FOOTBALL.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16848, 31 May 1920, Page 10

FOOTBALL.

• CANTERBURY RUGBY UNION.

When tho Competitions Committee of the ] Canterbury Rugby Union met on Saturday , at noon, it wa-3 decided that the competition i matched should be proceeded vrith, in spite |of the bad weather. When tlie hour of i starting came round the senior teams at Lani caster Park were readv to take the field, but I ii wets then deeirlcd that tho conditions were I too bad to allow of the jrames being pl.'ived. | At the Show Grenin4s 'Varsity met SydcnI ham. rut when the former had ec-—ed 9 | points tho gnme was abandoned. In the ■ junior competition Lyttelton defeated Jlarists I by 3 p<-ir.ta to r.il, and in the ; Cup competition Jierivale beet Eicearton by ! 9 point-.i "to ri!, neither ram? being played ; to a finish.

i jSTOSTH CANTEEEURY SU3-UNION | The rtnir/3 of t:io Korth" '/anterbury / Rugby Sub-Union's matches tras played cu S-ii tirday. Result*:— ■. Arn'x-:-; r -r 3 v. Woodend S.-ftoi: n v. Cttsl 0. j o.vfo:<i dif.-iiltsd to Rangiorc. j REPRESENTATIVE TEAM. j The following? will represent CanxerI Iran- r>?ainst We':linc-!cn on Thursday next, a~i Wellington:—C. E. Evans, V\ r . A. Foto, ! A. Thompson, J. MeConna-e!:, R- E. Boafr. D. McC.irniir'c, D. Sandmai>, X. Ccrnogis | fv.ins), E. Ki'.s'-11, rl. Munro, J. Bannister, L. IVtors*?!:, Cttmttrin?*, A. Henry, J. | IT. ParW. Km\ , rtr»'.iei?s: C. R. Murray, i V,". J. Yr.i--.=. Tiuining—-Sydenham Rooms, | 7.1:0 to-r.i;,'ht. i THE LEAGUE CODE. i | CANTERBURY (-C) v. WEST COAST (3). j 'i iic S'juthciiy sLoi'm com. iclely CL;oiit tiio ! first of tho rep;-c~c-ntativo fixtures thin season, and though t/K> tmf stl was not : adversely ufh-cted by tho rain, tlie boisterous ; weather curtailed tnc attendance, and it was j only the very hz<n supporters of the code : •..•ho braved tho elements. These %vho put in I an apreuyance weie titaied to u good uisplr.y i l)V tho loci:! backs, v.-jio, iii;cier a dccided disi .'.-.dvaata-ge owing- to tli2 heavy br.ll. outplayed J and outpaced the vit:jiOrs :ift«r the first quur- ! kr ■ The teams were:—Canterbury (Red and ' I'laek)--■Fuil-bucJ:, C. Kruse-; thrf.o-qusriars, ii. Howe, V. Boon, T. Molloy; five-eighths, •i. Sanders, J. Yoinrj; half, F. Matthews; forwards, S. Tindireon, H. -iofTatt, W. Kin? j (captain), E. Healev. 1). UcGibbou, A. Shad- > bolt. , | West Coast (Green and Black) —Full-back, I T. Todd, three-quarters, T. Mason, L. HunI tpr, J. Ryan, \V. C.errarty (replaced by T- ! Freeman); five-eighth, \V, Henderson (captain); half, W. Mundy; forwards, 'J. Brown, J. Garvey, J. MrTaart, H. Long, C. Purnell, and F. Clarke. The visitors kicked off towards tho northern goal, and their forwards were quickly attacking, McTagjrnrt and T ong heading a rush goa'lwards. Mnndy picked up, and, getting clear, passed to Henderson, who trajisferred to Hunter, for tlie latter to scovo an unconverted try. With the sleet njrainst them the local fonvard3 jrradually wore down the Green and Blacks. Sbadbolt missed an easy penalty goal, and only solid trcklinp- prevented Roxc ar.d Molloy from crossing tho visitors' line. Clever tactics enabled Sanders to get away. Ho passed to Molloy. who side stepped the visitors' full-bark, and scored. Kowc. added the oxtrn point?. The Green forwards, led by McTa?gart, kept play in the local territory till Sanders beat the attack with a fino run. 110 sent the ball to Boon, who Ecored. Rowo failed to soal. A fine •passing rush bv Moffstt. Sanders, Rowe, and Yotins, ended in tlie last-named scoring an unconverted try. In the second half the R-ed and Blacks rushed play to the visitors' lino, and Sanders scored, for Kruso to goalYoung scored, and converted, after a fine nm by Sanders. A neat passing bout between "Sanders and Rowe let tho la=t-namod over. Kmse failed with the kick. The local team hold the advantage until tho whistle sounded. Mr A. Morris was referee. "WELLINGTON v. HAWKE'S BAY. (PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) NAPIER, May 29. Two intorprovincial football matches -under Northern Union rules were played on McLean Park to-day, between junior and senior teams representing Wellington r.nd Hawke s Bay. There was a large attendance of spectators. Both games "were well contested, and senior struggle was at times very exciting. The junior match was won by Wellington by 11 points to 8., and the senior match by Hawke's Bay by .26 points, to 18. , : The scores fairly well indicate tlie respective merits of tho teams. SYDNEY v. ENGLISH TEAM. , (By Cable —Pre&s Association—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received Mav GOth, 5.5 p.m.) SYDTvEY, May .10. A Metropolitati footbalj team will km' the Englishmen on Saturday nest, The team chosen ist—Full-back, fcrtiser; threequarters, H.' Horder, Gilbert, Famsworth, and Lawrence; half, McGowan; fivo-eighth, Caples; forwards, Schultz, Pearce, Gray, Townsend, F. Burge, and Wa.tkins; rcoervea, Conaghan, Kaufman, Latta, and Tj'c.