FOOTBALL.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17498, 5 July 1922, Page 11

FOOTBALL.

RUGBY. SATURDAY'S MATCHES. The fixture, grounds, and referee for Park Wert, Mr T. Cr.wsh« 'i J™* J caster Park Oval, Mr J, 1. r ea * e ' s *!J l v. Old Boys, Kaiapoi, Rev. W. B. facott - Juniors-Chri ß t C turoh v. Albion Lanes* ter Park South, Mr W. B. Fuller Meriva e v North Canterbury, Eangiora, Mr J. AShanked; Sydenham-LyUelton '.»«*£ ton, Polo No. 1, Mr C. Cbianall; Technical v 'Varsity A, Show Groundsiio. 2, Mr H. T Fuller; 'Varsity B v. Old Boys, Old Boys ground, North Park, Mr J. Grover; Mariste v? Linwood, Linwood ."Park, Mr J. Merc* Third Grade-A Section: Riccarton a bye : Belfast A v. Y.M.C.A. B, Polo No. 6, Mr A. Henderson; Sydenh.m-Lytte.ton v. PrebbUton, Polo No. 2, Mr D. Fnedlander; Menvale, a bye; Mariste, a bye; Technical £ •Vareity A. 'Varsity, North Pwlt, Mr O. D. Fraaerf Chriatchurch B v. Old Boya, Polo No 3 Mr L. H. Buchanan. _ Third Grade-B Section: New Brighton v. Sydenham-Lyttelton A New Brighton Mr J. McCormick; Chriatchurch A. v. Albion, Albion, South Park, Mr W. Harman; YMCA A v. Chri6tchurch B, Polo No. 5, Mr T Bain; Linwood A v. 'Varsity C, Polo No 4 Mr J. Gray; Wharenui v. Kaiapoi, No." 13, North Park, Mr E. G. Keate; Spreydon, a byo. Fourth Grade—Kaiapoi, a byej B Cadets v Linwood B, N'o. 14, North Park, Mr E. E. Luttrell; Linwood A v. Mariata. Mariets, North Park, Mr C. McT.ncb.lan; North Canterbury v. Belfast, Belfast, Mr W. Templeton; Merivale v. Albion A, Merivale, North Park, Mr W. H. Patrick; Albion B V. O.d Boys, Polo No. 7, Mr J. R. Murphy. Fifth Grade—Mari3ts v. Merivale, Polo No. 8, Mr L. Higgins; Sydenham-Lyttelton v. Kaiapoi, Sydenham Park, Mr K. H. Porrin; Linwood v. Riccarton, Riccarton, Mr A. King; Technical v. Y.M.C.A., Ensor's road, Mr G. R. Wilaon. Sixth Grade—Y.M.C.A. v. M&rUts, Lancaster Park South (1.30), Mr E. G. Steans; Technical A v. Technical B, Lancaster Park Oval (1.30) Mr C. Goldstono; St. Peter's v. Merivale, Lancaster Park" West (1.30), Mr G. G. Denniston. Secondary Schoolji—First Grade: B.H.S. B v. College A, B.H.S. ground, Mr R. Twyneham; B.H.S. Av. St. Bede's, St. Bede'e, Mr L. Guiney; College B v. St. Andrew's, College, Mr A. tf. Fuller. Second Grade—St. Andrew's v. St. Bede's, St. Andrew's, Mr T, Carrol. MAORIS IN NEW SOUTH WAXES. (By Cable —Press Association—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Aseocititfon.t SYDNEY, July 4. The Maoris defeated Inverell by "136 points to nil. • MALVERN SUB-UNION. The following' is the draw for the remainder of ths second round, with the referees: — , July 15th—Darfield v. Hororata, Mr Reynolds; Sheffield v. Springfield, Mr MoNish; Kirwee v. Glentunnel, Mt McGee; Greendale v, Acheron, Mr MoHugb. • July 22nd—Greendale v. Darfield, Mi Q*~ bourne; Hororata v. Kirwee, Mr Green; Glentunnel v. Shefiipld, Mr Butler; Springfield v. Acheron, Mr Reynolds. July 29th—Hororata v. Greendale, Mr Longstaff;' Kii-weo v. Shefflld," Mr MoNish; Bprinrfleld v. Darfield, Mr Reynolds; Glentunn©rv. Acheron, Mr MoGee' August 6th—Glentunnel v. Hororata,, Mr Doody; Darfield v. Kirwoe, Mr McMeekan; Greendale v. Sprinfhld,.Mr Green; Sheffield v. Acheron, Mr Butler. The following wiU represent Malvern against Ashburton, at Ashbwrton, on Saturday Warren, L. Doreen, E. McMeekan, Harold Richards, Q. Wright, C. Currie, L. : Page, A. Giffney, J. Bell, A. Baxr, J. SUttery, J. Gunn, J. Fraser. R. Gttddis, Harris. Emergencies:—Backs, L. Wright, J. Stevenson, Price; forwards, R. McMeekan, ! J. Ironsides, J. Olliver. Cars will leave Co&V gate at 10 o'clock. ,; : ■„«_»_• The following are rfißultu of: last matches: — ' _ ' Seniors—Sheffield 14 beat Hororata 0; referee-, Mr I-ongstaff. Greendale 17 beat Kirwee 8; -referee. Mr Grant. Glentunnel 8 drew with Springfield 6; referee, Mr Butler. Darfield 0 drew with Acheron. 