FOOTBALL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7665, 29 June 1896, Page 4

FOOTBALL.

IE RAUtWANDERERS V. <K^6igBOBNK , ty. cro^yd*- ot football admirers, le^JnyOapfain' Tucker's paddook [rday .afternoon to witness the first if jtfiiH Seoond round for the banner *Jtjhd' v ifK>bve teapis. Those who d4'n ? the" hope ofv seeing =h good .bft\6t preßenfc day Rugby footjild. be 'disappointed, for the MDg^ftlmost entirely a forward one bnllianfc' passing rushes and ayv^bich lqtyse^o much interest speotStbrVpoint of view in a game tia^),iAnd;6^en^as a forward game Huta for the most part very uning.SFpt' t£e Ust twenty minutes, r,\thef spectators had nothing to jn„of, aa the play was exciting and bugh^ to' please any enthusiast. isborne, captained by Robinson, >d "the seaward goal in the first bd-Te Rau-Wanderers, captained ideraon* defended the town goal. i first quarter of an hour play was cal territory, and was very slow. 1 Was gradually worked down into >b}b 25, where a free-kick was i "against Gisborne for unfair putfetiu|g"of the ball into the scrum. The try gptl^gaal was a failure. Ball then secured g§ihj&. leather, and, after dodging one Te gs^U r ' forward,, got in a serviceable kick, g^*Sd fAey Was! once more confined to the H^pentre." Nisbett was instrumental in again |yb'ringing the play into Gisborne's 25, but was worked up the field again. '^JlMi looked like sooriug at cne time, but l?tii6 ball^went into touch. MoCredie, who §|3rti£dpiDg a lot of useful work by his isrorewkiokiog, oame to the resoue of his: |piidy&&ticl'WA6 the means of removing the gCpKy to safer quarters. From the half-way fythTs blue forwards organised a rush, but !|ythey/spoiled a good ohance of scoriDg jljirafjoyerrunning the "ball. Tyson shortly; infused some life into affairs gEyJ/a, fine run down to Gisborne's 25. Vj^kdale, -however, wto in his place, and V j«topped,a dangerous opponent. Before advantage could be made by Te Rau : f.bl their position half-time was called, with. ODO, tw?re- on either side. For the first ."'quarter of an hour in the second spell y'Uhere was similar play to what had been %*wijtae6Bed l io the previous chapter of the •fjjtt,v6e. ,The leather was once more sent to vffliffoQtneffM by a fine kick by Hillson, i? t «d porter at fnll-backjailing to return, f Splay centred close to the blues' line. Here real struggle of the day took j- Jwfcs, the Wanderers doing their utmost j^toicore, and the Gisborne forwards and y'tj&cfcs dbing likewise to clear their line. •V^iorum 'took' plaoe olose to Gisborne's pttOaVand the ball was carried across the Inline, but as the players were all in a conheap a scrum five yards out was bordered. Te Rau'a ohance of scoring at however, was forfeited by fgsona of their men taking the ball out of j^Jtfa soruin, a free-kiok being awarded to Jj^Oiihotpo. By means of the free-kiok the j^JbHtea were enabled to get their lines out gf^d&ger. vMcOredie shortly afterwards distinguished himself by his fine poking 'and running, and' the ball was SiS?^ i nto touon near Te Bau ' 8 corner flag. Cjf'rottrthiß stage to the end of the game ||the^Pe Rau's were kept on the defensive. ■j^aSme; after time the Gisborne players gjcharfced down on the line, but they were able to/break through the strong . that was opposed to them. #06caaiont\Uy the Te Rau's cleared their %]s>•& with, a fine rush, and looked ,JM§iigerouß, bnt > such efforts were sbortklUygd* and always ended in the ball being la'lwpifgnt back to their territory by the pfltn>Dg~ rashes of their opponents. All j£ attempts to score were, however, When •' no time " was sounded j&Giaborne was making a very strong I, attack, and certainly it looked as if, with Ma^few more" attempts, they would wear Atdown the defence. Full time had not 3&lfteh -played by five minutes, but darkness Ahad oome on, and the referee wisely dejaSdedito stop further play. The game ended in a draw, neither g>f*rdeV*sooring. The teams were very Wifely matched, and the scrums were ygejeniy contested. On each side tbe g-fot^ards one and all played sterling >%m^nes, and we will not attempt to ingidividaaliee. The backs, with tbe exoepgUtipn of MoCredie for Gisborne and Hillson JrfSnd Tuhoi for Te Rau-Wanderers, did not fy plsyiup to their usual form. The Murpbys Sp&hbwed 'up occasionally, but it was not -fctjfeiridßy out. The three baoks mentioned l|,'H* , yj n vj: Played good games, and were Mmany times of great service to their PSespe'otive sides. i'lle made his first p appearance in a senior match, and papquitted,-himself creditably. He made Wgnajpt two errors of judgment, bub by his i|psy .all round merited his place iv the fe*? B^?' '■ Ab e h^c already said, the game tetyie a forward one, and in auch games the |?jDaoks do -not gefc a show. The spirit in f'fwhiob. the matoh was contested was very ||mendly, and there was an entire absence |gw gangling and unduly rough play. Mr *™»t • control of the whistle, and as gtottal!>gay6' entire satisfaction. Messrs §|Young and Tyson were the line umpires.