FOOTBALL.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 8938, 3 July 1905, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

NEW ZEALAND BEATS AUCKLAND. Ii [PMBB ASSOCIATION.] AUCKLAND, July 1. m - The football match between the mem- 'I' bers of the New Zealand team who are to X, tour Australia and Auckland representatives was played to-day in ideal weather, in the presence oi 7000 spectators. The game was fast and interesting, the Auckland forwards beating the New Zealand pack, but the local hacks not com- •" paring with the visitors' rear division in attack. The latter's superiority in thiß respect accounted for Auckland's defeat by 9 points to 3. Hunter scored for New Zealand in the first spell, and McGregor and Smith' in go the second, Wallace failing to convert any of the three tries: W. Tyler scored th a try for Auckland just before the close of the game. This was not converted. NEW ZEALAND ASSOCIATION TEAM oi BEATEN. - SI (Received July 1, 7.55 p.m.) SYDNEY, July 1.. " For the Association game, New Zealand v. New South Wales, the ground was very " slippery, Tendering dribbling work difii- al cult. The game ended New South Wales a 2 goals, New Zealand nil. • ' , ■* - / n NEW SOUTH WALES v. QUEENS- a LAND. v P BRISBANE, July-1. • New South Wales defeated Queensland I - by,ls to 3, SENIORS. HAWERA v. WAIMATE. Hawera suffered then second defeat this season at the hands of Waiiuate atr Manaia on Saturday. Hawera had five substitutes, J. Hunter, Blyth, A- Goodwin, Cowper, and Whittington being absent. Waimate supporters complained thatT-thcre \ were several substitutes m the .ranks of the 1 Plains' team, but it was soon evidenced 1 that the team was as good us .any team > j that has represented the Waiinate club ' this year. "Dan" Hughes, 'Richardson, ; and Wusley were tlie substitutes. ) Within vt minute of the kick-off Hawera b rushed the ball down TffiTfield and a for- - ward booted it hard over tho line, Wai1 mate forcing. Shortly after ihis Bigham I was penalised for lying on the ball and - Nicholson had a shot from about tho r twenty-five. The attempt, though' a good - one, failed. Patterson obtained a mark in HaweTa'a twenty-five-, and McKay had s an unsuccessful shot. The Waimate for- - wards wero now waking up, and were - completely over-running their lighter oppoi nents. From one rush Waimate looked a certain to score, but Column saved in c grand style. Waimate came again, and c once more Colman was the -stumbling i, block. A clever run by A. Hunter relievg ed the strain upon the Hawera line, but :- Waimate were awarded a free kick at hoUc- way, and with a magnificent-punt. Burke c sent the ball to such a height that by the o time it landed near the goal line the Wai1- mate's were swarming down on it. There k was only the full back to beat, but again Colman proved' his ability by ".1 averting ie what looked a certain score, and .landing i- the oval out near the halfway. . Half-time was called shortly after. . t. Hawera opened the second spell with a n pretty sudden passing rush and after all te the backs had handled the ball -Nicholson 1 ir was tipped up near the line. Bigham lay >d on tlie ball and Colman had a shot-but >d did not succeed, though the kick was not so a hard onei Waimate rushed the ball near ,h to the Hawera line, and from a line out the ball was rolling about when Burke Be snapped it Tip and scored under the posts, le Bigham converted. "^ Hawera rallied and of GreenbanJcs was conspicuous in several o, pieces of good work, but booted - rather is hard. The remainder of the game was un[>t interesting. Waimate looked-like scoring is twice but Colman upheld his reputation, ;< j and staved off all attacks. 3 h Colman was easily the best* back on the h e ground, and Nicholson, Hunter and. t y Greville also played well. GTeenbanks, Glenn and Tocker were the best of the , ' Hawern. forwards. Burke was the best 6 of the Waimate backs. McKay and Major *!? Burke the best of the blue's forwards, the , latter playing a splendid game. Mr N; "; A'Court Tefereed. E~ Waiinate ' ...• ... S he ] Hawera 0 mt lt > OPUNAKE I. v. OKAIAWA I. ,re ■ «_» - vo This match was played at Okaiawa on y> Saturday, and resulted in a win for the lsfc home team by the narrow margin of one Q 8 point. The game was* a most interesting at one, and towards the finish was decidedly v - exciting, Opunake making desperate ef5f forts to. score, and going closer- to doing so than was pleasant for the local team. >l S For Okaiawa tries were scored by Crocker, [w W. Cleaver, and G. Baker. Carroll had 2° hard luck with his goal kicking, the ball striking the bar on two occasions "and" > er rebounding into the field. For Opunake 'V tries were scored by Guy and King, one 1 ne of which was converted. *f" Okaiawa 9 he Opunake 8 - mt c on ELTHAM v. PATEA. Ie- Patea beat Eltham at Eltham by 8 to 3. ffi JUNIORS. ye * " 01l HAWERA v. WAIMATE. ig- Hawera 11. met W.aimato 11. on the to Recreation Grounds in what was considpt ored the most important and the most in>le toresting junior game of the season. iv- The gftme 6Oon resolved itself into one^ sly of Hawera forwards v. Waimate backs, on and throughout the game was tough and ud interesting. The Hawera forwards beat, •ut their opponents at hooking the ball, but •p. the backs failed to make good use of their he chances. The first score of the game nd came through a mark, D. Ryan taking the he ball in a good position. J. Campbell kickin- ed the goal. Play from this. out~went ive rapidly up and down the field, but there sr- was no further score till just near the end et of tlio game, when, after -the prettiest be piece of play of the whole match, a fine passing rush, Meuli scored near the corner. No goal resulted from the try. he- Tiro juniors were "all out" after rep;' ea honors in view of the proposed Tatanaki cc rep. team to be picked from the junior g6g 6 teams. Tho Waimate backs had Beamish, an the local five-eighth, well marked, but lie \y nevertheless played a good game, as also oe did Bruce, centre three-quarter. McNiven er and Baird were the most prominent of theHawera forwards, and Saxton also played er well. Campbell and Franklin were the ay best of the Waimate bucks, and Baird and g. Brown the nick of their forwards. Mr es Powdrell xcfereed. n . Waimate 7 2<l Hawera 0 id a Ai, Opunake Okaiawa were beaten, tl» er scores being Opunake 15, Okaiawa 8. a j (By Telegraph.— Special to Star.) d, PATEA, July 3. so Pa tea Juniors beat Eltham Juniors .by is 16 points to nil. Tlie winners had much, v- tlie best of the game. Tries were scored c- by Shields (2), Davidson, and Armstrong, re Shields, and Casey, each converting one," 3 f Patea ... 16 >d Eltham 0 s, ; — — — _ c