shown by the New . South Wales team bad been displayed by New Zealand, ,we would not have gone into ecstaoies over it, We have ] become so acoustomed to downfall-at the bands of the denizens of Maoriland that we should have accepted it as our allotted fate to be overrun onoe more, Now, however, with the tables f turned, weiwill be pardoned for exulting in a victory, a very decisive victory ° aohieved, by what may, without ex- ? aggeration be termed, a phen- , Omenal exhibition of. football, ■ The matoh was one that will live a long in the mind of tHose' who saw it. ? It was a battle to be treasured up as a specimen, of what football should \

be, and of what New South Welshmen' can do Bometiines, They may never show suoh form again; and if they do it will go hard for those who oppose them. Thus ended a game the equal of which we may never again boo." The return junior football match between the Bed Stara and Feather* ston will be played at Carterton on Saturday next. - The second Orientals aroendoavor» ing to arrange a matoh against the Wairarapa School representative team. The report; Masterton on Saturday night that thelS?%J((|pd . — — team had inflicted a ttemendous beating'on the Queensland representatives, winning by thirty-five points to nil, Our boys must certainly be improv* ing. ;: . : > , ;..,_-' There is a general desire in Christcburcb that a strong effort should be made to bring about a contest between the New Zealand Rugby Union's representatives on their Australia and a combined mS&kom, the provinces of Canterbury and Otago, As Christchnrch is the most, convenient centre, and as Lancaster Park is so 1 much better, for such \ a match than the Wellington grounds, it is suggested that tbe New Zealand Rugby Union's team should journey South before disbanding. It would meet with a cordial reception there, and no doubt would receive very liberal terms. (By Telegraph.-Press Association,) Dujiemn, Monday. The Times, presumably writingauthoritatively, says that nothing is likely to come of the proposed Combined versus N.Z. matoh. As apart from the number of other objections, the time available is much too short to permit of a representative Otago and Canterbury Team being got together. .