SATURDAY'S FIELD SPORTS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2218, 3 August 1914, Page 5

SATURDAY'S FIELD SPORTS

SECOND RUGBY TEST ALL-BLACKS, SUBSTANTIAL WIN ATHLETIC BEAT PETONE TOURING ENGLISH HOCKEY GIRLS SECURE A WIN. ■ —r ■ LEAGUE & sbcCER REPORTS

Championship Ladder. . ' 2; 0 " • id. i 4 * J /s . JUhletio. 11 10 1 181 44.20 " '.Wellington.../ 11 9 2 122' 73 18 • Petone 11 7: 4 188 66 14 Poneke ...... 11 5 - '6 109-109 .10 • Oriental ... .11 5' 6 110 105 10 '/University... 11 4 7 71 100 . 8 ' Melrose 11 4 7 74 130 8 St. James ... 11 0 11 ,25 253 0 A GREAT BATTLE. 1 , MEETING OF ATHLETIC AND PETONE.

One - of the most- important matches in the' city /Rugby championship was played on Saturday afternoon at Petone, between Athletic and Petone.' Rightly judging that a great contest was to -be fought, thousanus of Rugby enthusiasts entrained for. the suburb; and the' contest was watched and cheered by a great crowd.: The. match, as far as can be estimated (for the future inay .be .fickle) was one of the great deciding factors in the contest for/ the Ciip. /Athletic were leading for tile trophy,but, if Petone had won 'Saturday's fame, Wellington, and Athletic -would ave been equal, and Petone would havei been only one , match behind them. Moreover; Potone's. ohance of victory was not remote. with so much at stake,.. and .tho prospects of i. a close, keen game,'the crowd forsook the city ground and flocked to Petone. The excited thousands who circled the arena saw, indeed,:;a game; which was keen. and hard; but, as is often the case with big matches, it was not very open, nor .■wealthy ,in incident. Petone's cliief chance of. winning was through the work of its fonvards. r When the teams met a few weeks in a memorflblo set-to oil Athlotic Park, the dash of the suburban forwards almost overwhelmed the city/team, and it was only in the last few minutes of the game that tho city wen,scored a rather lucky win. On Saturday Athletic forwards, rose to the big occasion, and held their own. Tlieir scrum, work i-was superior to Petone's, but tlie Blacks were terrific in the'loose,■ and but for, ill-jiidged ■kicking on 4 the, part of some of their younger backs, would moro than likeiy liave won the gatoe. : Numerous kicks •which the Petone forwards did their, lit most to effectively, follow and get •underneath were found to be much too hard. There were . times when better judgment in this department would have seen the Athletic full-back smothered, and probably a'score registered. A. Cunninghame (the Blue full-back) took one wonderful mark ill the' very teeth of the Petone cavalry, but his defence . was weakening; as the game proceeded, and would have crumbled had" the test been' applied severely and often enough. The Petone team once again took' the field with, their best back wasting on the wing.'/'E. Ryan is one of the finest backs in -Wellington, and would serve his team admirably as a five-eighth.-The reason for *uch strange placing of men;cannot be-guessed. . .

The. forwards had, fought out a fairly even battle when half-time arrived, and ! tho. second spell was . commenced with- j out .any ecoro having .boon made. I Sterply the fight" continued for some j time, and M'Farlane at, length broke ! the ice by placing a goal from a mark. In ,a little _whilo Athletic had drawn level. With; the Blue: forwards batter r ing away at the Petonetwenty-five, the oval slipped but to the backs. Sim Wil- . son pounced on it, and with one wonderful dash • flashed through ; the Petone I ranks, the defenders out; of: position,;,and fired a pass to Adams, who survived; tackles, and dived over the line. , It was brilliant -work of Wilson's, and it was fortunate' the pass went to one. as ,hard to 6top~as Adams is. A little later in the game Evensen placed a goal from half-""iv. and Athletic led by .6 to 3. M'Farlane made two great, attempts to increase Petone's score with lonr; shots nt goal, but both foil a little short. ' Petone had their chances, towards, tho end, but the "in-, 'side. hack's threw them -away and Athletic wer?'the victors—bv 6 to 3. Tho gamo was control'sd hy Mr. L. Pimpson. In the l second spell. -W. Ryan (Athletic forwardV received a knock, or a kick, on his head, which necessitated his being earned from the field. He did not reappear.: -' ■ WELLINGTON V. PONEKE. FAST, OPEN GAME. The Wellington-Ponoke match, at 'Athletic Paris, opened in a .fast, spectacular manner, both sides forcing in the parly stages. An excellent linekick by Beard gave Wellington a good advantage, and for a time the team were in dangerous proximity to the Poneke lino.)' Tho Yellow! were prominent in several passing rushes, but the defence of .the Reds was for a time. He first try was gained by Grace for -Wellington, after a brilliant run. . Houston passed out at midfield to Alley, who transferred to Graco. Tho latter evaded several backs, and scored behind the posts; Drake converted. Wellington continued the attack, but good kicking by Christophersen kopt them out for a timo. The next score came for Wellington in. a similar manner to the first j: Houston again'pass-ing-out to Alley," who transferred to Beard.. This mail had no; difficulty in scoring between the posts. Drake added another goal. Towards t<he end of the .spell Poneke began to niake headway, and as tha result of good passing and kicking they transferred play well into Wellington's end, much to. tho satisfaction of the bank, who were strong supporters of the Reds M'Tagpart was almost over on one occasion, Gut had the misfortune to drop % ball and knock it on. Just before the. spell ended Packer scored aw t her try for Wellington. Drake failed with tihekiok, and the spell ended wtih the sciire: ; Wellington, "13; Poneke, 0. Pprieko opened the second spell m a determined manner, and had Wellington ; hard pressed on' their lino. Their, efforts wero successful, for M'Tagearfc made a beautiful run down the line,

