OUR FOOTBALLERS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 157, 10 June 1895, Page 3

OUR FOOTBALLERS.

"SATURDAY'S MATCHES. ' |': 7r jiOKS to the football matches ab Epsom V r gatutday were rewarded for bhei r ° n6V ee(?'D£ a mosb interesting '7/}j'-'a»\e i take place in both of bho senior /?S S rarneil v. Ciby and Newton v. '<f burbs. The former, which took place ■■ _»nt ot the stand, was quit, aa exciting !?JS- 9 game played on tho same ground "!„fl'tirdviou« week, being well fought fron. tub to finish. Up bill a very late stage I the match, neither side had -Tcored; "Hijj j§'the: play all through had been a_ rD ,i; as could be, ib waa expected the ; tca would end in a draw, .bub.event7""L parnell secured a free kick in City's IsandMurray made good the opporbuniby a goal (3 points). Aboub f*6nby minubea before call of time Whitley, ,Lf _ fine run, succeeded in gebting over, !Y . one of Ciby's corners and scoring a 7 f,v which placed* Parnell six points Wad. There being ho further score,. Parnell thus won by 6 points to nil. In 7[C-jjfgw-fih-Suburba.match a bettor game ..shown by Suburbs than was expecbed Irf them, and though they BuO'ofod defeat ■li'j points"to nil ib is doubtful whether ; Hther'^ide has-any reason to boaßt of Lying had the besb of the game. At Horth Shoie the local team met Ponsonby •■■ 7, DC | w as pub down by the big 'score of 21 ; -'noinbef-i-t- nil- ■ ';7 . PARNELL V. CITY. jo this match a repetition of the fine ■ '■'."'• jjiiy-shown by City on .the previous j Istorday in ■-bheir match with Newton. . ,_ e « r 'y resulted in . tho maroons .receiv*p» their second reverse this season. For lhe whole- of tho _r_fc epell there waa aotbiog to choose from th« play 01 oither ■ r,j<Je.; = -centre play seemed to bo the »ule and play near either goal lino Yjja exception.. To a greab extent this was j^iceible also in the second spoil, bub in : ■■'-ihisl'speH Parnell seemed to do slightly 7 .ettery- dnd City slightly less, than in the Brit balf- Parnell forwards showed 100 combination, and. did some fasb followjng'np, which was much admired, and in Yjhead rejects they outdid bheir opponenbs. in''facb, 'the Ciby forwards in tbe lotmniiwero wretchedly weak in combination and as for bheir following up, parti- ■ n a ]arly. when the ball was taken back toward? their own territory, was, to say tbe kj^Vmiserablo. Very often one or two V licks alone-were left, bhrough this lack on "3b. part of bbc forwards, to defend their Yljn-i againsb the whole strength of bheParjell team. Tbe wonderis that they were not defeated by much more than they were. But for the sterling defence of some of bhe they undoubtedly would have ■ken. All of tho backs played up to thoir ■ '.est' form, bub those who played most ■KTiceable games of the lob were Caradus .nd Braund. The former Beamed to have ..andin every rush that City made, bub ' very-often, he nob only failed to take bhe ball cleanly when passed to him, but passed jiadly to others. A littlo moro pasai»g, hi from the half-backs to the bhreeaaartera would benefit the City team a good Seal. The' pick of the forwards were P. ilnrray (who played a brilliant game all trough), McUonnell, Stone and Obway. .ataongsb the Parnell players Ronayne, MoBill,'Brodie and Edmonds played well, •.specially bhe first mentioned. Of the for- *•*.._!_' Whitley, Murray and Anderson -.one oat conspicuously for good play all , through, --'During the firsb spell, the game was very feat, City's forwards distinguished bbemjslvea in "thia part of the game by their sraperior play in the scrums, while Caradus, flritrnd and Corles were frequently ap- ,■ rjilahded for their running and pasaing, ffhich more than onca transferred operations' from City's 25 to Parnell's 25. 7 Elliott, Brodie and McGill alao indulged ie '? 7 *^b^' goijd jpasainj; play, but; t-hera appiaa.reci So be a lack of judgmenb shown by each in ■■! .getting rid of the ball. On one occasion Pcland neatly intercepted a random Elliott, and if this player '■ad nob also passed wildly when .-.{ting into "Parnell's 25, ib is quite mba-le a score would have eventuated, ■-'he first spell ended without a score _ In Jbe aecond spell played commenced in City's territory,.and after a libble scrimmaging '.nder.on marked. Murray took tho kick, .vbf failed. A few minutes later Brodie spared in City's half, and after a short run jawed to Elliott, who knocked on. In the .-suing ecrum Parnell got a free kick, and ■"-'Mvirray converted into a goal. Parnell, 3 points;, Gity, 0. By a fine rush by City the -all was taken into Parnell's 25, and Stone aarked. The kick was taken by P. Murray, .'. bub.*..the ball struck a Parnellite and k.nded back. Smith, Ciby's full-baCk, ■4-:inib||quQnbly.badly-returned a long kick by Hedges, the ball going oub in Giby's 25. A I!ree kick for City relieved. From a scrum sear City'si 25 flag, Whitley secured, and titer a dodgy run, bounced over ab tha toner flag and scored. Murray's abtempb 9t goal -proved unsuccessful. Parnell, 6 joints' ; City, nil. Fine passing play Mveen Ronayne and Elliott resulted in ■• rip-rations ensuing in City's 25. From a line bub City goo on a good dribbling rush, Wd,Caradns following up in good style, Sfie ball was taken into Parnell's territory, ; A-bta.tage one of the Parnell players was JrdereclM the held by the referee. During '"tW;rest of-the time the game was-con-'i/wMyiaiMy ih Ciby'a 25, but no farther score following, the match resulted : Wtu-jll, 6 points ; City, 0. -/ . NEWTON V. SUBURBS. 7 Thii match was generally thoughb to be |retty much of a good thing for the Newton : seam, and when played on No. 2 ground at Pott_r'e Paddock on Saturday, attracted Mliftie attention. Mr C. OhlaOri acted. tef6ree.;and Messrs Siddall and Ruther-r 7.: «°t||Bre the line umpires. In the Newton wa.mj Roberts was absent, and to take his g P-aceDonald was moved up to five*|ghj*,h. Poacej who had nob pre--7'9DBly; played this Heason, on Saturday wlc full-back- place for Suburbs during p fi-'Bl spell, Sutherland being moved up i three-quarters, and in the second spell *8 Utter took up his old position as fu 11----wcl.,' and I'sace played three-quarters. ,: -i.be firab spoil was mosb unintoresting, con-'nefci-ng^mainly of rushes up and down the Md without a score being secured. Both ■wesmieged several good opportunities to *COrei, the Newton backs bhrough lack of mulling several chance,?. -7... the opening of bhe second spell W became moro interesting, both ■ ild<sß making determined efforts to score, hack picking from a scrum dashed over wurba'line, and touched down, bub was ; back for picking oub of the scrum. -'ay in neutral territory followed. Major poured, the ball from the scrum in the 25, and Warnock mulling.his kick, ;-Wont but close to the Newton line. ;-?verel severe scrums followed, and Mills, and Helfernan were conspicuous in their side. The oval waa cached to' 7 half-way, where Beck . pickmg •up gob practically a clear ::^/\>: bub waß grassed when close' to ■suburbs' line by Major. A few minutes '*'ter this, Thomson was laid oub and play **s stopped for a libtle while. Shortly *t. t«r the ball was again eeb in motion, siddell made a smarb run from bhe 50, and "Referring "■ t 0 ~ Warnock when near ouburba'-line bhe labter managed bo geb, r° rO3«, and the first score of the match—a «y in favour of Newton—was registered. iStl'WKlthe.hob ab goal, bub" failed to <■ lmn.o^, the score. Play centred for ;'- 0IJ»c time, till Absalom; iniercepting ' made a fasb dash and was nob bhrown i^iv!,'. boundß till close on the Newton line. | "bUw, Sidldbl, Wariid-k and Mills #ere { tt6n tat'ih femovirig the* ball bo bhe | { cm". and a long kick made Absalom save "■ *« ouburba. Desul.ofy play followed and

