WHERE THE JUNIOR TEAMS STAND.

Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 150, 25 June 1921, Page 7

WHERE THE JUNIOR TEAMS STAND.

The following table sets out the position of second division teams in their championship competition :— Goals :

'.. THE RECKNT PLAY. The refutation and success of .the Hospital, team did not deter .T)iiunonds\ from putting up a great fight, and they certainly had hard luck in not scoring at least once. The Hospital team wae'.-with-out Hughes, who had-not sufficiently reoovered from his injury of the previous. Saturday. Tyrer mad*-hi* firet appear ■, ance of the season, and filled the va;cancy. He showed up well, malring some nice openings for lus partners, but he was . somewhat out of condition. The game was ragged, and, generally speaking, the football was poor. There were patches of bright play, but they Were few and ,'fa.r between. - The blame for this must mainly rest with Hospital, as they are capable of playing tip-top football. The Diamonds played a good hard game^but : their' efforts- lacked finish, and, with the opportunities they had, should certainly have scored. The M'Leod boys both played >yell, especially K. M'Leod, who made many nice runs on the right wing, but the halv«6 opposed to them were too.strong and heavy. Bidgood, in the. centre, us very dashing, and played good foptball, but he wants to study the off-side rule. He, was penalised a few times, besides losing a goal, through being too erfger. ' Alex Auld was the mainstay of the defence, and played his usual solid, heady game! He uses his head in more senses tha.n ■one. Porteous had a good deal to do in goal for Hospital,, and was never" at fault.. One save in particular was worthy of mention. The Diamond forwards made a real Rugby charge, with the ball at toe, but Porteous met them, and, like a. flash, whipped the ball away_ from them and "cleared. Ricrdan, in the. ■halves, played a,good gamo, and scored two goals, both fairly long shots. This player, is probably making his last as>.'pearance for Hospital to-day, and, if so, lie will be greatly mfesed. He ib a good type of half-back, tall, plenty of weight and speed, and will' tackle anything. D. Ferguson dominated the forwards, but generally there was a lack of combined play in the front line and too much "going on your own." \ The Watersiders' senior men are a thoroughly enthusiastic lot, and one won: ders why the team turned out four men short last Saturday against South Wellington. They registered a, good win, but they certainly took^a risk. The first half was very tame, Jones scoring apretty coal and South Wellington getting one from a penalty kick. During the latter part of the second, half the Watersiders livened w> and scored three goals in five minutes. Johnstone, in the centre, was slow, and Rieily was badly missed. 'The halves held/the South boys. The South Wellington team is a big team, and its greatest fault is lack of understanding. Their right winft is speedy. Parsons, at full-back, played a good .safe game, but he is not in the same class as his brother, Horace Parsons, was. Horace was ■ one of the best, backs in Wellington before the war. Wateraiders 6, Petone 2, was the result of a good game. Rabbi,tt, Holmes, Taylor, and Logic all played well for the Watersiders. Devine (centre) antJ Lacey (goal), played well for Petone, but the brothers Jawath, were the nick of the lot. . ;■■'■> During the recent school holidays the Rovers Association sent two boys' teams (mixed fifth and sixth players) away,l one to^Blenheim and one to .Martinborough. The "Wellington team was too experienced for the boys across,- the Straits, and won all five matches, scoring 16 goals, whilst none was scored against them. Our boys showed uplendid football, and their display should prove of educational value to the Marlborough boys. The trip should also benefit the local boya. Of the sixteen members who comprised the part);, D. Batcliile (Brooklyn) and\ J. Hutchings (Mh-amar) were the star performers, whilst E. Leys (Brooklyn), A. Nickless (Diamonds), W. Monkhonse (Kilbirnie), IX Handyside (Brooklyn), and R. O'Donnell (Kilbirnie) ■ were not far behind them. The remaining members all showed very promising form, and should be heard' of in the future. The team which went to. . Martinborough to'play for the Pearce Memorial Cup was not so successful, being defeated in both matches. The Martinborough boys were too fast and too heavy, but the Wellington boys were easily the more skilful. ,W. Condon (M-arist N), H. Hutchings (Miramar), L. Cocker (Island Bay), and P. Oughton (Kilbirnie) were the most conspicuous of the Rovers' team. A lot of interest was taken in the Institutc-Murist fourth-class mntch, nUvved at Anderson Park on Saturday. Both teams had an unbeaten record, and consequently both played tlieir etronp;cßt elevens. Throughout the Katne there was only.one foul. Laffan, in goal for.Manet,