0; referee, Mr Juniors-Sheffield 14 beat Glentunnel 8; referee, Mr MoNish. WELLINGTON RUGBY UNION. (press association tkmsgbam.) WELLINGTON, July 4. At the meeting of the Wellington Rugby Union to-night, it was decided to advise that there was no objection, to the WellwgtonHawke'e Bay fixture on August 9th being a Ranfuily Shield match. „ It was decided to apply to the New Zealand Rugby Union for. £2500 for Park improvement and purohase of grounds. Reearding South Canterbury's tour, details of which were forwarded, the southern Union asked Wellington to arrange to play at Wellington on September 9th. As the dates arranired for fixtures had been confirmed, it 55KU toTeply regretting that the arrangement desired could not be fitted in, A motion was mov.td that a judicial committee be to consider the cases of suspended player., ae the work of the Management Committee was getting so heavy that this work should be delegated to a subStrong opposition was raised to the proposal, which was defeated. MAORIS IN AUSTRALIA. < (fUOM OUR OWN COWtRSFONDSNT.) SYDNEY, Juno 28. ' Viewed from every respect, th. opening match of,the Maori Rugby he representative New South Wa:es fifteen at.tin Agricultural Ground on Saturday was a memorable one. From the kick-off to- the final "no side" it w«s a great, keen struggle between two splendidly-matched teams. But the concluding quarter of an __ Hour overshadowed the rest of the game which, because of its sheer intensity and the sporting conduct of the play,, made for P*P«£* 1 thrills. ■ In that last sensalionsl spell the fortune cf the match continually varied Wned. over at t?nS were 9 011-a very 'air refitx of Use nature of the opening spell. , ~.,-. The second half was replete with thnl s. Within ten minutes Haynmnl was <w'.r for his third try, a brilliant effort which waa crowned wHh' a great ku=k by Taylor Then a good wuk in a handy posLion and reduced the gap, in *•««*£ *«* teams were now playing at their top. 1-M viriting forwards were majmficcnt , in-the W, and Bell, who wa* never off th, ball, S through. He did not carry Pace to gain the line, but Potaka was at hind and s«ambl-d over for a try, which converted. Taking ful\ odvan'age o weak epot on the heme side's left wing the M -.on* came again, and Gemmell forced his vwy across. With defeat staring them in the fftce the "blues" respond d de-p ratcly and r.shcd {he game to black territory. H.re Fox fecurcd from a good centre arid foroed hiß .way across. Walker roißsed the easiest o goals, but made amends .almost immediately bv a ' splendid try from the ba?e of the scrum on ; the vis ; tors' line. Taylor goil'd, and he I home team led by "I to 20. With but a few ! minutes left in the fading light, the p!ayeM put every ounce into the same. Th- exci ement reached fever heat whrn the Maori forwards came with a mighty rush; Again they concentrated en the wrak link in the d fence. and Mayne, who could do no-fhirg right and failed entirely to reproduce hn normal club fr-rm, let them throvgh with a bad fumble. The Maoris swept-on, and a grpat nish Milminated in BrouTh'on falling v on the ball for Jacob to conve-t with a fine