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Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 191, 14 August 1922, Page 8

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_ PHILOMEL BEATS NORTHCOTE. VVTX AT__o TO NORTH SHORE. The compel itions were continued (.Tl Saturday on the various grounds unUer ideal weather conditions. At Victoria I'liilomv! met Northcote. this game drew a crowd of about 6000 spectators, who were treated to a great exhibition of the same. Philomel proved too pood fur Northcote. liy defeating tilt 111 l.v live froals to two. although Northcote I were unfortunate in losing their captain, VV. Corrin. at half-time through injury, I Philomel deserved their will. Nor* ll shore had anothvr victory, defeating i Devonport Pre.-byterians by five .foals to two. which leaves them and Pliiionul , to try out their metal :"-r the tinal. I ' i NORTHCOTE V. FHIJ-OMEX. I Tin- game was of a most interesting | nature, as should Northcote win the i-ham-I pionship would •-.. to the Shore club. In j the previous game Northcote list to Philomel, but since then their team had been ! greatly strengthened by tlie inclusion of 1 I Wnllwork an.l linker, '..n.l the icain have . I recently hud .-, rim ~f ,im-f« which was !_|iii!e deserved ..:. 1 heir play. Northcote ; vviui the loss, aii.l Hooper .commenced the game with a pa ss out lo Sexton, but Corrin , . 1.-a:-.!, ~llb. ~. .-cc Marsh lake :. lon_ shot. ; whi.-h saiiisl behind From a throw-in. 1 Heatlev, using his head, put across Ihe fleid. jlin *11 bi-l, clean. 1. ...hull hereabouts was ■keeping dose watch ~,1 Hooper. The jailors continued lo press, .-.pd a series of I goal ki.-ks ensued, until "orrln clearing io 1 Knott : 1 Itnrlord. saw the game in the I sailors' area. Marsh dispossessed the 'latter, and llcntlcy inking the pas*, headed into the centre, .-in.l Udell had several shots l.v clear, eventually giving a corner away. bill Ihe play cleared 10 the other end. Hopkins ,-:,.:, red well <.ul to Heatlev. but Cortiu tackled and cleared. A free against Al.erne; ii\ "out the ball back again. Corrin was lii.-klllig well and feeding his wings, lii.hcu-ll .11...10 ;..i-s,.s should have been put 1,1 hi,- .-cut.. 11.-alley here Hiking his cite fr..iii C,irbell v.as pulling in plenty of work lo Hooper, and from a nice pass Itonpcr ha. I; beaded into goal, but fl'Dell cleared for a .-■■ruer Knott here came inio 1,.- pi< Lire, and passing to Rtirford, the Inner tested Hatty, who ran out and cle.% red 1- rom .1 corn, r kick which was forced. M.-L.ligoi cleared from Tremayne. and passed nloiig lo Margison. to Hooper, the latter player, beating both backs, scored th.- iir-1 goal. Northcote now took a hand. H.-irkin centred a heatlty. only to •see Corbet lie.ul .lear. and Lewis dribbling jibr-mgh centre, and Wallwork miskicking I let Sexton in, who scored. Philomel 2, Northcte o. I Immeci.-itolv on the resumption. NorthI cole pressed, ami through Burford play -c.'.led in Philomel's penalty area until, from :i iiiiski. k by Philomel's backs. Baker 'stepped in and slammed home the hali. Philomel 'J. Northcote 1. Half-time scores On the resumption it was noted that Corrin ban moved to outside left. Knott falling luck to the halves. From the ooinuieueemeni some tricky footwork b.v Kuott was seen, and linker, taking the p-iss. sent in a hot rising shot, which Batty saved by punching ..ver. From the corner. North-j.-ote continued to press, and if Brstimers ] had been taken, their score would have inI creased, hill through hanging on to the ball they lost opportunities. ll was noticed ;.'..rrin was a mere passenger, having strained his leg ai the latter end of the tirst half A frre against Kxley relieved ihe pressure, and Marsh sent in two nice high shots, but Wallwork. usiug his head, .