ASSOCIATION GAMES.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 133, 8 June 1925, Page 10

ASSOCIATION GAMES.

CHAMPIONSHIP CONTINUEDNAVY'S RUNAWAY VICTORY. TTTAMWAYS, V.M.C.A. AND SHORE ■\Yi.\'.\i-;i;s. In favourable, though gusty conditions, a resumption of competition guinea was made on Saturday, when :i full list of fixtures was got .'IV. On the Domain. Tramways revenged themselves un I'onsonby for the cup-lie defeat, while V.M.I.A. surprised with a victory over Hellaby's. A strenuous tussle resulted in the meeting of North Shore and Xortheote. ending in a win f,,r the former; while on Hhindford Park the Royal Xavy had an easy win over Watersiders. PONSONBY V. TRAMWAYS. The opcniHT stages were evenly on tested. C.iuil.inatir.n and iindcrMalnliii". were mo,-,, apparent in the blue 1111,1 black attack. Christie being prominent with studied tactical movement*. 1 my for a lime was without noteworthy in.-, dent till a free kick to Tramways close In gnve McKlligntt it shot which just shaved the crossbar. l'lroni the kick <>rt Alien, cot away on the ri-.-llt and after beat lng Simpson, and under pressure from Hopkins, he centre,l. Unity tried I" kick im, mulled, and limes, darting in, opened iluscoring. The green and Macks paid a lnllK deferre.l visit to Hull. McElllpntt essayed a dash, but was crowded out. and bis parting puss was sent mv ~r play l.y I'opclaud. At the other end a swing chance was given limes, following receptive elusion by Christie, hut the centre shot hastily aud rashly over. Tramways attacked from the resultant kick ami the left wine carried play In Hall. Dlivies had a splendid drive which, reliouiiiliiu--froin goal, f.jiind Cope aud lying handy to liea.l past Hall. _ , The second spell was a reversion of the order of play and Tramways pressed from the start. After two or three feeble efforts at goal a penally c.ui.e the way of the jiroen and blacks and Siiiini made no mistake in putting his side vii the lead wilh a hard drive. , Play continued to be evenly contested from tjie re-centre and for a time scoring •chances were conspicuous by their absence. Ponsonby attacked from the right, Alien, crossing to limes. The centre sent on to Adshcnd who gave Batty ll shot to list ...lit. In clearing, Biiiuy was called from his charge and Xccshain fixing on to the clearance dropped v lovely shot into the net from 2ii yards. Tramways 2, Ponsouby 2. Tho scores remained on level terms unly for a few minutes. The green a.irl blacks pressed nnd n long shot from the left brought out a meritorious save from Hull. Copeliiml, however, rushed in from a htiu.lv posltion and once more gave his side the lend. Tramways 3. Ponsonby 2. Ponsonby continued tc, show the better football, which on the day did not bring its just reward through indirrcre.it finishing. .A last minute effort by Adsberl. Kennedy nnd lunes. nnd a drive .straight at Hatty by O'Brien, all caused excitement, but railed to alter the score, which, when the liual Whistle sounded, read thus: ~ Tramways .1 i I'onsonby 2 ' NORTHCOTE V. NORTH SHORE. Northcote attacked from the kick-off and a long centre by lilnckleilge into the goal mouth was cleared by Gerrard. Shore then attacked. I'almer, with a long drive, failed to make adequate allowance for the .wind in his elevation. Woolley ou the extreme right, then tested Chesney, and lrom the clearance Northcote pressed for Knott to scud out nf play. Chesney ligured prominently in two smart saves at his goal and the Xortheote right was set goi.ig from the clearance. Tremain was given a chance and the effort was nullified, .luues, Corbett nnd Gerrard were too strung for the blue forwards, who seldom got to the danger zone. A beautifully timed, long raklng shot by Blnckledge deserved n much Letter fate. McMurray clearing just under the bar. Good football was impossible in Hie windy conditions and the play was rugged most of the game, though creditable attempts were made ut short passing. Dncre roused excitement with a great shot from close iv but a counter charge rewarded Chesney's smart clearance find the teams crossed over without a. score huvlng been recorded. The opening of the second spell was in- ' Shore's fuvour, aud the lirst goal came from Palmer, who, protiting from a misunderstanding between Hibbert and Cbesl.ey, slipped the ball into the net. Shore lost a glorious chance of adding to the score Rhortly afterwards, ,T. Woolley missing an open goal. The yellow and blacks kept up the pressure almost continuously in the attack, generously supported by the middle line. Dacre and Palmer were prominent. Thompson was prominent in defence with long punting. Wheu tackled Bradshaw, the winger, centred smartly for rainier to notch his second point with a shot that gnve Chesney no chance. Northcote made strenuous efforts to improve their position and L. Knott, with a clear mil, broke through and opened the scoring for the blues. Spurred ou by this success. Northcote made strenuous efforts to equalise, hut stubborn defence held them at l,ay. while the Shore were also active in attack but failed to add tn their total and a hard and fast gome ended. Shore 2 Northcote 1 V.M.C.A. V. HELLABY'S. From the kick off T.M.C.A. got the ndvantnge and carried out a frontal raid on the blacks' citadel. Marshall. Entwistli; and A. Lncas were prominent, but the last-mentioned sent past. The game waa conlined to Hellaby's quarters for a time, till Heyes led an attack on the V.M.C.A. goal. This, however, failed for lack of support, Bryan being out of posilion. Following a short call to Norman the colours were forced back and Heyes was again the moving factor in n raid on Clnnnchan and Co. In this attack Bryan made amends fur his former shortcomings, and he opened the scoring with a good shot from a puss l.y lleyes. The play for a time afterwards wns more ragged than interesting, ami the attempts nt combined effort fell far short of being successful. V.M.C.A., If anything, were the more aggressive for a time and "Whowell and Kane, particularly the latter, snved on numerous occasions. Matters livened up ns the game progressed, nnd following desultory play In the colours' dunger zone, the forwards assumed tlie initiative. Making ground from the centre, the right wing carried on and smart following np hy Marshall gnve De Luce an opening which lie snatched, and put the tcums on level terms. - Shortly afterwards Hellaby's were awarded n penalty for handling l.y n V.M.C.A. defender, but Knne drove -straight nt A. Lucas, who smartly cleared. From this let off tho colour's attacked vigorously nnd following n smart piece of. piny by ,T. Lucns, De Luce ngnin scored with a well-judged header The lend of the odd goal in three was maintained till the change over.

