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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume xx, Issue 2418, 4 May 1893, Page 4

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• The first roana of onp patches for th& Southern aiviflion was oontinuea ojxj Batnraay last, when Waimate downed. Hawera by 7 points.to nil, ana Taiporphenm fell victims to Patea by 9 points to nothing. The Hawera men did not play np to expectationß/ana by . making, the i game a forward <me played right into , their adversaries' hands. The following remarks on the game are from the pen of a Manaia correspondent :-r-" Although Waimate succeeded in defeating their, opponents, itmußt.be concedea that the Hawera team played a plucky and wy gdoa aefensive game. Though much lighter in their forwara division; still in the' first spell they, carrM the sorumsby their screwing tacUcs. *. . • Wgjpvn was a forward one all through, Waimate trusting to them almost entirely. . . ■ The Hawera men played gamely and witn h'ara luok,' the most oonspicuoufe amopg them being A. Co-ffey, Smith, Babbage, Wray.'anaLuceria,'; ; The' Taiporohenui team did not make by any means a bad show against Patea, considering that it was their first game. I take the following from the Patea Presß . —The Maoriß' kioked off, -ana. from an appeal' triacU) by the opposing team, the balltwaß brought baok to the centre of the fieia ana.a, scrum formed, from whioh the Maori? gained considerably and took the oval down to Patea's 2t>. Fromapass out, Jollie took the ball and punted d6wn the field and out of touch inside the Maoris I.*1 .* 25, where the play remainea.for some time, , and Beamish succeeded in securing a mark almost in front of the goal. PowdreU't'ook a kick at goal, but failed. Jollie made a splendid dodgy run, carrying the ball out of touoh well inside the Maoris' 25. From the throw-in the ball was passed to one of the Maori threequarters, who made a grand serviceable ton and looked very mnob like sooting ; but he was grassed by Beamish. Patea forwards dribbled the balF within Jen yards of their opponents' line, and here a Borum was formed, add Edzer took the ball and passed to Burke, who managed to fall- over the Maori line between the goal posts when collared by half a dozen of his dusky opponents. Powdrell ,*aob the kiok and spoceeded in placing ( a goal ; butO.-Hawken was off side at the time the goal was" kicked, explaining one or two alterations in the rules, to Bome.pt the members "of the oppo'siog'team, and the Maoris at once claimed "nb goal," in which the referee 1 agreed. The ball was again set'; moving by s the Maoris, and Patea waß awarded a free kick, the ball pasaipg the post about a yard or so too much to "one side. Maoris forced. Shortly after the kiok out the Maori forwards put on a splendid rush and took the ball into Patea's 25,' where, however, it was not allowed to remain for any length of time, as Beamish, by a high punt, sent the ball well np the field. Throughout the second spell the home team bad the best of the game, the Maoris only once getting the play in anything like a dangerous position, and then they certainly did look like scoring, the ball bsing about five yards from the Patea line. During tbis spell trieß were obtained .by Edzer and 0. Hawken. When time wbb called the play was in nentral ground, and the score stood • —Patea, 9 (2 tries and goal from a try) ; Taiporohe,nui, * o. ' During the game a number. , of free-kicks, etc, were awarded bpth; teams for infringement; of the rules. The Rev. Father MoEenna aoted as referee ana gave every satisfaction to both teams/ \ \ - The Hawera juniors will make tlmr first.essay.on Saturday, when they intend journeying to Waverley, to meet the local jnojors. A good team has been selected, as the following names ■will ' show ii — Full- • I bachrr^T. Ooffey; three-quarters : Blytb, H. Babbage, :IL , Hobbß ; > halves : M. Coffey, Keith (captain! s A'Oourt; forwards: Dwyer, Clarson, Oliver, Baker,. Bhepara,3oung, Moore, Eobertson. .Em. ergencies— back : W. Luoena ; forward : E. McLean. The team will leave by the 1 p.m. train. Montgomery, who played for Auokland last year, has gpne:to Stratford to live. Bobj/Whiteside .dons. Jbff- jersey , for Graf ton. this season ;-and theclnb has been added to, by. a Sydney player. named McPherson'. The following players will '"represent Waimate in tbe,nia'tob' against Taiporohenui, to be played atHawera oh'Satur< day next, at 2.80 p.m. :— A.-and H. Good, Lambie (2), Young (2), .Glenn Christie (2). Home, Purchas, Williscroft, MoK3y, and Hughes. Emergencies, Lusk and P0u.,,;v..., /,- I'li-'i •• Fred Mason, who played tbree-quarter for Wanganui IsbL year, is captain of the Waverley team this season. The new rules tbate that a dead ball , line not .more , than; 25 yards,, behind, the goal line and parallel thereto shall be ' made on grounds. Clubs in the district should attend to this. The Queensland Footballer and Cricketer states that " the Brisbane boys will give the, N.ew-Zealaodqrs a ' tight go ' when the time eomVs, ana" that' they' will 'dish ' the N.S. Welshmen badly, especially if, their cracks get fairly on the job." On February 14th, a ' French ' football team visited England, and 'suffered defeat at the hands of a second-blase team by five to nil. '"A report of the match conthins the following: — '"They apparently never think. of dribbling, and seldom or v ver try to drop-kick. Every opportunity, whatever the circumstance, is taken to indulge in place-kicking, sometimes with ludicrous effeot. The man who places the ball,' -too," almost 'invariably squats in v iloc fashion on the ground, much to the amusement of the ordinary English; small hr>v., .Caps were wore during the play, " n i one of the backs disregards the danger of wearirig glasses. At.half-time cvi fcoats a, • bsadeear wero put on. 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