kick. "No side" : sounded imm diately, leaving the visitors vicj torioua bv three points. It is difficult to particni'arise tile, visitor*— they all played splendidly. The two wrn \ - ere always ooMpicuous however, were Bell, in the forwards and Phillips "on the right" wing. Tlie team has already become most popular with the followers of (he "parent" game in Sydney, and. v.hat is more, has vindicated the great foctball reputation of their race. The outstanding players in, the local team were the speedy Raymond, Walker, wh» slowed wonderful fortitude in continuing to plav after reeciving a naety gash in the head early in the match, J. M. Taylor, who bids fair to become as great a footballer as he is a cricketer, and the forwards Fox McKay, and Loudon. The Maoris suffered rather heavily in the matter of casualties, but none of the players was seriously injured • On Monday, the New South Walea team | (Continued at foot of next column.)

turned the tables. Their backs had developed much of the combination that w&3 lacking from their first exhibition, and this, together vdth the fact that the visitors appeared to laok any net scheme of sittacik, was the match winning factor. The "blues" gave an im, n.o&surably better display of team work than on Saturday, and in thm matter of combination carried altogether too many guns for their opponents. The feature of the visitors' play was their splendid tackling. They have reduced this phase of tlw game to a very fine art, und the "dummy sellers" hawk their wskTcs in. vain when opposed to them. The eoores, New South Wal<« 38, Maoris 18, adequately reflect the relative merits cf the teama on the day's play. Upwards of 25,000 people attended the two matches. The Union game appears to be facing the liighway to prosperity again. ASSOCIATION. PBBVENTION OF ROUGH PLAY. (United Service.) LONDON, July 2. A* a preventivo against rough play, the Football Association hits decided that the wages to suspended players snail bo paid to the benevolent fund for the period of their suspension. . THE TOUE OP THE BRITISH TEAM. (PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEOBAK.) PUNEDIN, July 4. The Otago Football Association passed a reso.ution that at least seven matches should be played in New Zealand fcy the British team which is coming in 19Q3. The Association is willing to guarantee £SOO towards the cost of four matches provided that a provincial and a test match aire played in. Dunedin, CANTERBURY ASSOCIATION. The Management Committee' of the Canterbury Football Association met on Monday. Mr R. B. B.unt, presiding The Western Club "w.iote regarding the refereeing in their makh against Lyttelton. The referee's report was adopted, and other subjects mentioned in the letter were referred to the Association. The Sfatch Committse reported that two new senior teams had been formed. The matter of sending a team to the "West Coast was referred to i;ho Match Committee for a report. Several suggestions were put forward for popularising English Fark. N.Z. v. AUiiITRAUA. (rWSS3 ASBOCIAITON TEMOEAM.) m „ ' , WELLINGTON, July 4.. The IVew Zealand teum for the final test against the Australians next Saturday, at Auckland, is as follows: —Chiton (Auckland), ±iraithwg;te (Auckland), McAulay (Otago), N. McArthur (Wellington), Corbett (Auckland), Jonea (Wellington), Barwell (Canterbury), D^J Cook (Southland), Campbell (Wellington), and Ballard (Wellington). Reserves:—Half-back, Nswell (Canterbury); forwards, Hooper and Knott (Auckland).