Despite the miserable drizzle of rain lasb Saturday afternoon, bhe interesb in bhe Grafton-Ponsonby contest was such thab a large crowd braved the unpleasantness of the elemenba and attended ab Potter's to see the game. As only a few of the Auck land men rolled up, Gordon won their game by default, and added their numbers bo bhe spectators. I have never heard such up roar at a football match as was created on the crowded stand by the rival partisans. There was nothing particularly unpleasant about the noise, excepb bhab it was trouble some to the tympanum. Everybody was fairly good-humoured, and " barracking " chaff flew aboub in greab style. But if the "barracking" was never worse than on Saturday, it would nob bo much of a nuis ance, though a little less noise would bo de sirable in a drawing-room. I heard no bad language used, only the ordinary crios of encouragement or despair. The Grafton men seemed to be the popular favourites, most people being, no doubt, anxious to see tho Cup contest made a bib mote excit ing. Of course, had Grafton succeeded in winning, thoy would have been on bhe same footing as Ponsonby, with a loss each.