RUCBY SYNOPSIS. Athletlo 8 Petone.'., ...3 . Wellington; 13 ■ Poneke 8 Melrose -28 St. James .................... 6 Oriental 13 University ....10

and got'over amidst grea: applause. Gardiner took tho kick,' from a bad angle. His kick was a fine one. It just glanced tho posts and came through. Wellington, 13,- Poneke, 5. M'Taggart was brought down heavily just as Tie got across the line, and, had to retire. Poneke kept up a strong attack, and : compelled Wellington to force. The backs lost several chances of scoring, for Wellington seemed to have lost all the combination they showed in the first, half Excitement was raised . .to ; a higli' pitch when : Fisher scored, after following the ball ,up well. Gardiner failed with the kick. Wellington, ,13; Poneke, 8.: • , Uhere was no further score, and the game ended as above, , with Poneke'at . tacking. Mr. -T.-H. Jones was referee. ' ■ ' ' MELROSE & ST. JAMES. ' ST. JAMES OUTCLASSED. , The; game between- St. ■ James and Melrose did not attract much attention. Melrose had rather the best of the first spell, crossing. St.: James's line once, liie first points were/added by M'ln-. • ernv, for St. James, he kicking a' fine goal from, the field. Before the spell ended Allan got over, for Melrose. Capper'failed with the kiclj, : and the spell ended-with ihe score even. , Melrose rose got an .'advantage in tie second. spell, and .as the result of a strong Sash down the line, Twomey was able. to. score on. the/corner.Capper failed : to/ add /a.:. goalfrom a difficult angle".' Melrose, 1 6; St.' James, 3. i Seconds later a forward 'rush was made by Melrosej and Moore- beat several- opponents as the! ball, rolled over- the line, and scored. / Houlih an failed to .add .the major points. Shortly afterwards' Houlihan scored /another try for Melrose. He failed with . the kick. This gave Melrose an advantage of 12 points to 3. : Houlihan'followed wifih another try, and added.tlio goal. Further tries were added for. Melrose by Henderson 'and Gilchrist/ and' CaDper kicked a goal from a mark. Rickard added a try for St. James just before tho close of the game, which ended—Melrose, 28; St James, 6. • i . Mr. A. M. Hunt was .referee.. UNIVERSITY & ORIENTAL. A -CLOSE FINISH Much to tho surprise of the spectators, University suffered defeat at Lower Hutt by Oriental, after, an interesting encounter. For some, considerable time Oriental pressed their opponents, and ' several passing rushes made matters look grave for ; University, Sullivan and Al'Leod. getting, within an aco of tiit latter'teams Viine./ Owles secured the ball from a scramble, ■ and drew first blood for- Oriental,' Sullivan converting. Oriental, 5; Univorsity,' 0. /University then retaliated with a splendid attack, in which* Faire, Miller, and Sim were conspicuous; ..and' carried the leather weE/down the field, but M'Leod, iifre opposing full-back, pounced' upon the, ball, and raced back through the. entire pack, -but. was evejituallly "grass- ' ed" by Little. In the second spell, play livened up, University attacking' at the outset., Faire made a desperate run, and reached Oriental's line. Miller took the l: pass, -but .lost the ball, enabling the, j latter team ; to force. Cowie (Oriental) • from a .line-out secured arid rushed over i 'the enemy's line,, the,kick unsuccessful. Oriental, 8; University, iO. Ii then began to appear that Oriental would have things all their own. way, but suddenly Ryan, who Had patiently awaited an opening, sprang up from somewhere with the ball, and hewed his way over Oriental's line on the corner, and by describing a curve- he'finally touched, down behind the posts amid cheering. Bennett converted. Oriental, 8; University, 6. Excitement increased,'ntien Kerr scored after a passing rush by University, in which Faire and !' Ryan were conspicuous/' Bennett. again converting, brought the score to —Oriental, 8; University, 10. ■ Then a forward rush by the Oriental, forward took-pi xe, which proved to be the- deoisi/e factor in the game. With Sullivan leading an Oriental rush, the University full-back got into difficulties, and bejng unable to get. his kick in, Sullivan got on to tlhe leather first, and touched down converting himself. Oriental, 13; University. ;. Although in the remaining few minutes the latter made a gallant attempkt to "turn the tables," no further score was • made; and the game ended in a welldeserved win for' Oriental by a margin of 3 joints. Mr. A. C. Kitto controlled tho came. / / , •

: JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP. 'Petone defeated Athletic by 16 to 8. Ryan 'and 0. Dennehey each scored one try, whilst Hagan secured two, ' and Miller converted two tries for Petone; and Hutchison scored for Athletic. M'Carlie converting, arid kicking a goal from a mark/ / IN OTHER CENTRES. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) Auckland, August 1. The play-off of the tie between City and University for the senior grade championship was held yesterday, when University won by 3 points (a try scored by Lambert) to nil. The match attracted an attendance of 6000. ' Tbo second' representative team of Taranaki and Auckland also played yesterday, the former team winning by D points to 5. Auckland led at halftime .by 6 points to 3, a try scored by M'Donald and converted by Barker, the try. resulting from" good play by Rowlands. In tbo second spoil, Gcargo kicked two penalty goals. Palmerston N., August 1. Senior.—Oriental (14) beat United (8); Feilding (8) beat Western (nil)'. Chrlstchuroh, August 1. In a fine game at Lancaster Park this afternoon the Old Boys' team beat Merivale by 14.t0 13, and so won the senior championship of the Canterbury Rugby Union for the second year in succession. . It was the play-off for the championship, each team having beaten each » f her once'. ,Tho gamo bad plenty of

incident in it, and was fast and bard all through, and at times being really spectacular. • Dunedln, August 2. University (18) v. Southern (33): Zinfiari (29) v. Port Chalmers (6); Pirates (3) v. Dunedin (nil); -Kaikorai (30) v. Union (nil). (By Telegraph.—Special Correspondent.! ■' Masterton, August 2. In the senior football yesterday, Red Stars defeated United by 9 points to 6, after one of the roughest games ever seen in the district. Carterton defeated Gladstone by 3 to nil. WANGANUI DEFEAT WAIROA. (By Telegraph-Press Association.) m, • . Wan 6 am "i August 1. The wanganui Rugby representatives mot and defeated tho Wairoa Sub-union to-day by 20 to .nil.

ALL-BLACKS WIN AGAIN

SECOND TEST MATCH OPPONENTS OUTCLASSED.IN EVERY DEPARTMENT. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Rec. August 2, 0.0 p.m.) : Brisbane, August 1. ■ In fine weather and before a crowd of 12,000 spectators, tho second Rugby test match between Australia and New Zealand was played here to-day.' Australia kicked off,' and attacked from the start.' A brilliant passing rush between the backs threatened danger till Francis broke through, and punted upheld. The New Zealand forwards were. Quickly on the ball, but Dwyer drove them back. A splendid rush by Wilson, Francis, and xVlurray ended in the ball being kicked over tho .line,'but Carr, outpacing Taylor, kicked it to the dead-ball area. A long linekick by i Cockroft placed New Zealand in a good position. Dwyer relieved, and tho Australian forwards, playing with, great dash, carried play close to the New Zealand line. A good tackle by Taylor,saved the situation, and Cockroft, picking up smartly, found the line near the centre. A brilliant passing rush between R. Roberts, .Ryan' M'Kenzie, and Taylor ended in the • last>riamed being well tackled by Dwyer close to the line. From a scrnm, here,' Francis 'got possession, and passed .to' Taylor, who ran over unopposed, and scored at the corner. Cockroft failed to convert. ' v.Heavy ruck "play enabled the Australian, forwards to fgrce the play close to New.; Zealand's line, where' a vigorous struggle ensued, till a smart kick by E. Roberts relieved. Cain, Bruce, and Wilson rushed play to the centre, and Taylor, following up well, got possession near Australia s twenty-five, and, meeting with, feeble opposition, scored between the: .posts. Cockroft again failed with tho kick, tho ball striking tho post. ' • A period of fasij and exciting' play 'followed. .Woods, opeiled up tbe game splendidly, but'.th'e New Zealand backs were very smart, tackling their opponents'before they could get properly moving. A rally by /Australia looked dangerous, arid then Flynn had a penaltyrkick . from a ' good position, but failed-with ;it, and New/Zealaiid'forced. The visitors now lost . several good chances, of scoring through off-side play. They kept'tip a strenuous attack, and Taylor, jgetting/the ball from Murray, scored atthe corner. Cockroft once more failed: with the kick, and halftime was caHedT with New Zealand attacking. ' -/'

