ASSOCIATION.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 586, 14 August 1909, Page 12

ASSOCIATION.

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"Disorganisation" was writ largo over, everything . connected with i'laat* Saturday's, fixtures,' and it would 'havo been more satisr, factory for all concerned ..if. the matches, had, been'^postponed'' iiiC ,'the f niorniiig. •' -; As ; it' turned out, nobody was pleased, and itlie only teams that secured a game were Diamonds' and:- St.; John's, ~ although Swifts, Y.M C.A-i : Ramblers; and Tlustlo wore all out at ' Miramar,' and ready to ;gb on if the grounds had ;been-. play able. .The; two leaders fpV.Hhe , champipnship; OTuld 'played . at a ipinch, but, considering how much depends on tho result of the match, it is hotter that tho match did not como off, as it cpuld | have;beeri 'nothing .but; a mud,scramble at, tho .very;.-best." -■ ' -v ,': '.I' Ther6/was : ;nbth'ingtihspiring about'-ihe play -in tho"Dlamonds"T.;St. John's fixture, which dragged its Aweary length ;'; without... ■ ariy speoial -brilliance to . cheer tho • heroes who shivered on the, touch-lines; . Diamonds wero minus tho services of Taylor and Fitzgerald, and, when the former is absent, the AllBlacks are like unto a rudderless ship; The Lo'wes/i-.the 'Rob'ertses, and the : Roddy's Helped-Diamonds -through, 'however, and enablcxT'tKenf to leavo the field with 'honours even—3 goals to each side. '. - Tho only 'St. John's men who roso above mediocre wero Shaw, who played _ a really good defensive gamo, and Gosney." r lorns, an old-timo St. -'John's goalkeeper;,' turned outj'to'hll a gap, and gave a sound exhibition,' some, of-his saves being really pretty. The senior second division matches were concluded last.' Saturday, Diamonds' winning the championship with, 21 points, and going through .without a -defeat,;, a" fine -performance. •-.They have-a very fine goal record, as have Mental Hospital, who scored the record number of 52 goals, and who are the runnersup, on goal average. Y.M.C.A. also have 16 points, but their average- is not,so good ,a's; lucky 'tj. bo,.,so„ivel!, up, i as 8 points', have, been" defaulted 'to them. , It has boon, on the whole, a very successful tourney, . some matches producing -:very, Jne expositions of . the.^amei Hospital wound up their league card by inflicting a heavy defeat (9 goals to two) upon St. John's. .The heavy stato of the ground was against'tho. players,: but a fast game-.'.eventuated.-•• The Hospital forwards were i.very lively, and, shooting at evory op eiiirig;*' Jiad ■■ septets'goals nil at balf-'t.ime;;'s'in,-'tho.''';sec6nd.-':"half: 4" . more ' goals were scored, to 2 by St.- John's, tho result being' a' decißivo,;wm . for Hospital. Elliot (3)i vTPhillips (3), Smith, ; Reid, and Mitchell (1: each),' scored for Hospital, and Dick for St. -John's. • .' • : ; SENIOR LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP. PINAL TABLE,

I ; j .jj "3 •§ " ' " o- g' .ln rtM cj'd ,S ;-f-S t» 9 hO&CM & Diamonds . ■ 11 10 1/ , 0 -.43 6 21 Mental Hospital ...' 11 7 2 2 52 11 1G Y.M.C.A. ... ; ... 11 7 2 2 40 18 1G Porirha- A 11 7 2 2 17 14 1G ,St-'John's 11 5 '3 3 34 23 33 '.Wandrrers ... ' ... 11 G 1 4 33 27 13 letter-carriers ...: 11 4 2 5 19 22 10 Rovers ... ... 11 1 2. 5 13 30 10 Porirpa B ... i.. 11 3 0 8 . 6 43 6 Marist Old Bojb ... 11 1 3 7. 14 23 5 I'etone ... ... 11 1 8 7' 4 22 5 Thistle ... ... 11 0 1 10 3 <1 1.