FOOTBALL.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3116, 5 July 1892, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

HUNTLX V. PATERANGI. This match, which occasioned .a Rood deal of excitement, cairns off on Sydney Square nn Saturday last, uniting in a victory for the maroons by 9 points to 8. The day ws.s wet and miserable, but nevertheless n Uirgn number of spectators rolled up, many of whom were glad t"> take advantage of the shelter afforded by tho pavillion. The barrackers behaved very badly, continually crowding inside tho boundary line, and also round the bars whenever a kick at goal was being taken ; several times the g%rcie was stopped by the referee until the crowd moved away and gave the players more riom. There was only one instance where bad temper was shown, and this was when • >ne of the Huntly men struck a Pateranei player fair in the face without the slightest provocation—except perhaps from the onlookers—and had this been noticed by the referee the offender would have undoubtedly been ordered off tha field, but it apparently escaped his notice. Huntly had their best) team in the field with the exception of Bull and Clout, .and Pateranei back division was considerably weakened by the abseuce of Kusabsi, who had injured his shoulder. The blue and white forwards played a sterling frame, but their backs were all to pieces, and failed to stop the Huntly rushes every time. Mes-TS Carlyon and Bowden acted as line umpires for Huntly and Paterangi respectively, and Mr E. Crowe satisfactorily rilled the position of refuse. The following were the teams:—Huntly : Fullback, C. Lovell ; three-quarters—Smith, Parkes, Dansey ; halves —Connolly and L. Harris ; forwards —Frost, Bitiley, Attrell (2), Montgomery (2), Carter, J.Harris, and Morrison. Paterangi : Full-back, W. Goble; three-quarters— Marshall, Reid, Corboy ; halves—Bowden. Scott, Cruickshank ; for-wards-~Aubin, Ryburn (2), Macky, Berry, Walker, G. Cruiclcshiwk, and Kusnbs. J. Ryßurn opened the proceedings by kicking off for Paterangi, and through some of the men being in front of the ball when it was kicked.off, a scrum was formed at midfield. The Huntly boys ca-mo through, carrying tho leather out at the P;itsrangi 25 flag. From the line out the maroons' rushed the ball over thair opponents' line, and Scott saved. Scott kicked out and L. Harris returned to mid-lield, where a ecrum took place. L. Harris was the first to show out with the ball under his arm, carrying i<; up to the blue and whitu line, where lie wa3 grassed by Geo. Qruickahsink, aud shortly after Paterangi weire compelled to force for the second time. Shortly after the kick out, the maroons' broke through intoPaterangi'e territory, but Reid cleiuvd his line by a. good run to the Huntly 25 flag. Attroll then got a mark, which sent the leather back again to mid field. Another scrum occurred opposite the 50 flag, this the Pateraiici forwards carried, and with Aubin in tho lead, the ball was rushed over the Huntly lino, Hunr,ly forcing. When play was .iftain sUrled, H>« mxroon forwards got a big rush on, thf, ball (filing over the Paterangi line; Goble attempted to force, and although he had plenty of time, ho appeared be be too eager and mis.-ed, and Carter who had followed up well dropped on the ball, seeming first try for Huntly. L. Harris took tho kick and landed a splendid gosil, •") points. Paterangi kicked off. and the' oval went out at dm maroon 25 flag, but ib was soon back to the i.ttißr end of the field. Here a scrum was formed : and t.he maroons heelin- out the ball wont to L. Harris, who appeared to be considerably off-side, a fault very noticeable among several of the Huntly team. He made a splendid rim round, securing the second try tor Huntly, tlnis however he failed t<. convert, (7 points). A few minutes after play was sturte.i), Paterangi were compelled to force again. The ball wa3 then rushed into the Paterangi territory, and Frost, by a short run got across, getting Huntly's third try, which L. Harris also failed to convert. This was |- Huntly s last score. Shortly afterwards half-time was called; Huutly 9 points, iPateratißi ml. Huntly kicked off, and the ■M\l went up to the Pateraugi line, but Goble put his side out of danger by punting up the field, and Walker and Aubin by a srand piece of footwork carried tha leather into the maroon ground, but Dansey stnrted. it back again, and Carter aud Frost fol. lo ;w">pr up well, got through to tha blue and wfcue 25 flag, where the ball went to Dansey who tried to pos; j, e mnde a splendid attempt considering the Rreasy state of the! leather but failed, and Paterangi force*. Scott kicked ,mt and tho striped forward* came through to Huntly's line, Lovoll however punted back cut of bounds. From the threw in, Carter showed in front with a Mendid dribble, which was spoilt bvGeo