FOOTBALL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4802, 17 August 1894, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

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■Yesterday opened up with rather ■■■ gloomy weather for the trial of :. strength between tho.. football representatives of tho abovoiro; ' yinces, and greatly militated agoinst ; the attendance. Notwithstanding the'incleniency of; the weather, howoveiy.a.grcat deal, of interest was manifested in'the matcli,'and con-.v siderably oyer a spectators ■' assembled round the Oyal enclosure during tlie afternoon.''Kain tried hard to keep off during the progress of tho game, and the ground, although slippery, was not in such a bad.stato as Avas. anticipated. ;'■. ;■'; - : .South'-,Canterbury..were driven four-in-hand to the Oval, and took' their places shortly after three, 1 being welcbmed ;V bn to; the 'field by three hearty cheers from Wairarapa, TheTYißit6is'.Svefe'?wpreseifled; as follows:—Back, -Simpson;.• threequarters, Alf. • Boys^ipfc 7 'Boys, Johnston; halves, Coleusj.Heleanj wings, Gardner, Fox: fonvaikls, Hall, Quinn,Kerr,.Thompson, ife Stetrart, ; 6m^. ; WftuwrapahWtheir-< full equipment of men, and looked rather.heavierthanty especidllyiii'tho back'tlivision'""

Mr C. Pratt was ; entrusted with the whistle, and had full control of tho game, and Messrs Jones and Thompson acted as. line umpire^,.; . D'Ai'cy won the toss, ancl<had an advantage with the wind. ( c M iW»,. bury'kicked off, andßcothobtaiuing possession, rah along and passed to' McGoyeniiwho caught his opponents : napping, and was over the line' in a ; trice. 'The . gamo had scarcely been started two minutes before tho ; score was made. Wrigley sent the ; ball over the post,-aiid three points was registered.--A fine dribble by ' E.TJjdy and Mowlem,.and some more ; anteAuiyMM'me through with a ioose dribble to ffairarapa'twenty- ' fives, where,they were awarded a 1 free kick, the effort at placing proving futilo, Owenwas now rendered 1 next to useless by an injury to his ' leg',; but' ho remained™ his place ' like a Trojan,anddidsomeoxtremely [ neat work in his cool aridrm'atter-of-factßtyle.. Hansen,essayed.a.nice 1 riitf, and passed to Welch, who lost ' possession on. the line, and Boys forced. Somo fierce scrum work fol- : lowed the kick out,in which Canter- ' bhiy mora than held their own, ' fromone ofwhiehMowlomeunningly 1 streaked away and planted "the 1 oval safely behind tho coveted lino, Udy failed i in tho place, making--1 Wairarapa six points, Some more ! pretty passing among the ] \Vairar- ■ apa forwards ensued, and the: :backs \ keopingitgbirigicompletelyparalysed the Canterbury men. Booth, Hansen, and McGovern nll : had'a'spiirt' for 1 tho line, -/but; were.', each in the very nick 1 of time,'. D'Arcy 1 was soon after placed in possession, ■ and this speedy back wasted no timo 1 in securing his try., Wrigley again i failed. Wairarapa 9, Canterbury : nil Immediately after the kick off, ' Mowdem again scored; McGovernnot [ being hble 'to: : inci'easeir'tlie place. • Stewart now set to work, and almost ' single-handed dribbled the," whole ' length of the field when the whistle ! announced half time. •'Score-—Wair--1 nrapa 12 points, Canterbury/nil.. " ' The second spell opened 'with 1 Wairarapa kicking off, the play, im- '' mediately settling in Canterbury 1 territory. The tactics of the home ' team Avere precisely the samo asrn 1 the first spoil, the scientific passing ' game taking the place.of the old- | fashioned rushes and bullockirig, Canterbury tried their utmost to ' keep the game to scrum work, where 1 they: were always seeii to advantage, 1 but directly Hansen put his hands ' on the ball,.it ; traversed from one to the other in pretty style, and a score ' was'nearly always the result, Ooch- | rane, T, Wrigley, A, Welch, and D. : Udy started some splendid loose ' rushes, and the opposing backs had. ' a severe timo in, stopping their pro--1 gress, Onco when, a score seemed | inevitable Udy kicked too hard near the line, and spoilt his chance, D'Arcy next came through, passing • every: man, 'but tripped under the. ' goal, nud losfc : possession,' Atastoof , Stewart's powerful dribbling .was again witnessed, but Booth: proved q, stumbling block, and Mowlcm was given a chance to score, Unsolfislily lie passed out to Watson, who, ever on tho alert, ran along tho line, and transferred to McGovern, the latter again crossing.the line,'/From this the first goa,l was placed,' E. Udv safely depositing tho ball over the bar. , Wairarapa 17, Canterbury nil, Watsqn, who was throughqut playing a great game, again. cpn» spicuously shot through thpoppositlff team, and Owen, gaining possession, cleanly dodged through tho remaining men, and gained tho line, where the ball was. knocked* out of his hands. .Owen,' although crippled, always took tho ball neatly, and oftentimes passed on to another of his men without making any offqrt to run or kick, Several times, how; ever, he forgot his injuries, and his running powers came into requisition. . .Watson, time after timo, travelled through like a whirl-wind, liiß opponents falling like ninepins before tho stalwart forward, and at last he was rewarded by falling over the full-back, who had stopped his career so many tiihes, arid scored tho sixth try for thehomlj|Kh, Wrigley was again entruswu, but the awkward angle, .was. too much for him, Wairarapa 20, Canterbury nil, The large scoring was now. getting monotonous, as it was only a matter of putting up a record. The Canterbury men stuck'pluckjlytb thojr work, arid took their reversal goodImmorally. During the spell, the play 'Was.only twice out .of Cantek bury's twenty-fives,' and Wairarapa was: nqt oiico, forced down in. self, defence throughout the whole gaum, Mowlem, ;'P, Welch, E, Udy and Cochrane put in some fine line work, and op the'.loose they also had matters, pretty lyell their own way, Qwon was given a chance to score by the splendid.passing of Hansen and McGovern, and tho' Whareama representative, injurod limb:and all, sped off for tho line,' which'he reached witlioutiriuch' trouble; McGovern had a sh'oti-b r ut' failed.' T. Wrigley next essayed abrjllianirun (ind passing in'.the iiigk of time," the/-.Jitter",- Bijored and the/score ; j.stood ~ at! 26; point's. Almost.inimediatolyafter, before the visitors 1 ,had - time to regain their breath', ,• Mqwleh}-shot •' forth' and wasunder;the'pbs.ts'in^ a ! trice.:'T, Wolcjielisily cjjnyerfedlTOitopji 3J Hansen, 'McGoverii/'and D'Ai'cy resulted in still, another try under | the, ppsts, ; w.hich/Welchuagai)!, sent : • !TO'and'theganieNwas:!sobn after- * j ., ' Oheers^yjl^^^gedarid,, • x , the '•; 'lwtel^|l|iS^^^Bprf*S