On resuming, Australia made a vigorous , att-ack,: but' the defence of New Zealand was impregnable. Wogan broke away, and, when nearing Cockroft,- punted. Taylor,-'getting possession, found the line near tho centre. Australia then gradually worked play over the New Zealand line, and a force resulted.. Wilson, with a good run and a kick, got N.ew. Zealand out of a tight corner,/ and a' few minutes later New Zealand again forced. Australia kept up the attack, and Flynn broke through the defence, but his - pass to Murphy went astray. Wilson, Downing, Bruce, ,aud Francis dribbled to Australia's twenty-five, and M'Kenzie, pioking up sinartly, passed to K.' Roberts, who scored between the posts; E. Roberts converted. ■■ '

Shortly afterwards the ball was kicked across ,the field, and Lynch raced over, and scored an easy try. E. Roberts : failed _ with the kick. • ; Australia made a series of attacks, but found the defence-solid. The New Zealand forwards were now playing; 'brilliantly,, while.the backs, also combined well. E. Roberts 'was' almost over, Carr tackling .him. near the line. Lynch next forced his way over, but lost the ball. - .The closing stages - were greatly in favour of the 'New Zealanders, who outclassed their opponents in every department of the game. The final score was: New. Zealand, 17; Australia, nil.

'LACROSSE. CAPITOL; V? WELLINGTON. Played at Karori Park, this match resulted'in a' victory for Capitol by ' 4 goals to 3. Capitol were two men short, and although they were over-played, the wretched shooting 'of Wig Wellington attacks left them with but a small score to get in order to win. The .Capitol attacks made no mistake when the opportunity offered, which was in marked contrast to the fumbling of the Wellington men, who, with but the elementary knowledge of 'catching and shooting, sihould have scored double figures. Firth played a good'attack game, hut one good player cannot comprise the attack himself, and he was therefore the mark of the Capitol defence. Tim Wellington defence, on the other hand, were very safe, but were, disconcerted on hvn '

three owasions, when the whole, of the Capittol defence advanced with attacks. A little ability on these occa sions on. the part of the Wellington attack would, have been, disastrous for Capitol. Andrews and J. Renkin wem most prominent on attack for Capitol, and Turner, on the defence, played a bustling game with, great success. Edmonson and Firth scored Wellington's goals, their play Ving gcod. whilo on tlia defence Ryder, Cantv, and T wn-n always safe. Mr. Lucas controlled the game. ... ' KELBURN V. COLUMBIA. .This match was also played at .Karori Park, Kelburn winning by 9 goals to 4. Columbia were two men short, but in spite of the (handicap gave Kelburn a hard fight. From the face off it appeared as thoush Columbia quite discounted their absent men, giving' the Kelburn defence a few anxious minutes, and until half-time matters were very even, the score then being 4 to 3 in Kelburn's favour. The strenuous offorts of the short-hnnded Columbians began to tell, soon after the interval, vfliph Kelbnrn were able to.'add 5 more coals to their score, but, Columbia, having exhausted all their energy, were onlv able to add one. goal, and until the cnll of time were bard pressed to provent further soorinr;. The two best attacks for Kelburn* were Voting and Wyatt, : who next vear should earn representative honours. Milne and .Tones played a most unselfish came, giving the , younger plavers ample scope to sliine. Oil defence, Proud and Bray wero the best plavors. For Columbia, •Grant, Le.ydon and Fama H3 usual shone and were ablv assisted by Baker. O'Leary, on defence, witfh Thomas, kenl the score down to respectable limits, j considering the big handicap, Mr. M'Govern was referee.