FOOTBALL.

Evening Star, Issue 14632, 31 July 1911, Page 7

FOOTBALL.

fe" ■ RUC&Y. |f PORTIONS 0? TEAMS. jh < The foJfeewing table sbows the positions .'!' »>f the teams «ngiged in the senior grade ■ " cbmpetitijpci.—-

FIRST GRADE. University v. Socthkrx. University beat Southern by 1 point on Saturday. On the day's play'the Blues were the .cleverer side, their backs beins too good for their opponents. Ficm a Alexander went over at the corner. Millard next beat the Southern backs and scored, and then Norrie, after a iitrong, determined run, got over. Just on half-time Worsde-11 slipped through and Uiuclied down behind tha posts. Reidy converted, and the score then read University 9, Southern 5. On resumption of -play Worsdeli again scored, the. Southern then being only 1 point- behind the students. Millard made the Blue*' total 12 by scoring a soft try. Southern came again, and Reid picked up and scored at. the corner, leaving the final tally University 12 points, Southern 11. "'Varsity's place-kicking was poor, otherwise they jft-ould have'had a comfortable win. " ! Taiekt Hovers v. Poet Chalmees. This match was played at Tahuita. and for the second time this season Taieri were I the victors. The ftost spell hold the in- j terest of sustained etfoTt, the* second spell i lacked interest except for the single tvore 1 of the match. From a pass forward Port I weio penalic-sd and Scott- placed a goal. ZrNGAEI-RICHMOXD V. PIEATES. A strong forward team again settled tiie Firates convincingly at Curisbrcok. Zin£aii all through had the Pirates ut their : mercy, and pried up seven tries against | them. The was the cniy one ecu- j rertcd, Torrance sua ceding from a. fati'.vj >asy position. All the other kicks were ] from fairly difficult angles. The scoreis were Davidson and Russell (two tries aacn), Kellaii, Panll, and Pollock. Zingari'S forwards played quite up to their -reputation, while the Pirates' pack seemed ': out of condition.' The Zinguri backs had j many opportunities for passing bouts, and seized some of them. Kelian plaved a j very heady game, but in several openings ' he made he did not get the best: kii.d of j support from his. backs, some of v. horn j failed to keep in close enough louch with ; him. Of the Pirates' backs M'Dor-ald and ! Calder were about the best, Bljck not I being up to his form. I>s : dcs whi-h I 1 ho was pretty closeiy watched. The. score was Zingaii 23 pomts, rii-atcs nil. Mx- ' Ji'Taggart was referee, i

Kaikorai v. Ukios. On .the Bishopcourt ground Kaikorai ?aye Union a bad doing to the tune of 21 points to tJiree. The. first spell was fairly I'Venly contested in tho matter of points, it wa3 patent that Kaikorai held the ascendency. Kaikorai were the first to draw blood, Alick M'Donald getting over. Dryden converted tho try. ° Ten minutes later Union, in the person of Ar- ■ ""■mour, crossed the home- team's" line. The kick at goal failed, and the spell ended. 5-3 in favor of Kaikorai. Right from the commencement of the second spell there was cmly ona team in it. The Kaikorai. forwards dashed along at a great pace, carrying everything in front of them. The iPaion defence, with a couple of exceptions. tras wretchedly weak. The. game finished with Kaikorai victors by 21-3. Alick STDonald obtained another three tries, converting one of them, and Woodrow a!<o ieored, hie try being converted by Dryden. Dnrinsc "the progress of the game Rcid, of the Kaikorai, was " ordered off." Alhambra v. Duxebix. After a period well on in the first spell Alhambra lost control of the game with Dunedin only at rare moments when the latter rallied 6trongly. The Alhambra backs, well fed by Sutherland, furnished a pretty exposition of the game. Rennet, M'Dongall, and Williams playing like the parts of a well-tended machine. Williams in particular was brainy always, and occasionally brilliant. M'Dougall 'scored first. after a neat opening made> by Ber.net. and * then Williams achieved a pretty try under the pests, which Marston converted. Second half, M"Dougall cut the Dunedin line in two, and scored his second try, while, after the best concerted rush of the r'ed-srad-black backs, Wilson raced over at the corner. The. game finished : Alhambra 14, Dunedin nil. SECOND GRADE. Alhambra 3 points defeated . Southern Eil. Ravensbcurne won by default from Southern B. THIRD GRADE. High School 11 points defeated University 3. Zingari-Richniond 18, Tirates 5. FOURTH GRADE. Kaikorai 14 points defeated Southern 4 Alhambra 14, Jl.'gh School 3. Union won by default from Pirates. FIFTH GRADE. Southern 34 defeated Alhambra nil. Kaikorai 9, High Schooi nil. . i SCHOOL MATCHES. i Senior Grade.—Mosgiel 15 point,* defeated High Schorl B 6 points ; Port- Chal- ! piers 9 points, defeated High School A 3. ! REPRESENTATIVE GAMES. I Tin*'--North Island country teams mel ! 'Auckland at Alexandra Park en Saturday j niterncon. Tho game, was played in j almost continuous raiu on a. flipper; ; ground. Four spells were decided on. • The treacherous ground and the strong j wind were factors militating against good ! football, the players sliding for yards awl j over-running the ball. A drawn game- roi salted—two tries, of which one wra converted," being the tally to the credit of each exde. The Maori touring team defeated l\> ' forty Bay at Gisbome by 19 points to 6. Wacganui (14 points) beat Ranguikei (3) ! tea ihe Waoganui Recreation Ground. | AT OTHER CENTRES. ! Christchurch.—Albion beat Chrisfchurch, and now hold so secure a lead that the championship is virtually decided. Wellington.—Athletic 3 points beat St. James nil. Oriental are now level with St. James, and Athletic are only y, point behind. The matches yet remaining include Oriental and St. James. THE OTAGO TEAM. The following team have been selected I lo represent Otago against the South Island ilinor Unions' combined team on the Caledonian Ground on Saturday:—Backs — (i. Scott (Taieri R'overs), J. Xorrie (Uni"versrry), R. Bonnet (Alhambra), J. O'Sullivan (Dunedini. E. Cockroft (University), 11. Black (Pirates), J. Sutherland (Alhambra); forwards—S. Casey (Southern), A. Scott (Pirates), A. .Svmonds (Zmgari-Hich-mond), R. McDonald (Taieri Rovers), W. Brown (Southern), J. Graham (ZingariBidunond), R. Johnston (Alhambra), A. M'Donald (Kaikorai, captain). Cockroft, Black, and Symonds win their rep. caps

for the first season. Two old rep. players missing' from the team are Patterson and Eckhold. The team are'reqnestcd to meet on the Caledonian Ground to-morrow and on Thursday evening for practice.

, NORTHERN UNION. ! The League footballers who recently toured New South Wales and Queensland met an Auckland thirteen at Takapnna on Saturday. The game was played in heavy rain before a meagre attendance. As the result of a mud scramble Auckland won bv 11 points to 3. "New South Wales (18 points) defeated Queensland (12) at Brisbane on Saturday. Cabled from Sydney that the League officials are adopting severs measures against roughn-jss. Many players have been suspended, including Messenger for a week for striking an opponent.

{ AUSTRALIAN RULES. I Dunedin 36 points (5 goals 6 behinds) I beat South Dunedin 30 (4 goals 6 behihds) jon the Oval. The game was played in four quarters. The most prolific goal- | kickers were : For Dunedin, Foster 3 and Ringrose 2: for South Dunedin, Jones 2.

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