FOOTBALL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 551, 5 July 1909, Page 7

FOOTBALL.

SATURDAY'S RUGBY MATCHES. 1 4 ' i , - ' ATHLETIC DEFEAT ORIENTAL. . i 'About four thousand attended thcnaatche ■ on v .tho Athkstio Park on Saturday afternoon ■ After, a 1 good tußslo in tho first spell thi . match between Ponoko and Old Boys , rc ;Bulted .in a win for tho former by a fai: margin. . AtWotio. gained the - narrowest o : victories over 1 Oriental aftor a, poor oxhibi ' tiW of football. The other matches resultei : v as'followMolroso beat Victoria Cbllcgo bj 0 points to 3; Petone defoated Wellingtoi by 20 to 5; and St. James beat Southcri by 8-to 3. POSITION OF THE TEAMS. "■ ■ 'i- ; V'- V "6; . ;..v\a , Y-'E'S •• &£ "Va ~ I £.2 ■;.:§« ' Poneke 11 10 1 0 154 36 X Patdn» " 11 9 2 0 198 87 If Athletic 10 7 2 1 95 45 If Oriental 11 7 4 0 172 (A 1J Xfelroso ......... 11 7 4 0 94 94. li Strjamea U 5 4 2 81 58 VOld'Bofs ...... 10 3 fi 1 G1 96 7 Vie,' College ... 11 1/9 1 57 114 5 Son thorn 11 1 0 1 35 220 ? Wellington ... 11 1 10 0 48 128 2 , PONEKE (1«) V. OLD BOYS (5). '.No wonder tbo supporters of Old "Boys were:/ jubilantj and barrackora.: for. Po- '■ neke ■ discomfited when half-timo was ■ called. " Not only had ■ Old : Boys prevented Poneke from; .scoring, but- thoy had." sorely tned their resources. During'the early staged of the game the Poneke : backs 1 got into motion, ibut their efforts, which were not of a high order, were easily frpstrated: . "He's away 1 ' cried the crowd on-ono. occasion whon.llyan secured possession, ■ but • it was quickly seen that tho ' \equally speedy Dawson had made no mistake. Frdnr-a free-kick, Gardiner almost • landed ' a" goal; the ball dropping a few inches un- - tl«r> the bar. By making the gape close Old Boyd now adopted tho ,best tactics that it is possible touso against Poneke. And it was not-long before thoy reduced Hunter and O'Brien and one or two of their colleagues r to-a painful'walk. "They want mo out there with - a stick,''' roared a hoary Poneke supporter in. £ho stand, amidst a chorus of fervent "h«sr, tears," and . tie laughter of a . few onlookers. During the ■ next, few minutes it seemed as if Avery bad magnotised the ball A Wherever ho was to be-,seen , there was the. ball near his toe. Conspicuous l next was Tannahill, who got : at the head of a good rush. . Whon Old Boys again made, their opponents' twenty-, five-tho scene of operations, Thomson mado a good attempt from a free-kick. Their play/' was, however, spoiled by too-frequent , infringements: Towards .the end of the spell :. Poneke warmed up,- but Old, Bots kept thom ■ in.ihand. Once the referee had'occasion to caution a Poneke player. Cheer after cheer • was. raised for Old .floys at half-time. • . 'Upon the 1 resumption of it was seen that/-for the first time this season,'a large .crowd. Lid gathered on the southern side of-the ground. - Opinion was divided as to thet-probable result of tho contest. That there had bden soma heart-to-heart-talks in the Poneke dressing-roojm was soon evident. The'Ponekoites put moro weight in the . flcrunij 'they worked harder on tho liner \ . outs;, and what was still more important they tried to keep on the ball. For the next: quarter of an liour Old Boys withstood ! Poileke at their best. Then, from a scramble; Mrfcchinson gathered up the ball, and dodged , over; | His .kick at-goal fail/d to enhance thp,-jdore. This revorso took all the staTch out,'.of Old, Boys &s-if by magic. Poneko ; qiiickly ,returned to the attack ; the ball, • went -close to tbo line; and a moment later \ Tresize had scored. Gardiner 'was unsuc-i cessful with tho.,kick..;Again Poneko car-] ried 'play • into' 014 3°J S ' twenty-five, where i •Walshe, - who was ' closely attended' by Til- ■ yard and -Mitcbinson, went on himself and 'coif: Gardiner's kick ' Many of the 'spectators now began to leave; for-them tho