FOOTBALL.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 215, 9 September 1918, Page 7

FOOTBALL.

HTTGBY. iffELLI-WrON r>EFS^- TS AUCKLAND. UNDER AMEXDJ2D RULES. (By Telegraph.—Special 1o "Ptar.") WELLINGTON. Sntiirda.v. The Wellington-Auckland match was -laved on the Athletic Park this afternoon I under vile conditions, a bleak .southerly | wind and a Hllppery ground tending to make things tlve reverse of pleasant for the players. uMr A. C. Kitto was refeTce. Anckland won the toss, and to tvlav with the wind, two spells of forty-five minutes be.itwc agreed mion. (iff the kicfc-off \ Wellington were forced. Soon after Oas- | tinrich sot over the line, lint was railed tack out of touch. Auckland attacked strongly "ith the wiiul behind them, but \irtiolls ctaired. After about live minutes' "play rain began to fall, and the wind nlared ducks and drakes with the kicking. McLean just missed a try. and then a chance wis ,ost -by Laxon fallinc to take the pass, and another force hy Wellington followed. Some loose forward rnshes then took place, and after some fine work hy Wilson, fl penalty ffoal was kicked li.v L. McLean frnm an awkward ancle. Auckland " Wellington " After sixteen minutes' pl;iy, Lusk. Laxon. ■N'lion and Lewis combined In a pnssins rush, the try beinij just missed hy Stanley. After a great forward rally by Wellington, a kirk by Prneslnc was carried on by <iasparlcti nnd Wilson, but the Wellington defence was sound. After some tine midHeld work by L. MrUiin. the bull was carried over the Wellington line. Thomas scoring the try. 1.. McLean's kick went wide. Auckland fl Wellington o The frame then became a bit lively, with few ontstnndine incidents, the Aueklanders belnjr apparently a Wt at sen regarding thf "trenpth of the wind, siml were not taking full ndvmitapo of rlie openings that offered. TCventiißlly r.oldwator "brofce away, and handed til Thomas, and then Laion looked like ecorlnc. but a jrlarlnc piece of obstruction missed the referee. Some good passinc liy th<> Wellington backs carried the play a lone way up the field. Nixon's retnrn kirk to touch cainine a lot of (rround. Just at h.iir-tline the Wellington hackx started a pnssine rush, which Wilson Intercepted. Tie made a <lash. an.l passed to Laxon. who ontnaced the Wellinslon men and scored rieht nnder tho posts. 1.. McT.onn hud no difflenlty in kicking the goal, and the scores were:— Auckland 11 Wellington 0 tite seconti spell. The second spell opened scn-ntlonnllr. ■R Thomas soorinr a try for Wellington riirht from the kick-off. Torter's kick missed. Aur-klnnrl 11 Wellington '■'• Another sen«ntlon Wlowefl, tins time by Auckland. NMxon. Wilson, and i Thomns combined in a pnspliß rush, nnd j then McT.ean. Nixon, Oneparieh. and Wilson i carried on. the last-named soorinc the best try of the match so far. Ald,e:in's kick was blown back by the wind. Auckland ™ Wellington • Wilson made .nnolhor =rreat run. hut •Taion missed Coldwater's nass. nnd Promina n« called upon to ston a rush rfiy rnrf-er. The L-nrne h'l-d now lirened up l>nt the wind Wn« still !1 We npar the Tine >'icholl= whipped the hall out tn Morris, who scored ii simnle try. >-icholls made no mistake with tho kick. Ancv-lami - 1' Wellinpton s The two Pnrken! headed a for.wnrd nn-h tint ciTried t*« bnll rlorrn to Prns-slnc:. and Vnlnntine markino- the bnll. NMiolin added another three points to the rqllr. nnd with i, trT i, r Arthur T\irkcr Welllneton readied I'-e total of Auckland, the respective tallies being:— Aneklami H Wellington 11 From thence tr. the end the snme was all Wellinirton's rhe remaininir scores hei*v* Irie« by Albert Tarker. K-beHiardt and W. Thomas, the lust seeing the bnll tiass<xl thronch the bunds of all the Wellington backs, the final scores beinf;: — Wellirt"ton —• Anckland U A cood ~ame apollt' by the wind was the unanimous verdict or the six thousand attendance with the -weather that, prevailed. The pam-e was played under the amended rnlcß. The referee claims that he -was not a party to the arrangement, the captains mutually ncreeltie. Tjnt the fact remains that all kicks were free-kicks in that no players charged, so that proib.ihlv the last has not been heard of flic hnhbnb thaf has been worrying the Wellington football public all the week. AUCKLAND V. THAMES. THE AUCKLAND TEAM. The sole selw-tor. Mr. Oeo. Nicholson, has chosen the following players to represent Auckland against Thames, at Thames, next Saturday.— Kelly, Burns, Delgrnsso, Molloy, Marsdeu, Wrißhton. Poison, Martin (roverl, Molloy, Stanley, Thomas, Marshall, Ixjek, }»ngville. Prentice. Reserves.- —Keepn. TTntnmond, Conyn£Tham, Uallaglier, Kronfeld. LOWER WAIKATO BEATEN. The chief local attraction in Rupby football on Saturday afternoon was the game between the Auckland B team and a Lower Walkato fifteen. Tho latter could hardly be said to be a representative team, as a umnber of withdrawals by the selected men caused gaps that had to tie filled at Iho last minute. Consequently the display of the country team wns considered highly Anckland leading only by three points, a field goal by Martin. The Ancklanders. however, bad not to that Btape shown their best, owing to faulty combination, bnt in the second Epell they improved in their team work,, with the result that tries were put on In quick succession by Martin, Trentice f2>, and Neiper, the last one being converted by Marsden. The visitors were not by any means hopelessly outrlassed, and they freqnently had the Auckland team defending, but. their combination was not pood enouch to brtnc a score, and in the concluding stages of the pame Auckland Improved their score by two tries, by Clark and Marsden. The visitors were beaten by 23 points to 0. GRAMMAR SCHOOL TOUR. THEIR FIRST DEFEAT. irAMILTON. Saturday. Saturday was a gala day in Bnjjhy circles Bt Hamilton, when the Auckland Grammar School team, which has had a triumphal tour in the South, played its concluding game asainst the Hamiltou senior reps under twenty at Steele Park, where thorr was an exceedingly larpe attendance of thf public, including many old boys and parent., and friends of the teams, Ilumilton win niDR by 13 points to P. As a curtain raiser TTamilton .Tnuioi Reps, met Te KulU, the former winnluK bj 11 pornts to r>. Hamilton Hiffh School defeated Ihe < om bined Rep. Primary Schools, which ie t' meet Auckland Primary Schools, by < points to 0. The te-im was shown much hospilfllit; during Us rtay at Hamilton. <>n Krida: afternoon the members were tit-etf to se the Ituakurn Stat.- farm, and also th Glaxo factory, while in the evening th hoys werp invited to a picture show. Afte the match both teams were present fit dinner at the Broadway Tearooms. Thl was held under the ansplfes of the Haml ton Ru!;by Union. Mr "R. Gwynne. in th absence of the president of the Union (M Vnrney) was in the chair. A lenpthy toast list wns pone throosb. Reference wn made to the excellence of the same, to th fine spirit in -which it was contested, an Orammar was complimented on its recort The chairman referred to the prowess <i Grammar boye not oriTV on the footbfl fields, hrn in the wider spheres o nartojial life, and in the crrat war. <lthe speakers were: Messrs. R. McCryrtal. <•; Tl.irty 'visitors'!. Toliu and Chas. Speißht snd others prominent in football circles I Hamilton, whexo the game Is inaUa

rides. It was stated tnat Hamilton and raminar had now v win ench. and the Jit matcii would lie nwHlUid with plenire. Mr Charles Speight mentioned that ie Hamilton ltugby Union ivannly sni>jrted the Auckland Uuion In the adopon of the modified niieu TClatrng to play, hlch it was believed made for the geiieral uprovemeut of the game. SACRED HKAET COLIJ2GK. The annual football match, Taut v. Prent Boys of Sacred Heart College, was ayed on the school grounds In the prenee of a large attendance of parents and lpnde of the boys. The game was fast and intercßtin;; iroughout. the present boys winning: by I points to S. For the boys. McAuliffp id Dyer (2) scored tries. Dyer converting to and kicking a penalty coal. For the ie veterans, Wooilley and Harris pot tries, urns converting one. As a eiirtnin rniwr, tho C and l> tpoms the Collese were pitted agalnwt each her. the former winning by 13 points to >. For the winners. O'Brien and Ireland ■ored tries. Alley converting both and kickis a ppnalty goal: and for the IVs. Lani in and .loves got trip*. I-anigan converting >(h. THAMES V. WAIIII. (From Onr Own Torrespondent.! WAIHt, this day. A football matib. Thames v. 'VVaihi. was layed at Wnihi on Saturday. The visitors i-on by 10 points to .1.