. 7[ Thogamo'vraa.fnr 1 from being oxciting! Rud the spectators did not 'leave their places behind tho fence during tho whole afternoon—a most uhu&ual proceeding -and tho mon in blue, who had instructions to kcop the line clear, had a remarkably easy timoofit. Tho applause was most impartial, any good play by South Canterbury men being always acknowledged in good-natured style. brilliant play of thoWairarapa • backs camo ns a surprise to nil present, considering the greasy stato of the ground and leather, In passing, both forwards and backs excelled themselves, and had tho day been fino, mote perfect work could not possibly havo been witnessed. Owen ■was soverely handicapped by a strained leg, but stuck to his place gamely, andputinsomo pretty work, McGovorn was fairly in his clomont, and a better back game has novcr before been seen in Mastorton, DAvcy played as he usually doesbrilliant from start to finish -and a moro perfect .trio _?f thrcc-quai'tors than the above-named, no team in tho Colony conhl wish for. Hansen aiiQfljjootb as half and ilvc-cighths wero in the main responsible for all tho back play, and proved worthy of thoir positions. H, Wriglcy, as full, had a good deal of work to do, and frequently gained applause by his fino work in that responsible position. Our wings, ilowlera and Wriglcy, although they wero 'pitted against two of tho strongest players in tho ■ opposing team, Gardner and Fox, moro than held their own, and protected their backs in line stylo, ■WJijgloy is a vast improvement on HHy, ,who played in tho Marl-j^Hugh-match, All the forwards, exception, played well, Wati/6iug particularly brilliant. Hflfo if any, fault could bo found HH an individual member of this, | HHion, the whole playing into one f J HHBer's hand's without the least'] HHHfif selfishness. The Grcytown '' worked linnl and well, ' ablyback]iiig up the dashing play of the men. J backs wero weak, ' and as soon as tho ball wasaway from the scrum a score was inevitable, 1 Onlyonoortwotit-bitsofpassingwcre ' seen among their backs during the " game, and not ono man could hold a t candle to his marker on the opposing side. In the forwards, however, the ' visitors excel,aiul if they wercin bnoks anywhere near comparison, such a a result as yesterday's would never f have been made. Stewart, the centre ' man, is a brilliant player, and several times dribbled past tho Wairarapa forwards in dashing style. Hall, Thompson, Hart and Orr were also conspicuous throughout the gamo, iu some really first-class play. In scrum work they were quite a match for the heavy- ;, weight Wnirarapa team, and gener- j ally managed to get the ball to their ], halves in better style than our men. v Here, however, our wings, showed n their ability, and tho manner in v which they came round on the halves ft was astounding, and this in a grunt ~ measure accounts for the poor dis- s play of tho back division, c

The South Canterbury team were entertained at tho Red Star Social ill the Drill Hall last evening, and thoroughly enjoyed the evening's amusement. They left for Wellington this morning, where they play their final match to-morrow.

Ten tries were scored in yesterday's match, three of which were converted. McGovern and Mowlem obtained threo each, D'Arcy two, and Owon and Watson one. T. Welch plaCed two goals and E, Udy one.

Tho Junior mntoli between Wellington and Wairarapa takes place to-morrow at Carterton and will ond ono of the biggest weeks of football ever seen in this district. Our, team, although a strong one, has never had a practice together, and willheatadistinct disadvantage against tho compact and well-trained city team. However, the game should be a good ono nnd well worth witnessing, McCarthy will be unable to play, and his nbsenco will rather weaken the back division. Hyland (Fcatherston) ' will probably take his place atthree- . quarter.

A combination practice of the Masterton and Star teanis, will bo held on the Masterton Park Oval to< morrow afternoon.

■ The "Wellington Union has nominated the following playors for the North Island team to mcot the New South Welshmen in Auckland:Gage, Roberts, Wynyard, (backs) flispop, McKenrtie, Pringle, and Swindley, (forwards),

"Yos," triumphantly asortod a; spectator at tho sinoko concert at Greytown on Tuesday night, " the ladies are even greater barrackers than tho mon, about football!" " Umph! yes, when you get home!" muttered a benedict kickist in lugubrious tones, amidst a shout of luughter,—Observer.