[BY TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Wellington, Last Night.

Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1745, 11 September 1883, Page 2

[BY TELEGRAPH. — OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Wellington, Last Night.

Peeling is strong here in reference to Saturday's match. The captain of the Wellington team asserts most emphatically that lie never agreed nqt to claim the try obtained by Webb. Victory for Wellington is claimed, and bets are being paid over to those who backed the local men. This morning's Tunes has the following, in reference to Saturday's match:— "As a general impression hats got about that the Wellington captain relinquished his claim to victory, it may be as well to state that so far from that being the case, he, ,on* the f return of the teams to the dressing-room, informed Mr Henderson that he claimed thematoh. It is a matter of the deepest legret that such, a dispute should have arisen, but' although anxious to avoid all appearance of being discourteous to' the visitors, we feel bound to express an opinion that Mr Henderson acted in defiance to the rules, both legal, and customary, when he refused to abide by the referee's decision. Froiri that, whether he be right or wrong, there canbe no appeal." The JPost, referring to, the disputed try, says :" We are-sorry to have to record that thej Aucklanders committed' a grave breach of propriety. Nor was this all. Not only did the Auckland captain refuse tp accept the referee's jdecision, but also threatened' to take his" men off the field. If it were 'acted on, a grosser offence against the laws of jar^&tte* could hardly have been offered<^£^jfin plain terms a deliberate attempWH^jly the Wellington men' into submission to flagrant , wrong, and injustice. We lament 'that siicK an unworthy piece of bounce should have been so far successful that the, Wellington men, though exposed through excessive courtesey, submitted to the outrageous and over-bearing conduct of the captain, and allowed themselves to bejdefrauded, of an' excellent,' chance of another goal,, We distinctly disapprove of the action of the Wellington captain in this matter." " ,