A DRAWN GAME.

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 106, 7 May 1928, Page 17

A DRAWN GAME.

A .Aviliing' encounter took place when Institute, and Petone niet on the Petone Recreation .'Ground, a bit too Aviliing .for some Avho Avere incapacitated from taking a full-time part in the proceedings. In spite of tho jibes of a someAvhat partisan crowd ou the touchline, the game. Avas ably controlled by Mr. H. W. Smith, and resulted in a draw, two goals each. Petone Avere perhaps unlucky ,not: to' win, and yet it Avas only in the last few minutes of the game that they Avere able to mako a draw of it, an unexpected result in A'iew of the previous week's form. Tho teams Avere:— .Institute.—Rogers; Gill. Bell: Byng, Brownlee, Rusteruolz; Bilby, Maddocks, Coronno, May, Smith. Petone.—M'Vean; Pjarkcr, Hayes; Steele, Campbell, Irvin; Brisley, Leslie, Dickens, Carmine, Hamilton. With the Avind in their favour Petone had all the best of . the first half, but long-distance and erratic shooting Avas not conducive to goal-scoring. Institute, through Coronno, opened the scoring account, but before long Petone equalised owing to a misunderstanding amongst the Petone backs, and when half-time Avas reached the score was 1 all. After changing ends Institute obtained the lead, Maddocks scoring a goal Avith a Avell-timed shot. Time and again it seemed as if Petone must score, but tho ball Avent anyAvhere except through the goal. Institute broke away several times, but the forwards met their match in Petono's back division. When it looked as if Petone would never equalise, a melee in- the mouth of Institute's goal resulted in the ball being carried over the line, the scores thus being evened. Very shortly afterwards the final whistle Avas sounded, leaving the scores unchanged: Petone 2, Institute 2.