Saturday was a rile day for football; A strong, and bitterly cold wind was, btowißf. and it «y« a lot for the,«t -. thusUam of the foo|ball ,. public whfcn. tk«y rolUd *I» >« wch lM » e nu ?K? to witacM tie abov* contest. The; sraod pld-"Bec." ni the cpnvinciai?' ennnd, ths» ieoe»t rains having made, ■ Cook's Gardens unplayable. For some j n»a«6ttnUble reason it was twenty * mismUs past three before the teams • i«dk the field* sad .further delay, then. - took ilace{-o wing to neither team, hav-' is« wbii jrovidtd with, a ball. In th»: vrerioos eagagemeat between these twor Ussm the s*n« thing occurred. .The an of * bail belonfikg to one of~tb£ small fry was sought, and the game coausneed, a -Mgulation ball having been sent for in the meantime. Thf - casae ni principally, a forward^ one;; iad was fast and ."willing" throughout; The high wind naturally had a tend cswt td confine the game to the touchy line/ said at times) tbe play becamr very XDoaetonons- - Still,' taldnr the contest mil thwwgh, it was a, fairly interestfcg osie. ' The Pitates were iwithout Price- avd McGonagle, the former, it is said/ haviag taken offence because his pass i>g propensitiea in the vengagement^of tbe previous Saturday wan adversely. criticised; whilst McGonagle was nn > able to take.' part owing to an injury. , Coe took Price's place in the centre; snd, Seeling played on the wing. The Xaietau tsstß was the best they hare ' pat jato the ield this season, and in dasWil no lass thaa,ten past represent : tatireJlayetW, The -contest .was. a v«ry -■ crran .one, and<-aaitlt*iside could .claim aay decided advantage. -For the first quartsr of -an hour it looked as if the .blacks 'wave going to hava .matters their' - own way, bat when the maroons' got,, properly gaiagi they were quite able to 'hold theiri own. Owing to the lste^: ness of the hoar, [a starting, the 'game 1 " towards the ' end ■ waa played in semi v darkness. The endiag of we game was 1 a most unsatisfactory. one, as < the Pirates walked off the field. Mr Tilly; ■tbe referee, had! occasion to order two , of. 