FOOTBALL.

Mataura Ensign, Volume 7, Issue 368, 24 June 1884, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

[Bt Lon© Bsoor..]] | „At the uaual practise, on Saturday afterS noon) Me ifbUbmng Tpl^eM MpKS^ '•— Symes's te*j#)^J&ack — Douglas ; three-quarter-backs.--l|*. J Wauiß and Smith ; half-backsr-.M'Oullecfc- and Donne ; forwards— !M^Hiinte£:r;Ef#J^ ¥!Mlu^ her ' !C. Eamsay, and Sayers. Jlacpheisoo^*feaia ; Back~T. AniErbs* ;. three-quarter-back— ! Macp'her^'on r rj n«M--baelsß/wl4 i a'Waj!lia and . Johnstpjii; , Dan^^batt, Arnaboldi, Bor.a.man t JToSi'e, Martin,, and • another.' > 'Me 6rily f Mcore ; owaßH f a ti6H«fc.down : gaired by Eadie close t9 a ijhe. /t tjoysbUn^ ; tbe \ try, as might be~eXpectedj being futile One • long,-./apell- .of-, -fifty .minut^' duration was ' played. The •;' winning ''ti&4 " tia&'&kaA&&7 the best of ,%h&. game,, a resalt mainly brought about by the fine forward rashes «£ Hunter and .Sadie [(esp^qjallyX and Syme* and Sayers. M'Cullocb v s passing and Dormt p s fending and running were quite up to matcfe form. rSmiiii ,neyex played .better,, and F, 1 Wallis did sorviceaKle riinnMig7 But'ljesitailßS 1 too much when going to kick. Douglas bad ! little ta do. ;Forthe t d,efoa,te<Lthe redeeming features' of an* ! otherwis« combination were, the brilliant vJpfby of Arnaboldi, Labatt, - Haines, and Norrie ; and Dun did very fairly. . : Isehind the |primmage the men were all out of" f oim ;■ 'Jiifinsion had '-. j too much to say j . Macpherson could neither | collar nor gain ground as he generally can ; and c y en the fedoubtab.lo « Tommy , Ambros* might have" given a' BdtteV acc^ou ! rit !! 'oF h*Q% self. In fact, -the opposing forward^ Wfft men showed that in passife^ andL^xfribblidi]^ they are- faking 7 cpnimendabje' p_r9gre9^ though they have still a lot to learn in these respects. I ought ' to have mentioned that the, muster .was one of the best the club has mid. ' The new giound, u^fr^?Chb£. o i»een'B paddock, was - the scene of action, and aU 9SP?ese^.:the,mgelyesjas:.p^easedwith it, the turf being smoetti ah.3. il as dry" as abone r " I notice that- the Tapanui Football Club have : elected; 'Messrs B. ,S. 3^pd, T, T,

"~" — Haean aß~captßiir-aga~depnty-captain-re& teotively. By all accounts foetball affair* £re thriving there ; and personal acquaint ance confirms my stating that the members h»ve been fortunate in their election oi next a Gore team leaves by ti&BlidJtfay fefiSfe'***; Balclutha {not on 'Sadly' evening' as previously arranged) to try conclusions with the local fifteen. The r S e n-and.bl»cki- will be represented by. the C£Sl^L^fif^n-:~Back^-T. Ambrose ; F. Wallis, W. Smith, and rr . r - B.^SberSon ; : half.backs^ J. M'Culloch • U{ -M Ft} ft Dobne 1 ; forwards-R'. 8. Black, J? Vdie/ W. .Hainea,, J. H. C. Huriter, B. A. LabattTA.'Macarthur, F. Sayers, L. T. .tymesXcaptJiiil), and' A. <Treseder. This is Tery much the same team as met the Inver«ttrjrill Pirates; is equally as strong, and ourht to give a good account of itself. .

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