FOOTBALL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5129, 13 September 1895, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

«. [I)T DAMOCLES.] J ' The" match of the season," as far as the Wairarapa is concerned, will ' be played on the Park Oval to- ' morrow afternoon, and as this is tho % first and only " rep" game of the ' year on our own ground, a very ! large attendance should be present—- ' especially if the fme weather con- ' tinues. Although Wellington cannot j get their best selection away, it is well-known that the great number j of lirst-class players in the City, always enables the Union to fill any vacancies with credit and satisfaction. Then again, the City meu ! will appear in tip-top fettle,.'having f played representative matches every > Saturday for the past five or six ' weeks, and have not yet sustained a . defeat. ' It now lemains with the Wairarapa boys to break that creditable record, if possible. The j local team is slightly superior to tho _ one which travelled South lust ! month, and if regular practices had , been held since their return, tlie j chances of winning would have boon much greater. The quality is there, ' but practice makes porfeet.'and what the Wairarapa team will gain by ' individual brilliancy, they will lose ' in combination. However, a i/real | game is expected, and the public: : should be treated to a r-iily good exposition of the game. 'AVMiug. ton are great favorities wk ; ,| and ' sundry, iu consequence of limii sue--1 cessful careeer this season, but tboy will be handicapped by playing on a strange ground to-morrow, and if : they do win, 1 am confident the ' victory will not be a great one. The Wellington meu will arrive by the 11.30 a.m. train, and return' ' by the 3,30 p.m. The match starts ! 1 punctually at one o'clock. "Jimmy" Owen, the Tinni representative, arrived in town yesterday,; and looks "as lit as a fiddle" for' to-morrow's battle. | Several of the Mastorton members j of tho team have been in training! during the nasi week, and as n wholo: tiro team should bo in fairly good . ; individual form, and I hope will prove themselves equal to the tough contract before tbem.