FOOTBALL NOTES.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5022, 10 May 1895, Page 2

FOOTBALL NOTES.

[nY DAHOCIiKS.] The Red Stars hold their final practice, previous to the championship matches, on the Hospital Ground to-morrow. The match played yesterday on the School ground between the Violet and School teams ended in a

, e draw, neither side scoring. Rutherjr, furd and Reside should have scored d tries for the school, hut lost the ball ic just as they reached the coveted line. 11 Good form was shown on both sides, " the passing at times being particue larlygood, '» To-morrow the first foreign gamo j, of the season in Masterton will he d played on the (Jval between the d Carterton and Masterton seniors, d and as the former have drawn with y Greytown the result will give some e idea of tho strength of the various 3 teams. ' It is probable than Tom Ellison will again becomo an aotivo player i, this year, and help his old Club nl—the Poneke. ij The Featherston and Tauherc- » nikau play a match to-morrow for a ' dinner, the losers to forfeit. A few J such victories, and tho Featherston boys will bo in excellent training for the cup fixtures. 1 The Masterton School team will ' make a trip through the Bush in a few weeks time nnd try conclusions ', with the Pahiatiia lads. ! " Rugby," in tho PahiatuafieraW, ' writes:—" lam informed on good authority that the Masterton Bed ! 1 Star Club will send a team to ' Pahiatua early in the season, pro- ' 1 vided the latter will return the ■ visit before the season terminates." \ It is a pity more matches could not i be arranged between town and ] country teams, especially as several i old Masterton boys are included in k the Bush teams. a Tho second trial match under the Thursday Rugby Union was played ■ at Carterton yesterday, when Parkvale defeated the Orientals by eight . points to three, Nicholson and , Corlett were tho scorers for the r winners, and Sutton for the losers. Tho Park Oval was occupied „ yesterday by a match between teams » from the Red Star and White Star v Clubs, resulting in a win for the former by thirteen points to three, q The winners included several senior T players, and the juniors did remark- ■ ably well to prevent their opponents from crossing the line more than S three times. The running and passing among the red backs -was ?I excellent, and somo pretty play was shown, m