BIG SOCCER

Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 129, 3 June 1922, Page 6

BIG SOCCER

KIWIS AND KANGAROOS

BAD WEATHER, BUT A ; GOOD GATE. ,

As far as weather is concerned, the. luck of the W.F.A. is out, and the attendance at the Australia-Wellington match at the Basin Rpserve is far below what was anticipated. Still, the gate is a substantial one, undeniable proof of the keen interest shown in . the > visit of the Australians. •

It is just possible that the drifting rain from the south, wet enough and ,cold enough to make the afternoon miserable, will hold off later in the afternoon; but ,even so the sodden state of the ground reduces the prospect of really brilliant football. General opinion favours ■ .Wellington's chances, for as far as is' known, the Australians play a fine, rather than a wet, weather game, and Wellington players, having lived in Wellngton, play wet .'orI:line with equal enthusiasm. '■'■'■■ i The teams are as follow:— Wellington.—Goal, Ewing; backs, M'Kenzie and Taylor;.., halves, M'Girr, Brownlee, and Jones; fc^wards, Thomas, Palmer, Gilbertson, Ballard, and Campbell. - : . . Australia.—Goal, Cartwright; backs, Fisher and M'Bride; halves, Gibb, Shenton, and Doyle; forwards, Dane, Ward, Maunder, Cumberford, and Thompson. , . . Referee, W. G. Bryce.