ATHLETIC SPORTS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2221, 6 August 1914, Page 3

ATHLETIC SPORTS.

EUGBY TARANAKI DEFEAT HOROWHENUA. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) Hawera, August 5. _ Taranaki (14) defeated Horowhenua (3) in a match' l'or the Rnnfurly Shield. Play 111 .the early stages was pretty even, both sides showing indifferent work. At lengl'# Taranaki rushed down the field, and two Horowhenua backs attempted to take the ball and mulled it, and Birchall who was handy,' pounced on the ball and scored. Stohr converted.: Taranaki, 5; Horowhenua, 0. Taranaki rushed from the kick off, Patterson flmaking a fine run almost to the line. He passed Taylor, who handed on to Bertrand, who was pushed out at' the corner. Immediately after O. Young burst through and scored. Taranaki, 11; Horowhenua, 0. Horowheuua, 0. Play was even for some time, but at length; from a free-kick near halfway, Stohr placed . a magnificent goal. Taranaki, "1; Horowhenua, 0." Horowhenua made desperate efforts to fjet over, but were unsuccessful, and half-time was called with no alteration to the soore. ■ On resuming, play improved, both eides doing good work. The Taranaki backs put in several fine passing rushes, but' with no result. After a lot of aimless play, Patterson headed, tho Taranaki forwards, and scored a good try. No goal resulted. Taranaki, 14; Horovhenua, '0. Undeterred, Horowhenua played-finely, and at length their persistence 'was' rewarded.. M'Don--1 aid took a good mark, and Winia'ta landed a fine goal- TaranaVi, 14; Horowhenua. 3. Only a few minutes remained, but both sides made" play • fast and willing, although no further score was recorded. The Rev. ,W. B. Scott-was referee. OTAGO DEFEAT SOUTHLAND. ' (By Telegraph—Press Association.)' . Invercargill, August 5. Otago met Southland to-day, the ground being on the heavy side. For two-thirds of the first-spell Otago had all-the better of the gomic,.both ba?k and forward, the play of.the Southlanders being disappointing. In the latter part of the spell Southland held their own and from then to the end of the spell play was very even. Tries for Otago were scored by Harris and MDonald, no goals resulting. Southland secured oj penalty goal kicked by Lilley.-.the epell onding: Otago, 6 points; Southland, 3. The second spell . was evenly contested, Southland,, if anything, having the better of the play. They were unfortunate not to score on several occasions. There, however, was no further, score, Otago winning by G paints to 3. 1 PROBABLE' POSTPONEMENT. ' At .the,'meeting of the Management Committee of the Wellington ' Rugby Union: held last, night,. •it was resolved, on the motion of Mr. E. O. Hales, seconded by Mr. E, A. Dawson: "That a special of the committee should be called' for at. 5 p.m. to consider whether, in view of the mobilisa™n of the New Zealand', forces, matches' should be. played under 'tae jurisdiction of the union on Saturday next, the reaison . being that ; this union does not wish to interfere in any way: with the free volunteering of any .of its members to the Defence Department." AUDIT AND PUBLIC TRUST MATCH. Tho annual footbaU_matoh between the' Audit and Public Trust Departments took place yesterday afternoon, and resulted m a win for tho' Public Trust by 19 points to nil. The- annual reunion and smoko concort took place.in Godber's tearooms in the evening, there being about eighty present. ■ , ■ 6

N.Z. RUGBY FOOTBALLERS

v defeat METROPOLITAN CLUB. By Telegraph—Press Aesociatdon-Oopyil E ht (Rec. August's, '8.35-p.m.).' , j Sydney,- August 5: 1 . The New _Zealand' .Rugby footballers' played' the Metropolitan fifteen to-day;' '.'Tho,teams were as follow:— • •' New Zealand.—itack, Cookroft; three/quarters, Taylor; R, -Roberts, and LynchMackenzie .and Black; halfback,'K Roberts; forn'tiids, Francis, Lindsay, Irvine, - Downing,'- Wilson,. Fisher, Graham, and Murray. , i , Metropolitau.-Back, Beath; three-quar-ters, CanyNorris, Prentice; Massey. Westropp; five-eighth, Walker; hall', Wood; forwards, Watson, O'Donnell, George, Fahey, Wallach, Baker, Thompson, and Cooney. . . . :'The. game opened with loose ploy, followed by a. short passing run, Roberts to Lynch to E. Roberts. The New Zealandere were pressing for some time, when a freekick, gave an opening to Norris, who, with a brilliant run, attacked tho New Zealand citadel. The .New' Zealanders returning to the attack, from loose work in . the Metropolitan twenty-five, resulted ■ in. a , swift attack, in which Roberts, M'Kenzie, Black, and Lynch we're prominent,' and the last named scored. Graham's kick failed The Metropolitan followed up with - several abortive rushes. When'the play was in the Metropolitan territory, R; Roberts scored for the Ne-v Zealanders, E. Roberts adding the major points. The 1 Metropolitan made a determined and crossed tho .line, the New Zealanders forcing, At half-time the' scores were—Now Zealand, :8; Metropolitan, nil. ' .On resuming, the; New Zealanders continued to' be aggressive, and. during a scramble, M'Kenzie was injured,.'and removed. A melee in the Meti\ politan territory took plaoe, and tho forwards took the. ball doivn, Baker scoring for Metropolitan. Walker failed to add to the scoto. Metropolitan continuing, the attack, a short run resulted in Massey passing to Westropp, who notched another try. The kick at goal was fruitless. During fast play in the New Zealanders" country. Lindsay was injured, and was. removed. From play in the New Zealanders' tweuty-five a lorward rush took the-' ball to the Metropolitan's line, Black scoring; Roberts's kick at goal failed. The New Zealanders were still attacking when the whistle sounded. The final scores were—New Zealand, 11; Metropolitan, 6. -

