LEAGUE FOOTBALL

Grey River Argus, 30 June 1925, Page 6

LEAGUE FOOTBALL

WEST COAST CENTRE. FOR NIG HT L Y ME ETIN G. The fortnightly nieeti’iig of the West Coast Rugby League Football Delegates was held last night. ’Present: Messrs McKanc, Hanrahan, Moore, Thomas, Hull, Warwick, Hunter, O’Brien, Me- 1 Donagh, and Buckley. The secretary reported that,/ in regard to the use of the United Pavilion the Mayor and the Deputy-Mayor were to meet the Council and the United Club, with a view to an amicable agreement . Messrs McKane, Thomas and Saunders were appointed delegates to j the conference. 'The action of the sub-committee in making a presentation to the Manager of the New Zealand team (Mr J. D. W’mgham) was endorsed. It was decided that players shall be transferred from one dub to another only with the consent of their former dub. The secretary was instructed to write to the secretary of the Press Association in regard to the fact, that the results of the North v. South Island game had not been sent to the Coast papers. It was decided that the secretary (Mr Saunders) a»nd Messrs Moore ami Bucklev be appointed a delegation to the local papers with regard to the same matter. It was decided that Mr Wingham bo asked to cable the results of the matches in Australia, so that the results may be known locally on the same day as the matches are played. Mr Thomas was appointed to the Postponement Committee, in place of Mr Wingham, ami it was resolved to advise the Commercial Hotel with regard to postponements. It was decided to ask referees to notify the Referees’ Association as to whether they could officiate or not at matches, in order that suitable arrange- ■ j merits might be made in the event of their not being able to officiate. Letters of sympathy were sent to Messrs Twohill and Brown. It was reported that the Canterbury and Otago Unions had been written to thanking them for the support accorded to Mr Wingham. Negotiations are being entered into with Canterbury, with regard to sending Senior and Junior teams to Canterbury. Enquiries are being- ir.nd c as to wherepresentative team to the. Coast, ther Canterbury is arranging to send a The fixtures will be practically the same as k?st week, the junior fixtures only being subject to some alterations. Tiight new players have joined the code, mostly playing for Greymouth. Accounts amounting to £6 0s 61 were passed for payment at last night’s Centre meeting. THE NEW ZEALAND TEAM. I I The New Zealand League team tn I lour Aust rali.-i, which leaves on Friday i<>r Sydney, is as follows:—Backs: — r D.ifty. Brow;;. Wellierili, Laing, Kirwan, Brisbane, Delgrosso, Webb, Gregory, Wilson-Hall (Am kland) ; Sanders, Pa.ke< Canterbury) Forwards: — Mouatt (West Coast), Carroll (Wellington), Herring, O’Brien, Dixon. Avery (.\uuklaud), Green, lillis, Henry, Canterbury), Thomas (Otago).

N.Z. TEAM’S TOUR. The following is the .tiuerarv oi :m New Zealand team in Australia: — Leave Auckland per s.s. Moeraki, July 3. Arrive Sydney, July 7. July 11.—Play N.S. W. at Sydney. July 15.—v. Universities, at Sydney. July 8. —v. Combined teams at Sydney. July 22: —Country match. July 25:—v. Queensland at Brisbane. July 29.—v. Ipswich, at Ipswich. August I:—v. Queensland at Brisbane. August 5. —v. Toowoomba, at Toowoomba. August 8: —v. Australia at Sydney. August 12 : —Country match . August 15:—Australia, or N.S.W. at Sydney. Mr C. Pearce has been appointed trainer and coach to the team, and Messrs Wingham, Pearce and the Captain of the team are to be the selectors on the tour. The Queensland League have denied through the Press that they ever stated that they did not want the Now Zea land team to visit them. THE INTER-ISLAND GAME. Evidently Mouatt was the outstand ing forward in the intcr-Island game on Saturday. Soon after the start, fol lowing a Northern attack, Townsend got offside in taking a centre kick irom Brown, and Mouatt got in a long kick to touch. With Henry and Parker he then engaged in an attack, Duffy saving by marking the ball that came .just off the attackers’ feet. The. South Island continued to press, and Mouatt tried a penalty kick at "oal. Then the Southern backs were started by Sanders in a, passing run, which a knock-on stopped. Brosnahan had to save a couple of times, once where Blown put in a. long run from his own end, while Kirwa’n also made a. smart run towards the Southern line. Herring then scored for the North from a passing move along with Brown and Avorv. Delgrosso missed an easy kick from in front. Soon after Dixon scored another try. lor the North, Delgrosso this time converting and making the score: North 8; South 0. The Northerners were getting possession in the hciiiium. The Southern forwards Ilion ntl.’ickml

