LEAGUE FOOTBALL.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 113, 15 May 1929, Page 16

LEAGUE FOOTBALL.

i 1 FORM IN LOWER GRADES. s ——— XORTHCOTE'S SUEPRISE WIN. The defeat of Parnell at the hands of : Xorthcote was the surprise on Saturday, when the third series of matches r was played in the senior B competition. 1 Xorthcote showed general, all-round im- '" provement and well deserved its victory i by 11 points to 2. At Point Chevalier the local thirteen had a great struggle ', with Otahuliu and the game ended in . a draw, each side scoring five points. 3 The result places Point and Otalmhu s equal for first place. At Mangere, Richmond had little difficulty in beating the native team" by 32 points to nil. Richmond will be a hard team to beat as the championship advances. ; Keenness and at times highly exciting " play roused the -pectators who saw the 1 Point Chevalier-Otahuhu match. The . result was that high feeling was shown • by the spectators encroaching on the ' playing area. At times the crowd ast sisted the referee in making his cleci- , sions. The man with the whistle was 1 subjected to some abuse for his. interpretations of rules, which went sometimes against the local team. However, a drawn game about represented ; the merits of the teams. Point were a little unlucky at having a t?y disallowed after Smith had appeared to touch down, but the ball was inside the dead-ball area. Injuries were numerous. Hing,. Point's full-back, was taken to the hospital with an injured shoulder, while several nasty knocks required attention. Smith, centre for the greens, played a useful game. Hβ was in every movement, and tackled effectively. The wings, Lane and Duncan, did good work with limited opportunities. Goodwin and McLaren played splendidly among Point's forwards, while Surtees and Callender were also prominent. Monoghan's try for Point Chevalier was a good effort. Xorthcote had too much combination for Parnell, and won well after an interesting struggle. Robinson, Xorthcoto's full-back, gave air outstanding display. His fielding was perfect, and he excelled in splendid line kicks. Speight, who was recently transferred from Ellerslie, did good work among the backs. Hβ made several splendid openings, from which tries resulted. Keymer also played a fine game. ' For Parnell, Kerr gave a good exhibition. • He got through a tremendous amount of work with credit. Davies and Lynnburn played soundly. The threequarters were weak in passing and many promising movements broke down, i Parnell's forwards were not so prominent as usual. With the exception of Ritchie, the set were below form. . . i