FOOTBALL.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume I, Issue 50, 9 July 1891, Page 6

FOOTBALL.

FIXTURES. July —Te Aute College (Hawkes Bay) v. Poneke, Wellington, and Petone, at Wellington. July 11 —Native Rose v. Wanderers at Thames. July 18 —District Club Matches begin. July 21—Te Aute College v. Masterton. Aug. —Wellington v. Canterbury. Aug. —Wellington v. Otago. The colours of the newly formed District Football Clubs are as follows : —Grafton, black and white ; City, red white and blue ; Newton, red and white; Parnell, Maroon; Ponsonby, blue and black; North Shore, navy blue; Suburbs, black. The City Football Club have sent to Wellington for 50 red white and blue jersies, being unable to obtain them in Auckland. Mr, “Tom” Foley landlord of the Shakespeare Hotel, and who is a Vice-President of the City Football Club, is inaugurating a match for Publicans east and west side of Queen St., the proceeds to go to some charitable object. Mr. Frank Loomb the Captain of one of Gisbornes best clubs, arrived in Auckland by the Tarawera on Monday to take up his residence here, and will no doubt join one of the District Clubs. The City Football Club will place four fifteens in the field for the A.R.U. competitions as they have nearly 70 playing members on their roll. The match between Gordon and Whangarei, played at the latter place on .Saturday, resulted in a draw, Whangarei got - a try which they converted into a goal, while Gordon got three tries. The Country team played a splendid game. The Gordons had perhaps not quite recovered from the rough passage they had going down. The Hawkes Bay v. Wellington annual match was played at Wellington on Saturday, and resulted in a win for Wellington by two tries to nil. The match was played with line Umpires, and the experiment does not appear to have been at all successful, the ball,.being repeatedly called back by the Referee without any apparent reason. The first try scored by Wellington was therresult of a throw-on, and throughout the game there was a great deal of off-side play, whichescaped the Referees notice and which could have at on<?e been detected by field Umpires. “Smiler” played a grand game’throughout for Hawkes Bay, and could have (gained a .try in the early part of the game but instead of running in he potted and missed, the first spell was igreatly in favour of Napier who had all the best of the scrums, ;the. Well-

ington forwards showing to advantage in loose play, no score resulted in the first half. In the second spell, Collins the Wellington threequarter made a good run and passed to Gage, who then sent it on to Speed, who got in at the corner, the Referee awarding an.unjust try, as it was palpably thrown-on, Ellison missed the place, after some fast play alternately in the territory of both teams, Caradus got the ball from a scrum near Napiers goal, .and slipping round it in the twinkling of an eye registered the second try for Wellington, the shot was an easy one but Campbell missed it. The remainder of the game seems to have been very equal, and was a moderately fast one, the ground was soft and slippery and the (ball heavy and greasy in consequence. For Hawkes Bay Le Quesne (fullback), Smiler, and Stewart (halves), Malcolm. Fleming, Morrison; and Hiroa were most conspicuous, while on the Wellington side, Speed and Gage (threequarter), Caradus and Ellison (halves), Hyland, Cockroft, and Stewart were best.