MORE BAD WEATHER.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 168, 29 July 1901, Page 3

MORE BAD WEATHER.

WINS FOR GRAFTON AND CITY.

SUBURBS P.ttAYV WITH NEWTON",

"Mud, mud, nothing but mud! and for the third Saturday too!" Thus grumbled the few spectators whose enthusiasm took them to Alexandra Park on Saturday. The heavy rains during" the week had made the grounds extremely sodden, and good football was of course out of the question. On No. .1 ground Newton met Suburbs, but as neither team was in the running for the championship, little interest was snorrs in tne result. When the teams met in the first round Suburbs suffered defeat by 13 points to nil, but on Saturday the blacks made a draw with the red and whiles, after an even and fairly interesting game, considering the state of the ground. On No. 2 ground Grafton defeated Ponsonby by 0 points to nil, after an uninteresting game; and at Devonport City beat North Shore by_ 8 points to nil. A pood many of the few hundred peopJe who went out watched the match between Grafton 11. and City 11., and the match between King's College and the Grammar School, both of which were hotly contested. The following Table shows the position of the senior fifteens:- polntg# P W L- D. For. Ag. in' 10 0 0 9T 3 Gra«on 10 10 w ICS 14 City 9 9 \ 3 2 46 32 Newton » f 4 i 20 58 SSTV%» 1 • 1,55 K3" y..:::: '»" »I S s m