THE WELLINGTON FOOTBALL MATCH.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XX, Issue 6814, 19 September 1883, Page 5

THE WELLINGTON FOOTBALL MATCH.

fuY TELEGRAPH.—OWN CpBKESPOFDENTi] CjißisTeHracn, Tuesday. The Times says that, after reading the various reports of the football match at Wel-

lington, the statements at the Auckland dinner, and those of the Wellington umpire and the referee, as published in the New Zealand Times, there is no possible doubt that Wellington fairly won the match, and that Henderson had no shadow of right to claim a draw. It considers the action of the Auckland team is akin to the '' win, tie, or wrangle" policy. If Mr. Henderson's statement of the arrangement about the umpires having each absolute control of half of the ground i» correcty he must have made a different agreement -svith the Wellington captain to what he did at. Dunedin. As a matter of fact, during the match here the Auckland umpire left his side of the ground at one period, and both umpires stood side by side. The arrangement here and in Dunedin waa that the umpires should stop any infringement of the rules, but there was nothing said about either umpire's ruling being placed beyond reach of challenge or appeal to the Other umpire, as appears to have been the case in Wellington, according to your captain's version of the dispute, I see this is denied in Wellington. ■