FOOTBALL

Evening Star, Issue 11318, 13 August 1900, Page 1

FOOTBALL

[Br Eefelrkj!.] The following are the result* of matches:— RUGBY. TRIAL MATCH. r , f h , e s ? cond trbl mat «h took place on the Caledonian Ground. Booth replaced Stephenson on the Blues, while Oscar M'Kewen, of the Colors, was transferred to the Blues' botU sides playing an extra forward? W Muiiro replaced Walker at centre threequarter for the Colors, and M'Elhenny (of Oair.uru) took the place vacated bv M'Kewen. The ,ganie was all in favor Jf the Blues, who woa by 37 points to 5. Mackenzie was the most successful scorer this player obtaining four tries. Wallace kicked several goals. Murphy scored for the Colors, and M Kay converted. Some fine passing was shown by the Blues' backs, while the forwards were, far too strong for the opposing vanguard. Mr A. ' Downes/ acted as referee. ' SECOND GRADE. DuDedin defeated, Union by 3 points to nil.—Alhambra defeated Kaikorai bv< 6 points to nil.— Ravensbourne.defeated University by 5 points to 3.—Pirates claim a win against Port Chalmers by default, THIRD GRADE. . Zingari-Ricbrnoud defeated Pjrates bv 17 points to 6.—Alhambra, defeated Ravensbourne by 6 points to nil. WATRARAPA v. WELLINGTON. The return match between Wnirarapa and Wellington, played at Masterton, resulted in a, win for Wellington by 17 point* to 13. In the first spell Wellington only scored 3 points against Wairarapa's 13. THE CANTERBURY TEAM. The football team picked to play for Canterbury against Wellington next* Saturday is as follows : —J .S. Middleton, E. D. Rico, D. Reese. E. T. Harper. P. Harvey. A. Mason, W. Douglass, J. Forde, H. Frost, M. Lynskey. B. Fanning, R. Corsbie, J. Johnstone, W. Drake, G. Pascoe. AUCKLAND v. THAMES. The.match between Auckland and,the Thames resulted in a win for Auckland by 11 points to nil. ' ; . The annual Association five-aside tourha-

ment••■was commenced at Bishopscourt on Saturday. Following are the results: Junior.—The junior round started at two o'clock, the first match resulting in a win for Roslyn No. 3, against Wakari No. 4, by 4 points to nil. Southern No. 3 and Southern No. 4 next took the field, and although No. 3 played a much superior game to No. 4 they only won by 4 points to 3. Mornington No. 3 and Roslyn No. 4 were very evenly matched, the former just getting in tbeir winning goal on time. Northern No. 4 not putting in ah appearance, the game went by default to Northern No. 3. Green Island Xo. 4 lost by defa.ult to Mornington No. 4. The contest between Wakari No. 5 and Green Island No. 3 was the closest of the junior .games in the first round. After a very fast game Green Island won by half a point, the score reading: Green Island 1' point, Wakari i point. Sawyers Bay had a bye. In the second round Roslyn No. 3 met Southern No. 3. The gameVmded in a win for Roslyn. the score being : Roslyn 3 points, Southern 1. Sawyers Bay and Mornington No. 4 were next in the field. The game resulted in a win for Mornington by 3 points to i point. The last game in this round, between Mornington No. 3 and Northern No. 3, was the most interesting contest of the day. When time was sounded neither side hud scored, aild they had to play an extra two minutes each way. During that time each side scored a goal (3 points), necessitating a further extension. At the expiration of the allotted time each team had scored 3i points, and as it w;as too dark to continue the game had *to be postponed until next Saturday. The play of Farquharson and Boucher in the Mornington and Adams and Clark in the Northern ( is especially worthy of mention. Senior.—Mornington No. 1 and Southern No. 2 were the first to take the field in the senior round. There was no score in the first spell, both teams being very evenly matched-. In the second spell Mornington had all the best of it, and pressed Southern very hard at times, Macdonald, Lang, and Martin showing up conspicuously for the former. Southern, in endeavoring to save their■ goal, gave a corner to Mornington, who eventually won by that margin—i point to nil. In the next match, Mornington No. 2 v. Northern No. 2, the latter had slightly the best of it, but they lacked the combination of their opponents. The piece of play between Allen, Seclye, and Muir which enabled the last-named to land Mornington's only goaMvas very pretty. Wakari No. 3 were outclassed by Wakari No. 2, who displayed better combination than any team thiougbout the day. The latter assumed the aggressive at the outset, and had things pretty well their own way the whole' time, winning in the end by 6i points to nil. Northern No. 1 weie too strong for Roslyn No. 2. The latter, however, played a willing game, ,al though they were beaten by 9 points to half a point. Northern had the best of it all through. Morrison and Irvine each scored in the first spell, and the latter registered another goal in the second spell. Green Island No. 2 did not put in an appearance, and lost by default to their No. 1 team. Wakari No,_l.ar.d Southern No. I.provided;!, good match from start to finish. Both teams played with any amount of dash. In the first spell R. Naglegave a nice pass to Paton, who scored first blood for Southern. This was almost immediately followed by a hard shot from J. which Lothian cleared smartly. In the second spell. Ashton kicked well into goal to Paton, who beat Lothian and scored an outer for Southern. Wakari then livened up, and M'Laren and Wright getting away carried the ball ihi whole length of the ground, the latter sending in a fast one, which Murray was unablo to reach. The issue was in doubt until the whistle sounded for time, when Southern were returned victors bv 4 to 3.

