FOOTBALL NOTES.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11610, 12 August 1892, Page 2

FOOTBALL NOTES.

[Br "A.X."1.. -.- .- ■_ The town Senior teams had a fine afternoon for their match on "Saturday last, but the football shown waß just about the same as' we always hare when these teams meet. Thegame was a very hard one, and everyone bad to "graft from kick-off to no-aide. The forwards woro altogether too, fond of hanging on to the ball. I thought we had quite got rid 06 that wrestling business on the lineout-, but on Saturday we had it worse than ever. Then again.when the ball had •got away every forward on the ground seemed possessed of an insane idea that he had to get hold of that ball. Good dribbling' rushes wero out of the question in such a s-tate of things. For the reds— Tilley, at full, made no mistakes in talcing and kicking. Mason, at loft three-quarters, did a lot of work, and at the end of the game he was clean played out. Blair, at centre, was at his beet, and on present form must have a big say for a place in the "reps." Far-' quharson, who had come all the (ray from Shannon to assist his Club, was the best forward on the Wanganui side. Sims and Gray showed good form. Montgomene played more of an old style quarter-tack game than a forward. That weight of yours, " Montie," ought to make the scrum shake. Charlie Peak'e was the most prominent back among the maroons. The passing from the scrum by £ba Kaierau halves was altogether too slow • and too high. Kick passing is very easy to intercept. The forwards did not attsmpb. auy passing among themselves us they di't against the College. Those who attend tho different matches QUght to have a good afternoon's outing to-morrow, as the Caledonians play the I Kaierau a$ 1.30 o'clock, and the fl team face tho redoubtable Freezers at 8 o'clock. There is 11 certain amount of mystery about the visitors, as no one knows what they can do, especially when opposing a team so much heavier than themselves, lneir match with the school on Monday next ought to ba a really good gamp, the teams being more evenly weighted In the Auckland Taranaki match, tho latter team had the assistance of a good high wind in the first spell, and had Anolcland the greater part of tho time in their <!o s. It was not until very late in the game— one paper says the ]»st five minutos-that Bruce scored Auckland's trj While Pe.inahgan was takitg hia kick tho excitement was intense, and if Charlie had missed tho goal tho Auckland public would never liavo forgiven him