FOOTBALL MATCH TE A WAMUTU.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 764, 10 May 1877, Page 2

FOOTBALL MATCH TE A WAMUTU.

GOOD TEMPLARS V MODERATE DRINKERS. This match was playe.l ou Saturday bai, at Te Avvamutu, and resulted m a light advantage for the Drinkora, through bad playi oa tha part o£ the backs of&the allowing thoj ball

o paas twice, which had to be forced down. The game was pretty well evea throughout. Win Higginson kicked off for tbe Drinkers. It rained the; whole time, which prevented many front' coming to look on although thera was a good number of apeot itors, r bat no ladies present. The lookers pn \vere amused at oue of the Templars haying! hie pants completely torn off. After the second half, they agreed to discontinue tlie game, owing to the rain. For; the; Templars, Ifc Bruce played well forward. Oalpin was continually, on the ball. Hafcton made some very good runs. For the Drinkers : E Wadlington, P Boad, G Finch and W Higginson played well. There was a great deal of unfair play on both sides, through some not knowing the rule* of the game. Templars : Culpan (Captain), R Bruco, Wm Bruce, S Bond, T Bond, H Brnuton, Whitfield, Patterson, Reed, McFarlane. Mutton, Munroe, Allen. Drinker* : Wm Higginson (Captain), P Bond, E Waddington, Pollard, Bovin, A Bruce, JNorgrove, Baker, G Finch, Riohdale, Goodwin, Norton, Wilkinson. — Communicated. .