COUNTRY REPS. V. AUCKLAND.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 170, 19 July 1924, Page 3 (Supplement)

COUNTRY REPS. V. AUCKLAND.

_ ,-.__J M. Thompson iriakol, K. J?££. " Tamer (Kraii.fotii. W-SSotuY-y), E. *»»* .Fn.nk.l-,. O. S'ii (Thames). 0. Civil (Waipa), 1. gdl*-). W. Rich OMiangarcii. .1. 5. '(Bodney). T. Percy (Piako).. ..cHa-d-- B. Cooper. Roberts. I, Da.lJ Cole, Savage. Steele. Hookham. ... SftJ-Carter, C. Watts. K. Carter. rrom tie opening bully Country advanced , ita.Arc-land twenty-tlve. where Steele lt_l--aTet the left of the vanguard on L ..tick From a centre, by it. I arfer. a _?1 a-ae to C. Watts, who netted. fiT Country 0. Auckland uinin_,,l ti. attack and reached the circle ££_!&* Perri. stopped progress and .it by Steele went to K. < arter, who s .nt«_ but Smith slopped. The Country Z&Est the Auckland rl.ht through jK-ency of Civil and Mills, but Steele H5 sin., returned. Hookham served up a . ofocentres, the second one was weak ._d McMillan just managed to d.-ar. A fl Ut brought relief to Country. _nt_.c-la-a >»«" had ', bac . a Sf lu ; '">< j Caner rocked it into the net. Auckland •L _D_-t!7 0. Country, by hard ciossiVlrtin. reached the Auckland goalline, but fSrSmoTe. the danger. A passing rush M-trr*. R. Carter, C. Watts and Carter nded In the last-named shooting and hittin, outside the net. A hit by I'errin put CooW on the attack, and a cross-hit by Vrm .aye them an opening, but offside Sed the effect. Cole set the line in moUon,and a nice centre by Hookham went .cross nndist.rbed. Carter centred again. T__ hovered in the vicinity of tbe Country cir_e an- Hookham. after two attempts, broil! down the Country defence. Auckland 3 Coaafry 0. Long hitting enabled the Crrantr. team to reach the Auckland goalline bnt play did not remain there long. C Watts, who had taken the outside position, ran to tbe visitors' twenty-five, and a _o_.ent later, from a hit by Savage, the iur-lan- forwards stormed the circle. SHIM stlekwork by the local forwards enabled V. ITfltte to have another shot, trait- Just missed tho net. Eich aud Mills initiated another attack for Country, but like most of their- efforts, were spoilt by bird bitting. Uowever, a mishit by one nf Ihedefendera. enabled them to get through end _-elf.land were cornered. Geortz bad a shot, bnt dallied too long and the Auckland?-, headed by E. Watts, raced through A free hit brought relief. The best movement so far by the Country van. headed bj Geortz and Percy, looked promising, was stopped by "Roberts, and Auckland again studied and Country were cornered. The locals still pressed, till Itich and Mills transferred play to the half-way line. A hit by I'.irln set his vanguard In motfon, and fieortr and Percy dribbled to the twenrySve, There they lost possession. A further attack forced Auckland. From the line the right wing, Civil, served up a good centre and Percy, standing close i«, rocked a hot shot over Coopers shoulder Into the net. AIC-laod 3. Country 1. A sortie by the -.Aland van saw .7. Carter reach the circle in front ot" a one-man goal, but iv frying to hit too hard, missed everything. Good wort; by Smith kept the bines itt bay and a little, later Ferrin and Turner Ete_;_ed a hot attack. The remainder of tic spell play was mostly in the visitors' dide, and half time sounded: Auckland .. ton-try 1 I-ch got away from the bully in transfertin, to Mills, Steele intercepted. A ions lit by Turner put Country on the attack ltd Percy, following the hall fast into the mete, skied it just over the cage. The ojtcome of a lot of mishitting gave the fl-tors' a strong footing iv the Auckland circle, but they failed bndlv to make use ot the golden opportunities offered. Itobcrts Wfted the danger. After play had changed Ms, the visitors' were back again but nre held up at the Auckland twenty-five. flea the locals turned the attack to be Hopped by I'errin, and Croker further improved matters by hitting to Civil. Ills eta-flit was taken by Percy, who was offti<~, and Auckland gained a free hit. Play Wed back to the visitors' territory, and ™„f° rt s°£ B. Watts cventi-illy cornered mjtrj and forced twice. Civil got away wl, er !, ga - Wm S' but foiled centre, and ioctland advanced along the left. A free . i° t ou^ try . br °usht relief, and a reverse £52 ° 7 - Crok e r . gave lUch and Mills an S»*i but Steele smothered it and J.™]"! resumed tbe offensive. Smith Hopped the invaders nicely and I'errin „f SL Another sortie by the Auckland m produced a centre by Hookham which iwl a£ the e-pense of a corner. Ew Pe i" cy broke awa ? nl cely. but S. st .PP« d and sent the ball back to Ita rvL* f e raovement from the left by iOTi?. antry tor _»ards terminated lv Civil IS?,?. p a nice centre, but again the EE \" c a| Xault . offsWc a fine «SS_^_Bff'B U _S h slv ? and take play 6r2_P-S_r Hook bam started an attack. fw.A™ 4 . eDtr(,s were «nt. At last 'o t__ t_v cccp . ted , an eas y chau ''o nnd made jo mistake. Auckland 4 Country 1 \n Mat .J° Thompson compelled his retireSf2, Wnen plaJ ' was resumed. Country E_?_fc£? ,°_ tne Auckland circle. A S?Vi?^l d - b J.. GeorU > '""owed and •ttemntof lndlff erent work, Percy's Sf _ «™I 0a T a l ulocked ' I!ob ertß and Ae_k___d_ tr Si , ut Smith hit out at the tSSi . tw S ,t T-f}Te, and work by Itich SS ■. Geo "' Auckland 4. nids , nrt " lay was th en marked by fewav 0U l C L raids "« llookham. 'otinaW-'- d d V w " tue Ilnc - He Sb'.™ 1 cen , tre and E. Watts securing, cl^°P c V™ al and oettod - Auckland 5 T ator? I t.'r a r ! t C u a ;!. e(l wlth Auckland Auckland „ Country ....i1".".".".'..'. ° fe I. Steele was referee.