strongly, bustling the full back, and Fitzgerald was within an ace of scoring. Finally Mouatt got a try at the corner, after the South pack had carried the ball across. Soon after Mouatt kicked a penalty goal, making the scores B—7. Brown scored by following a kick across, after Kirwan gave Bass, Davidson, Wilson and Hall a good opening for a passing run. The try was converted. In the second spell South attacked early, a\id Mouatt kick ed another penalty goal. 13—9. Davidson brought the Northern score to 16 by a fast run over the line. 'rhe South continued to attack, till Alears and Fitzgerald went off, with the Northern backs attacked and sucred. A. dribble by Carroll led to a trv bv Avery. A further score for North as the result of a nice run by Wetherill, was obtained by Herring, and from in front Delgrosso added the goal points > To some papers the Press Association sent the following brief report of the int oi'-1 sla’n d game: — ‘•The Northern backs proved too speedy for the Southerners, especially in the first spell. f fhe North opened its account by a try by Herring, in which Avery and Brown figured. Delgrosso failed to convert. 'Phen Dixon sidestepped his opponents and scored. Delgrosso goaled. South was »next to score, Mouatt landing beautiful penalty goal. A little later, Mouatt scored a try from a dribbling rush, but failed to convert a difficult kick. The visitors next scored from a penalty goal kicked by Mouatt, making the score I North, 8; South 7. r fhe North, however forged ahead again. Brown scoring a great try. Du tty’s kick missed. Soon after opening the second spell, Mouatt, who was the sole scorer for the South Island, bended another penalty goal Then Davidson outpaced the Southern backs and scored. Dufty’s kick failed. Carroll broke through the Southern defence, Avery scoring. Delgrosso failed to convert. Weatherill then made a nice run and transferred to Herrbng, who scored under the posts. Delgrosso goaled. Brown made another spectacular run and kicked over Brosnahan’s head. Hass was handy and sent on to Herring, who scored. Delgrosso goaled. The whistle went with the score:— North 27, South 9. IN OTHER. CENTRES. South Auckland 15 v. Auckland < 11 ; Auckland B 5, v. Auckland A. nil. At Dunedin Athletic 14 v. Paeiiic A. 3; City A 46 v. Christian Brollie:B 0; City B. 21 v. Pacific B. 0. Christian Brothers A II v. KaitanCAN I ERBURY V. W ELLIN•- •H' ? . The following team will reprc-.<‘o Canterbury against \\ ellington • i Welbngton on Saturday next :— Full-back —G. Falgar (AddiugPm •. Three-quarters—W. Desmond (L.n wood), P. O’Connor (Sydenham), F. O’Malley (Addington). Five-eighths—C. Robins (M.0.8.i F. Warr (Sydenham). Hall-back—A. Mackie (Hornby I. Forwards—L .Vivian (Hornby). < . Sisson (Waimairi), P. Burns (M. 0.8. A. Collie (Addington), R. Lynskey (Waimairi), L. Peterson (M. 0.8. captain. Reserve —C. Batchelor (M. 0.8.

NOTES.

i (By * ‘ Spectator ' ’) C'.ngrntulations to N. Mouatt on hi> line display at Auckland. To score nil the nine points is no mean feat. He deserves his place in the New Zenilughie Mears seems .logged by “stilt Inek’’ this few weeks past. Am injured shoulder almost prevented him playing in the trial match at Christehnrcli; a glaring error of judgment kept him out of the original team .bos. ii for the South Island, and when this was rectified, an attack of the flu I very nearly prevented him from travelI ling to Auckland; while, as a culmbnaI tion of these troubles, he broke his collarbone in the match, after playing I a good hard game for his side . All 1 sports will wish him a speedy recovery, j His loss will be felt locally by the 1 Marists, and by the Coast reps. I Prior to Saturday’s games, Marists, I Hornby and Addington were level in ; the Christchurch Senior competitions, 1 all three having lost one game each. ■ Waimariri should have beaten Marists lon the day, the scores, S—7, being no I indication of the play. The veteran > Billy Mitehell, for Waimairi, was the ! best back on the ground. i In Auckland, the victorious City team put it all over Athletics by 57 to I 10. They seem a moral for the North- , epn championship again. There is a distinct possibility of Christiansen returning to the Coast : again very shortly. Somewhere about i the time of the knock-out cup, Bill Gerraghty will be here for five or six weeks on holiday. Any team got room for a good tackler, and as game a player as ever kicked a ball? Harold Wagstaffe, probably the finest centre of the League code, since the inception of the game, has announced his retirement. A native of Huddersfield district, he played senior football for that club at 16 years of age, represented Yorkshire in the County Cham pionships the following year, and was picked for England v. Wales (League) the same season. At the age of 21 he skippered the English side against Australia, and for more than a decade held his position as the undisputed loader of his club, county and country. Beu Gronow, the Welsh forward, who held the record as a goal kicker in the Longue game until recently beaten by ii brother, Taffy, in Sullivan (Coasters have semi them both) was presented by the Huddersfield directors with a gold watch and chain on the eve of