FOOTBALL.

Press, Volume XLV, Issue 7124, 21 July 1888, Page 6

FOOTBALL.

NATIVES v CANTERBURY. Thia afternoon there will be Wl> .. nessed oti Lancaster Park a footowj match which marks the advancement« - the game under Rugby rules in New Ze*land. The first representative football team to Old England will make its firs* appearance in Canterbury in a contest between the representatives of this p»*| \ vince. Given line weather, which so »*. promises well, there should be a biggaw and a splendid game. The. turf at the Par* is in the best of condition, and it Is sale that a better can hardly be desired. Sow* -- a circumstance conduces to fast plafi and as there ar« .smart 'players W bot Itnanis, a woll-foughb battle HOT . be safely iiritiripati-ft. liy a reference w the teams, v. ni,(, we published recently. it will be .s,o:> iiiit ihe Natives play three half-backs ;uui forwards against* --. Canterbury's iwo half-backs and ium forwards; the remainder of the men a"*disposed of alike on both sides. The » visitors averaße a little over 13st., andtne home players a little over 12st., so that tM -■ conditions are pretty equal, and the betting is much about the same. As a larg* - crowd, of spectators are expected at tne grounds by 2.45 p.m., special'conveyances , \ will be run thither from Cathedral squaWt and a special tram will also leave In time " t* deposit at tine Park bettW -■ the klck-offt