ATHLETIC NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume XIX, Issue 220, 18 September 1888, Page 3

ATHLETIC NOTES.

FOOTBALL.

(9Y.TELEG^AI'H.TTJ.i.E^S ASSOCIATION.)

= ■; , ■ ■ Mas!_erto_. Monday. *• I_r the mat6__ between the !English and Wairarapa' teams the players were :—Englapd: Back, Haslani; three-quarters, Ari^ :, de,rton, Speakman, Brooks; halves,-Bumbyj J.plan,}! forwards, Laing, -Eagles,,,;l£ent, Willmm^, Thomas, ,J3mith, Penlceth, Burnett and Paul. Wairarapa: Back, Darby ; threeiquarterg,1 Smith; Pain, l_dy • halves, * Perry, Battmber; wings; Belling, Bryce; 3 forwards, 0- Welch., M- J^Pteh»: Pay, JSeid,, ThppT,as ? Bapnister, Slitchell. P^vti:,kici_e4 o on for England, -and the return was j tn'nlled ' bjr..'rtrybe. . A-scrum ensued, of *■ which Wairarapa had rather the bestj but ) Englsnd ( by; screwing. iWqrk_.d,the bali tso Wairarapa'a. 25,', when Smith pia-ked and kicked. "Splendid passing was shown on EnglaridVside, and TJdy mulled a long kick. 'Plays then -Oentrad :in the.local 25 again., Perry collared Smith^pjpse to the line when like and a lpng kick, by Paul touched in goat Andeiton in a i-un was stopped by Barcy,' but he passed tp Eagles, "who scored<.,tb'e..first : try. - Paul ', tpok;:th.9 kipk» .hpt.: faded,: LoQse play !' followed,:' and,. Andevtpn, tooked a pass' ofijorn, Brooks and scored the second ' try, from "which Pah} kicked a goal; OLjOose play in-the centre followed the ■ off, and _ pain put: :in,,: a serviceable kick, Which ; Burnett returned, with interest. , Day marked, and his kick was returned by Speakman into touch afc "centre. -■'"■'■ li spleh-' did dribble was made by Thomas and Ban- • pister, and the:ball • wasi_takSP :M to British territory, when Smith essayed'a pot ahd c . England" forced down., 'Pain kicked off, .■ and the ball was returned behind the line. Brooks made"-a fine run, but was> collared . by,jUdy.. t Some magnificent, pa,ss-, ing on the, part of IJngiandi ih®n:.took place, and wa3 only stopped by £6pd collar-" ing. The game became closer.- "Erom. a scrum Mitchell canie through, and carried the bal|,to the ..ngfish line, where Burnett kicked, the bail amongst the 'Spectators/ forcing England down. Smith?kiaked;:ofi_: and the'play-)vas earried;;tp the English line. ;- Spearman got away, with a dodgy' run. but was nicely thrown into touch by Barcy, and Wairarapa forced down. When the whistle blew for half time.<__„£_•land was A to nil. /.Wsrirarapakicked pfl;. and Paul .marked his..Jack, transferring the play to the centra BaumbCr got possession of the ball, and made a short run. A-scrum -followed, and Perry rah through all 'th'_t'.':.Q^99ip^vl>acke t '';'.9pa' scored the first try: for Wairarapa. '.This score was .the signal J P. .?™arfc play on the part of England, who broke up the .scrums iD_ihediately they were formed by screwing tactics, jr. Bannister -and: iWelch \yf ere'j.cop- \. spicupus by ;s|;helr , gpod play, • and then, Eagles.gat possession of the ballfrpm a pass' and eluding the Wairarapa bapks gained i-riother try for England, Paul took the place: for.gbal,.the ball, just -jfailing jshort,, P^nrh^er.wgsyghieerpd for a splendid piece of dribbling! and time was called with the score England five to one. - There was .a large flttendarAce, f idly 2,500 be|ng present. , The,match::played', on..Saturday,pn ; th,^ Metropolitan " Ground ; between the "City: Guards apd the Ponsonby Navals resulted' in a draw, both sides scoring four points. ,:; ■■: ■ :. gymnastics. ' :'';, •' ". Bast e^'^nip g the first eyen_t_3 of the, apniial; gyimiasticcp.m petitions of ProfessbrCarollo's" pupils for trophies presented by himself and friends came off in the Gymnasium, Lower Grey-street." The whole at the evening;was. taken up with .the, contest for .the alhrouiicl gymnastic champippship, . for which three competitors had entered, viz., J. _V. Dickson, oD.'Goffei.aPdE. Paltridge. There was,a very large■ attepdance of spectators preseno, being close on,two hundred.1,; M-SB.b-E. W. Edwards and T. o H.:: Keesing' acted .as 7< jqdgeS.: The, competition, .cpnsistjed;, o£ e^ei,;ciaes pp.the , jfings, durisb-bpHp, horizontal and parallel bars,1 high ahc. ;broad Jumping, singlestick, boxing, quarte'rstaff,-; rope:and ladder: clitiibing,!' weightdiftingj etc;; apd marks, were, given ;in • each,, exercise .tfqr Strength, skill, and finished style in the pcrforniance. ' In the gymnastic exercises Mr Dickson,who was suffering from sti-fness caused by ,ar recently «sf)rained ankle fejl considerably behind : Mr Goffe, butj he rapidly picked up, i'h, thY dej>naiy,e, apd offensive, work of boxing, singlpstick,eto. ,l po that'when the judges cri'meto count' up the marks won by each competitor they found that Messrs' Goffe.- and Dickspn.; h#o»tied with 69 points out.of: a ppssible 100." Mr Patiidge had early retired from the competition,-> being.:. distahce'd 7 by.;; the ,othor 'two,. Professor Carrollp s has, never: had sflch a close contest among hia pupils, before, and there looked like being some difficulty : in •settling ; the -; championship, until- the .two?gypj-jasts decided. tq take trophies -of^ equal Yalpe. aptl.p,equal right to the honour of being, premier,, t Th'q compotifcion in thp vftrjpu.. clysses is likely to- extend into next week. :'Thiß^ evening boxing will occupy .the attention of, the athletes, special prizes being -giv^p , for novices' boxing (light «^nd heavy weights), and ; foi? bpeh light and- featherweight boxing, . ~ _ _ cricks .;.;,-; The "\¥aitemata apd National Cricke* .Clubs, have disbanded," o^ying. to the de" parture from Aupklapd of ; ia, large nupjber': of theiro pro'roiheht members; An I effort, is being made : by;■.-. thqse who. remain to restart the, once yeiy successful PonsophX Cricket Club, and a meeting for that purpose is to be held tomorrow Evening in the Albert Hpteh :The fpljowing h,sy§ been epvoiled as members,of the now" club, which should prove veiy strong:—Messrs P. Mackie, Potter,-, Johnson, Wilkinson, W., Drnmmpnd;| Jaoksop P^mer, oMp^asteVi"^ Wd Macattie. o. .'■,.-.-.- -^---'-',o : '{: ■■"'■_■_-._ •;.

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