FOOTBALL.

Evening Post, Volume XLVI, Issue 52, 30 August 1893, Page 4

FOOTBALL.

Hawkes Ray will be represented as follows in the mutch apainst Wellington next Satnrday : —Full-back, LpQuesnc ; threequarters, Jack O'Coimell, Gage, and M'Don- > nell; halves, James O'Connell, W. O'Con- : nell, and Donnelly ; forwards, Wcekes, Hiroa. Biel, Malcon, Swan, Burnett, tliott, and Downev. Jimergencies — Full - back, " M'Kee ;" three-quarter, Cullen ; forwards, Ryan. Whyto, and Williams. The selection is said to give general satisfaction. i Wilson will be unable .to piny for Wellington next Saturday, as he is still in Fcilding A referee for next Saturday's match at i Petnne will be appointed by the New Zealand Union. i Tho Wellington representatives leave for Nelson and Marlborough next week. The Wellington Union cannot see its way to send a team to play in the Horowhonua connty this season, bnt will be pleased to > arrange a match to come off in the city. The protest in the Melrose-Petone heat of the Third-class Championship has been decided in favour of the Melrose team, which , therefore wins the pup. Mr. W. F. Ford writo3 suggesting as a - fitting wind-up rf the football season a match between the first fifteen of the Poneke Club and a team selected from the other clubs belonging to the Wellington Union. He thinks this wonld attract a larger attendance than any match played in Wellington this season. The death is announced as having occurred in the Gisborno Hospital of Tare Korimiti (Charles Goldsmith). Goldsmith was one of the members of the Native ifootballTeam which visited England a few years ago, and in his best days was a brilliant player. A contemporary says that some time ago he caught a severe cold whilst engaged on a survey, which gradually developed into consumption. During the last few days of his illnesß he suffered intense pain. Goldsmith was generally esteemed for his quiet, unassuming manner.