FOOTBALL.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume XXIV, Issue 2080, 21 August 1896, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

AKA.RO a V.LE BON'S. The fiist cup match between these toams was played at Lβ Bon'a on Wednesday. The ground was in good order, and the game was at times fast Neither side scored till near the end of the second spell, when Buchanan touched the ball down on the Akaroa line* and Smith following up, fell on it, and was awarded a tr?. The game thus ended In a win for Le Bon's by 3 points to nil. Mr J. Thacker acted as referee. Tht Qieens'and football team will play the :etumuMtch wuhtheCart'rbufy representatives at Lancaster Park on S ijrday. A match will be played on Saturday in Christohureh between a toaui from the Peninsula and a second representitive team from Oant-rbury. Tiie following will represent the Canterbury teem:—Q. Marshall, Stringer, Wen. Spring, Townend, Fi'xgerald Fiayell, OriccoU, Sanders. Wilßi»n, Hammond, Evans Duggan and Thome. Emergencies: Back— I BtiMer; Forward--Ward and Meieleham. The fo'lowinar will represent the PeoinBula :—Buc'.ianan, Marriott. Craw, Smith Mel-t)Hl>, B'lirJoni, J, Thicker (TJapt ), , C. Thacker, Grunt, Craw. Holetien. Mison, Henderson. W-itkina end N^wbigan. . Wβ have received (be following correspondence :— To the Editor Sir.—Just a fhort Ift er in answer f> • Bill Mtirtird Pot. , I pro by last TueHday'e iHstio that he was Miying-fhat Mr Thacker did not elect hiinsalf captain whioh is a great difficulty in Siding out. Nerbpy is a far better player than J. Thacker, or any other forward on thf> Peninsula. It would be juat the same if he had played for Thackar'e club or not, ha would not huva been picked, as Thacker would have chosen himself first. Mr Thaoker does not exactly pley football to nay liking. Wight is * more suitable man for captain than Mr Thacker, for the last mentioned does not koow how to pUce hia team. He actually does not know a good player when he sees one. Smi'h *t three-qmrtir Iβ not near co good as Vangioni, beoaueo 1 have never seen Smiib do any fin-t-ulaes work in football, or never do a pretty piece of collaring in my life. As fur his fighting , . I have never witnessed if.—Your, elo., To the Editor Sir,—ln answer to R T. Corsbie's tetter re the Peninsula testn picked play Canterbury. I think thit anat'ier te-rni coa'd be picked off the PeninsuU. end would give them the benting t <at they ever had eince they learned to play football. If anyone were to q-iWion J. Thaoker about the rulep concerning; football be would be as ignorant as a child years of nge. The Committee who picked the Peninsula tenra beini; Tripe, Barker and J. Thacker, I th'nk .it was'decided between Barker and Thacker who knew rery liit'e abnnt football, and left Tripe the Wellingtan representative, ti dscide with himself. What ie the good of Haying that Nirbey is out of practice ? he is always in form, and ie always rsady to do his wotk as torwerd, and fifnt-oiass work it ip, and pt'll c»rrieß the narai of the best forward on ihe Panin»ala. Take Swtlj'e fiiults in football, he ie no arooti.-— c, «'i SPEOTATOB. To the Editor I notioe the .comments by r Forward v on the repreeontative learn bavo been productive of soma correspondence. The letters mpned • R T ' and ' Bill Mustard Pot' have a etronj? family, Jifeoneee, and any remarks I have t-i , ranke will cover the utifturpfl of both. . In .reference to 0. NirbeV it is WHllfkriown that he haejplayod for his clab this 'Reason, particularly at Ak«ro<i :y.Lit te River in the first cop m*tjb. In connection with the statement' that ihe Okain'e G.'ub was third on the list of the' cup raiuchei, the information was acquired from the Secretary of the Association, who bad not. how"' '.ever, Ibeen •advieen , at the 'timV,of writing that jLittle Akaloa had defeet^d . Little ~.R)vert - tboa placing them oo fqnal terms' ;W?t.b Li.tla A|>ilou and Little River\ A«legards' the pn>phr-ey tiiat wiU come out.fctipjat end of the sewon, time clone will tell.: It does eeern rat lie r ageinht tUie iaea tha» Olc»in'e hie not y.i eeserted itee)f, notwithsttinditig fch>-ir ssseriion thatjlbey the Oipfaitt on the Peninsula, end further: tint ih"y h«vn more men in their twain Oμ to rpjim' eet)("tivtt form' fch*n aoy of tnr club, j- j>very hmd ihat «<uoh a hfgtwoltßeed crowrt "hould be b«atnn by what they eVidenfc v. rcßsifi »s.inferior tw tu> - R-fer in£ trt'fi oouipHiiMori tteivi/HHi> Wig t arid 'funck-r β-j f"ipt«in« wh nr« r-ni n <hi) oi f'i»* Tfta>k ( ol the poot— ' H' that orjty *a'\&i by

Bushman.

errof-doeth grevioos wrong. . The a'atc* -n"-rit fchift-V-vwrgioni cannct-be compared to >mi\h ia eitnply ridiculous to anyone who ffcvs the fir>t principles of f'>ott,all. Yours, etc.,- ..,.-'. Forward.