FOOTBALL. Waikato V Auckland.

Waikato Times, Issue 659, 20 July 1876, Page 2

FOOTBALL. Waikato V Auckland.

Oi* Monday a scratch ra.ito* ware , arranged' -for befeweahour men andtho,Crrafton and Joosoobj GUubaJ which oaoie off on the j;rouift a«LMa>^2k« Ohoral Hall. Only 13 of.the W&mo^nitn new on the ground during the afternoon, opposed tp 14o£^he otlMr blubs, but tho superior weight of our men more than counterbalanced this djfruv«nc«,.and from «tart t& finish we had* by far the best of the game, erou though- no goals ware Jiicked. iiunfafoe » Ktouoh down, but ihe try ati goal vra3 losb thtough more than one man handling the bail as it w<is beiritj taken out for t!)e place kick. The Auckland*™ on this occasion wore Tory light, though the team included five of tho»e who played on Saturday at the Korth Shore. W Lewell played baoit splendidly, his dropping being quite perfect, and he was well baefcod up by Oastelli ; indeed most of their men played well up though few runs were made —our men b.-ing too good at collaring. On our siJe, J \Vood o agam played, up iplondidly, while E B Cos, Packer, Forbes, ands»verui others snowed tint they were not to be played with. Aitnou^jh i,o sjoal was obtained, the number of loroe dovwia to tlie croi'it «f Waikato, were sjiaelhmg anoniahing, W'^iknto boiug iorcad down only tmai all tho ofcernoon. Th«re »ere a. low disputes caused princ.-pillv by the young plajeis vno h.vmg ideas of their'own would no bj Batibfiucl wilh the duoioious of the umpires, bat ou the whole, CTDrythmi? ctino olf yatiefaotonly; and now tiiut »11 ia over for tlie time being, I iungy tlmt AucWlfti.d ha» fo;ad that they had much better mon to oppose than th>>y expected, as most ot tne plovers, t<>m-e thought mat W*'"k.ifco wet-o BUre to oo pretty «ell beaten. Jlad we had anyti.iny like the «-ame amount of practice, or did our men know .is much of the game a» the or.bera we should have been more th.in a uiutcii for fch/jjn I th-nk, and if & good Auckland toam would tr^ve. up country aiid try cpncliuiom with us, the re,ult might be different from that of the lata Auck' land matoh. Before concluding, I may mate that the team beg moat heartily to thank ihe W S JS Co for their kindncaa iv granting free pussagesupaiid,down the river. I bear tuat a match uto be piayed at Cambndgo after the coming review betwoen the Te Awamutu and C»mbridg« Cluba which should be a good struggle, tliere being tt number of good men on suiier «ide. —Boxes.