The second spell saw little eombinerl effort by either side. Hellubv's pressed strenuously, but the V.M.C.A. picking their goal, put up a sterling defence. A clever application of the.offside game by Whowell and Kone kept the colours for a time in their own quarters, though several spasms of excitement arose from sudden breaks away. Hellaby's- were unable to press home their attack, and after what can be aptly termed a dour struggle with little real or attractive Soccer, the linal whistle found X.M;C.A. in the lead by 2 to 1. WATERSIDERS V. ROYAL NAVY. The game on Blnndford Park resulted In a comfortable win for the Royal Navy by C —l. In the opening spell, the teams were evenly matched and the interval came with Navy two goals ahead, through Keri.k'k und \Yalsh. It wus in the second spell, however, that Navy's superiority became most marked and they attacked almost contlnuouslv. Goals came from ■\Vulsh. Merritt. Baxter and McCrne (from n penalty), while Lemming scored the only goal for the Watersiders, who. though they played a plucky and persevering game, were not a match for their opponents.. THIRD DIVISION. ■ ?«'„ J i- beat Onehunga Athletics 0. I r__T_ B , 2 ' , I,eat T »niaki United 1. i.rcen Bay 1, drew with Ponsonbv 1 bwonson United 1, drew with Kiwi l! FOURTH DIVISION. ! a - so r e ir r»™ S a L * r ew with Thistle 1. GOLF ' 1 - Metr ° P ° Utail by ac£ Wlt

FIFTH DIVISION. Mt. Albert Criiinninr 2. beat Comrades 0. Tamaki I nil til .",. beat Mi. Albert Grammar v. SIXTH DIVISION. North Shore .1. heal Comrades 1. Comrades A 3. Northern.' 1. North Shore 4. Comrades H 1. SEVENTH DIVISION. ! North Shore 1), C.iinrades 0. V.M.C.A. BOYS' LEAGUE. SENIORS. Cults I, drew ivith Hungers 1. It..vers 2. beat Spurs 1 Rivals 2. I>. in Swifts ii. JINli HIS Ceils 1, heal Hangers v. Spurs I. I„:il I!,,vers 1. PUKEKOHE CLUB. nu.ilir.vi i„r the vice presidents Trophies! I'i'Siilli'il as follows : - Mc,,.- F. Cnrr, gross 110. iinuillcap 32 — net 7S ; A. Sr-lllnepfer los. till -7K ;G. I'lavell. in?. 2S Til. XV. li. Hrnsnahau. sti. :i so; f. Duncan, im. is—s:i; ii. j. W liy. ml, is—s.-i ; .i„s. It.mist..,,, j,...., 111, 2S- s:i ; p. Kirwiin, 104. Li— SB. 1..-i,lies. Mrs. Tre.in.ir. OS. IS—SO ; Miss Wily. <is. is so: .Mrs. Motion, 104.'20— s|; Mi>s P.,rues. 117, ".1 -SO; Mrs. o-I.ousl.lin. 122. :l."i —R7 : Miss Dacre. 120, 2!i 111: Miss Wilkinson. I'JD, ,IG—ll3 ; Mrs. McSweeuey. 121, 23—OS. COUNTRY MATCHES. ,;..',, in. .I,ls Cup Competition.—Waihau 3,1 heai XValhl 1. SOUTHERN MATCHES. riinisTciirncH. I.lnwnnd 2. lieat Villa 1. Thistle 2, beat Rangers I. nrNEDIX. .Maori Ilil! .1, bent Mornlngton 2. t.1.l 1.....- f.. !,,■;, I Mnxgiel :i. Sc.icliri' .",. bent Technical old Boys 0.