Roslyn had the bye, and as .Greeu Island had not had a game, these two teams played a friendly game for practice, which Ros'lvn won by points to nil. The play on both sides was of a nigh order, the members of each team getting in some very clever work The referees, Messrs' Scoular, O'Connor Archer, Smith, and Allen, deserve credit for the efficient manner in which thev discharged their duties. "

THE OTAGQ RUGBY UNION. A special-meeting of the Union was held in the City Hotel on Saturday night, Mr A. Wilson (president) occupied the chair, and there were about twenty delegates present. The Chairman explained that the business before the. meeting was the consideration of applications from various clubs and the question of the custody of the Hug presented in 1890. One part'of the evening's business wa's an application made to the Union for some sort of assistance bv 'the Carisbrook Ground Company. That had been a long time before the Committee, and they resolved that.'nothing could be done without consultation with the delegates. The - Committee thought it well to have present two members well acquainted with the affairs of the Carisbrook Ground, and therefore, at their invitation, Mr Chalmer and Mr Roid were present to give any information that might be necessary. The secretary read a letter from the Carisbrook Ground Company asking for some assistance towards improving the ground The company wanted £2OO to put the ground in repair, and they undertook to raise part of this sum if the Union would give them some assistance. Thev suggested that the Union might help by taking up fifty shares in the company. , Mr T. Chalmer said the ground had rleen formed solely by the efforts of lovers of sport, generally, and between the Carisbrook Ground Company, which was the original company, and the Dunediu Ground Company, which took the ground over, some £3,000 had been spent in forming the ground. All the capital of both companies was gone, and the present company's revenue from year to had been barely sufficient to meet expenses—in fact, it had not been sufficient to meet expenses. The companv therefore found it impossible to do anything in the way of improvements, or even to keep the ground in "an efficient state of repair. There were strong complaint* about the state of the ground, and he admitted that thev were well founded. But, in order to put matters right, the company got the advice of Mr Hay ii-s to a scheme of drainage. This, Mr Hav estimated, would cost about £loo.' To build the fences a.nd renew part of the plant would bring the amount required up to about £2OO. It was quite impossible for the company to provide that amount. They- had appealed to the public, who had very generously met them. The company had got, .or-would get, from the public something Tike £l2O, and?an eiitertainmont given the other evening would bring the amount up to aWit £l5O or £l6O. The company now asked the Union, as l>eing the only moneyed athletic association, to assist them in keeping the ground open. Although the company was a limited liability one, they had never been a company for making mon*y. i

In reply to the chairman. Mr Chalnier said the: company v.-pv« promised .-."renewal of tlie present l«tse at tlm existing rental for a further/tann of six ysars. The company ■wore at present pnying £3O a rear to the, Church "Board r:f Property, who" declined to ifivo a longtr leass at that uraount of rental,