game now possessed no oharro. Old Boys onco again plucked up conrage and swept down tho field like a tornftdo. About half-jk-dpzen yards from the lino,_ Jacobsen somehow came into possession. , 'With two or three- opponents clinging to him—and to the i pushed way-over tho line,, and a'try was given.' Marehant- landed a very ' fine goal. - Just unon the,-close of play, Til- ■ - yard ■ scored for. tlie sixth time this. season for ;Poneke,'l)ut the kick proved a 1 failure, . the; game ; thns ending— '- : ' ' Poneke" 14 . v , ; . . -Qld 'Boys , 5. Mr. T. Quinn controlled the game. ATHLETIC (6) V. ORIENTAL (5). If/the band 'had struck up a funeral march • ■ during the first,spell of'tne -match between. - Athletic and Oriental ueitiier side .could have • \complained.''. From a spectacular point of | indeed, frm any other aspect— ( play was very flow and uninteresting. When < • a' serum w*s ordered :bi>tJj sides proceeded . ■ leiiurely to the spot, and in 1 the caso oflineotlts th« delays were equally exasperating. It ' was pliin that,most of tho players envied the : ofilowcrg (it the jnat«h on tbo adjacent . ground. ' By the loss of Matheson : and Verooe, who wero unfit to play, was 1 greatly, felt, v Thero v was a further handicap ' . in - 'that Roberts was . compejled to play at full-hack owing to fin injury which ho sus- : : ; tniinod in s prevjous maten;-,At the outsot of j :- the game'AtWetjc wero somewhat .' Responding jn good style,- Oriental then in- ] ~ raded.'Athietio's 25. From a line-out there i was a scramble which took tho hall over the , line near- the comer, whoro Perry dived on , to'; it.; With » beautiful lock Poberts jsont : ball fairly over tho bar. Oriental again , prosody and Athletic were compelled to force . down.' : Upon Athletic attain asserting them- : : selves they gained a mark near Oriental's 25, i - ; <!qual to the occasion. If i --anjfthiag, Oriental, did best during the rof mirndcr of-th« half. Before play was res • flumed half tho onlookers transferred thoir - outraged .-affections to' the game on the other' side of the ground. - UiJder .a sense of shame . - both teams now began to try and mako - ■- amends. Every now, and again a player would ■ make a promising start towards doing something, but lip rarely got anyfurflter. ,To- ■ wards the end of;, the game the quality of . pldy improved wonderfully, and' there ra? ; same„e«itoment, Fro® a scramble Robson ' , scored for Athletic,.but-M'KenziVs kick'was •• a failure. .Oriental made strenuous efforts'to -i regain. their lead, .but were unsuccessful, ;tho J • .'"gsine'ending— . Athletic 6 point?. < . Oriental points. ' I Mr. F. Laws was the referee. ' PETONE (20) V. WELLINGTON (6). , TM Potono residents had the opportunity i thw eyes on their..local cham- ' . pion? on Saturday, when tbo victors of Poneko. met . Wellington at,. the Recreation , . Gropndi on /interesting jf not' Bcjentific,^ - hwitjon endingin a win for.Petoao by 20 points to 5. Wellington took tho field ono - mjMi short, hut before half-time the fiill fif- ■ t«m were ineridenoe. Greon, tho Petono half, , Was away ; and Nankivillo—who was hurt a - little , ,tune back—playpd in, tho forward?, : Hsirdham going back to wing-three-quarter; ' From the kick-off, the Wellington forwards, headed by Fernandos and M'lvcllar, swooped i •.. < down pn the BJapk Jin?, but tho Petone de- ; fence was sound, and play was pushed into ; tho centre,' and Potono clayed a ; passing ■ • rush, which Carr upspt, and transferred play ' • for Wellington by a splendid, line-kick. Petono wero not to bo denied, however, and I after-twenty ;'minutes had: gone 'Hardham openei the scoro with a try. as a result of a ■ ■ passing rush. M'Farlano failed to convert. Fetsne 3, Wellington 0. Wellington, though • Manually, on the attack, were pursued by misfortune after this to tbo end of the . ' «poll. I» tho first place they missed a fairly wy jhot at go#l, and again, when a . tryhSMzaei imaiiiient, Carr was thrown out . at the c*mer. ' - •TSie Yellows had a wind to faco in the ' se«ind speirthat hdd increased almost, to a, gale.. - Notwithstanding this, they wero racing'round the Blacks, in the latter's twentyfive, and from a/jjoramble D. Bridge scored Wellington's only try, which Sclla-rs converted, with a. splendid kick from a difficult

