FOOTBALL

Grey River Argus, 5 June 1922, Page 6

FOOTBALL

SATURDAY'S SSWA-SIDE UNITED ECOO? TKE POOL. EXCITING SENIOR GAMES. BIG CROWL) AT THE BARK. The United Club had a day out on Saturday iu connection with the Rugby seven-aside tournament held on the Park, their teams : nnexing the senior, junior and fourth grade honours. Considerably more hit re* t than usual was manifested iu the tourney and, despite the bleak wind and threati 'i:ng weather conditions, a large crowd lined the rai.nt the Park : fti-r lunch. As predicted in this column on Saturday morning, the junior and fourth grade competitions worked out to a final contest between Vnited and Mar.st in each case. The victory of the Vnited seniors however, came as , a surprise to everyone, for. whilst there appeared to be only one team in the contest (Star A the dele t they suffered at the lands of the Vnited seven was well merited and the latt.-r's win was a popular one. The Mara-t sen.ors dal not last long at the hands of Star A and Star B likewise went down to Vnited. The Marist juniors took everything before them until they met 1 nited in the final, the latter proving too goo 1 for them. The prediction that the weight of the Vnited fourth gr: tiers would tire the Marist boys proved accurate, the latter being placed at a disadvantage to the extent of Bpts to 5. Marist secured primary school honours, whilst the shrimps eompetit.on fell to D.H.S.. after a very exciting tussle with Marist. The games throughout the day were good : nd considerably better than v.as anticipated by the majority of spectators. 1 am inclined to the belief that as a result of yesterday’s tourney and the fast pmy witnessed, that many who were losing interest in Rugby, will : waken, to a new and livelier enthusiasm in anti.-, pation of further similarly even con-te.-t.r when the various fifteens meet in the club competitions. It also served to stimulate i: forest in the game from the point of view of the younger generation. Comment on the ie.dividuai players will be made Inter in the week. The results of the various competitions are rs follows; — Senior. Star A (18) V. M-rist (3).—Star had the advantage right through the play. The game was exceptionally fast, the Hlnr men showing to advantage in passing. Considering the strength of then team the Marist did fairly well, but had no show. Tries were registered for Star by Ring. Steel, Mosley (2), : nd Mclntosh; Nelson converted two am! Mosley one. Vnited (8) v. Star B (3).— Vnited outclassed the Star team. Winchester and Jones scored for the victors, Waltons converting one. Christie scored for Star B. Vnited (10) v. Star A (8).— The final for the seniors competition was the most exciting game of the day. Teller surprised the opposition by making n good run early in the game, finally be: ting Steel to score a great try. Wai ton I'onled. Play was fast on both aides. Star attempted to pick up but Vnited kept on the ball and did not give any elmnee. Steel broke away from a United attack and ran from his own twenty-five to the opposite goal and seeled. Nelson go- led. The score vvus even at halftime. Nightingale, Telfer, Jones and Stevens handled in a rush vvliii.li .-vcntimt.d in Nightin gale getting over. Walton goaled. Hi" was even, the bull travelling back and forth to the r ■ p ’• t ■ v<■ n.u. Si<. I f.-ok advantage of n rush and s.-oreu o.r the corner. He did not take the lick. Score. 10—8. Mr refereed. Junior. Vnited A and Lake Brunner A met first, resulting in a victory for the former by -1 points t< nd. M. Kay (.1). Richmond ■ i' ’'' • ’ : • :l! con vert'.ng I"u and Jamieson one. M-rist (0) V. Cobden (i;).— Marist were too fa t for Cobden, but the defence of the latter was goo I. t ■ James rind W. Kennedy scored for Marist and Oliver for Cobden. Halftime score was Marist 3 —o. United B (6) V. Lake Brunner B (3). —Dewar and Buck scor'd for United and Leatham for Lake Brunner. Vnited A (22) v. Star (0).— A run over for Vnited. .1: mieson (2 1. Fill'.--ball (2), Richmond and Jones score .: "Warm's and Reynolds converted. Marist (ll) v. Vnited B (3). L Quinn and L. Jackson scored for Marist and Burrows for I nited. Vnited A (1G) v. Marist (5).- The final for the juniors was very exert.ng. Fair-hall and Reynolds surprising the Marist boys with their speed. M r: : could do with more training. V .r--ball scored th" firs' try, Wurm's t"'ii’ ing. Jackson took the ball at his loot from his own twenty five and m ore l. lie goaled. Pliirhall later added an other try. Warms and McKay also scoring; W: rues converted one. Fourth Grade. D.H.S. A 9, Vnited B 3. D.H.S. A 9, Vnited B 3. Marist 5, Star 0. Vnited A 8, Cobden Marist 11, D.H.S. A 3. Vnited A 8, Marist 5. A good go for tie Haul, the Vnityd boys being too

