IN THE PROVINCE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 196, 18 August 1913, Page 8

IN THE PROVINCE.

l HAMILTON. I Seniors. —St. Mary's and Morrinsville | drew, no score. City 8, beat Gordonton 3. Athletics won from Fr_akton by default. j PUKEKOHE V. MANUKAU. At Pnkekohe this afternoon the local representatives defeated Mauukau by 1-t points to 3. PAEROA. PAEROA. Saturday. All the Paeroa football matches arranged for to-day were postponed, owing to the weather. " WAIHI DEFEATS WAITEMATA. WAIHI, Saturday. The ?ilatamata football representatives met the local men on the recreation reserve this afternoon, uuii were beaten by 12 points to li. For Waihi C'ouper and Joe Saunders scored, Mullins kicking two penalty goals. Gemming scored for Mntamata. In the schools match Combined South aud Convent won by default from Central. SOUTHERN MATCHES. ! A RUNAWAY WIN. WELLINGTON V. -MARLBOROUGH. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Saturday. Marlborough and Wellington met on Athletic Park this fifiornoon. The ground was very sodden, and a dri—"iing i-.ii'ii was talllug. Wp.llngton had all Hie better of iiiu first hair, ami soured practically when, they wanted to. iHi only very few occasions din the visitors pass tlie lialf-wav line. Nuiiii scored the nr.-i ■ rv for H'elllnaion, tin.! Baton took lhe kick, but failed. Tlie slippery slate of the ground prevented ilie backs getting well away. Patuu scored the second try, hut his attempt lo convert missed. A iiule later Wellington were awarded a free-kick, and P.itnn kicked a goal. The visitors were continually hemmed on the line, and in the open Nunn sent out io Tilyard. to W. Ryan, who score,l. The kick fulled. Other n-ics were scored by Cunningham. McKay (rli. and l'.ilou (2i. Patou kicked three easy goals. The Orst spell ended: Wellington, :.tj; MarlborouiHi, 0. 11l the second spell Marlborough put up a better show lag. and the home team was not allowed to score so freely. As a result, of a loose scramble by Marlborough, Boyle got over, but Lane failed to convert THvard scored for Wellington, and Mills repeated the performance. Hot Ii kicks failed No furt-ber scores were recorded, aud tie game ended: — Wellington 30 Marlborough 3 WAIRARAPA V. MANAWATU. A POOR EXHIBITION". (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) MASTEUTON. Saturday. Wairarapa and Manawatu senior reps, met at Miistcrt.uu this afternoon. The ground • was heavy, and a still' wind was bio a - lug j with ocrst—oisul showers. The game was a i very poor display of football, and degenerated at times into a fnrce. In lhe tirsi spell tbe visitors did some good passing unci the Wairarapa forwards played well, but [ gradually the play became worse, and a poor display ended in a win for Wairarapa by H to nil. In Ihe first spell Darvlll a.id Dross srored tries, sievers convening one. In the second half Desmond scored A tr.v for Wairarapa. Manawatu were outclassed at all points. CANTERBURY DEFEATS OTAGOBi" 0 POINTS TO 3. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) DUNKDIN. Saturday, otago played its first ititerpruviueial i Rugby maid," of the season 1.-uay. wlii it j ir met Canterbury, the. gaum resulting ,v . a win fur the visitors by 0 points lo -I. j Owing to the persistent uovyiipour of the | past few days, most of the grounds lv tne city were muter water, ami TnUuna i.irk was chosen for lhe match. '111.. ground was rough, bur fairly dry. On tlie day. Canter-l bury wore tlie better team, their tiaci— 1 handling the ball with greater accuracy, uud I their forwards being heavier and more | vigorous than their opponents Play opened quietly iv the presence of about 3,00(1 spectatcrs. ■ | S—ortly after play commenced Aiuodco marked, anil Hasssell placed a good goal fur ihe visitors. The Canterbury backs were '.handling the ball with greater surcness rluin the local men. hut eventually the Otago forwards worked their way ;o Hie Canter- I (bury twenty-five, where Ei-hold passed out jto Watson, and the latier. culling in. was | 'almost over. Then Cnthill speculated in | : front of Otago's goal, and Ainoueo marking. I Hassell kicked another goal, bringing the visitors' seme up lo li. A Utile later Anioilco , marked in a good position, but U.-Soll | made nothing of the kick. Play hung iv I ' mid-field for some time, and the Otago van- | guard made occasional rushes Into Canterbury territory. The spell ended without j further incident j In the second half Otago. having lhe advantage of the slope on the ground and of I what wind there was, showed to better | advantage. Though they were playing an I inferior game, the Otago pack livened it)) nt intervals. Harris, coining up fast, kicked ' Hie bull away from Bain and, running over, , notched Otago's first score. Cnthill faihsi with the kick. Canterbury were forced. | and then Harris repeated his former tactics lof coming up fast and kicking the ball over ] i ;'ne line. The hall rebounded from the spec- ! ; tutors into his hand, and be touched down, j I but the referee gave no try. evidently on the ground that bad the spectators not 'been ! there the hall would have gone out of | bounds. The game concluded without fur- i th'-r score. The onal score was:— Canterbury 6 Otago 3 WANGANUI. j WANGAN'UL Saturday. In the Rugby matches to-day for the McKec Cup Kaierau defeated Pirates by Wauganui beat College by 10 to 12. A SCRATCH GAME. HAVVERA. Saturday. Tarauaki B. mainly a scratch learn, beat a learn cf Maoris by II! to (j. The Maoris were aiso short, and. lia.i to pick up men on trhe ground. Cade scored three tries and I) ! Cameron one for the winners, while Katene ! scored a try and Korukikue kicked a penalty