FOOTBALL.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 10707, 1 September 1896, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

," '/ V'TABA^A^S \. $TJAd 1 (>: tJI " JJ j \ . . The first i. meeting between /the,representativas of Taranaki and Otago took place aiHawera fcorday. ., -A special traii from. town conveyed a, large number of supporters of the game to Hawerti.' [ ,i' The result of the, mated will be,po3te# outsid* the Herald Office this, evening.: i :,The average' weight, of the Otago team was only list 81bs. ' „ , i ■ - The writer <«£ football notea ; infthe New, Zealand Herald; says ; that| Potter's has ,ie!dom -been graced.by.Buch;'a f fineßet of mtn as the Taranakiites, who ark beyond doubt the -finest ( tea,m.' in', the colony, and the,^pectat;ors one and all commented on the splendid appearance ■ they made when set out on the field— and •trnty-.a finer body of "athletes one *oula ,haroUy f wiflh jto see. „O ur,o wn men were completeiy^outplassedY ' '/it ,\' ' The same writer says'the smallest man ' in the,Tararialci team wasiHumrihrie^, the half-backi whb' perhaps : playecf the best frame on the graund. He had & judieiouß ot in front 1 of 'him; so' experienced very little difficulty in securing' the' leather, ■■ and with as little diffculty he handed it onto his backs, in whioh"-th?-tafw tring l m^n (by i protecting hitHygare immense assistance. ' r >;*: '-•-..'' 'i -' «--' ** j ,■> >