angle. Wellington 5, Petone 3; The Blacks' star shono brilliantly for a time, and within a quarter of an hour their scoro had monnted to 20 points. From a penalty in easy range, M'Farlane'placcd a goal. I'lay'settled in Yellows': territory, and M'Kenzie, feinting to "pass, got over ; this was followed by Hardham securing a try by: the same elusive tactics; and then, through badly mulling on 3 the lino, Jim Ryan was enabled to secure . and touch'down. M'Farlane failed with the > threo kicks, and the score stood: Petono 15, Wellington 5. Jim Ryan added to Wel- ] lingtpn's disaster by wriggling through imj- mediately after his last.try, and scoring in ' a handy place ; this time M'Farlane was suc- • cessfol in adding the major points, and tho 1 scorn was: Petono 20 points, "Wellington q. , Give-and-take play, in which Carr was promincjit for Wellington, followed till tho end 1 of the game, which ended in semj-clarkuesß 1 and. with: the score, ..' Potono ' 20 points. , : We11ingt0n.....1.............5 points. Mr. J. Condor was the referee.' ST. JAMES (8) V. SOUTHERN (3). , It was the energy of St. James' forwards which won ior them the game against 1 Southern at Jiiramaiv The young Southern 1 men soon showed that they would not be . beaten without a struggle, aud put . 6ome dash'into their spasmodic attacks, but they were gradually worn down. The only scoro of the first spell was that by Bruce, who canio through with his supporters and placed the ball under tho crossbar.'"i The major points were duly; added, and thereafter scor-1 ing -was neglected completely. It was anybody's game until ten, minutes of the second half had elapsed. Determination catno into | tho Southern camp, and cast a: spell over] tho .backs. Thoy raced down the full length i of the field, and all but crossed the border | ill their ; stride. - A little scrumming in the corner delayed the well-earned score only a moment, Richards touching down. The'position was a difficult .onei and the shot at goal 1 was not successful. Spurred on -by this achievement, Southern endeavoured to repeat the process, but a _more stable, defence greeted them, and' their headlong attack ended only -in a rosultless pot at goal by Mitchell. Fronv this out St. James;'took a firmer hold of the game, and the Roberts brothers were,, powerful in attack. In tho concluding stages; .St., Jamas added to their margin .of victory, and this was tho final score. E. Roberts, who had acquitted himself well at half right, throtigh the game, pounced on the ball , behind , a tumbling scrum and made -off. As when Briice scored,: Southern backs appeared to-be dazed, and Roberts was - through in a twinkling. The try was not oonverted, and the game ended: • St. James ... ... " 8 points. • Southern, i.. ! ... -3 points. \ Mr. J. Manning. was tho referee. MELROSE (9) Vi (3). Victoria - College suffered defeat ', with good • grace at ' Miramar. ■; Mejrose, their opponents; made the game open, and : the Green forwards showed their dislike of a fast match by lagging behind. A rather creditable sortie was made by College early ,in _ the match. Duncan,-the fast left wing, sprinted down tJbo line and passed - aimlessly in-field. Pronderille was there,: however, and Melrose had a few busy-seconds in stifling the attack which De la Mare'and Brosnah persisted in. The try which' Greeks scored from almost the middle of the field, showed the Unprepared-. Hess of the College men. Some! of them wanted to sit down, oh, so badly! . Amcdeo in a penalty kick,: andiplay was removed from the danger zone by, a smart movement accomplished by, Beavis, .Trevor, and Marshall. Already, three points to the good, Melrose scored again at the commencement of the second spell. Pooley'capped' a pretty attack with a touch-down, but no goal resulted. Then Colleger- made an effort, O'Leary bearing the brunt of the work, and Duncan was enabled to score" in the corner. Those were their only points, • but; l College : were compelled to- submit to another , onslaught towards the end,: which, made • the concludwg!soores:i(jfc;o!v-t , Va.