FOOTBALL.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 238, 25 September 1911, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

[Til b' G r Y < Y'D \ A’TER i. DAN.MA iKh L. The fvdlcv'i'ig team li: 1 been selected l-> ft present Napier in their match against Damievirke on Wednesday at Napier: Full-back, I’rosiici-: t !ii <c-'.pi'tr< ci’s, Alieii, J. Downing, Higgins ; fivc-ciglitbs. Holder : Idalf, W • Holder : dft; forwards, Aitken, Haward ; hookas, AVood, J. Mullaney, Bines. Cat set-ley. Elutes. I )(’wning, Al al(-on. Emei'gemies. Natusrh, ti. Clarke, Thompson, Steele, Hay. it. Mullaney. OTAGO (9) ~ SOFTHLAND (s). Dunedin, Sept.. 23. Otago and Southland met here- today in Ibe presence ol about 35(ki i>c: pie. Tin- game was won by Otago ’by 9 to S. On the* run of the play Otwgo had much the best of the game. Sr.athland showed a very pc: .• front, in the opening spell, their dOeiii'c being wretched. Otago put on three unconverted tries, which were- scored by J. Norrie, Nelson and Brown. in tb.e sei-oiid spell Southland improved cmu'.idcrabiy, and after se—eral fine forward bursts made an im-pics'-ion on the local defence. Scully si-iiring and Martin converting. Mattia kicked u genl fr:::!i a mark. The Otago forwards responded with several line rcslies with the big forward Bat I < . in the lead, Jmt no further score eventuated. A DRAWN JUNIOR MATCH. AVcllington, Sept. 23. A junior Rugby match between A\ cllingt on and Hcrowhenv.a was played yesterday at Levin, and resulted in a draw, each team scoring three points. CIV!!. SERVi( E v. BANKS AND LA AY’. On account of insufficient players the ma.! eh between Civil Service ami Banks and Law did not take place at the Napier Recreation Gr.ouni on Saturday afternoon. NORTHERN UNION. In the junior match played on McLean Park. Napier. A! oriH ben! Westshore by 17 points to nil. The sc< :crs I'm' Ahuiiri were Starkey 2, Uolhoin- 2, Andersen I. The goal kicking was atrocious only one try being converted. If or A' C';! shore. Ta.ytor and Ellison sc .rcd. neither bcii’g vert rd. The senior match between City and Aliurii i did not < -rsn'.uaf.e and a scratch '.natch was played instead. AUSTRAL asia'Jteam in ENGLAND. WiN THEM FIRST MATCH. London, Sept. 21. The Australasian team scci'cd 2<’ p< inis and the Northern Union Lcr.gi'c 11. 'the Home t < am, enmisiing i’f Coventry, Lam-nsliirc and Yorkshire players, led al. I):'.!l4 line by goal am! two tries to two tries. The Aus’skins unproved in tl'.e second half, and s<•■■•red four times. to iiicir opponents’ om-r. V. Fwusw< rtli score.l three tries, McK:v.<>.lt two, and Sullivan one. IJussoi) con v ert rd once.

The weal her was tbreatcJiing ami the ground fast. There were 2'’••('■ r.peet alors. A SSI >( '1 AT I OX. I’O VI,I I T ■)’ i’•A Y' (1} I. HAWK F ’ S BAY (!). (-liriii.t'iie, Scpl. 21. At: inl.erpr-tv itieial Assoi-i-tf i<>n fooll.all maieh wtit; phtyid here <m Sat.tirday between Hawke’s Bay and Poverty Bay and numbed in a win for the luHer by I goals to one.