FOOTBALL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 4715, 5 August 1893, Page 6

FOOTBALL.

BSJOBPTION OF. THE NEW ZEALAND j ■;.-_ ..".TB&'M. ■'„'. ■ *■■■•{ jTPXB PR-SBB ASSOOIITION.I j WELLINGTON, Auotbt 4. | The. Now Zeaiaaid football team pre-} aenjted >Mr CauipbeJl, the manager, with. a large -frome.tfl* photos of the men. to ; fclaiy eighteen unlee* .absolutely necessary,; on account of tbfjr experience against eighteeas in Australia, it has beeu determined to play ! only. -fifteen, of Wellington to-morrow. .The j local t*am ib weak, and not likely to make j » g£pee of it, a j the best of the, Wellington j players; are in the ranks of the New Zea- ; laud toam. Unless the weather holds up i it wilY be impossible to play, and at present ! there are no. signs of it .clearing. The j South-Canterbury • contingent left thia afternoon, and the Auckland men go home thia evening. The. match against South Canterbury haa been abandoned. . '" '-.*. The following will p:ay for New Zealand a ,*>in**fc the Wellington. Fifteen to-morrow: * — Soll'b'auk, Darcy j three-quarters, Gage, Wsov^rd. and, Harper; halves, Butlaad ! fti»9v-^%ylyj' .forward?, .-Kllieda, Watson, j •.^^j^ti*Vr.Gr*y«' :^"* ; I»aißbiej i * Hiroa,.*.-N. I •Jfi^^^: 1 ; Olipbant^: aud .Stuart; ->^h_\ Wtjjingion^teapi.. will .be .as lollowa:— .) .Trjt e . Bo.berls,/! • : ftriV\:rtnd''W)ll.a_aß; fhalve-tj Bannister! aujWYJj a/acd:} .forwards,; White, M'Kiea, i 3i'L«art,r> Biehop; A. Campbell, Woods, i Speedy, Kelly and Howard. |