but at the end of six years they would con* aider whether they would give them 4 further term. Mr Chalmer went on to say that the , scheme suggested by Mr Hay was a system - of artificial drainage. He proposed to,put down drains tie touch-lines of the foot- ■' ball area, and to let these .drain into a tank, which would bo kept clear by moans ot a windmill pump. That schema was subject to modification, but ho thought the pump, would be fairly successful. '"-' Mr Duncan, treasurer of the Union,-said ''' the funds of the Union now amounted to £62618s 7d.. . , / Mr Hutchison estimated that the cost of the Northern football trip would ob £3oo or £300; the cost of the goldfields trip between £BO and £9O; and the, North Otogo trip about £2O. The gate takings would," however, cover the cost of the lart-mantiotiod trip. The Union had to pay £75 to tho Carisbrook Ground Company, and £4B to the Caledonian Society. It was resolved that the Union taktV.UP shares, not exceeding fifty, in the Ground Company ± the details to be left to 'the .O.R.F.U. Committee. The Alhambra Football Club.Avrpte asking for financial assistance towards improving the ground.* and repairing the buildings at Opoho. The pavilion and fences urgentljn required repairing and painting, ana the lower end of the ground required to be filled in. The cost would be about £SO. The . ■"' club had only £5 in hand. 1 . The Union Club wrote asking for a g»ttt -... of £SO for draining and improving the North Ground for football purposes. "' The : oost of the work was estimated to .be about Of this sum the Albion Cricket Club;-were- . agreeable to contribute £8 or -£lO, and t/ne _.:. Grange Cricket Olub would also give something, and the Union Football Club would give £lO. It was unanimously resolved to, recommend the 0.R.F.U." Committee to grant to the Alhambra Football Club and the Onion Football Club respectively a sum not exceeding £SO to assist in the improvement of their grounds. '.«■.'. In view of the fact that the Union were going to spend a considerable sum of money ' on the reserves, it was also decided that a --■ deputation from the.Union should wait on . the City Council and ask them to contribute subsidies to the extent of £ for £ on the' •■ • amount expended by the Union. The Chairman said, as they were aware, at the general meeting of the'O.R.F.U. the question came up with regard to the custody of a flag. In the year 1895 it was agreed to . ■' institute a flag contest, and Mr Mendekohn offered a flag to serve as the flag of contest * for the senior clubs. The first year the Kaikorai Club won the flag, and* it was duly awarded to that club. At the beginning of . tlie next year at a meeting of delegates it was decided that the flag contests should be abolished, so that the flag contest lasted practically one year. The flag remained in the custody of the Kaikorai Club until the flag contests were renewed last year. 'Now the O.R.F.U. Committee had asked the Kaikorai Club to restore the flag in order that the name of the winning club last year might be inscribed on it. The view the Committee took of the.matter was this: that the flag was presented-in the first place to the Union, to be awarded annually for the premiership of football. The Kaikorai Club took an entirely different view of the matter. After discussion it was unanimously resolved, on the motion of Mr Moller, to de. mand from the Kaikorai Club the flag wofa by their First Fifteen in 1895 and, failing its return, to disqualify the club. Mr Moller, in referring to a akpute between the Ravensboume and Alhambrs Clubs about some man playing in a match who, it was contended, had no right to play, said that neither club was satisfied witS the decision that had been given in the matter. He would like to know Under whioh rule the decision was arrived at. He thought one club should have been disqualified, and the other declared the winner of the match. The Chairman said the matter presented itself to him like this: When the secretary of the Alhambra Club wrote to the secretary of the Union asking that certain names, including the name of the gentleman in question, should be added to the list of Alhambra players, the secretary of the Union passed the letter over to the Flag Committee. It appeared that the Alhambra secretary had not taken the proper course of action. He sent in a name to be added to the Mst instead of a name to be transferred. If he had said transferred he would have received instant intimation that such transference was out of the question. He (the chairman) thought the feeling was that a mistake had been made in perfect good faith by the Alhambra Club, but all the same it was a mistake. The Secretary said it was not a mistake on the part of the Rugby Union Committee. When the point of dispute cropped up he found on inquiry that A. Roddick had played with another club in South Canterbury, and it was -decided that the match should be played over again. Mr Moller said after the explanation he thought it was clear that the match should have gone to Ravensboume. The Chairman said that if Mr Mol'.er's contention was' right the by-laws wanted amendment, but he should be very glad to know that as the by-laws stood the Committee, in their action," had been within the four corners of the law. W T hat he had to say as a member of the Committee was that in deciding the matter the Committee had acted in good faith, believing that a formal mistake had been made by the Alhambra Club. The Committee could not allow them to retain the match, but they agreed that they should play it over again. Orient defeated Enterprise by 12 poinu to nil. The Forbury Club defeated the Grid at Tiiluma Park by 3 points to nil. The Caversiiam School defeated the Ravensbounio by 8 points to 5.