THISTLE v. PETONE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 278, 17 August 1908, Page 9

THISTLE v. PETONE.

Thistle and Pet one met at Petone..to try conclusions. This niatcli was* looked upon by Petone as the match oF tlie Reason, each side straining every nerve aud muscle to escape from the "wooden spoon." Petone, right away,, made the play. Tlieir j-iglit, wing carried the hall into tlie vicinity of the Thistle goal, where M'Ardle relieved matters with a strong kick. Clever passing by the Thistle front rank enabled Hall ,to have a pot at goal, but the ball went sailing over the bar. Findlay gained a corner off M'Kiu-lion,-.Petone left • back,; but ;it .came to naught. Petone continually fewung the ball ouj to Taplin, who was' partnered by H. Renai, but Birss, who played an energetic half-back game, spoiled their tactics. Reynolds, Petone, passed out to H. Renai, who gave'Bowart his'.first save so far.. Cummins, after out-manoeuvring Parsonage,, gave the, ball to Findlay, who gave to Pitkethly, and after a fine dribble the latter passed it on to Sand ford, who scored a .neat goal. Jones gained a corner off Duncan;, it was' taken by Sparrow, but he skied the ball into the trees, which are close to the goal, and it dropped out of play. Half time arrived with Thistles leading by 1 to 0. It was thought that Thistle would increase their load in the second half with ■ the slope of the ground in their favour, but both sides played desperately. The Petone forwards shot at every opportunity, but their shooting was weak. Hall, by good play of-Pitkethly, beat Jackson (Petone right back), and shot into the corner of the goal,- where Brice failed to keep it out, but the referee gave it offside. . Petone, by the good play of Sparrow, E. Bcnai, and Hawkins, gave the. Thistle defence an anxious time. Petone forwards now introduced a change, bringing Jackson, right full back, to partner Taplin, and H. Renai to play full back. The pace was fast, and the fround being so much larger than any of. the Wellington grounds, splendid combination was shown" The game was well fought.out, and the score fully represents tho play, Thistle being' the better side in all The game ended: Thistle ... 1 Petone ... ... 0 Tho Rev. Mr. Russell officiated as referee, and gave satisfaction. .

y.M.C.A. v. WANDERERS:''" ?

1 The contest between Y.MlG.Av'and "Wite dercrs at No\vtown Park, attracted' aboujtlOO spectators, who were treated.'to a very good exhibition of the'game, whicll resulted in a' win for Y.M.C.A. by two goals to nil.'With the sun in their eyes, Wanderers were at a disadvantage, but played up vigorously, their left wing doing excellent work, while tbeilr. opponents' right was equally determined in defence. Temnerley and Forbes were responsible for the first score, while!resulted' from' a pretty piece of combination,Hhb"b£ll ; 'beiiiij' dribbled well down the then; drove tho ball hard in, but Irvine wSs ontlio' alert and saved smartly. Th'tf'-ballj hofrcWr, fell into Gibson's hands, and-'that player scored neatly. Y.M.C.A.! l;'-Wanderers, 0. The second spell showed Wanderers strongly attacking, their' forward line' pressing tlie Y.M.C.A. goal with great determination. But golden opportunities of sob'fin^' _were not seized smartly'enough, Crouch, inside left, failing miserably time after'rit'imc.-.-The second and final goal resulted .from a corncK, to Y.M.C.A., when Gibson neatly headed; tho. ball between the posts; the whistle blew : -;a. few minutes after, the gamo-ending. Y.M.C.A. Wanderers 0/!' 6 Mr. H. Godbo'r refer'eed. . RAMBLERS v. SWIFTS.'. " ;v Ramblers inflicted a defeat upon' Swifts qt Mir'amar, scoring three goals; to their djv ' pononts' onb. Tho referee appointed to con- ■ t'rol tho game did not appear,: and; the ,services of a spectator had to bo secured. Len White, centre-half for Swifts;"iva3-down with influenza, and his loss was a-serious, ono-fop' his side. First blood fell to iSwifts, Rogers. ■ scoring tho goal. Before tho ,first spell en-. . <lcd, Coward, for Ramblers, 7 evened matters." In tho second spell, Mouat added.another goal for Ramblors,-followed, ;n .few: niiimtea ; ljiter, by a third by Edwards. '; Ramblers ... ... '3 " 1 Swifts ... j SECOND DIVISION. J" ] 1 Ramblers v. Porirua.—Ramblors ' met ,1 I'orirua at Porirua on a field whicli should, 1 fpr tho welfare of players, be, inspected'by a 1 representative of tho Wellington Football- "i Association. Porirua wore " twice " on tho t fjoint of sooring, but were skilfully thwarted I Ite Sid M'Jjpwi who also saved a long hot shot * fenm Wi Ncra. Ramblors praotioally had 1 matters their own way throughout, and,'hut -1 for tho peculiar antics of the ball oil tho 't iniiumeraylp mounds and ruts, would liavo c troblcd thoir score : . Bradford's tricky foot- i \yor!r gained- considerable ground, and a 1 pass r from. Algar (a third-class player who played f