1 ASSOCIATION.;

SATURDAY'S FIXTURES. • The weekly meeting of . the Wellington Football Association was 'held last evening, Mi-. A. E. Wells presiding. There were also present: .Messrs. ill. Yeoman..' T. Thompson, A. Varney, J. 8.. Patou W. Duncan, and A. .Williams, The New Zealand Football Association advised that' the Canterbury' Association was unable to accept Wellington's challenge for the Brown Shield, owing to there being no suitable ground available in Christchurclv this season. " A letter was received from the Wellington Rugby League stating that owing to a League. representative match being heldit would bo necessary for the Association to play next Saturday's matches on another .ground, and offering tho >use. of Newtown Park or a Petone ground. It was dec : ded that a letter be .sent protesting against the-League not supplying'a suitable town ground. "It was also decided to communicate with the Corporation Reserves Committee in order to ovoid a repetition cf the trouble, nest year. . . On the motion of Mr. W. Duncan, it was decided to alter the name "Kilb'tnia Park" to "Association Park." Mr. Duncan pointed out that there was considerable, confusion of (he two names. Kilbirnio Park and K'ibimie Reserve. The following are the fixtures for next Saturday:— • Charity Cup match: Brooklyn v. Thistle, Association Park, Mr. S. M'Lean, v Championship. Fixtures.—Hospital' v. Diamonds, Porirua, Mr. • Lithgow; Corinthians v. Y.M.C.A., Association Park, Mr. Yeoman; Wanderers v. Swifts, Kelburne, Mr. Hutchoson; BoVets v. Petone, Petone, Mr. Astill. Second ■' David's i v. Y.M.C.A., Petone, Mr. Martin;.Kaiwarra v.. Newtown Congregational, Duppa Street, Mr. C. Webster; Diamonds v. Brooklyn, Dnppa, Street, ,Mr.' Windley; Swifts v, Thistle, M'ramar No. 5, Mr. Leddy; Artillerv \\ Brooklyn B, Mirainai' No. 7, Mr. Wells: Third Division.—Y.M.C. A. v. St. David's. Petone, Mr. .Press; Swifts v. j South. Wellington, Miramar No. C, Mr. Duffy; Y;M.C.A., a bye. fourth Division.'—Swifts v. Island'.Bay,' Miramar No. 2, Mr. Adams; Map'st A v. Karori, Kilbirnie Park, 1.10 p.m.; . Mr. R. M'Lean'i Stars v.. Brooklyn, ICilbirnio Parkj'l.4s p.m., Mr. Thompsons Institute'

v. Y.M.C.A. A, Duppa Street, 2 p.m., MrJ Williams; Seatoun v. Marist P, Miramar No. i, Mr. Claughton. . i'ifth A and B Divisions.—Trial motchca, Duppa Street, Mr. Dick. Sixth A Division. —Jtarist H v. South Wellington, Anderson Park, 1.45 p.m., Mr. Mair; Marist T v. Kelburn, Kilhirnio Park No. 3,- 2 p.m., Mr. Coleman; Brooklyn v. Seatoun, Miramar No. 2, 2 p.m., Mr. Adams. Sixth B Division.—Marist H v. T.M.C.A. Kelburne, Mr. T. Holt; Marist. T Congregational, Anderson Park, 3 p.m., Mr., Mair: St. Thomas v. Island Bay, Duppa Street, Mr. Hastings; Swifts, a bye.