time beingshorbly called, Newbon were lefb the winners by 3 poinbs bo nil. • V. NORTH SHORE., Qis!? Ia M&6c!?Y waß P-ayed »b the TNorbh Shore, iMr Edmonds acting as referee. Ponsonby kicked off, and McPhail reburned to half way. Afber several scrums Wynyard marked and relieved his side. For some time play remained in the Shore's 25. lhrough one of bhe Shore men being offside, Pons-nby were awarded a free kick and Shoro forced. On resuming, Norbh hhore rushed the play up to the Ponsonby's ground, bub the Ponsonby forwards mado a good rush With the ball to mid-field. From a scrum near Shore's.goal Carr scored a try for ponsonby, bub failed in bhe kick ab goal. Ponsonby 3, Norbh Shore 0. Play cenbred, and Shore's forwards pushed bhrough to Ponsonby's 25, where Breen secured and passed out to Wynyard, who failed in a pob ab goal. On resuming, Riley made a good run, and scored for Ponsonby. Flynn took bbc kick, bub failed. Ponsonby, 6 ; Shore, 0. Afber half-bime, Masefield scored Ponsonby's third try, and Mitchell kicked a goal. Ponsonby, 11 ; N6rbh Shore, 0. Afber the kick-off, Mitchell again scored a bry, and kicked another goal. Ponsonby, 16; Norbh Shore, 0. After some play in midfield. the ball was carried back bo Shore's 25, | when Mibchell secured and scored Ponisonby's filth' try, and also kicked a goal. The game finished without further altera'bion. Ponsonby, 21 points; Norbh Shore, I nil. .. ....

FIRST JUNIORS. Newton v. Suburbs.—This match was played in the hollow, and waa warmly contested from start bo finish. Mr Katberns gave every satiefaction as referee.- During the fii-b spell no score was registered, bub soon afber play sbarted in the second spell Kelly gob across Suburbs' line and touched down. Tho bry was converted by Wilson. From this bill the end ot bhe game, although both sides several times looked like getbing across, no furbher score was recorded, and bhe mabch ended in favour of Newbon by 5 poinbs to 0. For the victors, Farrell, Wilson (2) and Bach were specially prominonb, and in bhe Suburbs team McManus, Morrison, Laxon, Sykos ahd Donovan played excellent games.