CHAMPIONSHIP HONOURS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 207, 2 September 1938, Page 13

CHAMPIONSHIP HONOURS.

SOCCER CODE. VITAL CLUB GAMES. SHORE MEET PONSONBT. The senior championship of the Auckland Football Association will be decided to-morrow, when the final series of matches will be played on city and suburban grounds. The main game will be that between Xorth Shore and Ponsonby at Blandford Park. At present North Shore,' who are in the lead, are two points ahead of Comrades. At Victoria Park Comrades will meet Y.M.C.A., and ' are favoured to win. Should Ponsonby and I Comrades both win their matches Comrades will be level with Xorth Shore, and a play-off for the premiership will be necessary. Abels and Mount Albert Grammar Old Boys should have an interesting struggle at Fowlds Park. At the Domain Metro-College will meet Eastern Suburbs. Thistle will contest Onehunga at Western Springs. Lower grade competitions will be continued.

POSITIONS OF CLUBS.

CHAMPIONSHIP LADDER. A check-up on the senior championship Tesults gives the revised table printed below. The unfinished • game between Ponsonby and Metro-College, when Ponsonby were leading 4—2, has been conceded by Metro-College, and is counted a win to Ponsonby, while Old Boys forfeited a win through fielding an ineligible plaver. and this has been scored as a win to Y.M.C.A. The correct table is:— Goals. Oh P. W. Ij. D. F. A. Pts Xorth Shore ... 17 W 2 5 63 33 25 Comrades 17 9 3 5 47 20 23 M.A.O. Old Bovs 17 lO 5 2 57 39 22 Thistle 17 8 6 3 60 49 19 Suburbs 16 7 7 2 39 37 16 Ponsonby 15 6 5 4 45 39 16 Abels 17 7 8 2 50 47 16 Metro College ..17 5 9 3 50 72 13 Y.M.C.A 16 4 9 3 21 38 11 Onehunga 17 - 12 5 35 84 5 Following are the team*:— POXSOXBY. First Pivision. —Watson, Innes. Masters, Kkiiian, Haggett. Rouse. Shoebridge. McCallum, Atkinson, Farnan, Mullane. lteserves: Ahern, Haywood. COMRADES. First Pivision. —Yearbury, Riggans, McKenna. Page, Hooton. Hayward, Evans, Francis, Avery, Francis, Fletcher. Third Pivision.—McDermott, Fields (2), Gardner. Locke. Howlett. Cole. Rutherford, Watson, Cashin, Marshall, McFadden, McAllister. OXEHUXGA. First Pivision. —Parks. Harlick. Blockley, Owens, Rentley. Wiseman, Poufilas. Forrester. R. Lindsay. Wallace, M. Lindsay. Second Pibision. —Lloyd. R. Douglas, Cupel. Cotton, D. Wallace. Hitchen, Baker, McGhie, Woods. W. Phillips, Chatham. Third Division.—Clark, Sims, Fox. Parkinson. L. Phillips. Higginson. Windle, R. Phillips, Ashton, Simpson, Williams. METRO.-COLLEGE. First Division.—Cremonini. Mead. Goodsail. Quigg. Cleal, McMeehan, Dallimore, Turner, Brackcnridge, McDougall, Flyger, Prlchard. Second Pivision. —Knox. Horner. Clarke, McAneaney, Lynds, McPougall, Fletcher, McPougall. Garnett, Hobley, Crooks, Pardy, Quigg, Hodder. Third Intermediate. —-Gordon, Phillips, Speed. Baldwin, McMurchy. Turner. Parkinson, Boddy, Sutcliffe, Hannam, Putt. XORTH SHORE UNITED. First Pivision. — Cameron, Chambers, West, Sale, Cronin, C. Walters, C. Blackie, F. Blackie, Stevenson, Hayden, Tidman, H. Walters. Second Pivision. —Ford, Christie. Moorcroft. Smith, Rutherford, Praper, Haycock, McArthur, James, Bailey, Ekman. THISTLE. First Pivision.—Warren, Orr, Williams, Angus, Stone, Constable, Brass. A. Caisley, Pavidson, G. Caisley, Pean, Carter. Second Division.—Appleyard, Allsop, Steele. Pernice, Hart, Wallace, Price, Bell, Rodgeis, Tony, McDermot MT. ALBERT GRAMMAR OLD BOYS. First Division.—Saunders, Sims, Speed, R. Woodhall, Ward, H. Horrocks, Berriman, Wood, Jepson, Fyvie, Keedham. Second Division.—Turley, Dykes, Woodhall, Martin, H. Hutchinson, Mortimer, J. Horrocks, M. Hutchinson, Clark, Oswald, Waters. ABELS. First Division.—Jamas, Kimber, Waters, Owens, Jones, Meek, Robinson, Hamilton, Fitzgerald, Eckman, Hale, Mathews, Frader, Ripley.