<a plucky game) enabled Wills to open the account with a -.fine-anglo shot. In the second spell Porirua's lack of knowledge of the rules was taken advantage of by Webb,- jrho, from a free-kick in the penalty area', passed to Smallbonc, and the last-men-tioned .player made no mistake. After making considerable ground on the left wing Roe M'Lean centred splendidly, and Wills piloted the final goal- t)ie game ending: Ramblers ■3; Poririia, '0. -- Toa's v. Wanderers.—Wanderers journeyed to. Poririia and engaged "Toa. Wanderen ' wcro two men short but got one "substitute in Babcll their linesman. Both team! played an exhilarating-game. Toa' kicked oIE and' inadd a for"'tho Wanderers' goa :but wore speedily pulled •■' up. Wandoren then made tlio pace, Pickering being promin • cnt, and a corner was forced, resulting in af exciting tussle in Toas' goal, .which culminated in Dalzell scoring. Toas mad( i several incursions into, the MVnderer.s' terri. ; tory but they were ofi no avail. Baker at " last :got on the run, and led'the Maoris tip '' to the Wanderers' goal, where Bain, getting l a good opportunity, equalised.the score. Wanjdercrs continued to press and good tricky ■ , work by Pickering resulted in his scoring ■a' neat jgoal. 1"; "Wan- " >dorers, .2. On j resuming, fine combination ' ,by Wanderers lej; them get close to the Toa 'goal Hijirter passed to' Holland who slipped it through. From the lack Solomon" carried tliq ball down the right wing and centred tojßaker, shot with terriffic force; Jb'ut Webster sayed,in .brilliant stylo. Shortly, after this the same player scored for the Toa. '• •Wanderprs returned to the other und, bui (Jrier-,:;Witjh a'long drive transferred the.play. ; Barker jtfho was -playing a great game al jback fo'r the Wanderers, returned with' a ■huge punt, Hatcher tackling ' in splendid style: (By fine passing. Hunter got down and passed'to Pickering who was finding his new ■ position! at centre _.a bit trying. '. He scgred his second goal with a splendid shot, and -a ■ ifast and exciting game ended: Wanderers, |4; Toa, 2. _ ... ' _ [ Diamonds' V.' Swifts!— I This' game was played pn 'No. 3'ground at Mirnmar, when the Diamonds■' held ■ 'a■■ alight■ advantage in*' the first spell. -'/Williamson' scored the first goal for Diamonds "fr«n -a'-corner, hut tin , Swifts' 'goal-keeper should have saved. From a free 'kick, Paterson equalised for Swifts. .Before 'half-time Collins scored for Diajinonds, after 'a fine forward rush. .The.,see-, ; • ond spell opened with some good passing on [both sides, Jl'Lean, Pye-Smith,' and Pater-json;:-being .prominent for. Swifts, and' Col'lins, ]lobmKo:i. and Williams for Diamonds. [Collins and Williamson added one goal each ' for ; Diamonds,-whose score might have been bigger hut for the excellent play of Guise . (left-half for Swifts) ;' his. all-round' play 'con^tfleiids : him to-the notice, of his senior ' Before ..tirnjj was called. M'Lean ■anaclc' a"fine' •rtin'.'-'iiidi-centrcd' 1 lon'/tTie right ■ .wing', 1 ; alloying Paterson to score the second goal for Swifts, the. game ending: Diamonds, .4; Swifts, 2. Mr. G. W. Kain refereed. :

t' Ijeftef-'.'.CarrieK v..'St. John's ll.—Letter andrdefea'ted, St. John's II by '2 goals!to I.;Bowles t2) scored for Letter Carriers,"'and. Mea-rs-'-for St; John's. "

Mental - Hospital" y. Watersiders.—Tliis match'.was a win for Mental Hospital, who defeated.'their opponents hy 7 goals to nil.-

.'jJyNIOR IEACUE MATCHES.

X.M'C.A. defeated Prtono % '4 goals iio 1. Bailey;' Chancy,- Sriamtary, ' ind ""Warns •scored' for Y'.M. ; C.A. Fitzgerald did. excellent work' for Petone,''while for the, winners,. Warnp, .Roberts, Bailey, ;Sca;mbury, and. Milmi were conspicuous. . .Diamonds defeated Swifts by 2 goals to nil... Guilford and Dunbar scored for - tlio winners.