* . l -Melrose ... ...: 9 points • Victoria College ... , •;•- *3 points . Mr: W. Roberta 'was'referee. JUNIOR MATCHES. St. Patrick's College Old Boys put up a . good .game against; Athletic and 'registered a victory by 9 points, to 3. . The' winning for- > wards played well, ,ah(l tho bdeks wero not found wanting.: Lavery-Boored. two fine ines from passing rushes that went right, along : tho line, and Bryco secured a meritorious forward try. Smith-Pigott secured Ath- : letic's try. Old Boys won by default from St. Jamos. Southern defaulted to Kia Ora. Petone defeated Wellington by, 13 to 3. Oriental defeated Solwyn by 8 to nil. , Melrose defaulted to Poncke. /: . |

THIRD-CLASS. ■■ St. James defeated Epuni by 14 points to. •3. For the' winners, • tries wero scored by Outtrim, Crowes, and O'Donoglnio. 'Dobson converted one try and kicked a penalty , goal. Tie game was played at Mellings Siding. Petone was defeated by St. John's by 13 points to 10.. Tries were'.scored for the winners by Darby and Martin, both: of which were converted by Lambert. A penalty goal jvos also kicked by. Lambert. The game was played at the Hutt on No. 2 ground. FOURTH-CLASS. Oriental defeated 8t; Jaincs by 6 points,to nil. • ...... ■: '■ Victoria College won against. Karori by_ 3 point? to nil. Johnstone scored for the winners. . ,' ' , Potono Ponoke by 8 points to 3. : Wellington defeated Polhill by 3 points to nil. . ' Old Boys scored 4 points to StJ John's 3. Edmunds potted a goal for the winners. defeated Epnni by 14 points to' nil. Parker, Gray, Wetherall, and Capper scored tries for Southern,: and Morrison converted one.v- >'■ ■■■■ FIFTH-CLASS. : Selwyn defeated St. James bv 23 points to nil. Black,'. Devino, Rouse, Stott, Leoks, Desmond, and Skinner scored tries, ono of was converted by Galvin. <■'■•••. PUBLIC SCHOOL MATCHES. . Clyde Quay were victorious over To Aro on Friday, winning by 26 points to nil. For the winners tries were ; scored by ' J. Anderson (4),'H.-Sims (2), J.. GeHipr (1), -and" D. M'Girr (1). Sim converted one. , Tho match between Mount Cook and Worser Bay (juniors), resulted in a win for the former by 3 points to jaiL Terrace defeated' Julbimie by 8 points'to ,nil. For the winners tries were scored by Flaws and M'Kenzie. and Rose converted one. So far Terrace lias not yet met' with a defeat, and Kilbirnie W only had this one defeat. - v ; . . <.. . - ... : Island Bay beat Newtown by 11 points to 3. For the winners Read scored. MATCHES IN OTHER CENTRES. (By Tcieerath.-Spccial Correspondent) Palmcmon North, July 4. 1 No senior matches were played here yesterday. A bitterly cold southerly wind was blowing all day, and, rain falling just before two o'clock, tho referees decided that the grounds wore unfit for play.' Somo of the. junior referees, however, went on with their matches: : Results: United Valley,' - 0, v Buniiythorpfl,' 0; Old Boys, 0, v. Eia Toa, 0. Third-class: Feilding, 14, v. Kia Toa, 3. Fourth-class: Feilding, 3, v. Old Boys,0; Kil Toa, 3, v. High bchool, 0. Carterton, July 3. A good deal of interest was manifested in tho match to-day for tho senior championship between Carterton and Gladßtonij. It was: universally known that both were, out to win. ...Carterton, however, had 110 trouble in scouring a victory by 9 points to nil. Hen-dc-reon, a partertoti player, had his leg broken above the ankle four minute's before' timo was called, through crossing legs, with another player. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Dunsdln, July 4. There was an ideal football day, with a, keen northerly .wind and-dry grounds. Results: Alhamhra, 7. points, beat Port Chat

