THE FOOTBALL TEAM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 4870, 26 September 1877, Page 3

THE FOOTBALL TEAM.

The Dunedin Football Team we.c re ceived"with great; enthusiasm oh their return aft-.r making a victorious tour of the Colony. Th<y w.-.ra entertained at a public dinner, upon which occasion they were lauded for the manner in which they had repre s<-nted Dunedin. The team lelt Duntdm on Sunday moaning, the 6th ult., won the Chrisfccliurch. match oo Wedne-diy by tw.-i touchdowns to nothing; arrived at Tarai-aki, and offered t > play an ono hour's match on Tuesday, iho 14th. The offVr having been declined, ths Auckland match was played on Thursday, tbe 16th ult., and resulted in a drawn gimo. The Dunedin team arrived at Nelson .on Monday. the 20fch ult, and won the match by six goals a&d five tiuchdowus to nothing ; played Wellington on the 2(>'b, and won by four goa's and two tt/uch-downs to nothing; playedTcuiuka on the 28th arid won by one touch-down to nothing aud played Tim ;iru on the 29th ult., and won by tw.> touch-downs to nothing. Their sue :e.*s in the six nuttuhes wa3 mainly due to theie playing si well together, and too much praise could nofc be be-fe.-iwed npon ihe for wards, who had borne tho hrur-tof the batt!e. IPht-y p'ajel -a thoroughly uaseifish game, jiOfc playing for the gallery but for each otber and for the success of their side. Indeed, it was # general remark afc Christeharch aud AacSdWl tint the Duuedin team plsyed as member^ of one fasciiy.

There wc xa 200 applications for deferred payment sec±i<jjis in Otam% and Chatton districts (SouthJUuzd) on M'Nab's run. The amount paid on d.posifc (181 per acre) va', £3000, iep?esentiag 40,000 sires. Thsio are great numbers-who apply' for the -gains ■sestions —tho fane/ osag,