FOOTBALL MATCH.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 671, 7 September 1876, Page 2

FOOTBALL MATCH.

ALEXVNDRA y. TE AWAMUTU. A Cohrespondikt from Alexandra nenda ai tha following acoount of the mtfch pl.yed on Saturday : _A Font ball Club hat beafo formed at Alix»ndr%, some fir« weeks ago, by Mr Forbpu. Te Aw«matu wishing to try wb»t \r* wtre m^dn f,f

2nd i"iUnt. The Te Awamutu I -am, complied of the foil 'Winu m n, arrive I on the qronnri at 130 pm. : C »>per <o%Pt»m). L^c«llhi, Liblm, C"lp»n, Haker, Nono<>, County, Bruce, T. B <d, 9. Bond, Dotiavnn, Sheiban, Waddingt hi. Me nm»n. T>« A'eitandra tarn comi»ted of Forbei (cwpUiD), Kirk, Dr%bbl«\ RiohdMe, Finch, Gordon, Norgrove, Smith, Oonn«-U, Miller, Hutton f Swainn, L»m% Higgta^on and VoFarlane. Th^ game wa* playd »o the Chiv^rnnoent Pa.ldtt.'k. A vvry heavy thowvr c»m«, down j \*t More thfy »Urt«d to play, *huh delated thfm for half an-hour. Al-K*ndra woa the t*3, and they ob<i«e w th ihn wind, which km blowing very hinl frtun one goal to the oth r. The bill w»« Kicked off by Oonjxr, and turon^h thn tint h ilf-h ar wan kept t'T'tty ttoll i) thn oentr^ of th« field, th^ T- Kmmutu teim keeping the b«ll well up .ig.initit tbn win L Tune *«-. called, when they obinv^d j^onlt, aud 'n lew than fire inmuVea Tj Aw»rautu ru»h-d the »>»ll through th«er op|-«a«nt«, an. l dnroy •eoured a touch-down, and Co>ip«T, by a j.l ice kiolc, made a (?«•>. G »»!• were a jam changed, aad T« Awama a forced \ho b«H Hefiiid their opponent! gi*J, i^ unit th-» wind. Time wm o«Ued ak,atn, and leAwamu'u itarted with the wind ag-un. Thny rmhed the ball do*n again bthiod the Alernndra'a go I Culpin minted to touch it down, brouijht it rut aod Cooper Uick-d th-< peoond Roal f.r Te Awamutu. Tho an«t amUMna inoident of the day waa, when they wera h»oking the ball in got into a yo >1 of water, a-id, at one Mine, I noticed four of tba Alexandra men laying on their bickitin the nvddle of th« pool, which via* aoma ei-ht inoh«* deep, *od the r»«t of the men k eking at the ball, spUthin^ ereryone. Th ough the continual •>h>wera, many kept off the ft 11, although a good number, especially nativei, were prerent uiongthoi-a who playrd well for lexandra, we»e F->rbfa Kirk and Miller. For Te Awamutu :T. Bond, P. B >nd. Conroy and Culpan. The whole of T« Xwamutu team played well. Te rtwamnto made 2 ftoals and fo.ir forcedown* ; Alexandra, 1 force-down.