-leu red. to mt Knoll swing ihe ball out to Rut-ford, and ihat player, passing to Rak.r saw Hopkins beaten for pace, but his partner, with a huge kick, gave Sexton his chance, aud feinting to pass to Heatlev he went through and scored the Philomel's I third goal. Hard work by Knott saw the game scvera.i times enter Hie sailors' area. I aud forcing a corner. Corrin sent behind. Wallwork was very prominent, and with ilColvin stopped several determined rushes by the sailors, until one through miskick- ,- itic allowed a long shot by Doree to sail in 1 ihe nei. Philomel 4. Northcote I. ! The sailors continued the pressure, and Jan open goai gf"-e Hooper an opportunity. I hill he shut over. Tricky work by Kuott I again saw the Nortneote forwards sweep I down on Batty, who. in clearing, kicked 1 the hall on to Tremayne, and the ball just : rolled hack over Hi" line, outside the post. j Northcote now- reverted to the one-back game, and a scries of free-kicks for offside I ensued, until a penalty agaiust the sailors 'saw Knott beat Bnliy by a hard shot. 1 Philomel -4. Northeoie _. On the recom- , men.'einent a run through saw Sexlou I handled in an unorthodox manner, and Corbet t taking ihe "free" scored the sailors" ! rifrh goal The dosing mages saw tbe j game progress from end ro end rapidly, I Rally re-eiviug several stinging shots, those from Burford ami Knott being especially line. The tinal whistle saw the result: I Pliiiomel 3. Northcote -. j NORTH SHORE V. DEVONPORT PRESBYTERIANS. Shore started ihe ball with the sun in i :heir eve-. Give and take play was the : order for n tiaie. which ended witli the Shore testing Ihe goalie from the kick. Presbyterians weut away and Miliar fell in clearing. L. Dacre clearing in line style with a j 1 lick cf players on the top of him. Away I weni ihe Shore 1.1 the other end. and the Presbyterian goal had several narrow shaves. The play again veered to the other end. I l-'airgray puttiug in a hard cross shot, beat ' Millar all the way from the centre kick. ■ Shore attacked, and Woollev put a fast ■ grounder nghl across goai. for all the : forward.- to miss. Keeping up Ihe pressure 1 Alison sirnck the post. For a time Shore I kept up the pressure, bu: the Presbyterian I lucks were defending stubbornly. Fairgray j -;arti-d [he lull', and from the start Shore ; pressed, and l'ealiug, slipping through the I backs, pu: in a beauty, beating the goalie ! only, to have it disallowed. Shore were now ! doing ad the pressing, raining shots into ' the Presbyterians' goal. Pealing when about J.t., shoo: was fouled by a Presbyterian player. : but the referee gave a goal kick. Pacey. ; shcre's right half, came into collision wilh l.cgga::. and tbe referee ordered Pacey off the held. Shore, however, came again, and tlie game developed into a perfect bombardment of the Presbyterian goal, and at last Pealing found the net with a header. From the kick-off Shore came again, and Cis Dacre pu: his sid. level. Shore still continued :o •ilu all ;he attacking, hut were unfortunate in not getting the ! ca d Presbyterian broke away for the firs; lime, and found Millar on Ihe alert. Fr>::l now on lhere was only . one icam in It. and goals wcr-- added by ; Alison and Perreti i_i. Shore running out I winners b.v 3 goals to 2. I DACRE CTTF FINAL. I V.M.C.A. .. beat Ponsonby n. JUNIOR GRADE. j Crcon.l Division— V.M.C.A. -j. Ponsonhv in: College Cnited 1. Metropolitan 1: V.M.C.A. '.'. Northcote 'J: 1 Third Division.-Shore .".. Onehunga 0. Fourth Division. Metropolitan 1. Technical Old Roys v: Belmont _. V.M.C.A. 0; North Shore 2. Devonport Presbyterian '_: Corinthian 1.1. Brotherhood 11. I'fth Dnvisioti. —Belmont 3. Brorherhood o: Si. Helier's 3. Mt. E.lea 11. j School League Competition.—Poim Che--1 valier-. Parnell 0. St. Helier's'.;. Mt. Eden 0. I s.-hi%ol Knock-out Cup.—Mt. Eden 3. Devonport Presbyterian A 1: lt-elmont C _ j .-I Helier's 1. ] r-"i.\th Division Knock-ou: ("up.—Epsom i S.-1i,i..l -'. Shore P. o. SECOND DIVISION. 'TBCHNTCAI. OLD ROYS V. HEXDERSOX Trchnir.il Did F.o-s met and defeated 1 Henderson .11 Tlrndersnn by 1 goals to 11. the -tune, however, being of a more even nature than the scores indicate. In ihe (ir>t spell Henderson pressed hotly, aud : many chances were lost by erratic shooting. lAs the result of breakaway run* by the : greens forward line O'l.cary and Wragge I scored, and when half-time was .-ailed the score read: Technical Old Roys _. Hender son 0. In the second spell Technical had much the better of the game, but otT-side p.'ay b.v the forwards lost numbers nf chances. Munro. Technical full-back, made a great run through the whole of the Henderson defence, but his effort was foiled by nfr-side piny. Wragge and O'Leary again added to the score, and the game rnded: ; Technical Old Boys 4. Henderson 0. THIRD DIVISION. I Metropolitan and College I'.-iiT-l drew, 1 one all FOURTH DIVISION. I Metropolitan 1, beat Richmond Old Boys ••.