FOOTBALL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 171, 13 April 1908, Page 4

FOOTBALL.

V, o J,,...,, . A largo - number of footballors betook .themselves.. on. Saturday afternoon, ,por modium of brake, boat, or tram, to the groufids at Miramar. The muster was not .previous Saturdays, as the sports in 'the*"city proved a' counter-' attraction. ! .—Followers • of- the- Association 1 game wero ;i)poi-Iy,..r.epreseui:ed, .t)ie brilliant colours , of?tljo --Y-iMiG.Af ,biung; most in evideiico. The -Wanderers'"Club had 'also a, good muster. Almost all tho Rugby teams were in full force. Southern had four teams on the field, and should Jiavo no difficulty, in keeping ybhpir}; senior.-Meom fresh with -so many jmiio^,iHp^ir^fup9iX ; . also, had a gopfl-f ;play, J '- howoverj': was iinfgfturi'a'to -for them, -Wallao^;. to.VHis,', nose -thr«^.^i^v^^#lmbi?ls?iiMjn'Xthe ; -'ballr VictortS-'.CoUeEoi'.ivitii Bogio'-arid Goodbohero absent, played a "team drawn from the Ath-. letio ranks,; and u were defeated. A scratch ■team': of-' 'Old.'-Boys tried' ' conclusions - witha ::WcHingtbh'- , ;C6llege...;.fiftecn.: on- tho : College ground, and two oilier fifteens of tlie whito brigade practised at. Mirama!r. Other clubs \that had good musters were. Wellington-and Oriental. ' '. , '" IN. THE AVAIRARAPA. • V %' v (BY TBLBGEAPII-—PRESS. ASSOCIATION.) 7 .Masterton, April 12. . The! football /season in the AVairarapa has :;comineri'ccd; in..earnest, in view .of tho an-' .prbaihing' .tho English team. On ':Saturday and Red Star seniors niet,vand"tlio''^me^e6ulted-.'in : 'a > draw,- with' a scoro- each. Heberley, lato of Petone Club, secured a try for Red Stars, 'Masterton had a weak fofwar'di'te'am in'tho field.': Stars played -had- a fine.set of backs,'but their efforts wero frustrated by tho espelleijt play' of the Star forwards, who » completely* obtclassed their." opponents in-all! 'departments';^' lied Star Masterton juniors by twenty points to" three. . , THE AUSTRALIAN GAME. ' : A practice match took place at-Miramar on Saturday between Newtown and AVellingtoii, and, was wp.n by the latter, the scores being—AVeJljiigton .(6j goals, 5 behinds), 41 points; Newtown (s : ;goals, '4 behinds), "34 points. Only mediurri form was shown, although, the marking and passing, more es-;pecially;;to';-the younger players, were good. Premiefsliip-tmatchcs-.will bo started after ,Easter, Vand .players " are requested to start 'tfailiin'g. at 1 ; bne'e, 'particularly' those' who aro' tho trip to Australia. . '"■MrT C. Reilly is being sent by the Wellington delegate to the annual meeting- of-the- New-Zealand Council at Auckland : ori- Easter' Saturday, when all, arrangements will be, mado for the tour cf tiio -team,•, l .wly.cl^,.i3 |i tQ;,J.eavo, New' Zealand in August next to tako part in the inter-Stato competitions' in Melbourne.