big. There was no score at half-time. Jamieson scored twice and goaled one?. Quinn scored fur Marist and Griffin goaled. Primary. D.H.S. A 23, Mari-.t B 0. MarM A 17, D.H.S. B 0. Marist A 6, D.H.S. A 0 (final). Shi imps. D.H.S. D 3, Marist C 0. D.H.S. A 15, Marist B 0. Kumara 6, Cobden 0. Marist A 21, D.H.S. C 0. D.H.S. B D.H.S. D 0. D.H.S. A 6, Kumara 3. D.H.S. A 3, MarDt A 0. A good g- inc, the play has ing to proceed over time until one side scored. The referees who conducted the van ous games were: Messrs Beaumont, F; ss, Shtrloeh, McGrath. Star A.—Goodall, Steel, G. Nelson, Mclntosh tc.-'pt.’. Mosley, Reynolds, Inglis. United A. —Reynolds, Fairhall, Richmond, McKay, Warnrs, H. Jamieson, M. .1 aniieson. M: rist.--J. Nelson, D. Quinn, L. Ja.-ksun, M. James, C. James, W. Kennedy, J. Quinn. United. —Win idlest er, Russell, Walton (I'lipt., l , Telfer, Jones, Nightingale, Ste\ ens. HOKITIKA SEVEN-A SIDE TOURNEY. (Special t<> ‘ ‘ Argus ’ ')• HOKITIKA. June 4. For the Hokitika Sevcn-a-aside tourney yesterday the Day fas fine, and ti.ere was a record attendance. The seniors tourney resulted as follows:— First round: —Excelsior A defeated Excelsior B.: Kiwi B. defeated Kumara B; Kokatahi defeated Kumara A; Ilari lia'.-i defeated United A. Second round Hari Hari scored a popular win over tahi defeated Kiwis A; Hari Hari defeated United B. Third round—Hari Hari a bye, Excelsior A defeated Kokatahi. Final—Hari Hari defeated Excelsiors by 6 points to 3, after 55 mintes of pinyJunior Tourney—Rimu d-.?feated Excelsior B; Arahura A defeated Excelsior A; Kiwi B defeated Arahura 13; Kiwi A won by default from Arahura; Kokatahi a bye. Second round —Arahura A defeated Rimu; Kiwi B defeated Kokatahi; Kiwi A. defeated Ara hura B. hura B. Third round —Kiwi A d< feat vd Kiwi B; Arahura A a bye Final— Arahura A defeated Kiwi A by 0 points to ?>. Arahura are a Maori t-ear.i, and after they won the Junior competition, the Maori ladies and m'a d- neud a Haka on the field, and then iu front of the the pavilion. Gr-eat oir.husmsm prevailed. Hari Hari scored a popular win over Excelsior A. after nearly an hour of play, the South AVestlanders notching li points to I’.. The great crowil, which must have numbered 15H0, went frantic land the cheers were loudly- gi •< a tor the winners. Not tor many- ;> day h.is * Hokitika c.xperiei <-o<l such a wave of enthusiasm in the football arena. WELLINGTON FOOTBALL. (Special to “Argus.”') WELLINGTON, June -f. Yesterday the Rugby footb-11 interclub fixture I‘eloue v. Boneke took place. It resulted in a draw, three points each. There was great, interest taken in the match, and a large aLtemlaneo. The ground was heavy, and rain continuously fell during the game. OTHER WELLINGTON RESULTS. (Special to u Argus.”) WELLINGTON, June 4. Tin* following :ir<? the remaining seii’or Rugby results at Wellington: — Marist 13 beat Oriental S. Berhampore L‘o beat Wellington 3. Anrsity 3J beat Old Boys 15. HAWKE’S BAY BEAT WAIRARAPA. NAPIER, June 34. The Rep. match Wairarapa v. Hawke’s Bay was played to-day in the presence of about 3500. An even, though somewhat ragged game, was relieved by a few bright flashes, ami ended in a win for Hawke’s Bay by 11 to 12. Tries were scored by Nepia, Greenside, and Barclay, all ns ’.he outcome of good I passing. Akuira converted one try, and j Kirkpatrick goaled from a mark. J. i Donald and Cook got tries for the visitI ors, one being converted by Knowl-es, | while Southgate potted a goal. The weather was fine and the ground in good order. Mr F. Tyne was referee. RAIN PREVENTS CHPvISTCHUECH MATCHES. (Special to “ Argus (TIRISTUHURUII. -lune 4. All yesterday’s football matches here | had to be pos'.poned owing to rain. ( WANGANUI DEFEAT TARANAKI. WANGANUI. June 3. | In the I’ep Rugby match Wanganui ! defeated Taranaki by 12 to 9. Rain fell dining most of the game. For AVan--1 ganui, Smith scored a try and Baddehy I convert el. while Delves potted a goal, i Hooker kicked three penalty goals for ■ Taranaki. | DUNEDIN RUGBY RESULTS. (Special to “Argus,”) DUNEDIN, June L The Rugby senior results on Saturday at Dunedin were as foPow: — « Kaikorai 10 boat Alhambra G. Dunedin 8 bent Port Chalmers 3.

Pirates 42 be:-1 t’uion 3. Zingari G be: t Southern 5. WESTPORT FOOTBALL. (Special to ‘ ‘ Argus. ’ ’) All Buller football fixtures were post, puned oh Saturday, except the first round of the Jenkins Cup, Town v UnujiDv. Tlx? Country tenin proved victorious. The scores were: Country 14 points; Town 3.