Football Notes.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5283, 14 June 1895, Page 3

Football Notes.

r-e-y quidnunc in " cANTSBStm-rr nmz9."] Beauohamp, late of the Poneke Cltrb, Wellington, has joined the Cbristcburch Club. Olendining has evidently learnt bis football in a good school, and itfvefy clever and tricky. The N'fcu Ahurrri team of Maoris still go on their way rejoicing. Another easy win against Merivale second was chronicled on oaturday.

I notice that the Canterbury Union has recognised the Junior Club difficulty, and has appointed a special committee to go into the matter.

Canterbury, in addition to 1 their trip to Ofcago, will journey to Invercargill this year, and so return the vieit of the Southland Union of 1893. •A- peculiar circumstance has been brought under my notice. Only one of the senior clubs— Merivale— has the same captain tn«B year as it had larK

_ The refereeing at Sydenhanr Park on Saturday was none too good. Not unfair or one-Bided at all, but incompetent, especially as the game progressed. I hear that P. Menzies is progressing favourably, and hopes to be able to don a J ?!? ey a &* in bef we the close of the season, although his medical attendant is dubiouß on the Fubject.

At the recent annual meeting of the Victorian Rugby Union, three old Christchuroh identities were elected, namely, tneEev John Hoateon, Mr W. 2fc Digby, and Mr G. W. ShieJo, Were all forwards to play the game 88 Soffe does, what a lot of fast open play we should see. Thie player prefers ueing nis feet to his hands, and is particularly good on the touch line., 'Lorrimer is Bhowing fine form at present, both on attack and defence. Hia claim will have to be seriously considered when the trial games come round, ehould he kee» up his present form*.

Gordon, the Linwood captain, .has shown very poor form in tbe last three matches he has played, and by doing bo in his position, he has of course weakened the back play of hiß team considerably. L. Oram and J: Moir, the Baiapoi wine forward?, again* played splendidly on Saturday. Oram'a fine collaring and Moirs fast; following frequently Btopped the pißsing of the North Canterbury backs. ■ * M'Kendry, of the Southern Club, who i 8 a younger brother of Mr J: M'Kendry of interprovincial fame, scored eiz trieß and kicked five goals forhia team on Saturday. He ia Bpoken of'aß' a worthy succesjor to his brother. Gray, who played : half-back for the Kai»poi senior team on' Saturday, has the makings of a, flrat-cfasa half-back. He passes splendidly,, aild livery quick at finding an opening and' g«tfeing the ball away from the Boratmnage. Wilson, the North Caqterljury nentre three-quarter, was not so prominent as usual in the match against Kaiapoi. He was collared almost as soon aa he got tbe ball, but occasionally managed to get off Borne of h's well-known kicks. Fanning, of Lin wood, jaan iuaproVing, Forward, and with additional exberianna f

predict his promotion to the front rank v«ry soon. He is heavy and strong, and only wants more knowledge of the fine points of the play to be well up. " , The Secretary of the Canterbury Rugby Union has .received word from Dnnedin that the question of th« 1877 game, played at Christchurch and claimed as a win by Otago, has been relegated tp a sub-committee of the southern Union to report upon. : . The match between Kaiappi and North Canterbury was looked forward to with' a large amount of interest in the northern townships. A good deal of rivalry exists between the two clubs, but I ami pleased to be able to' state that ho ill-feeling was noticeable in Saturday's matchi ' - " Forward." of the Otdgo \Wiines£ is evidently recovering from the severe attack of • " liver " that apparently seized him when Canterbury became affiliated with' the New Zealand Rugby Union, for I notice that he allowed last week to pass without some captious reference to the National body. When will players learn to throw oat the ball from touch at least a few yards from 1 the touch line. The time that is wasted in just putting it into play about, a yard from the line only to see it go put again is fast " becoming a serious' drawbacks to a fast giamei Those, whose duty it is to attend to this parjb pF the play should throw the ball Well int6 the field of play. > - \ : '".',/. u '"' '" Mr Collins, the" referee/was very lax about allowing free kicks for putting the ball : unfairly into the scrummage, and players on both sides 1 in the MerivaleEast Christchurch match were not slow to take advantage of bis leniency, there being quite a scramble as to who should put the ball in. When the referee did allow an appeal he generally ordered the ball to be put in again. . The Kaiapoi ladies always attend in large numbers when the locaV club, meets North Canterbury, and on Saturday last quite 150 ladies were on the ground. The majority of them wore an orange and blue

rosette, and made themselves very conspicuous by cheering and applauding every good piece of clay on the part of the Kaiapoi players. I noticed, however, that they forgot to applaud, the good runs and fine kicks of the North Canterbury backs. The death is announced of H. Base, once' a prominent member of the Danedin Football Club. He was a member of the club's team that toured the colony in 1877, and played against Canterbury in 1878, 1880 and 1881; and against New South Wales in 1882. The deceased, who died on Sunday from tuberculosis and meningitis supervening after repeated attacks of influenza, took a prominent part in the formation of the Carisbrook cricket ground. In order to show the great disparity between some of the contesting teams in the Junior Flag and President's Cup competitions, I need only , point out the i score of seventy-three points to nil, run up by the Southern A against Canterbury College on Saturday, and the way in wnich the Maoriß are walking through their Junior Flag matohe?, scoring as they did thirty-nine points to nil against Merivale Secdnd on the same day. Surely no difference of opinion can exist on the question of a remedy for thiß state . of things being imperatively demanded, After a lot of searching I have at last discovered the actual items of the huge score run up by the Southern A team against Canterbury College in a President's Cup match last Saturday, and publish them as under :— M'Kendry, 6 tries and 5 goals; Chambers, 1 try and 1 goal; Sykes, 2 tries and 1 goal ; Gasson, 1 try ; Smith, 1 goal and 1 try; Hobbs, 1 try; Burns, 2 tries; Dacre, 2 tries j Lynsky, 1 try; Fraser 2 goals ; and A. Gray 1 goal. 17 tries were obtained, of which 11 were converted, and it is somewhat remarkable that no penalty goals, or goals from marks appear. I noticed on Saturday at Lancaster Park on more than one occasion deliberate "pointing ' Von the part of a team, and must say that any tactics of the kind deserve severe condemnation. In place-, kicking for goal a deliberate feint to put the ball to the ground was made purposely, it seems to me, to mislead the opposing forwards. The latter fell into the Irap, and a no-charge appeal against them was allowed. Thiß may be strictly the law of. the game, but is entirely opposed to the equity of it, and I shall not hesitate in future to mention any offenders iri this respect, as the aotion is totally opposed to all ideas of fair play. The behaviour of the crowd at the Linwood— Eaiapoi President's Cup match was simply disgraceful, and I hear that the Eugby Union is likely to move officially in the matter. A strong band oi members of affiliated oluba attended* apparently with the sole intention of annoying and interfering with the Lin wood team. The referee had occasion- several times to reprimand the onlookers for their language and behaviour, and was himself Bubjeoted to a lot of abuse and insult. A policeman on the North Park would, I think, do a world of good on Saturdays, and he would, perhaps, bo able to place some of these larrikin barrackers in a quiet place for a while»