FOOTBALL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4530, 22 September 1893, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

[By Damocles.] ' Orientals u,jtar Second.

•■.'•• The Oriental team' met with" th firat reverse of; -Iho season on th Park Oval yesterday afternoon whji they wereratberseverely:beaten b; tlia Junior team "of (lie; Hod Stars When the match was first-spoken of all who kye wutolied the teams dur 'liig die season; were -of the opinioi that the Stars would prove too swif for their youthful opponents. : Tb< Orientals are no doubt a splo'ndii little t=am, : and,were to meot a team with the stamina.o the Stats, With, more experience the boys have, the material in tjieii ranks to make a rattling fifteen it the future, but they must not thiol of entering for the junior cup conies fit least for two or three' seasons ti oome, Thenmloh yesterday shouK settle their minds upon their chancel of Biioeess. -The Stars arc certaiul] as good as any junior team in thi Wairarap?, but were nut representee by their full strength yesterday., i lot of interest was taken in the match and a large number of speotatori were present. The noisy eleinen was in full force, and kept up a tiradt of hooting and yelling throughoiv the game. The youthful "barraokers' were the principal offenders, ana no much weight was attached to theii efforts to overrule the decision o the referee and line umpires.. Mi Walter Baillie made an excellent referee, and k«*pt the men going fron start to finish, overlooking certaii little infringements of the rules toi strict an adherance to which has tin effeot of making a football match dul and uninteresting from a spectator': point of view, As a result the garni was fast and exciting tbroughout,au< although the Orientals, were dis tinotly overmatobed, they played ii a plucky and determined manner, 1 The Orieutals commenced the pro oeedings extremely well, end for somi time after the kick off had the Star in trouble/ The spirits of the yellov and blaok supporters were very high at their chances of victory, and wefi highly elated at the grand stand madi by their choice They certainly triei hard to reaoli the converted line, ami good all-round individual, play wa shown, The aggressive stand madi by the Orientals was not allowed b last long, the splendid back play o the Stars soon showed itself, tint when the backs warmed up to tin work, the game was never in doubt T.Wrigley was the first to score, ani from a fast Star rush down the fieki smartly picked the oval ; iip, anc crossed the line, Harry Wriglej failed to increase the score. Boot after, Butement obtained another tr; in precisely the samo manner and Hawke could not place the bal between the sticks. This suddei reversal of affairs put the Orientals 01 their mottle, and they had the ball a the other end in less time than 1 takes to write, Richards here 00l lared a pretty pass and quick a lightning had the ball flying throng! the air, registering a pretty goa imidst ■ tremendous cheering. Th 3rst spell then ended, Stars 4 points Orientals 4 points, The second spell was all in favom if the Stars, who outmatched tbei: ippononts in every department j tbei bnvard play being fast and trioky, lod the backs safe and sure, Ton iVrigley, who appeared a regulai feteran in this match, scored two nore tries in this spell, and Galloway )y the prettiest run of the day placed mother, all of which were not iu« ireased by the kickers. Greeu also lotted a goal from the field, bringing he score up to fourteen points against he Oriental's lour, Both teams made everal attempts at goal from marks, lut were without success,

The 3tars' baoks wore all good without exception, and it would be hard to find a better baok team in any junior team in the province. Tom Wrigloy was the mainstay in the forwards, Wellington and Butement also giving a lot of useful help. The Orientals, under the heavy odds against them played a plucky game, and their baoks had severe work to stop the heavy tushes of the victors, 'They were at a disadvantage at haying an extremely light fullback, aud their opponents haviug 'found out their weakest spot, made every possible use of it, Jaokson, Bennett, and Smith and Webb all played well, and Hichurds by his grand kicking saved them a lot of trouble, Wellington, Doughty, Warner, and Sayers in the forwards fought bravely, aud deserved the highest praise. Although this defeat has spoilt the otherwise" splendid record ol the Orientals, they lake it in good part! and acknowledge they were defeated by a better 'tearu.

The following team of Masterton Wanderers will (day the Whareama to-morrow afternoon, at Tinui :-T. D'Aroy, W. 0. Cargilj, T. H. Thompson, R, Thompson, F,' Pelhng, Coch. rani, W. V/jjstbrpok, T. Butement, S, Pike, Dorset, G. Lilly,' Astall, Donovan; emergencies, E, Eton, Wrig? ley, Dorset, Hudsop.'

The following will represent the Weloh family against thp Wellington Club en Saturday nextj-G. Welch, W. E. Welch, W, 0. Welch, W.E, Welch, Ernest, fred, IJoary, Alfred, Herbert, Walter, Tom, Edward, Arthur, Allan and Ernest Welch, Emergencies: A.J., James and Maurice Weloh.

■ The Wellington Football Club's learn will include:— Hoacue, K. Dunoan, A, Duncan, Stuart/ Gillon, ■Ward, F, Powdrll, Murray, Eawson, Bob, MoUormaok, Allen, Beeves, Eeid,, KiEuw'nall; ethergenpy, BarneUi Mr H, WyDyard wiU'officiate as referee: