LEAGUE FOOTBALL

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 143, 19 June 1922, Page 10

LEAGUE FOOTBALL

• CITY BEATS NEWTON RANGERS I'IRJ' BRIGADE DOWNS ATHLETICS \VINS FOR PONSONBY AXD ;; DEVONPORT.

splendid weather favoured the Auckland {Rugby League for the continuation "i Hi matches on Saturday There was .i la)-ffc attendance at I'nrlow Park, the -urn of t'lH-'l 7,' ii being taken at the turnstiles. I ity defeated Newton on V.i. 1 ground after a most interesting match liy I!) points to 1.1. Both teams

"id level, the score being 7 points all iit half-time, but taking the general run ■ t the play Newton were very unlucky imi :o> have been much closer when the mini hell rang. If anything, they had ilu' better of the play almost throughout, hut wild passing and ovrr-anxiousness were the chief factors that militated ngiiinst them bringing their efforts (o a siiceessful conclusion.

On Xo. 2 ground at Carlaw Park Fire Brigade gained: a victory over Athletics i H the tune of 31 points.to 25. The game wns for the most part open, and was marked rather by individual play than good combination work. Athletics maint.'lined tlie lead lor the first half, but in ihe latter spell Kil'e Brigade assumed a mure frequent offensive and in the tinal -luges particularly did a bit of rapid scoring. At Devonport the local team succeeded in lowering; the colours of Marist Brothers by 1-1 points to 12 after a fairly game. The Devonport backs showed much lietter combination than their I'Pponents. nnd altogether the team played with much more cohesion. A good game resulted between lon Minby and Richmond ou the hard and dry ground of Grey Lynn Park. Though I'onsonby ran out victors with a total of '-'1 points to 13, their win was by no means an easy one. Richmond putting up a sterling light, and actually outplaying the opposition in the concluding twenty

minutes. CITY V. NEWTON.

Newton kicked off, and from close work in niidtleld .lames and ißrown combined in v tins-slug rush that had Cit.v on the defensive, utr a penalty afforded tlicm relief. Newton iverc.soou hack again and W. Davidson was caught in possession, but B. Davidson came io ihe rescue ami cleared. Newton continued to press, and when neur City's twciiiy-live Cl<>ko opened up a passing rush "it; Voysey failed to hold the hall. fl. 1 , ;i\3_?oii snapped it up and evading Gregory, the full-back, scored a good try after, running three-quarter* of the length ■if the lieM. Newton made persistcut »r----lembts to score, but offside play spoiled I heir- opportunities. Eventually they again rented City's tnonty-tive, where Keenan -offside unri Poison landed a goal. Good work" by I!. Davidson took play to Newton's 'luurtcr. hut Voysey broke away and changed the scene of operations to the other end. Wetfterall relieving. Then A. James and Miller mime through, ane W. Davidson was collared before he could dispose of the ball. I. James secured and sent on to Soniors. whit -got over. Poison converted. Just befdlje the interval play was in Newton's twenty-live, where B. Davidson picked np and J {lotted a goal, making the scores* 7 all at half-time.

CJtJr attacked solidly at the commencement, of the second ual'. and the ball was kicked back to G. Davidson. He put it over ibcjljne. hut in rushing up to touch down wast obstructed, and the referee allowed a try.JJsvhicu W. Davidson converted. City wort, soon returned, and Ilawkes securing the ■ball sent on to'B. T>avidsnn who crossed, W. JJavldson converting. City were now beginning to have the better of tho game. amPit was not long before Wetherall turned a penalty to a,•count. Then followed a

period of most exciting play, the ball travelling, Jt a rapid rare up and down the field. Xettißun showing to better advantage. Eveu"tulM Brown gained possession and after a nice, {run scored a good try, which Poison faileii to convert. Two of Newton's men wor v ; temporarily disabled, and Newton strni-e hard to decrease their opponents' lendjjaiid just before time Seiners gathered up tq City's twenty-five nnd passed on to A. James, who added another try for Newton. Clafjfe failed to convert, and the game enderf:—City 19, Newton 13. DEVONPORT V. MARIST 0.8. The. Devonport v. Marist Brothers' Old Boyj* fixture at the Shore drew a large crowd, which witnessed a good exhibition of the code. There was. however, a lack of good team work, particularly amongst the -Marist backs. Marist got the lead earlj in the game, when Gallagher scored, but m penalty goal by Lulng nnd .'a score by Hand put the home team in the lead. Khooe always had slightly the better of thing's after this, and they at one stage led ;ll to 3. but at half-time the score was.'ll—6. The second spell was interesting, ' but Marist lost many opportunities through want of combination, and when the final bell went Devonport were at the. winning end of a 14—12 score. Devonport won tho toss and Singe kicked off for Marist, who immediately set up an attack. Minogne in-passed to Gallagher, who scored :i nice try ln the first minute of play. Singe attempted a goal, but his kick fell short. Mnrist 3, Devonport 0. Devonport theu took a hand and brought play up to Marlst's end. Ghent failed to play the ball, and Marist were penalised. Hand bad a kick, but It failed. Theu Dunne got offside, and this gave Hand another free kick, which, however, was sent wide by the wind. Wheeler was the lust to handle the ball after a Devonport onslaught, and kicked over the line, Storiiiont saving well Devonport were conceded a free kick through Turner being offside, making the third penalty against ihe greens in the space of three minutes. P. l.aing, the Devonport skipper, put the ball over, and opened up Dovonporfs score sheet. Marist 3, Devonport 2. From a scrum C. Webb cut in ami took :. pass from Laing. He made a Bue run •md just managed to pull off a dn'minv, beating Gallagher and scoring. The kick was given to Hand, lint again the wlud deflected the ball and sent il just to the right outside the post. Devonport r.. Marist 3. When right iv illldfleld Marist were siealn penalised, nnd from the free kick -Webb kicked cml followed up. * race for Mnrlst's goal line saw Scott get over. Hand's kick failed. Devonport S. Marist 3. A couple of minutes later Marists were :iltilcklng on Devonoorfs line, when Webb got possession, and by heady play outwitted the Marist backs. He pussed to T.uing in a fast run nn the field. Having bis -whole team on tbe move he passed to Wheeler, who went on anil scored underneath the posts. Lalng passed with the kick. Devonport 11. Marist 3. Marist then -et; up a hot attack, which ended in Stormout registering under the nosts. Storinont took the kick, which failed. Halftime then sounded with the scores: Devonport 11. Marist 0. In the second half Price rau through and when tackled passed to Cbutfield, who scored. Laing missed an easy kick Deyanport 14. Marist C. Devonport beeleii frota a scrum. Ghent (Mnrist) charged down the half-back's kick, nnd picking up •laabed over. Stormont failed to conyert Devonport 14, Marist t). From bnlfwav nujue made n run after taking a pass from Bass, nnd outpaced Miller, the Dejonport full-back. He scored well. Singe just failed witli bis kick. -Devonport 14 I Marist 12 riRE BRIGADE V. ATHLETIC. The match between Fire Brigade anil Athletic was played on No. 2 ground at Carlaw Park. Mr. Hill controlled tbe anine. Athletic pushed the attack on to i he?" defending team's goal iine, where la scrom wus formed and the leather passed out? to Nicholsou. who dived through and scqlcd. Gray goaled. On resuming Ath-' letks were penalised on two occasions for offside play, and the second infringement saw Wareing register a tine kick from midHeld. Athletics later intercepted play near tiiejr twenty-five, anil combined lira rush ilowit field, the bull passing- dually to llrifke. who crossed the line and scored. Gray goaled. C. Woolley instituted n forward move, which resulted in Henderson ' •--etting the ball to dive through and score. Henderson also took the kick, but fulled In goal. Athletics took the game Into Fire Brigade's territory, and from tho serum tin* attackers wore down the defence to cnujile Brleii to cross the line. Gray goaled. Athletics were again pressing hard on Fire Brigade's Quarters, but the latter . team

