FOOTBALL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4804, 20 August 1894, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

[|)Y DAMOOLKS,]

Wellington o, Wairmpa ' The junior representative match ! • between the selection of Wellington ' and Wairarapa was played in Oar- " terton,..on Saturday, resulting in a win for the city team by;a'4 >l and a try (? points) to'a'fay .The game, as far as the play of tho Wairarapa' team Whs concerned, was* a severe "disappointment, andihp Selection Committee, whoever tsl*, were, and no one seems to know, - ought certainly to be brought to' . book before the Union, for placing men in the team who werenext to useless,to the jaxclusiorlof experienced players. Why sucli men as Jonah, Halley, and two or three others were plated before Cargill, Jeffries, and." Amos, who shone so conspicuously during the recent tour of the juniors, cannot 'be.accounted 1 ' for,'aud can only be put down to the Club jealousy, which is at the present timo predominant, and if«?by sonio moaiiß checkedj will \irovo fatal to football representation in this district.' The team which recehtly upheld . the honor of the distrait on foreign grounds, would undoubtedly bare made a better stand than our men did on Saturday, and the action of the selectors in breaking up tho team of players, who knew their places, and each others play, cannot be too severely commented upon. Saturday afternoon proved fine, and a good many spectators were on the ground to witness the result, although the awkward time greatly militated against tho takings at the gate. The Wairarapa was fully represented, with the, exception of McOarty, and Broad was elected captain. The Wellington team looked heavy and smart, and a victory for them was / fully expected. needs little couldseoshortlyji^Kiecomi.>ckj- ; meat that to t <fcy/fw Wa|>rapa biifes tile least show would bo pro-:. judicial to their best interests, and tho way they kept the ball to them- ' selves deserves the utmost praise. . Our forwards although includingl good and true men, were all at sea, against the cun- . ning tactics their ■ opponents, and the' city men took • possession of theballfrom the scrums on every occasion, and the backs would have the oval in a different part of the field before the scrums wore broken. The Wairarapa wings were extremely weak, aud allowed the opposing half to transfer tho ball to his three-quarters without any effort of molestation on their part;-' The baffling tactics of the city wings was doubtless in a .'great measure responsible for this, and the series of cock-lights going on,' while the ball was in a different part of the field was highly amusing to the spectators, if it did lose Wairarapa the victory. In tho first spell Wellington scored their - eight points, and both were made from easy passes ft'oinnndor the scrum to the five-eighths, and from thence to the three-quarters. Lewis' Scored the j fii st try,' and Driscoll tho second, tha latter being converted. . lii the second spell Wairarapahnd all the best of tho play, and should have scored an easy victory. The best piece of play of the day, and one of the few chances ho had, was Thompson's score. Broad neatly sent the ball out to him, in the Wairarapa twenty-lives and the speedy three-quarter set off for tho line, with Palkner in close attendance. He completely ran away from the Wellington men, and gained his well-earned try, being the only scoring man in' the three matches the Wairarapa Juniors have played, The kick at goal was a failure, This was the only chance our backs had,' and such men as Thompson, Falkner, and Galloway standing idle nearly the whole timo, | through the.fnultywork' of the forwards was extremoiy disheartening, and quite tho reverse to tho largo amount of work given to the backs of the 'winning' side: ' "

for the winners, Goldie, Morton, ,nd Driscoll, were'the best of a mart set of backs, who had, howY.er, every opportunity; to shine, vith such a fine set of forwards in rent of them. Leslie, MoCallum, ifildenham, ••■ and : Gallagher, fine trapping forwards,shbne brilliantly 10th in the scrums and the line out, ompletely over-running our men in 10th departments. . for. the ; Wairarapa, Hawkins ilayed. fairly at full, one or two mills, however, placing his team in iwkard position. Falkner, Thompson ,nd G.Hyland did. what little they vera' asked to do in a faultless manieiV and Galloway .and Broad had 10 opportunity to shine'in their po-,(, itions,, ! The splendid kicking of the tfairarapa backs,. Mkuer and. Jroad in particular, was a treat to vitas, and in this branoh they comiletely. eclipsed the city players. feiy little' can be said about tho ■ or\vards in the Wairarapa team, lUflice to say that they wero overuatchedinovery department, several if their number loafing around or shows, while in scrum work they vere all at sea, F, Wellington, Sheen, and Butine were the 1 only ihes who deserve mention, and they vdrked hard from stajito finish,but o expect a trio, tew against a lompact.team, whilsWieir mates lidn't know how to pack, or get the iall away, was out of the question. Tho inclusion of the tlu-ee players have before mentioned, who cerainly knew how to get theballaway roni the scrums, would.have given nr backs a show, which certainly (leant a reversal of the victory, lh Syd.: Nicholls: made a very efficient rof eree; and Messrs Hodgins and Moore acted as line, umpires,

