A WILLING "GO."

Otago Witness, Issue 2527, 20 August 1902, Page 66

A WILLING "GO."

(An episode in the football match, Elbow Room v. Wantwater 'Stations.) Some chaps are fond of company, and like to shake a hoof, And some are fond of telling yarns (with whisky overproof), And more go in for euchre, and -"crib," and playing pool, And lots, without intention, will play th« bloomin' fool. > And some are fond of shootin' — (which some prefer to drill) And some go in for biking- — until they get a spill. Somo blokes prefer a game at draughts, stuck in some lonely nook ; But, there's no game like football— l don't care where you look. We have an all-right gaudy team (with socks and boots to mateh 1 ) Thcy'ie great at jersey-ripping, and bite and tear and scratch. They shove and push like wonders (while they've got any wind), But always stop to rest themselves whene'er they feel inclined. We played the next-door station boys, and nearly scored a draw ; In fact, we had a dead soft thing! (But stopped a while to jaw). The others didn't wait for us (I call their con* duct mean !), But gaily hopped across the line— d'ye call that action clean 'I

Our full-ba<:k waited— by himself— and tried to down his man, "Who shoved and hauled and wrestled (as a stalwart forward can), And then, he shut his flngers tight, and fetched his knuckles round The earhoLa of our tackling back, and felled him to the ground. We heard a yell like thunder, and then a lightning- thud, We saw a fresh volcano spouting upwards stones and mud; And then— the referee came round, ana gave »• beastly "try." (Our full-back stayed behind to clean the nratt from out his eye.) Once more i»c rushed the oval up— their kicks at goal had failed— Our forwards tackled gamely, and passed— ■when they wer2 nailed (If they'd only chucked out sooner,, and kept the ball agoing , , , , VTe had 'em safely bc-attn— but what s the good of blow m' ) We held the old niles out-of-date, and tried some offside play ; AYe kicked th« ball hard in their hands, ana rushed on in the fray, And nearly got it over, too (and how our luck we cursed — A sixteen-stoner fell on it- and, pop ! the object burst). And so the great Inalch ended— they beat us by, a try, And all went to the 'tVelcoins Inn, for we felt; fn-uly dry. I'd like to p!uy that game agsin, snd have ous referee. We never miss a single point when he haa eyes to see. Ye?' football is a glorious game (that's how our boys can fight l ) They "played the game" in Afiica, and kept the "scrummage" tight. I'm ofi theso namby-pamby games like tennis and ping-pong; But. faith l I've scribbled quite enough, and so I'll Eay, "So long." —Little JiMUY. Elbow Eooni Estate, August, 1002.

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