FOOTBALL.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 218, 13 September 1915, Page 7

FOOTBALL.

i m ■_■ RUGBY. SENIOR CADET CHAMPIONSHIP. 1 TLe tin_; of :_e S'ai...r Cade-?* -haaipiocjsh.:. on Saturday, net-een tne C«'ta ComI pany .Post and 're.egraf.h. and the :;;.; i.'onipaay lEiierslle,, i>a-, played o u Ed?G Park, and -as won t-y tie ;_.>th by 9 I ASFOCIATIOK. FALCON CUP FINAL PO-IPONED. j Tlie dn_. for i_» Fal.-on Cup arranged Ito he played between tbe Brotherhood act I Everton i .-ib- a: Uays-ater on Saturday I «_- po-tp->ned ..a a-.connt of the eiceedlDg!y unfavourable -eather condition-. Cii'ler the subtropical sbo-ers that prevailed eariy in the afternoon, the ground be.-nn» covere.l -i*h -ater, and the opposing :earo«. after c., n »uitation. decided to take adv.-intiize of the referee's permission, and azret-i t-» let the game go. NORTHERN UNION. ROOPE'- ROOSTER FINAL. WON BY NORTH SHORE. The final of tbe Itnoek-ou: competition for tbe surer tropby presented by Mr Roope -as played at Victoria Fart on Saturday bet-een tbe Newton Rangers and Nortb Sb..re Aiblons. Heavy rain in tbe j morning and at Intervals daring tbe game j rendered a scientific exposition imposslb.e. ! and tiie result turned large on tbe question jof individual re-our.-e iv tbe matter of ' getting out of di__<-uities and of taming tbe other fellow's mistakes to account. Play was intensely evitlng at Times. tb» balance in favour of the two teams tilting several times, but eventually North Shore snatched a win by 10 points to 7. There was little to choose between the merits of tbe team- -jnder rbe conditions, and tbe slightest "u.-k would bare given the game a: the finish to Newton. LOWER W__J.KATO V. AUCKLAND. A WIN FOR THE COUNTRY. I An Ai-k.an-1 team, whi.-ti wa- of ejperii menial nature and rather weak In the back 'division, travelled to Huntiy to try e_n-1 | elusions w'.ti a Lower Waikato rep. t >_m. | Tbe game »|! very fast, and the country pi.iyers. by t_e!r pace and Individual ' strength, secured a -in by 10 points to K. tne resti!: l-lng quite in accord -ith the merits of tbe respective sides. A curtain-raiser between the Auckland Juniors and Lower Waikato juniors resulted ild » win for the town team br id points ! to 3 ' j