FOOTBALL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 8 September 1924, Page 6

FOOTBALL.

WAIRARAPA DEFEAT MANAWATU

(HI TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATIONO MASTERTON, Sept. 7. Wairarapa defeated Manawatu by 21 poifits to 3. The conditions were against good football, the ground being greasy and rain falling for part of the game. The home team, which had just returned from the northern tour, showed better combination than the visitors, who composed many substitutes. The Manawatu forwards showed to advantage in tight play, and in the Moose towards the closing stages. Wairarapa led by 8 points to nil in the first spell, tries being scored by •'Willoughby and F. Booth, who converted one. In the second spell R. Booth, Vangioni, and Willoughby scored, and' F. Booth and Cundy converted one each. Gothard scored for the visitors from a forward rush.

OTAGO BEATEN BY SOUTHLAND. . INVERCARGILL, Sept. 6. Under ideal conditions Southland defeated Otago to-day by 21 points to 11. The first-.spell*was a good forward battle, but halfway through the second spell Southland rattled on three tries and Otago forwards tired. For Southland, Murray (2), Brown and Ougliton scored tries, Agnew converting three and kicking a penalty. McDonald and Higliley scol-ed for Otago, and-Wilson kicked a penalty.

JUNIOR PROVINCIAL MATCH. CHRISTCHURCH, Sept. 7. A junior Rugby match between Wellington and Canterbury was won by the visitors by 22 points to 8.

A CLOSE GAME. AUCKLAND DEFEAT WELLINGTON WELLINGTON, Sept. 6.. Auckland defeated Wellington here to-day by 9 points to 8. The match was played in fine weather, before an attendance of 9000, including the Governor-General. The game/itself was anything but an exhilarating exhibition of football, being. mostly a battle between the opposing forwards. In this Auckland had the better of the game, but the Wellington backs proved superior to the Auckland rearguard. In the first spell Anderson scored for Auckland from a forward scramble on the line, and Lang evened up by a penalty goal. Towards the end of the half Ifwerson kicked a penalty goal for Auckland, and Auckland led by 6' points to 3. The Auckland forwards dominated the second spell, blit occasional bouts by the Wellington backs were often dangerous, and on two occasions these almost resulted in tries. Lang scored for.* Wellington as a result of Goodacre missing the ball when diving to force, and he converted his own try. Towards the end of the game Ifwerson landed a beautiful goal, giving Auckland victory by 9 points to 8.

TARANAKI v. AUCKLAND. THE TARANAKI TEAM. Taranaki play the final representative match of tiie season next Saturday, when they meet Auckland at New Plymouth. The Taranaki team is practically the same as that which met Wellington, though the inclusion of Kissick, who was unable to make the Wellington trip, should considerably strengthen the forwards. The only other alteration is that Brewster (Old Boys) replaces Hunt (Patea) in the front row. The Taranaki team is: Pull-back, Priar; three-quarters, Loveridge, Ennis, Ross; five-eighths, Johnston, Oliver; half, Jeffries; wingforward, Fryday; forwards, Kivell. Baldwin. Walters, Patterson, Kissick, Brewster, and Robinson. Emergencies, Meuli and O’Rorke. ANNUAL CONTESTS. DAN O’BRIEN AND CARBINE SHIELDS. The annual matches between the Tukapa and Star Chibs for the Dan O’Brien and Carbine Shields took place at New Plymouth on Saturday. Tukapa were the holders of both shields. The Tukapa seniors had no difficulty in retaining the Dan O’Brien Shield, defeating Star seniors by 16 points to nil, but Star juniors proved too good for Tukapa and defeated them by 20 points to nil, thus regaining the Carbine Shield. AN AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP. BY CABLE -PBESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGR'J SYDNEY, Sept. 7. University retains the Rugbv Union championship, having defeated Western Suburbs by If) points to 10. ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL. NEW ZEALAND WINS THIRD TEST DUNEDIN, Sept. 7. _ The third sofccer test, China and New Zealand, was played at Carisbrook to-day, and drew an attendance of over 10,000, which saw New Zealand win by o goals to 3. The ground was in good order, although heavy rain had fallen during the previous afternoon and evening. The game was a very ouen one and full of interesting play. * The New Zealand team made beter use of their opportunities in front of goal, and their team' work on the whole was good. Haworth, Cook and Lothian were outstanding in the forwards, and McArthur and Cooper in the halves were exceptionally good. The Chinese showed wonderful cleverness in field play, but weakness in front of. the goal was evident, the team being too prone to manoeuvre the ball through instead of shooting for the goal. Wu i Ting and Chang were outstanding in t the forwards, and Wang at centre-half was the mainstay of the back devision. Play in the first half was in New Zealand’s favour, the score at halftime being: New Zealand 4, China 1. In the second half the visitors had the better of play, and showed some clever footwork. Toward the end, however, New Zealand kept China defending, but only shot two goals, and the game ended: New Zealand 5 China 3