pla-ycd a grand (fame,..and some of the siiots he saved in tho style of a much older- haad. Byrrte : scared for ■ Marist during the first two minutes, and after that the Institute team settled down and gave an exhibition of really good football. Detnpf&er, Nicoll, and'Gfeenfield's scores placed Institute two goals ahead when half-time was called. ' The second spell was a repetition of the first, Greenfield and Nelson scoring. Time was called with Institute leading by 5 i»oals to 1. Burke, Bni'ton, amd Lftffan played the best games for Marist, while Dempster, Nicoll, Banks, and Dawe were the pick Of {.lie Institute team. Tho Institute record is as follows:—Played 6, won 6, goals for 32, against 4. The V.M.C.A. fourth-olass team is, under the coaching and'direction of Mr. Colin Reid, going ahead at a great rate. They know their allotted "jobs," and keep their positions on the field, and a-re as keen a lot of lads ,1s there is in the competitions, and, it they stick to tSie game, ciuite a 1 fow of the boys will figure as senior men of note in a few, years' time. Orr, the centre-forward, is sure to make a name for himself if he sticks.to it. Their training consists of a couple of -hours Weekly in the Y.M.O.A. gym., from S to 7 o'clock, followed by. a blackboard lecture—the same class of training as is given the crack teams of the Old Country. . , general! Soccer has a very good friend in Mr. H. Whitehouse, of ?orirua. For many years he has taken tho keenest interest in the game and has been, no to speak, one of the old men of Soccer, arid now he has vefy generously offered the Wellington Association a challenge cup for the senior B competition, which commences next season, following the grading of senior teams into A and B divisions. Suph a cup'i's essential to the maintaining of interest in the competition', and though players . would not readily have forgotten" what Mr. Whitehouse has done for Association football, the cup will be a tangible reminder of the work of a first-class sport. . The second division selectors. this season are Messrs. Hands, Couch, Ward, and Liversage. . ' < | Nolson wants a senior representative team to pay it a visit towards the end of tho season, but nothing definite has been decided as yet by. the Wellington Association. Wanganui has all along been most anxious to have the Wellington-Wanga-,nui Brown Shield match played at Wanganui oil, 9th July, and the Wellington Association has now decided to .accede to the request. Wellington will therefore lose & match, but will gain one,' and, aa the game is very well established here and is just getting under way. in Wanganui; no one should complain. The arrangement will .give the northern association a goodly lift. ,T.he\Wanganui Association, by-'the way, gave a'guarantee of £50 to cover expenses. . ■ . The Otago Association also wants a Brown Shield match in its home town in the interests of the game down South, but so far this * fixture has not been decided upon; for one thing, Otago has not tendered an official challenge.

P. W. L. D. F. A. Pfcs. Marist 7 7 0 0 26 6 14 Brooklyn ... 6 6 0 0 32 2 12 Thorn-don ... 6 5 1 0 32 9 10 Petone :.,... 7 5 2 0 13 19 10 Well. Gas. Co. 7 4 2 ' 1 22 15 ( 9 Thistle 6. 3 2 1 11 14' 7 Y.M.Q.A.... 7 2 2 3 13 16 7 Watorsido... 7 2 4 1 15 17 5 <rra,inwa.ys..; 6 13 2 9 17 4 Karori ...... 6/2 4 0 9 18 4 Swifts ...... 7 1 5 1 12 24 3 Island D. A 7 15 1 7 20 3 Diamond ... 6 0 3 3 5 19 3 Island B. B 6 0 5 1 3 17 ;1