FOOTBALL
Waitetuna v. Whatawhata.
TitK Hrst match between the above clubs was pliiyuri on Tuesday last and resulted in an oasy win fur the former by!) points to 1. Mr \V. U. MeC.iim acted as umpire for both teams ami gave every satisfaction. Tl'e lilay from beginninu to end was very fast J-'or Wiiitiitutiii W. Bishop got over tln> line twice, which Te Mata converted into two f.pluiidid k.kils. The local team did not seem to know the game so well as their iip|):>iH!ius. For Whatawlmla Kniieii and Piinga Kingi were the most eonspicuoils amongst thii forwards. 'I.liere. were ibo\;t two hundred natives witnessing the niatcli. Play bains? linislied both teams with their friends, sat down to a Rood spread which had been nrovided by the iociil team consisting »f 200 loaves, »b..nt half-a-dozsn good pigs, and potatoes in large quantities. We need hardly say that full justice was done to the good things provided,
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 2820, 9 August 1890, Page 2
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