FOOTBALL

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10667, 11 June 1902, Page 3

FOOTBALL

Notoa by " Touch."

* .',A- t vajit,. improvement in play all >onnd 'was noticeable last Saturday, it is doubtful if so much passing lias ever been witnessed in one afternoon in Wanganui before. , The Rev. J. Marshall, the College 'coach, is to be complimented upon the improvement he made in the team, during -the week. There is no doubt that the ' School, in a large measure, owe their success to bis efforts. The ..tackling of the School backs 'was in 'marked contrast to their display the previous Saturday; in fact the swhole-team tackled in a t«7 determined manner. Fullerton-Smith appeared somewhat lucky with his sacks; his tackling was almost faultless and he saved his side several times. > * Burns was well fed and ran and kicked well; several times, however, he ran into the thick instead of of going straight ahead or dodging round. '- Bell ■ and Johnston played well together; their passing waa well judged and dean. Both tries were the direct outcome of some splendid play between these .two. . Hewitt, at half, was very smart, and looked after his backs well. ,- Potts and Riddiford are two splendid forwards, and once or twice put in some very effective dribbling, an exj ample many of the forwards of other "teams' might well follow. " The 1 ''Pirates were unfortunate in having Braid and Coe injured early in the second spell. Both these men were playing good games. The former resumed 'his place at half, towards the end of the game, when Coe hurt his knee and had to fall back to full. McGregor pnt in some good defensive work at firelight; he should run straighter before kicking. 'Gordon Thompson was undoubtedly the best forward on the ground; time after time he broke away, and had he been better backed up on one or two "occasions, scores must have resulted. 'Morgan and Mit^ett -are, two hardworking "forwards. ithey:weie\both s very .conspicuous on the 'line out on Saturday ' " .'.-■-•-.-,-> ' Wangariui-Kaierau match." which folldfted, waa » splendid game to,watch(as long as daylight lasted); but. was of^ Ok -entirely' different character to the Pirate-College game. As long as the game was close the Kaierau forwards bad'tn»"best of things/but directly the' Sail cante into the open the, fast backs of the reds soon , made up the lost ground. ••-'•'• / -° I hear that Bobertehaw (Wanganui's popular aectetarr -am* wedg>Mn»n) l|a* .been transferred to "Hawera. "He has been, playing, some splendid games this seasonTOvMtue reds can iU. afford to lose him"; he is -a hard.- working forwardfwith plenty of dash. I, am son ,all 'foptballers! and attteta« ; generally Viltjoliipwith tiffin wishing 4wn every success in hia, new sphere. .- ConM-afot the Union do something to prevent teatohes being finished in the dark? It is no exaggeration to say that the -ball could not be seen 15 r y>rds away at the conclusion of the match on ittg msiehes to find caps, etc. at tne conclusibn. Another mattet the authorities might see tq is -the goal poete. At present the tops are broken off and have been replaced by little pieces of stick, while the crqss bars on No. 2 ground on the "Bee.**" 4xe smashed. The game between T. Y.M.I, and Old Boys ,wae another exciting ?go." The OlftjJßoys indulged in some very effec.ttve passing, ana time after time were withfif an ace <of ■•coring, only to be driven .back by the.; forward tushes of their ojponente.-. -* . ■ • - -■ Th^ Wd^Boysß-ionTatde a*e-a very active lot, and usually get the ball in the scrum, but the, back rankers seem Jfc> ,Bto,p,.ita -exit and the, advantage is. Montgomerie and Murray, the centre forwards, play well together and are both "warrior, for graft.?; ■•;' ■ ' *• *j T. Craig put in #6me R^ndtt^^ should, however, get goingf a^blt^iaca* er and make more use of his, pace. Ansle»Wth^T.Y.MJ. ekipper) atouia not lettbis men do so much talking. Hia play this season ha* been decidedly good, both on the attack and defence, but the captain of a team must have complete control over hie men; and ttua is impossible if such a lot of jabbering is goiWon aa takes place in ghip team? Their opponents were by no means free from this offence, out with them it was pernapVnot so persistent. , ,j. Ansley's try on Saturday th** outcome of good following up. It there is any scoring to be done, it is m*e«fr ing to see good following up rewarded >& tsSjiofeur. •• r V: \. . . ;"■ SUnon^played more in his old form. He iuffefid'from a bad tog,fa;,the earIylpart <rf ti^e seaspni from- which lam ipTe2e4?*b«e. he hluTtecovered. - McCnllock was the pick of the greens forwards iand waa well backed ap'.l» the Davis Bros, and Thompson, who all worked hard. „ -„,„,,-. ■ ■ The position for the Cup -is bow as follows: —

The members of the Poneke Football Club will please note that there will be no match to-morrow afternoon. The following - are requested ' to roll up for practice on the Bee. at 2.30 p.m:: — Moran, Mayo, Markham, Morgan, Meehan, McGregor, McGonagle, Molntyre, Russell, Ruddick, Graham, Adamson, O'Brien, Richardson, Hardy, Jones, Watson, Bandrup, Wall, Jensen, and all others interested.

: Teams. V -5 W»ng»nui 5 4 Waverley 3 2 PJxstea .;>. 4 • 2' TJ.MJ. :, 6 2 - College 2 1 Eaieimn 4 1 Old Bojra 4 0 . 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 4 I S 5 5 4 2 2 0