1 mers, 5; Southern, 6, beat Kaikorai, nil; i Dunedin, 12, beat Zingari-Riohmond, 3; PirI atcs, 11, beat Union, 8; Taieri Rovers, 24, , beat. University,, 3., 1 Christchurch, July 3. ' ; ;Tho football matches were played to-day in ,wet weather. Results: : Sydenham, 9 points, ' beat Old Boys, nil; Christchurch, 3, boat Al- | bion, nil; Linwood, 14, beat Canterbury Col- | lege, 3. / Merivale had a'bye. Auckland, July 3. , • Tho Rugby football matches, in common with all other outdoor sports, were post- .. poned to-day on account of the gale and • jieavy rain. . _ DISTRICT SCHEME. ' Durwdin, July 4. At a meeting of delegates of the" various football clubs of the' city and of members of the Otago Rugby Union Committee of Management on Saturday night, it was decided, by 24 votes to 12, to introduce the district scheme of footbalhin Dunedin. ■, ASSOCIATION. SENIOR LEAGUE—FIRST DIVISION. ; A dull, grey afternoon with a biting wind blowing across the, playing area took a good deal of the enjoyment ,out of Saturday's fixtures, and spectators were not' as numerous as usual. ■' . ••" POSITIONS OF THE TEAMS. , i ,i p >> ' c .4J c § C ' "-. ' S. ■ 3 S C AO ■ , . \ rt ■ £ ...-, 1-5 fi Ufc Swifts 10 8 1 1 .17j Y.M.C.A., ... ... 9 6 0 3 *15 Diamonds r.... 10 7 2 1' 15, St." John's.;. ... 9 5 4 0 . 10 Rovers ... ... 9 4 3 2 10. Wand-erers ... 10 2 ' 7 . 1. 5 Ramblers ... ... 10 • 2 7 1,5 Thistle ... 9 2 6 1 5 Petone ... ... 10 2 8 0 4 Y.M.C.A. (1) V. THISTLE (0). The Basin Reserve, the convincing ground on which Y.M.C.A; and; Thistle met, was damp and greasy, and took a good deal of the sting out ;of the play of Gibson, Timperly; - and Co. An easy victory was anticipated by Y.M. supporters, but as-the game panned out Thistle were only defeated by one goal, and. they miglt easily have equalised matters at any time .during the, last quarter. Thistle had more than their fair snare of luck in keeping their opponents at. bay as they' did. Y.M.C.A. were a-"great deal cleverer than their, and played with a pretty combination, which was lacking on the Thistle side. Time and again Y.M. carried the, ball- right up to the Thistle posts, only,to throw away chance after chance by shooting which would not have done credit to the veriest junior The only goal of the match was scored by Timperly, after/play had been, in . progress for' about .twenty minutes. ,'.W: Gibson and Timperly carried the; ball right up to goal mouth, and tho latter, sent in a warm, shot, which ,was kept out'b'y'Penlingtori.' The ball was not cleared, however, and Timperly on to it again and banged it through. When everything else failed ■ Thistle,' luck stood by them.: - Tho Y.M.C.A. " forwards had more than enough shooting' practice during the course of the 'game'to make them nearly perfect, but. still they could hot score; On several stiff shofa ! were sent. irt and. hit the crossbar and rebounded into play; - Other shots went over the bar, more close alongside tho posts, and others whicli were well directed were turned out of tbcipcourse by tho Thistle goalkeeper, Perilington, who played a sterling game; Y.M.C;Av lost a good deal of "their dash in tho second spell, arid made a number of raids,on-weir citadel, which raids failed at the last' minute through lack ; of combination and poor shooting. The Gibsons, Pottitt, and Dyke were . the; best; of ' the • Y.M.C.A. - team; Timperly' also;! playing well with the exceptionvof his Penlirigton.'.in goal, and Hall,' full-ba'ck. were' the pick of' tho Thistle team, Hall: doing an immense amount of wort Mr.j W. W^d. was ■.referee;*'!;."y ■ '■!