The Wairarapa Okw'says • C, "Palmeiston-North takes tho cake '" for being tho meanest town 'in New Zealand,.and;its, ; footballers are stinginess personified, The Marl, borough raps; visiting there recently were shown no attention either bV townsmen or. kickists.. They were not "received"!,at:the .station on arrival, nobody offered them hdspi. tolity, during their stay, the locals BUiiply.iplled up to play tko .game, - thon pelted away, without saying how-dye-do. .-A pre- ■ cisely similar is recorded • bythoSouthCanterbuiy'team."

L: T W• flute,, of Opaki, who | played for the Stars |; and gave evoiy becoming ai-attling .forward, has left Masterton to try his fortune at Coolgardie,

'and Wairarapit' Henior 'Reams Will probably uaTe-a trial of-strength before Heason closes. ■■ .>: '■: ~v\ y TkeiSeoretary'; of'the "Unioni-is m

' between' the 1 Wairarapa and Bush juniors to take plaoe at Masterton neit month, Six men were nominated by tho Wairafapa Union on Saturday last .for a chanco of inclusion in the North Island team, vie. : -D'Arcy, . MoGovom, Hanson, Watson, Mowlem and Cochrane. ■ i'i 'Went Saturday will open tho Second round of the senior and junior cup contests, and tho MastortonStar and tho Groy town-Sta matches should both b'o interesting. Although the Mastorton team has been considerably strengthened by tho inclusion of McGovern, and the Star team weakoncd by tho loss of Do Joux, since tho last groat game, tho youngor Club are confident of making matters very interesting for tho Masterton team, and another exciting hour and a half may be expected. The Star second havo lost Galloway and gained Broad, so that their team will bo stronger if anything than last round, TifcKotahitaiigiClnbare inviting tho star second to play their cup match at Pnpawai this round as jjhey aro anxious to show thoir Losand will entertain the visitors at a grand dinner and a danco in tho evening.

Balch, tho Kaiapoi player, has kicked 25 goals this season,

Star second to moot Greytown on the Oval on Saturday will ba composed as follows:—D'Arcy, Skinner, Thompson, Jackson, Broad, Hoar, Jeffries, Cargill, Doughty, Stone, Robieson, Wellington, Westbrooke, Butement, Russell, Emergencies: Green, Y. Dorsot.

Star first to play Masterton on the Worksop Road Ground on Saturday has been chosen as follows: Hudson, Morris, H|^PHHHBHKhj\Vilsa ; ii, What a grand thing it is to have a wealthy barrackor attached to one's team, The manager of the South Canterbury team informed a Carterton man that aTimarugentleman, a Jew, had guaranteed £BO towards the expenses of the trip, " and "he added conclusively "he will be called upon to pay every penny of it,"

Wellington defeated South Canterbury on Saturday by 17 points to nil. In the first spell one goal only was registered, Wynyard, Gage, Roberts and Hyland were the scorers, The match was not a very brilliant one, the South Canterbury forwards proving quite equal to Wellington, but they too beaten in tho backs,

The football match Marlborough v, Nelson ended in a draw, both teams scoring threo points each. Tries were gained by Redwood and Hall respectively. Marlborough played a stronger team than in the rest of tho tour, being strengthened by eight of thoir best men, who camo up for tho match, The teams were well matched and a good game resulted.

The match Auckland v Hawkes' Bay played on Saturday ended in a draw, neither sido scoring. In the second spell the ground was terribly cut up, and the game developed into a mud scramble, the features of many of the players being indistinguishable.

Tho matehHokitiki v East Christchurch was won by Hokitika by 7 points to nil.