FOOTBALL MATCH. (By our Reporter.)

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 661, 15 August 1876, Page 2

FOOTB ALL MATCH. (By our Reporter.)

On Saturday a team from To Awamutu TiaiteU Hamilton for the pu pm of playing a re urn match at fooioal'. It wi.l be roinimbe-ed thit whoa tue H*mikonianvisttii Te Awamntu, the gnme n oulced in a draw, an 1 ihe loj.il team, of euch locititr wer.* determined that ttie palm f vutory should bo aw^idid to o ie or iheoihur. Tue garon wts originally fixed to oomra ncrt at 2 o'clock, but, at thut hour, neither si e« w<ri ready, and it W4s ngre.dt> postpone th* combat "imtd 3 o'-docK . Thrt gr <uid wi* i i goo lor lei , a'th 'U^'» f o»nr is the iuidd) end of fie % f. <'queat showers r aJer.-d it rattier -lipuery. As ab ut throe minuses p«t 3 o'clock t io Hamilton m n who ha^ w t> tlin to«s, nnd elected to lake the southern a »al ki ked off tti<) bill. It ha I boon p/cri <my nrranuel that the gimi should be vco ci br pnnts upoi ti>u fiU>>>via scale: — (J^iil pomts, touch down po-nt-i, forco do*n p i-it«. bor il»j first hall hour, the p' \y .^o.vnod t') be proity uvetn, •omeMm »» tlimlton -eeiii'd to no on (lie era of vict 17, and the uoxt in)in L -nt the T« Awmnutu, bv a ii res ruali, w mid cirrv the bill bi^k lo tlu'ir op^onenta .'Otl-lino, and tin im ten to seLllu the mtttjr io dispute by a touoh- ioirn in m 4ood p -Bi ion. After tlie 0 .aog lof ao»'i. hoHi-wr, Himiloi ae^in nl to bo gama,, ihe b»st of i^, ani tho ' don> of onlcnii jii' vvt* sol. lon trundled mt) tho s.cre.l oonfinei of I heir t rritory. It, »pj»dar^d ti ate that the djff .-■ ouo.i botweea th two tetmi civiSuled aim at of experionoed and pr» tOd m"n. Ti>o ilotor < inatiou a id pluck of the fron'ier team was undeinabie. domeo/ their nirhii wero grind, ii r i th> ir vigour and em n 'Stnei*. Bii th-y licked the drop kipiint» wliiou i« «o e-<-eiiMal to succuai in the g»mo. It ii)eiui> twic» 'h» work, if ihe'e are n> h'»lf and quirtor bickera to ohriiitttht iie o cs->i'y of the forw.ir U running baok to « re their g>al. The material id all tluro in dirt Te Awamutu in n at tho f.-cquen' appiicitbi for <»mbr .ca' 10a ani »h np astar by t e Ha'in tomans cm testify V lit* 1 • uura pruc ic>j ac tho 'drop, bv tin »i»ifops, nnd ilwmltoa will h^ve t > loot; to l'.s laur'la. Tin e;»ine listed t.»o h->.jra, during whi h, ••initvcty pre'iy clay wis shewn 011 l>oth iil'B. Only 0110 ny nt ocune \ which, for a moment ■ -erne 1 abour to mar thy enj iTm-nf ofih< iltera >>n Mr J Wo j i. « hiii- in tho ti.-t of ' c jllarinnj' an oppo 11 nt, 8 ipped, and fr-ll heavily on hi* bick, w.th the oth rn^ top of him. O 1 rising hi* wi« aim >sl s-i'Heles^ and for a sh rt whdo pUy vr** fu<pendei In the c>urse o' 1 a 'fry few minu o-t however, he recorerod him^nlf, an 1 play p ' w>*e Ie i. Tho greatest q >od n»tu r e pre vuled (tur "q tho tiame. any of 'ho c little ditpuVs wh'cli will occur during a hard fouij'ifc t'issle for aupremicy, having 1> en always smoothed over u> one* At ihe cnolusion of the tima fii^d for he conti ju itioa of the gmie, Uamdton hid soor d 21 i>oi>its. an ide up us Io — lowei : — 12 force d wns of the v»luo of >i p >-nt> e->ch, and thr c tie* at good va>ue 3 pom's whi eTe Awamutu hud not b.'i'n rtblo to score. I am onfldent that the cause of tho result, waa »s I havn BUteJ ab>rt» n n 1 would like to see the border men practice ' dropping' privately, by which means they will probibly turn the tab! '8 next year. The following men oomprntd

toims : — Te A.wrau u. C ioper, (Oapta'n) Oonroy, Walsh, D.vidsm, Lublin, Oulpan, Biker, Sh chin, Waddi-i 'ton, Bani, P rker, Brucf, John*t>i, Muhns, and Bond. Hami'ton :— vlessr* S-nd-« (Cap am), Wood, Wo id, E B Cox, Watt, Bea\ Coleman, C)leman, Silver, Hunter, Q-ordon. Crawford, Buchannan, Piling, a d Whitiker. M *srs Uurgois and CiMer acel us umpire, and I heir doci^'on appeared to give uni-V3r-al iaU-»'a I n They r<-c iml a ho>rty cheer »t. the ttrminitton of the proceedings. Three cheers were al-.o yiven lor each team b* their o iponenU, This is probabljr the last match of the season.