DIAMONDS (0 V. WANDERERS (0). . The conspicuous fcatn/h of the DiamondsWanderors' match at.Nswtown Park'was ;the 'Epirifed defence-put up hy Wariderers'against their*-superior opponents, and' although they were defeated by four goals to nil, they must nevertheless bo credited with a game 'straggle. Diamonds excelled jji pace aad 'dash, and also liad a slight advantage in'- weight. The game 6oaa resolved itself into a contest' between the opposing l wing-forwards. Diamonds' finrt goal'foltowed upon a strong at- ■ tack by tli'o Blacks on .their, opponents 1; : goal; < the Wanderers desperately defending..Hatfraway (Diamonds) was unsuccessful with' 'tis first' "shoot," the goaJkeeparcleverly stopping a strong, clean kiok for the goal mouth, aiid the ball again fell among, the ruck of struggling players just in front. Hathaway again potted, and drew<first blood for' his' side; I—o, After the goalkeepej- had his hands fuil for a while, the leather was kicked: iip;';tho: field, when Lowe (Diamonds) took ph&rge'pf it, and back ft'eame to thp Wan : . flerers goal mouth, to be driven through by Hathaway: 2—o. From then on the Blacks played a man short, having lost the services of one of. their sida through some :alleged misconduct. The first spell ended' 1 -.with; Diamonds leading by 'two'goals. On resuming, Wanderers pressed hard X for a:seor<V and penetrated their opponents' inner. ; defences,; only to bo repelled, Curiously chough,;whenever 'Wanderers crossed tho line Diamonds almost invariably retaliated with a score. Wanderers,'! though; stiU Paying '.'gamely,; visibly tired' under.; the press of their opponents' dash, and two more goals were scored against them, the brothers; Lowe (A: and N.) being, the scorers, Hathawajr, Roberts, the Lowes, ■ pnd Reddy, for. the winners, and Hatcher, Bradjmry, and Ash,' for tho Wanderers, played a sound game all through. Mr. B. L. 'Salmon refereed. SWIFTS (S) V. RAMBLERS (0), •' All-roundVsuperiority told"in th<?i Swifts game against Ramblers at Mirjimar on Saturday,' when Swifts , won - by.. five goals to' nil. Ramblers forced the pace at the: outsets but were soon out-manoeuvred and. thrown back' pn the defensive: First blood for Swifts was 6cored by Scott, who neatly'shot the'ball through on a 'cleverly centred pass from Sanders."The . next, s'ppjro for Swifts went to Graves's credit, ifroni a corner kick by Kerschberg right, into the goal mouth, A third goal was scored by Marshall (Swifts) before half-time went. The latter part of the game was all in favour'pf Swifts, whose forwards, kept; M'Lean ' (Bamblera 1 goalkeeper) extremely busy. M'Lean saved ,th©; situation on several' trying crises in front of his goal. Good hustling play "by ltemblors' right-wing forwards- was frequently noticed, but the Swifts inner defence's were.too.solids Scott (Swifts' inside right) played a brilliant game during the final spell, and scored twice for his. side, the gareo ending in favour of Swifts by fivo goals to nil. Mr. W. Auld referocd. ROVERS (2) V. PETONE (0). The suburban fixture, Epvers v, Petone, resulted in a win for the town team after an uninteresting game in which <Saob Bide, threw away a considerable number of opportunities. Rovers • had the advantago of tho wind ill the first half, but'no score wasi registered, the. slippery ground being a drawback to jioth sides. Rovers put on two goals in the second spell, the first o'no being scored by Gillespie and the second falling to Miller as the result of,a penalty kick awarded in tho semi-dark-ness