FOOTBALL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5035, 27 May 1895, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

[m DAMOCLES.] The Championship matches will bo rcsumeijnext Saturday, with tlio following fixtures:—Seniors—Alastcrton v. Stars on the Oval, Carterton v. Greytown at Carterton. Juniors—Kotahitangi v. Stars at (jrcytown, Masterton v. Graytown at Hospital Ground,

The match of the season, as far as the Masterton public is concerned, is the fixture between the Masterton and Star teams, and next Saturday they meet for the first time this season. In this inatoli, each Club is represented by its strongest combination, and the teams tire seen at their best. The grand games of last season will long be remembered, and there is every reason to believe that next Saturday's fixture will be quite as close and exciting. Given a line day, tlio attendance will be a record one. The Stars have chosen the following players to fight for their colors, and a meeting of tho team will he held at White and Oo.'s on Wednesday evening, when evoiy member is requested to ho present: Backs—Agnew, Boss, Wriglcy, Owen, Thompson, Tyke—wingsNorton, Wrigley-forwards -Morris, McKillop, Stone, Keineni, Percy, Braggins, Cochrane. Emergencies, backs—Coutts, forward—Wise. In the juniors, the Second Stars have to meet the reputed Kotahitangi (earn, and as the latter are in the best of form, last year's Cup (winners will have their work cu„ out to defeat them, and it is to ho hoped every chosen man will be sit i his post, In the event of the English team coming to Australia under the auspices of the Now South Wales Rugby Union, writes " The Cynic " in the Sydney llejerec, the football season of IS9G will rival in excellence and general attractiveness the cricket season just finished. Australian enthusiasts in forecasting ev«uts conjure' up the ravishing vision of a match or more between the combined strength of New South Wales, Queensland, and Ne.v Zealand and the Englishmen The English football season is closed, and the Westminster Gazette publishes its annual football " Eutcher's Jlill." The " bill" shows that during the season there wore twenty deaths from injuries received on the football field, and that over 150 legs, arms, and collar-bones were broken, besides many cases of concussions of the brain and spine paralysis, kneecaps split, and hundreds of minor casualties.

: The lirst round for the Thursday I Trophy commences next Thursday, when the Kuripuni White Stars play Featherston, at Carterton, anil I the Oriental 2nd play Parkvale, at j Masterton. The Alhambra r. Dunedin match, last week, was notable tor the reappearance of Kcogh (his disqualification having been removed), and George Stephenson (after |his apprenticeship in Yorkshire), and it was doubtless an anxiety to see how the ex-Kaikorai half-back would shape, that induced the large attendance of spectators. Keogh is palpably out of condition, but he has lost none of his trickiuess. lie was here there and everywhere around the scrums, and scored two tries for Dunedin, who won by 9 points to three.

The following will represent the Star 2nd fifteen at Greytown next Saturday:— Fellingham, D'Arcy, Stoddart, Jackson. Coutts. C. King, Wellington, Cotter, Wise, Jensen, Doughty, F. Dorset, Cameron, Jeffries, Dorset. Emergencies: Fitzsimmons and Hunt. The following team has been chosen to represent Masterton against the Stars on the Park Oval on Saturday next:-Backs—Voycc, Thompson, McGovern, Bioad, G. Johnston, Perry ; Forwards—Gray, Moniem, Emmott, Holyoake, Johnston, Yates, Watson, h'owlcr, and another. Emcrg.—Forward, Anketell; backs—Fleming, Joe Brown. The Mastertou school team played Carterton on the latter's ground, on Saturday, and won by "b points to nil. Watson scored four tries, Corbctt two and Reside one. Miller converted one the tries and Corbctt another. The big score was undoubtedly due to tho splendid passing indulged in by tho Masterton hoys. The backs obtained the ball from almost every scrum, and then it Hew in rapid passes from ono to the other, liesidc, Boddington, Corbett, Watson, Walker,and Hemoa were the pick of the Mastertou boys, and Jury, Annstong, Spora, Frasi, and Bob Ring worked hard for Carterton. King's collaring was a treat to witness, and he biought Heside down time after time. Mr Allen made an efficient referee.