NORTHERN UNION.

TEST MATCH. The teams chosen from thp ranks of Uie pnior League players to enaWf t\\<- sploren Inst CaDterbory on the Domain next 'iitunlay met on No. 1 crounil on Sntur [fly jiftprnoon, tho A's winning I'y n \ The attendance was close on r>ooo. TUB AUCKLAND TEAM. Tho final selpotiou of Die Auckland tciim ena madp at thp <-onc-Ju.sion of the game. mil was :is follows:— Mlnoeup (PonHonljyl: threelimners. D. McUrpgor rtJraftonV K. Ifwerieji (GraftonK CI. lies (Newtonl tlve•lcMhs. liuvlilson (Maritime), McClyruont Ponsonby). half-bnek, " AVnlsh (Vonßoubyi: orwards. Rukutni l(Uty). Bailey (C.raftou). a>>nsonb.v). Castleß (Newton), Her■ins (Grafton), Haddou (CttyV neserrpß: tac-ks. Stewart anil TUoruas; forwards. _ iVll'iaras aud I'ullen. FOURTH GRADE. POST AND TELEGRAPH V. NEWTON. The tlnal r>r the fourtli prade norapeti:ion was foncht out lietwppn Pnst ant l'ek'sraph nnrt Newton, the former winning ifter a Kooil eiJiihltion of the League sarni' 13 points, swrpil by TlilT nn<l Knowles it wo tries pa-ch). and Hennett (H. to '-', a penalty converted by I.eikis.

ASSOCIATION. I

The \ssnciation football games were reeumed on S.nlunlny afternoon at the Shore. A number of players having been selected to nlnv for the test pime. from which representative players would be drawn. left the teams somewhat weak. but. notwithstanding this, a good exhibition of the code was given. j The teat game played with the object of ; choosing a representative team to play Wellington nl Wellington on the 28th of September, ended in 11 draw—two goals _ each. For the A's William* and Ducre were the scorers, while « roßs and Pearson notched goals for the Us. The game V.M.C.A. v. Presbyterians was fairly fast and kiw V.M.C.A: defeat i Presbyterian by fwir to two. For V.M.C.A. Nnmlhmod nptM I wo. wliilr- (.', Kent also • scored two. For Presl.yteriali Ilarjier and Barbour were Hip sc.ircrs. The matdi nrothiMliood v. Ponsonby. at vhe Shore, resulted in n wiri for Hrother- i hood by three goals to one. For Brother- < hood KliifTn. liissett and Rennett were the; ocorers, while Howe in-tied the only one : for PoD.sonby. I AUCKLAND REP. TEAM. , The team chosen to represent Auckland at the fortl'Coining match with Wellington lias been decided as follows: — Goal, Neil: hacks. Skipwith. Stewart: halves. Marsilen, Dance (captain), Scott: forwards. Williams. ITayps. Cross. Daere. 11-arriaon. Reserves. l.c Orice and Pooch. FIFTH DIVISION. O'LEARY SHIEI/D FINAT* TECHNICAL A V. TAKAPUNA. After a eloeely contested game Technical won by one go:il to nil. Jameson scoring.