FOOTBALL.

Grey River Argus, 27 May 1922, Page 6

FOOTBALL.

TO-DAY’S PRCSPZCT3. FOUR GAMES GN TITS FAP.::. A 'though the proceedings :B last S- tlinhy’s mutch <1 is:ip|:o ji te.l rnmiv and v.er-? the cause of depriving many enIliudaHs uf ;i iixrly iutw-i in t'le.om-p.-tition. today’s games <•:; Ila ! j>. tn a great extent, to rcxixr a 1 .i , . : r ef the Jest enthusiasm - |>.-n tn uLr'y in junior section. If both senior team-; .’ir:i mil. f r]v good go should cxth! nafe b'tween United ami Marist at 3 p.m. No comment is necessary on the p!nv <■!’ either the Star or Marist teams of last Saturday, as tiie contest was after a cert tin period, one sid d. It could be perceived, however that the Marist pl; yers are coming up to form ami recovering the combination which was conspicu o isly absent in their last Hireling with I nited. The latter team is expe-t-'d to j it up a better game than that against 1 e Star fifteen a fortnight ago. L ck ( combination was the condemning f attire of their play and to tiny should f e an improvement. By keeping well ‘ tread out they will find play much easier for them. Tueir individual backs ;re outstand.ng ami only need keeping t agether. The junior g.'inn' t 1,3.') p.m. I,;* 1 wren Star ami Cobden will be worth watching. Cobden put up a good tight v ;th Marist last week ami should, make things look lively when playing Star. The latter had a spell last week and fhould put out a fairly strong team p. d y. Marist play Ngahere a! Ngaheie over the week-end and should put it over the country team in view of tiie latter’s defeat by United j.niois last week by 15 points to nil. Ngahere need the addition of a few good backs. Cobden fourth grade meet. Cnited at I. p.m. The Cnited boys are very hefty ami have plenty of weight. Cobden had a bye last week. Marist fourths will have some big boys to con tend with in the St: te School when they play nt 3 p.m. The State team Jias some good players but there are weak points in their passing line. This will probably have been remedied for today’s game. The Mari.at boys have the combination and shouid make the game interesting. Fixture:;. Complete fixtures for to d - y are:--Seniors.—Marist v. Cnited, 4 *A” Ground, Bark, 3 p.m. (Mr Wilson, re force'l. Juniors.—Star v. Cobden, at Bark, <4 A” Ground, 1.3;) p.m. (Mr Sherlock, referee). Marist v. Ngahere, at Ngaliere (weekend). Mr Williams, referee. Fourth Grade. —Cobden v. Cnited, 44 8” Ground. Bark', 1.30 p.m. (W. McGrath, referee . State School v. Marist, ‘ 4 B’ ’ Ground, Bark, 3 p.m. (Mr Beaumont, referee). The United senior team to play Marist on Saturday is;— Bussell, Burns, Nightingale, Burrows, Pass, Anderson, Hughes* Armstrong, Telfer, McKay, Jones, Burley, Fitzgerald, Winchester Walton, Ryan. The above arc to im *t at the F: rk Hotel at 2.39 p.m. The following is the Ngahere team I pl y Marist at Ngahere during the week-end: —C. Craig, .1. Craig, L. Dew* 1 (captain', .1, McEiianey, Watson, Bail lie, Hunter, Jamieson, Campbel', Kelly. J). Armstrong, Lee, Parfitt, Me Laugh, lin and Daly. Emergencies: G. Arm strong, Btmkley, .Jones, Paul, Mayne. The following players ■will comprise the United fourth-grade team in their match with Cobden on the Lark at 1.30 on Saturday:—Forster, Lees, Fairhall. Fairhall, Sotheran, Gibson, Jamieson. Donnelly, "Winchester, Heinz, Tillyshort, Weaver, Shorlaml Buddy, Rassmussan. "Laing. Bansgrove. All players are requested to be at the pavilion at, 7.30 t o-night. Marist .Juniors to play Ngahere at Ngahere this week end: — Doogan, Nelson, Larcombe, Quinn, MeEnany F., Jackson. Kennedy (2), James (3), Lake. CF ike. MoOre, McGinley. Emergencies: J. King. V. de F. Fraser, Bullimore. The Marist seniors to play Cnited arc* — Delaney, Maloney, O’Neill (2,i. Deere, E. King, O’Hallahan, Hanrahan. Heaphy, Dunn, Ryan, Malloy, O’Callagh- n, McCarthy, James. REExTON rugby notes. The rharitv* m'tch in a'd of the Sir Arthur Pearson Memorial Fun I for the Blind, to be played tomorrow. is creating great interest. The object being such a deserving one. it is hoped therewill be a large attendance, with every o-’.o putting in their mil-. Opinions are divided as to the merits of Hie teams. The general opinion is that, while Ikamat ua-J unit ion have the su periority in the forW: rds, the more t nited play of the Cron.ndun Pirates’ }«acks should just about even things up. With a few games together the forme pack would be quite up to rep. form, while their b/ck*. if not brilliant, a.a very safe. Last vear's Seddon Shield hookers will be on the opposite sides, and as each has a good sennit behiud him it will be interesting to s<--- bo.they f: re. Should li:amatua-J unct.oiT succeed in making the gam.’ a forward one, they should win, but if not, the •experienced back play of their oppojnents must count, if players (and •spectators) would only g-t awake to the advantage rule, it would save a Jut <»/ unnecesary appealing, : s the re force only whistles when the non offend ing side fails to gain the advantage. Sometime*? the whistle may seem slow ir sounding, but the players must allow the referee time to sec where t)u? advantage lies. The referee should, h.ov.*ever, blow promptly nit her than ami clpate the course of play. Air E. S. Hyton ; a metropolitan ru-

feree, in a paper read before the Referees’ Association, says: ‘ 4 Manx - a game has been spoilt by the r-feree blowing his whistle for every breach noticed, regardless of the fact that in many instances, the non-oflend.ng sbl? gained an advant- ge from their opponents ’ breach of the laws.’’ .1 ntei preiat ions of the new rule re''arding lucking mto-toucli hax'e been givmi by the executive of the New Zealand Rugby Referees’ Association •is follows: — fl) If lhe ball touches an opponent before going out on the full it shall he regarded as having 1: nded in the field (•-') If a play, r takes the ball out- | side Lis own twenty-fivi’ and runs back iimidp the twenty-five to kick it out on | the full, the line out shall take pl.ic ■ op- | posite the spot from which he ia a I br "; ; - r . . I (-’-) It :• p’.'iver kicks tae ball o’.it on the full in the direction of his own goal-line, the adxaiitnge rule is to apply, ami the I’lm-ont is to take place where the ball goes out. (4.) If the hall from a kick off goes out on th.- full the present rules upplit s. (Opposing side ha-: the option of accept’.ng ike kick or taking a scrum in the (.-enij-- of the field). (•*) If th .■ ball from a 4 4 speculator ’ ’ goes out on the full tl.e lino-out is to | t- ke pine,’ opposite the spot from which the ball was kicked. ((•). In the event of the ball going ptm-on the full, the referee is to dec‘4v whore the bne out is to take plate il ho b* jn doubt In? may consult the i oueh-jmlgc. ’• ■* l o play-'r lakes a marl: just | outsid-’ his own iwenty-five and goes back within the twenty-five to kick it. he mu ;t not kick it out on the full. If he does, the line-out is to take place opposite the mark. Flayers should remember thrt they are not entitled to kick' the bull out on the full in their opponents’ twonty-five and that a kick from a mark, nor being ft penalty kick, must land inside .the field of play, or the line out is formed opposite lhe murk,