Sports and Pastimes.

Temuka Leader, Issue 3471, 27 July 1899, Page 2

Sports and Pastimes.

The match Temuka v. Waihi was a fairly good exhibition of football. Mendelson and J.Eoddick were the best of the Temuka, the first named, as usual, playing a fine game. He is a little selfish at times. Eoddick, on the wing, was in good form, and dribbled well and ran very strongly. Percy played well, but picks the ball out of the scrum, and also hangs on to the ball when collared. Spillane, at half, did some smart kicking, and will develope into a good man. Story, at full, and the other backs, played fair games, 'ihe forwards have no style in the scrum, and want to learn to pack properly. Both teams did not mark their men on the line out, and there was far too much hand-balling. Of Waihi, Austin, at half, was the best back. He plays with his head, and kicked and passed in first-clas3 manner. Opie was middling at five-eighths, and Arthur Shallard was safe, as usual, as centre. The wing three-quarters were not in good form, both failing to take the ball cleanly on many occasions. South, at full, was slow, but did not make any bad mistakes, and tackled well. Fred Shallard was the best forward, and is about the best forward in the district. The Waihi men got the ball nearly every time in the scrum. Scott brothers are shaping well, and put plenty of dash into their play. The referee in the match Colonials v. Geraldine was badly treated by the spectators. The conduct of some " hoodlums " at matches in this district is disgraceful, and the language something awful. Where are the police ? It is high time some of them put in an appearance at- football matches. In the first spell Mendelson got a mark, and took the place kick himself, having first asked the referee if he could do so. The referee was wrong in allowing him to take it, as Rule 10 distinctly says: "If taken by drop or punt, the catcher must take the kick 5 if taken by a place kick the catcher must place the ball." This shows the need for a properly conducted South Canterbury Keferees' Association, as at present referees in this district read the rules in different ways. In the match Colonials v. Geraldine, the latter team was leading at half-time, but fell away badly in the second spell. The Colonial forwards were much the better in the loose. The ground was in wretched condition, and quite unfit to play on. Pull-back, O'Malley ; three-quarters, Tasker, Shirtcliffe, Purchase; five-eighths, Mendelson ; half, Glendinning ; wingforwards, Eoddick, Presland; forwards, Donn, Hobbs, Fox, Eattray, Nial], Hepburn, and Wright. The above is the team to play Canterbury on Thursday, July 27th, in Christchurch. Canterbury has guaranteed £l2 as part expenses of the trip, The team is fairly strong, but of course has no combination, and will be lucky if beaten by less than thirty points. The junior cup match Waihi Second v. Timaru, played in Timaru on Saturday, ended in a win'for Timaru by 36 points to nil. Hassell (4), Sealey (2), Wood, Montgomery, Stewart, and Boys scored, and three tries were converted. The Timaru were vastly superior to the others, and played a good game. Of the forwards, L. O'Callaghan and Knubley were very good, and Hassell, Sealey, and Boys were the pick of the backs. The forwards heeled out smartly, and the'backs passed well, and backed up in fine style. The losing team played pluckily. Shallard, Ooppin, Webster, Donnithorne, and Joe woikedhard. A London cable message says that at the Bisley meeting, Private Prianix, of the Guernsey Militia, won the Queen's Prize with the score of 336, after tying with a Welshman and a Scotchman. The Queen's Edinburgh Mounted Infantry team won the Lloyd-Lindsay match with 116 points. The New South Wales Lancers were last. A London cable message says that at the International University Sports at the Queen's Club grounds, Cambridge, the representatives from Oxford and Cambridge Universities beat those from Tale and Harvard in five events.