HOCKEY

WELLINGTON WEDNESDAY V. HOROWHENUA.V "The above game was oontested yesterday at Levin, and resulted in a win for Wellington by 3 goals to 2.; Pltiy commenced in favour of Wellington, who carried the ball into their opponents' territory, only to' be repulsed Dy. Burgess, Play continued with varying results-until' Cavill netted for Wellington. I—o. Shor-i----,ly after the home team evened, matters from , a splendid corner . ehot hit by Henare Raweri. A fine combined; rush by Wellington forwards ended in Kuch finding. the net (2—l) which denotes the end of the first spell. The second spell opened with Horowh.enua displaying great dash, whlcn ended in Kehu equalising 1 with.ai splendid shot. Wellington,, not to' be denied, Attacked with ijreat force, and, aided by Dolling and Caterer, together with the half-back line, who we're making no mistakes in spoiling Hoiwhemia J g onslaughts, Sheeran secured and worked to the circle, then transferred to Cavill, who notched-the_ winning goal, M'Crone, in goal, showed to advantage, stopping some very hot shots. The Wellington backs left nothing to be desired, their hitting and .tackling being of the best. The forwards showed to' advantage' the most prominent being Sheeran, Cavill, and Schauer. FIXTURES FOR SATURDAY. , Hookey fixtures .for Saturday next are: Senior.—Wellington v. United, at Karon Park No; 1-, Metropolitan v. University, at Karori Park No. 1; Karori v. M.Y.M.1., at Karori Park' No. 8; Insurance, a bye. t _Junior,-St. Augustine v. Karori, at S u W ; P,Mk; Hutt Valley v.-United B, at ,Wakefield • Park; Metropolitan v. Insurant, at Karori Pa.rk No. 2; Wellington v. University B, at Karori Park No. 3;, K. Anglican v. University A, -at Karori Park No. 6; United A, a bye. Third-clas3.—Wellington A v. Hutt Valley, at Wakefield Park; Wesley v. M.Y.M.1., at Newtown Park; St, Augustine s v. University, at Hutt Park; Wellington C v. Urn ted. at'Karori Park No. 4; Wellington B v. Insurance, at Karori Park No. 5; Pirates, a bye.

ENGLISH LADIES, AGAIN A^IN.

' MANAWATTJ DEFEATED. , (By Telegraph—Press Association.) : _ • Palmerston North, August 5. The hockey match between Manawatu and the English ladies' team attracted nearly 3000 spectators. The English for- • wards opened brisldy, and reached the circle, when they met with 6peedy repulse. Ine local girls then pressed. Miss Hancock 'took the ball' down the field, resultins an a corner hit.'- Shortly after the Reds pressed, and the skipper of the Ecd team shot a neat goal; England, 1: Manawatu, 0. Slnriiy after the l\£-ns were awarded a hit for: obstruction, bnt.tKe ball went over the line. The visitors were playing like clookwork, forcing Manawatu all the time. Miss - M'Sweeney (Manawatu) was frequently called.upon to defend, and at length, from a oorner hit, Miss Leacroft, for. the visitors, shot la goal. England worked their way to the circle again,- but:-the shot was neatly stopped. After a spell of'play in English jterritory, Miss Etwell set out to transfer-it,to the other end, and a shot at goal t was again - neatly saved by, Mnna'.watUi .rallied, .and had 'England' defending. VThb ipell" ;ended— England, 2j Manawatu, (j. On, resuming, England: opened well; but Mairawitui soon transferred 1 play, only to lose-good' chance's through hard hitting. Man awa to were -next'awarded their,, first, penalty, but-failed through long' hitting. Miss: Collingwood made a -gotxf shot. at S>al,'but missed. Time after time Engnd woreon thedefence, arid they, seemed ,to be fast losing their combination; which was, .probably .owing to tlie centre-half playing, full-bark. Miss Hancock; for Manawatu, seemed-most unfortunate; 1 and time and again heir excellent rushes wero spoiled by hard hitting. The Manawatu forwards charged down time, and ; again, but failed to get'the ball in 1 front of the goal. England thon took a turn in the attaok, and' once more Miss M'Sweeney came to the rescue. Thon ftllewed another., English rally,'and an equally neatsavc. England continued to and Miss Gatey shot the third goal for the 'visitors. England, 3; Manawatu, 0, this being the score:when play ended: ,

YOUTHFUL BOXERS

CROYDON SCHOOL TOURNEY. The boy 3 of Croydon School held their annual boxing competition at Day's' Bay on Tuesday and Wednesday. Mr. Staples acted as referee. Results:— Heavy-weights.—First round: Camer<jn beat A. Longhnan. Second round: Souper boat .Bayley. Final: Camerohbeat Souper. Middle-weights.—First : round: > Ellis beat Pcarce; Farrington, beat... : Earl6;. Secondround: J. Johnston beat Baldwin; Duncan ' beat Nelson ; Warren beat'Blundell; Ellis ' beat Farrington. Third round: J. Johnston and Duncan, draw __ (Duncan retired): Ellis beat Warren? Final: Ellis beat J. Johnston. Light-weights.—First round: Warburton beat D. Loughnan; Strang won by de-. fault;; Second round:'Warburton beat Strang; Bennett beat A. ' Russell; W. Johnston beat Martin;/Newbegin beat J. 'Russell. Third round:, Warburton beat Bennett; W. Johnston beat Newbegln. Final: Warburton beat W. Johnston. Feather-weights.- First 'round:' Myers beat Liverton; ' Sbirtcliffe beat Wil-' loughby; Sheild beat J. Eirkcaldie; Ballinger'beat Press. Second round: Myers beat Sheild; Ballinger bkt "Shirtcliffe. Final: Ballinger boat Myers., • Bantams.—First round:. Maunsell.' beat D. Eirkcaldie; J. Bayley. beat .Haynes; Macarthur beat Brien; Maclean beat Williams. Second round:'Mannsell beat .J. Bayley: Maclean beat Macarthur. Final: Maunsell beat Maclean.. ■ • The prize for scientific boxer was awarded to Ellis.