just on the qall of time. Mr. A. -Nowsod was referee. , . '■ • SENIOR SECOND DIVISION. ' Wandorors defeated Marist Brothera by, 3 goals to 1. Benton (2) and Garnett (1) scored for tho winners, and Hall, for the losers. letter-carriers won by . default from Thistle. ' - . . Diamonds (2) beat St. John's (1). Lowe, and Black scored for' tho'- Winners, and Q? Smith for the losers. • ' . Y.M.C.A. (3) defeated Petone (0). . King, Macklin,' and Self scored for the winnors. : Mental. Hospital (13) defeated Porirua B i,(o).' ' " v V I Porirua A won by. default from Rovcra;

JUNIOR FIRST DIVISION. Y.M.C.A. (2) drew with Diamonds (2). Wilkin nnd Hughes scored for the winners, arid M'Farlane and Welsh for the losers. Brooklyn (4) defeated St. David's (2). ' Beavis (2) ; and Horzog (2) scored for the winners. JUNIOR SECOND DIVISION. Marisfc Bros. B defeated Ramblers by 3 toi 1./ ' Sullivan (2) and Ford scored for the winners. ' Petono defeated Y.M.C.A. by 1 to 0. Renai scored for Petone. THIRD DIVISION. Marist ,C defeated Brooklyn B by 2 goals to nil; Carrig scored both goals. Brooklyn A (5) defeated Institute A (0). E. I'. Smith (2), vl. P. Brown (2), and Thomas (1) scored for tho winners. Island Bay A (6) defeated Island Bay B (1). Cnrtico (3), Green (2), and Mildenhall (1) scored for A, and L. Shearer for B. Marist A beat Y.M.C.A. by 3 goals to 1. Morra (2) and Rouso scored for Marist Brothers. Harabfors won from Marist B by 2 goals to nil. Welsh scored one goal,'the other being- a rebound from a Marist-player. y THE BROWN SHIELD. ; , WELLINGTON V. TARANAKI. The following team' has been' selectod by Messrs. J. B. Paton, H. Waters, and H. Mayer, to represent Wellington against Taranaki in the Brown Shield challenge match, which is to be played at Newtown Park on - Saturday next: —Goalkeeper, Oldnall (Rovers); full-backs, right, Cross (St! John's), left, Hall (Thistle); Kerschberg (Swifts) ; centre-half, J. Taylor (Diamonds, captain); left half, Bethell (Rovers); forwards : ontsido right, Smallbone (Ramblers); inside right, Scott (Swifts) ; centre, W. Gibson (Y.M.C.A!) inside' left, Timperley (Y.M.C.A.); 'outside left, J. Reddy (Diamonds).'. Emergencies: Back, W. Roberts (Diamonds); forwards, 4.. Lowe*.(Diamonds) and J: Ash (Wanderers). ■ _• The'selectors hadia difficult task set them, Vbut on the whplo -they ' appear to bav« got a very' fair combination, which should do credit-to Wellington, provided'the, men/can . get a little practice together.• There' were good goalkeepers in plenty.'to cbw>so from, but Qldnall is certainly cntitled to/his position, and is not likely to snffer from' stagefright. The ftill-backs''will no ' donbt be criticised by followers of tho -Hall gav«. a . taste of liis quality' against- Y;M.C. A. on Saturday.': Cross is a good, solid man,'who has doneexcellent-."work for St. ' John's. Kersohberg, the lengthy Swifts half, is admitted to be in great form this season, and there can be no cavilling about his selection for. the right side of Taylor, the l , veteran Diamonds and 'Wellington, rep. Bethell has done good work for Rovers, and should improve in better company. , The forwards should give a good account of themselves, a-nd are sound men ev-ery one. Smallbone has been playing for a weak team, but has played some sterling games. The Y.M.C.A. pair have also won their spurs by consistently good form. Scott, the tricky Swifts leader, should prove one of the most troublesome men the visitors mil have to deal with. J. Reddy, of fame, is the other forward. .- 1