FOOTBALL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 11 April 1925, Page 10

FOOTBALL.

EASTER MATCHES TO-DAY. The football season in Timaru will be opened tins altenioon, wlieu tnree senior games and a fourth-grade match will bo played between jumaru clubs and visiting teams. _ • At the -vtlueuc Grounds Star will meet Fairlie at 1.45 p.m., and Zmgari will play their annual fixture witn Lmwood (Christchurch) at 3 o’clock. Both games should be full of interest. At the Caledonian Ground, alter a curtain-raiser between Star and Old Boys fourth-graders, Timaru Old Boys will try conclusions with Christchurch Old Boys, holders of the Payne Trophy. More than usual importance is attached to this locally, as the home i team will be trying out several new men in place of players who have left j the district. The -visitors, like Linwood, should be in good fettle, as the Christchurch competitions open iiext_ week, and the home side have been in training for some time and are very forward for such an early stage of the season, and the game should b e very attractive. Several members of the Christchurch teams arrived yesterday,' and the remainder will reach Timaru this morning The following will represent Stax seniors v. Fairlie at the Athletic Grounds to-dav, at 1.45; —A. Grieves, J. Stewart, H. Hogg-, J. Clarke, E. Tonevcliffe, t 1. Hogg, G. Fridd, I. O’Connor, L. Thompson, J. Call, A. B. Rowlands, It. Logan, B. Aldridge, A. E. Austin, S. Hardv. Emergencies: T. Forrest, H. Gledhill. The : following will represent Star Fourth Grade v. Old Boys, at the Caledonian Ground, at 1.30:—H. 'Clarke, R. Hillary, R. Taylor, Knight, J. Meikle, J. Provan, A. Provap, M. Dudley,’ N. Carlton, Shaw, Hessell (2), R.. Burns, N. Hay. Macmillan. D. Grieve.. r E.-Law-field, Moffatt, R. Marc, Ball (2)..