FOOTBALL.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXIIi, Issue 11688, 5 July 1890, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

[NoTBS BT " THREE-QtJABTBB-BACK."] -. TheJTeildin'g-Wanganui match ' was a really' fine exhibition of football tbrongh- . ' out. -'.Of course' everyone r says that the ' . Wanganni backs were not in their, usual ' , form/a nd thgt'thoy did not play so^ well as usual inust£be admitted. But was not thia .bad 'play caused simply by the _ ' superiority <pt the Foilding forwards ? A hard gauie always 'shows' up th.9 weak points, and to my iriind last Saturday's -.'-. match clearly showed that the Wanganui • tteam -vaibad in passing. If they wore able ■ to play against such a fast team often, no doubt they would improve quickly in ... this respect, but as tljey .were on the day,, ; rcannetrhelp. thinking the 'better team' • , ifori. ' 1 hear the Wanganui Club' are anfxious'for a return iriaton, arid if they are' , able to .get every man in their team to go I hope' itT will come off; if not, they', ad bettor leave it alqnef ':-., . '.i I was.very'pleased to heat the School team, made such a good stand against V .-WaVerley/;; indeed, if .they had been. » -. smarter at appealingl believe they could : have made it a tie. They were playing -■; /"Vithout masters, which makes it all the . V/'mdre creditable. .'■•'' ' •' ■',-X Hj&ur local Senior, teams are at all to ..'•-/• ,bei cdfnrttrecji.yith, those at Chriatchurch, ;:^ iheCdllegiate.SchooL ought to have a very „.' good chance^ against Christ's College, -,\ which has beeri beaten at least four times r•: '• ;thiß year^by ihore than 25 points. They ; ""playitliei'Oft&go High School to-day, and , .-if tney jnji I believe a match with our \V = local . Sofi6ql;will come off . '„",.■ . . ".-,.■ .' . Thia Bail v^ay -Wanganui 2nd match was ■>■•"• a .very' 'tame- affair, no interest being „ -, taken in it by either players or spectators. ... . It is a great pity that the Railways have L-.- • ,Kad such' biid luck, as' they have now no ■?• i . chance in the Junior Cup contest. ' •" -In Auckland, Orufton has rather unexpectedly beaten Ponsonby by, lo— l, and '.-.'l Qbr.dqn beat Auckland* by 6— 2. > ; - ,' Poneke have mthdrawn from the Senior -■ - ■ contest in Wellington, and Melroso have .lost ' Several of.'jts.b^st men. Wellington '/■ bjeat Melrose on ; eaturday by B—o, but the j mftfobMs not to^cOnut for the champion- • / East'Christcburch ftvengetl its former ■ defeat at the Jjands of, Christchurch by - 1-^-0, and Sydenham defeated Addington ,'■ by the same odds. ,' , . At Dunedinth6 Pirates beat Taieri by 9— 6, .and- Ashbnrton beat Dunedin by 6-;-3; ABhburtpibi leads for the.champion- , The award.o|.'; ; the'arbitratqrjvin the '. , internationaiaißpufe gives' Eii^Jand six '. ,•- representatives J- ;6fl>-; l;he;. i Juiefna'tional '. Board, and the other cgulitriea itwo each, The rules are to be the same as we play ndfty except that there is to bo no frees kicfe for <v hand-ball on the lino out. In ■ future alteration's in the rules can only be mado by a .three-fourths majerity of the International Board. ' I will now give just the outlines of the rules of the Association game for the benefit of the. players in to-dayfs .match. A player is off-side if there are "not three of his own men in front of him when he . begins to run at the bull. The goalkeeper is the only man who may pick the , ball up, but he may not run more than two steps with it. If the ball goes over the goal line off one 1 " of the defending s.ide, one of the attacking side may take a' place kick at the corner flag. Tho penalty for any breach of the laws is a frtp kick', which must be a place kick, the opposing aide retiring six yards and not being allowed to charge.