FOOTBALL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16190, 28 September 1914, Page 7

FOOTBALL

PATRIOTIC ASSOCIATION MATCHES. CHARITY BANNER FINAL. WON BY NORTHERN. The final for tlio Charity Banner was played at the Caledonian Ground between Cliristian Brothers and Northern in blustering weather. There was a lair attendance of spt-ctatorcs. The proceeds were m aid ol *ho l'atnotic Association's Relief .Fund. Christian Brothers opened with the gale in thoir lavour, and shortly after the start Newman scored for Cnnstian Brothers wath a cieau shot. With fine dash Northern swept the length of the field, and Donald, with a stoning drive, netted. One ah. Aided by the wind Christian Brothers pressed hard. "JLhrioe the goal was in serious danger, 'iut Cameron was active, and cleared his goal cleverly. In a collision Moynihan was njured, and retired dazed. Delence was deftly turned into attack by Dryden. Campbell carried down, and drove well out to biie lett. Evans beat his man and centred,' Tim-,! lm steadied, and Campbell found the net w.th a high shot. Moynihan now returned to the hold, but appeared limp. Blinding sleet drove in the face of Northern players, but despite it they staved off attacks and took tlfe aggressive. The forwards moved brightly, and presently Evans tapped to Campbell, who swung out to the right, and Donald drove a ground shot, which Stapleten's foot just touched as it went into tlio net near the post. Half-time was sounded with the scores: Northern 3 goals, Christian Brothers X goal. The wind in their favour, Northern were at once aggressive, but failed to call upon the goalkeeper. Christian Brothers rallied, and twice were dangerous. Newman broke through rcsultlessly, and Tarleton and Salmon shot nicely, Cameron holding safely. Northern forced back, and after a battle of wits between Campbell and Wakelin the ball was placed out to Donald, ajid returned by him to Timlin, who, with a 6mart shot, scored a worthy goal. From the kick off the Brothers broke away on the right wing. W. Evans frustrated, and in a moment V. Evans was sprinting for goal, to beat all opposition and score Northern's fifth goal. Undismayed, the Brothers pluckily faced an uphill fight, and won their way to Cameron, but the defence was sure, and presently Northern were again attacking. From Evans, at the corner, the ball came back lo Dryden, who cleverly, tipped his way into shooting position, and beat Stapleton with a strong snot, receiving the unanimous "ongratulations of his fellows. A moment later Campbell received the ball in a favourable position at short range, and scored simply. Northern 7 goals, Christian Brothers I. Next chance came to Donald, who, facing only the goalkeeper, lifted over the goal. Northern, wh,o had shown easy superiority, ■were attacking, when shortly afterwards Mr T. MacGillivray sounded the final whistle. Northern thus won the Charity Banner for the tenth time in 12 years. They have proved their consistency and their prowess by winning this year the three 6enior trophies—-the premiership cup, the cup tie trophy, and the Charity Banner. Northern 7 goals. Christian Brothers 1 goals. Charity Banner Record. / The winners to date of the Charity Banner are as follow: — 1895—Roslyn 1905—Wakari 1896—Roslyn 1906—Northern 1697—Roslyn 1907—Northern 1898—Wakari 1908—Northern IEQ9 —Roslyn 1909- Northern 1900—Roslyn 1910—Northern 1901—Southern 1911—Kaitangata 1902—Roslyn 1912—Northern 1903—Northern 1913—Northern 1904—Northern 1914—Northern O.F.A. EXECUTIVE v. REFEREES. . Prior to the Charity Banner final the annual match between teams representing the O.F.A. Executive and the Referees was played on the Caledonian Ground. Facing the blast the Executive could make very little progress, while the Referees, by dint of capable footwork and the faculty for using their opportunities, laid in 4 goals, the scorers being Brown (2), Preston, arid the right-winger. With the conditions reversed and a hailstorm thrown in to the disadvantage of the Referees, the Executive contrived to keep in an attacking position, and, in spite of hard kicking and the missing of opportunities in other ways, managed to find the net thrice, Haig, Rae, and M'Hutcheon being the fortunate. The beet shot of the day, a clinking drive by Beeby from nearly halfway, crashed against the crossbar and rebounded into play. The spectators took a keen interest in the game, furnishing the officials at play with many useful hints and some salutary admonishings which added the flavour of amusement to the match. Mr D. Anderson proved an alert referee, and ruled the game with nioe discrimination. Referees 4 goals. O.F.A 3 goals. SCHOOLS' FIVE-ASIDE TOURNEY. The tournament for A Grade Schools was played at the Oval. Results are as follow :— First • Round.—High School A 3 points defeated Christian Brothers B nil; Tech- | nical A 6 defeated High School B 3; High Street A 1 defeated George Street nil; iMornington B 3 defeated Technical B 1; -Christian Brothers A 6£ defeated High Street B nil; Mornington A 3A defeated North-East Valley 3. Second Round.—Technical A 1 point defeated High School A nil; High Street A 3g defeated Mornington B nil; Christian Brothers A' 9 defeated Mornington A nil. Third Round.—Christian Brothers A 6 points defeated High Street A nil; Technical, a bye. Final. Christian Brothers A. (E. Collins, G. Brown, J. Clements, C. Collins, J. M'Cleary 12£ defeated Technical A nil. Messrs Botting, Fogarty, Monyihan, and Gleeson acted as officials, and they got through a long programme creditably. The B and O Grade tournament will ■be played on Saturday, on a ground to be arranged. Entries will close on Friday. CHRLSTCHURCH, September 26. Following are the results of the matches played to-day:—English Cup final: Nomads 3 points beat Sydenham nil. Junior Grade: Hurley Shield (final)—Sydenham 1 point beat Nomads nil.