FOOTBALL.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXVI, Issue 9494, 17 August 1891, Page 6

FOOTBALL.

The Wellington representatives arrived at midday yesterday, and left for Dunedin by special train in the afternoon. They play Otago on Wednesday, reach Christchurch on Thursday, and play Canterbury on Saturday.

A special meeting of tho Committee of the Canterbury Rugby Union was held oa Saturday evening at the Commercial Hotel, when the programme submitted by. the Amateur Athletic Association for the football tournament to be held at Lancaster Park on Saturday, August 29, was approved of. The competition will be divided into two classes, for seniors and juniors, seven men a side, each team playing two spells of five minutes each. Entries will close ou Monday, August 24. TRIAL MATCH. The match between the Rugby Union Selection Committee’s team and a fifteen picked by three well-known footballers was played on Saturday, and resulted in the Committee’s team being defeated by two goals and a try to a try. The play waa fast and open, and the passing was particularly good and there waa plenty of it. The forward play was none too brilliant, the losing team being on the whole behind its opponents. Ward was the best of tho selected backs, but Marshall and G. Horner were considerably out of form, while Balch and Wilson were uncertain. Humphreys and Thacker were the best of the forwards. For the others, Cresswell was much the beat three-quarter on the ground, his all-round play being of a high order. Uru did very well for a member of a junior team. Forbes was as much above the other half-backs as Cresswell waa in advance of the three-quarters. He was the only back engaged who could be trusted to collar an opponent. F. Horner played much better than he has done lately. Stokes, Leach and Haskins were the pick of the forwards. Ward scored the try for tho “selected,” while Uru and Cresswell each gained a try for the others, one of which the former converted. In addition, he kicked a grand goal from a mark secured about mid-field. CANTERBURY v. WELLINGTON. The Selection Committee of the Canterbury Rugby Union met on Saturday night, and chose the following team to represent the Province against Wellington on Saturday Full-back: H. Wilson. These quaetse-backb : W. Balch J. Marshall T. B. Cresswell Half-backs : T. Gordon F. Horner G. Smart Foewabds : J. Cow J. Hawkes A. Ebert G. Humphreys P. Evans - F. Leach C. Garrard J. E. Stokes All of the above, with the exception of Hawkes and Stokes, have previously play ed for the Province in various matches. Five are members of the Christchurch Club, five of Merivale, and three of Canterbury College while the remaining two belong respectively to East Christchurch and Linwood. JUNIOR* FLAG. Merivale Second beat Christ's College by four goals six tries (eighteen points) to one goal three tries (six points). Marriner (3), Lawrence (3), Spragge (1), C. Menziea (1), and Rides (1) scored tries. Ashby placed three goals, and Richards kicked a goal from a mark. Murphy potted a goal, and Quill, Greig and M’Doaald scored tries for the losers. OTHER MATCHES. The match between the Linwood Fourth and the Boys’ High School resulted in a win for the former by four points to three. Cornwell and Townaley secured tries for Linwood, one of which was converted by Moses. Vangioni, for the High School, kicked a goal from a try obtained by himself.

Duncan’s Foundry Second beat Booth and Macdonald’s Second by three point? to nil, J. Fraser scored for Duncan’s and D, Fraser converted the try. The Lyttelton Rovers defeated a mixed team of Ensigns and Juniors at Lyttelton by four points to one. Smith (2), Connal and Foster scored tries for the Rovers, and Burns obtained a try for the losing team. The Linwood Second Fifteen and the North Canterbury First met at the R&nglora domain on Saturday afternoon. The visitors were overmatched, the northern team having much the beat of the game throughout, and_ winning by twelve points—six tries and two goals to nil. Those who scored were: Fitzgerald (three tries), A. C. Wilmott (two), Toriesse (two) and Anderson. The Lyttelton Borough and East Christchurch schools met on Friday at north park, and, after a very evenly contested game, made a draw, the score being four points each. For Lyttelton, J. Cleary and M. Ferguson scored two tries, Oliiver converting one. For East Christchurch, Dunnage scored two tries, Otley safely piloting one ovor the bar. [Per Prxss Association.] WELLINGTON, August 15. The football match this afternoon between the Wellington representative team and a challenge fifteen resulted in a win for the former ly sixteen points (five goals and a try) to three points (all tries). The representatives had much the heat of the first spoil, but in the second half the game was more even. The team left for Lyttelton. this evening. HOKITIKA. August 16. The last of the football matches of the West Coast Rugby Union for the Senior Cup was played hero yesterday, Hokitika beating Brunner by twelve points to nil, Hokitika has not had a point scored against it during the whole of the five matches payed this season. DUNEDIN, August 16. The following team was chosen on Saturday night to represent Otago in the football match against Wellington : Full • back, Richardson ; three - quarterbacks Noel, Downes and Laurenson; half-backs, Crati and Crawford forwards —Beadle, Esquilant, Isaacs, Johnston, Matheson, M'Cleary, Miller, Montgomery (captain) and Torrance. The inclusion of Noel and Montgomery is quite a surprise. The former, though very fast, is weak in defence. Montgomery, who captains the University, is in anything but his old form.