LEAGUE FOOTBALL

Grey River Argus, 22 June 1925, Page 6

LEAGUE FOOTBALL

TALL SCORING i Inangahua Beat Blackball CLOSE GAMES AT OMOTO. I MABLST JUNIORS DEFEATED BY GREYMOUTH. RESULTS AT A GLANCE. Marist I (8); Roa I (3). Kunajiga I (6); Grey I (5). Inangahua I (32): Blackball I (26 Grey II (8); Marist. II (7). Blackball II (18); Rovers II (0). Brunner II (18); Inangahua II (3 Grey 111 (30); Nelson Creek II (0 Rovers 111 (24); Athletic 111 (13 Marist 111 (8); Brunner 111 (8). Runanga IV (3); Marist IV (0). That League is the popular game o Ihe Coast was well exemplified yestei • lay when, despite the rain, a larg crowd turned up at Omoto to see th Marist—Roa match. Throughout th game excitement ran high, and Ro were hard right till the last whistle The two s nth Island representative? Mears and Mouatt. shone out in th Marist park, Wright and O’Hallaha: also playing well. The green back di I -lot seem to combine very well and could not handle the greasy gall For Roa Dando and Skinner were tin best of a good pack, Kells and Rimmc playing well in the backs. As wa expected, the Grey seniors were defeat ed by Ruwanga, but only after a hart tight, and the losers are improving a' • •very match. The surprise of the weel was the . defeat of the Marist junior, by Greymouth. The Marists could nol field their right team, and were on. man short, but nevertheless the Gres team have improved considerably u their last few games and they deserved their win . MARIST v. ROA. Several penalties on end gave Marist an advantage, and Mouatt making good use of the side lines, the Greens brought tin* play to Roa’s territory. The Amber backs endeavoured to start passing rushes, but Hit* greasy ball spoiled their efforts, and they were penalised as a result. .James made a nice run up th e line, but was well col. i lured, <••.)<! Kells cleared with a nice kick. A scrum near Marist’s goal saw Rimmer dive for a try, and another scrum resulted on the line. The Mar: isl forwards with Wright, Mears and Quinn to the fore, swept down th-* field, and. but for a knock.on, would ha\(> score<l. Offside play by Roa gave Mouatt a chance, awd he kicked a nice goal:—Marist 2; Roa 0. Roa forwards now came with a rush up the field, and Marist had some anxious moments. After several good runs. Rimmer gid the bull and scored a good try. Dando missed a difficult kick:—Roa ; Marist 2. Roa came again from the kick off, and had hard luck several times, until Mouatt broke away, and dribbled the ball to the opposing end, where he was on the verge of scoring, but attempted to pick the ball up, and fumbled. It seemed as though a try would have been lost but Mears then came up am! scored. Mouatt missed the kick.— Marist 5; Roa 3. Soon after half lime the Roa full back misjudged a kick and Mouatt and Mears brought the play to Roa’s line, where, from a fast follow up, Mears scored a great try. Mouatt missed the kick.—Marist S; Roa 3. With the scores against them the Amber team strove hard Io equalise but the Green defence held good, D. James and Cutbush especially being prominent . The Roa forwards kept up t’he atack and Marist wore compelled to force down twice. Delaney was [ penalised in front of his goal, and Kerr i had an easy shot but he missed, and Wright gathering in the ball dashed up Io the other end of the field, where he transferred to Ilinchin, who, after beating three men, was collared on the line. Roa however, attacked and dominated the garni* completely in the last few minutes, but could wot add to their score, and the final whistle saw Marist run out the winners. Mr Hopkins gave every satisfaction as referee. GREY 11 v. MARIST 11. On a muddy ground at Dunollie Marist played owe man short in this game, and consequently were handicapped. Brown scored a brilliant try for the Greens, dummying his way through four of the opposing team. Quinn i converted, and also kicked a penalty. For the winners, Crooks and Johnston scored, Griffin converting the former’s trv. Mathieson Johnston awd Cooper also Griffin were the pick ot the Grey team. For Marist, Symonds and Morrisey in the forwards and Brown and Clark in the backs played well, while Doogan also played his usual good game. The greasy ball seemed to beat the Marists, but iw the latter half of the second spell they kept Grey on their line. Cooper, in particular showed good judgment, especially when he kicked over the heads of the opposition near the line, and enabled his for | wards to attack and score. THE CANTERBURY COMPETITION. (Special to <f Argui.”) CHRISTCHURCH, June 21. The League football senior matches yesterday resulted as follows: — Marist A 8, beat Waimariri 7. Addington (26) beat Sydenham (17)

Hornby (32) beat Woolston (2). ..Marist B (31) beat Lenwood (O'). WELLINGTON MATCHES. WELLINGTON, June 21. In yesterday’s League trial match the A team beat the B team by 12 to 0.