I diverted play, and a scrum being formed | well dnwnneld the ball passed out ami along lire Brigade's line tn Henderson on Mho iliree-i|iiai-tci- wing, who scored. The ; same player also goaled. On resuming for the second spell Athletics took up a persistent attack, but a recovery by Fire Brigade sent the hall back ] again, and hard kicking followed, result- | Ing in a nice between Brady and McGregor. ! The former player got in lirsl. forcing the i ball. Henderson tailed to goal. Following ,mi strenuous play r.ray gcu the ball and j dropped a goal. Fire Brigade, made » tec.very and look play to within Athletics" .wenty-iive. where ("argil! retaliated with a pot-shol from the held. Athletics again 1 wenl ..ne better. McGregor (his lime | s t c u. ' int.- Hie p..i. .McGregor and Nicholson then .-.unbilled in .-. tin-ward rush, play was I .liveried, ami Henderson came up fast and gathered the bail in. racing in the corner, anil passing to c. Wooilev. who scored Wnreing failed to goal. Fire Brigade continue'! their attack. Wooilev coming up to cross the line nnd score. Henderson goaled nnd placed the team four points char of their opponents. Tins maloritv I wan further increased when an attack oil Kirc Brigade's part saw .1. Wooilev ,-igalu | come through, beating the opposing pack to score behind the post. Henderson failed lo goal Athletics force.i ib, : issue in Fire Brigades twenty-five, -but the ..(Tort was shun-lived. .L.Woolley. Herring and Bradv making a forward move, which resulted iii a score liy ihe last-named player. Wnreln- | goaled. Athletics attacked and pressed hard. Lovett again being bun and having Ito rettre with .in m.ipreil leg. AthleticsI offensive took them well down ..n the line . whciv Avery rought his way through ami ! scored Athletics rei>ented their performmice. Lunn breaking away and scoring Gray failed- to goal. The game ended: Fire Brigade •;, Athletics ;;; .j.-, AUSTRALIAN 'VARSITY TOUR. FIRST MATCH ON WEDNESDAY. THK AUCKLAND TEAM. The team from the combined universities or New houth Wales and Queensland will arrive in Auckland to-ulght. and will play the first of throe games In Auckland on Wednesday at Carlaw Turk, whe.i they will meet the Auckland representative team The following team lias been selected to represent Auckland in the first match'— Full-back: \V. Davidson. Three-quarters: 1.. Davidson. Wetherall, Littlewood. Five-eighths: j. Lams, A- McClymont. Half-back: Poison. Forwards: .Singe. Souimers, Stormont. Hawke, Avery, Itass. Emergencies: Wooilev. Gr ; iv. Delgrosso. Turner, Meadows. All players must attend at Carlaw Turk to-night at 7.30. SECOND GRADE. Richmond 10. beat Athletic 0. Perkins scored two tries. Jenklnson. Hodge and Hylanil one each, l'erkitis and McMaster converting one each. THIRD GRADE. Ponsonby S. beat Itiehmond T>. Ellerslie 34. beat City r 5. 'Point Chevalier 20, beat Devonport 1-. FOURTH GRADE. Otahuhu 10, v. Ellerslie 0. Richmond S. b.ea.t Athletics S. FIFTH GRADE. Takapuna 12, beat Ponsonby 0. Richmond 14. beat Newton 2 Richmond 14. beat Newton 2. SIXTH GRADE. Itiehmond 3. beat City 2. CADETS' ASSOCIATION. The 36th (Northcote! Company 6. defeated 22nd (Eden) ~>. HAMILTON. A good crowd attended on Hinemoa Park to watch the League games on Saturday, linited played Frankton the former winning by 15 to 4. The outstanding feature of the game was the defence, of both sides. The United was the best team of the two. .iS"., otb f_ 8*"»e was between City anil Athletics, the former winning by 33 to 25 after an ordinary game. CAMBRIDGE. City Hovers II), beat Suburbs 12Matangi 23, beat Athletics 5. TAUMARUNUI. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) TAUMARL'-NFI, Saturday. * Jntjje senior League game, Tongariro defeated Hnuroa by 23 to 0. The scorers ' were T. Hepl (1 try), Pou (2), Thompson! and Kauhu (1), whlc Takirau converted three tries, and kicked a goal from a mark. In the junior match, Manunui Rovers beat Ilauroa by 13 points to 5. For the winners the scorers were Bradley. Davis, and X Be L l &.&? cacn - Parkinson converted one! and Wilkinson kicked a penalty. For the losers Te Rlnga scored a try, Thomas converting CHRISTCHURCH. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) CHRrSTCHFRCH. Saturday. Sydenham 12. beat Federal 2; Adding!on G2, beat Linwootl 7. ... • WELLINGTON. WELLINGTON, this day. Petone 13, bent Central 0. Newtown 1" beat City 0. "' QUEENSLAND BEATS MAORIS. 31 POINTS TO NINETEEN. IMPROVED COMBINATION. BRISBANE, June 17. Tlie second match bet-ween the Maori Kngby League team and Queensland resulted in a win for Queensland by 31 points to 10.

Th n match took "place in flue weather. ■before (iOOU spectators. In the Mnorl tcnui Yates. Pitman, and Haira replaced W. Lockwood. Morrison, aud Lovett. In the Queensland team Spencer, _. Brown, Thorogood. Miebusb, Bennett, and Burnett replaced Hourigan. Maguire. XI. Brjen, Cntiuell. Johnson, and Richards.

The Maoris showed improvemeut in combination, and fully extended the Queenslanders. A feature of the came was clevei- half-back play by Pitman, who inltiateil Mio majority of the Maoris* scoring movements. Queensland had a stronger team than hist week, and always had the upper hand. Tbe score at half-time was: Queensland 10. Maoris IS. The Maori scorers were Garclher (ii and Dufty. Two tries were converted by Dufty.

On resumption the Maoris lost Dufty, who was ordered off for Insulting tlie referee. Gemuiell equalised the score, and Te Whata also scored, but Queensland crossed the line four times, and won by 31 points to 19.