Cruickshank, who ran into Huntly's ground Where he was brought down by T. Conollv. E. Rytrarn then get hold, and dashed over the goal line, securing first try for P a fr P . rangi, which Marshall succeeded in con vertmg, (o points). Harris kicked off and troble punted in return. Connolly then g " hold and earned the ball up to the Pa t rang, line where he was collared by Corbo but it was won back into theT maro n ground, where Reid tried to run round but be was thrown out by Smith. The b- 1 a6 . Xt^ eDt >. t0 Marshall, who made i jplendid, though unsuccessful n't £ zoal, and Huntly forced. L. Hart" s t .ha game going again, and the maroon for murde got.through to the Paterangi "' aut Bowden, by a I? rand dribble, took the ? lay once more into Huntly quarter* whew or ojl-nde play on the maroon side Pat. •angi was given a free kick. Marshal tried » Place kick at goal, and succeeded in „. casing the scora by 3 points. Till irought PetejWs total up to S. Before ,me was called, Pateraugi got un to thl luntly line several times, bu C did not C u na ? e u, to score again, and when "hV vhwtle blew, the inuroor.. bad ?„ ~, , ' ide the blue aud wtite line, and ffi remely dangerous. Huntly thus wou b v me point: a goal and tw u -tries to tw*

Rials, one of which wnn frnuiaiiftna'tv kick For Huntly, Carter, Frost, and Attrell did. moßt work in the forward division ; Dansey, Harris, and Connolly sinning most ani'ing the backs. The Pateraiißi forwards nil playod a good hard eanio, but Anbin wns the more prominent one ; aa I said beforn, most of the Paterangi bucks were clean off, but Marshal! played well, his piaca kicking being especially good, and Bowden simply surpassed himsolf. lIUNTLV V. NOAItUWAHIA SCHOOL. A match between tho Hnntly and Ngaruawahia School Football Clubs took place on Saturday la*t at Taupiri. The Huntly team from the outset appeared tuo weak for their opponents, who won by 10 to nil. Petersen and McKiiincy scored a try each for Ngarnawahia, which Alfred Bail'-y oonverted into goals. In addition to th i atjove N. Nicol, A. Hammond, and E. Fitzpatrick played well for Nearnnwahia, while for Huntly Parkes, and Smith kept well to the fore. An unfortunate misunderntandini; between the Ngaruawahia and Hamilton West Schoolbsys resulted in twelve of tho Hamilton West boy.s c<;minj» down to Ngaruawahia to play the local team on Saturday last. It appears that tho ex-captain of the Npraruawahia School gave an unauthorised invitation to the West boys to visit us on Saturday, and failed to reported the matter to the club, who were in utter ignoranco of it until the boys got out of the train ; when, of course, it was toa late. However, the Ngaruawahia boys have agree to pny the fares of tho disappointed ones the next time they come down.—[An occasional Correspondent]. ■W'HAWIIAKIA V. WnATAWTIATA. This match was played at Ngaruawahia on Saturday, and resulted in a win for Whatawhata by 13 points to nil. The scorers for the winning team were Bawe, Tapara, Awa Rntu, Kaneri and Te Whiti, who each obtained a try, one of which was converted. Mr Reid Barton acted as referee, and gave satisfaction. . WAIKATO RUGBY UNION. A meeting of the managing committee of the Waikato Rugby Union was held in The Waikato Times Buildings on Saturday evening. There were present : Messrs F. Carter, W. Hammond, J. H. Hume, L. B. Harris, W. G. Macky. J. Ryburn and C. G. Knox (secretary). The fixtures for the second round of matches were made as follows :— July 9. Huntly v. Whatawhata, at Whatawhata. Hamilton v. Pnterahgi, at Paterangi. Whawhakia stand out. July 16. Hamilton v, Whatawhata, at Whatawhata. i Whawhakia v. Huntly, at Huntly. I Fateransi stand out. JULT 23. Paterangi v. Whawhakia, at Hamilton. Huntly v. Hamilton, at Ngaruawahia. Whatawhata stand out. July 30. Hamilton v. Whawhakia, at Ngaruawahia. Paterangi v. Whatawhata, at Whatawhata. Huntly stand out. August 6. Paterangi v. Huntly, at Hamilton. Whawhakia v. Whatawhata,'at Ngaruawahia. Hamilton stand out. Note : Matches must be played on the dates fixed, notwithstanding the bad weather. The colours of the Union were changed to maroon and blue. Arrangements are to be made to take a team to the Thames and Auckland, and the secretary was instructed to make the necessary enquiries. The position occupied by the clubs in the first round of matches are as follow :— ; . . Pt3. PtS. § c _ s °d- scd. £ >A H for. agst. Hamilton ... 3 0 1 84 4 Huntly ,_ ... 3 0 1 42 10 Paterangi ... 2 2 0 14. 21 Whatawhata ... 1 3 0 13 49 Whawhakia ... 0 4 0 0 09 The following will represent the Huntly Fii'.tbiill Club in the match to be played at Whasawhata on Saturday:—Fullback, L. Bull; three-quarters, L. B. Harris, J. D. Dansey. C. Lovell; halvps, T. Connolly, C. Smith and G. Wfi'sh; forwards, T. Frost, F. Carter, Attrell (2), J. Montgomery, Cobine, J. Libeller, J. C. Harris.