FOOTBALL!

Hokitika Guardian, 27 May 1929, Page 3

FOOTBALL!

SATURDAY’S GAMES. SENIORS. Excelsiors 22," Stars 9. Kiwis i,3, Magpies G. Blaketotvn 14, Uniteds 6. ' juniors. Hxcelsiors 9, itjwis 0. Biir.u itdss 6.. Arahura 25j Kokatalii 0. BANtAMS. School 3, Convent 0.

The raiii that fell on Saturday morning made the, jilayiiig grounds greasy. On Cilssi'.S(iuare, rain stopped liefore play l-dmiliCilbod and it remained fine for the rest of the afternoon. The ground was 111. good condition but the ball became very greasy, and the handling suffered' coTisidernbly as a result. EXCELSIORS V. STARS. This senior giiine was played on Cass Square and . resulted in a win for .Excelsiors .by 22 points (6 tries, two being converted to 9 points (a try and two pchalty goals.) Stars came down short-handed playing 13. men, while Excelsiors played some substitutes, Freitas, ■ Houston and R. King being Oil the touch line as tlie result of injuries received at Greymouth the previous week. The game being one-sided as this result of the visitors being short-handed, robbed, the play of much of its interest, am' wheii the Excelsior back play worked properly it regularly found a missing link in theii' opponents defence. The Star forwards held their opponents fairly well in the first ba.l|; while they had the advantage of • numerousi penalties and Foiig und Stephens .had' eight or nine easy shots, but only one reached its objective. The Star scope before half-time should easily, have been 9 points. Excelsiors scored three tries in the first half, J. Jv• np; istprinpj twice and Nightingale once, each with good runs. In the second half A. King scored a soft try, nearly all the players stopping in the expectation of the hall going into touch with the result that he picked up and walked over line. . Then J. King scored again making his tally three and Nightingale scored tlie second time. Stevenson converted two of the tries. For Stills Fong kicked two penalty • goals and Stephens, scored just as time was called.. AiriP* Hcepan was. referee.

EXCELSIORS IT. V. KIWIS II

'This junior came played on No. 2 ground resulted in a win for Exce 1 - siors by 9 points (three tries) to nil. Tlie game was a fairly even one, and proved interesting the ball travelling up and down the field in quick succession. The ‘greasy ball ho\yeve.r caused many lost opportunities, tlie handling at times being none top safe. For Excelsior? the scorers were Prestop (2), and Evans.' Mr Best was referee. . s

BLAIvETOWN V. UNITED,

At Greymouth Blaketown continued in winning vein, defeating United by 14 points (tries by Sadler and Cooper, one' being converted by Pascoe, who also kicked two penalty goals) to G. points (a goal from a mark by Martin and a penalty goal by Jenkins). The game was a bright and fas.t one throughout and was closely followed by a large attendance of spectators.

KIWIS V. MAGPIES

At Victoria Park, Kiwis and Magpie seniors played 1 an interesting match, the former winning with <« margin of -seven the final score being 13 to 6. Ferguson opened the scoring by notching a /try for Magpies, Waddell’s attempt to goal being unsuccessful. Marshall then evened up by crossing for ltiwis, Pfahlert missing the kick at goal. On the call of half time a penalty kick by Waddell was successful and Magpies led 6 to 3 at the interval. In the second spell Kiwis dominated most of the play, but Magpies played above expectations and appear to he on the improve. Hagar played well throughout and he secured a try -after cleverly byatipg four of the opposition. Plahlert converted'. ’Kiwis' kept up a strong attack, hut the Magpie defence held sound until from a scrum five yards out from, the black and white lino, McCleary worked the blind side to go over. Webster goaled.’ The game ! then ended Kiwis 13, Magpies 6. % W. Prmg was an efficient referee. RIMU V. ROSS. This junior game played at Rimu resulted in a win for Rimu by three points (a try by J. Comport) to nil, this being the first time the southern team had suffered defeat this season. Arahura defeated Kokatahi at Araliura decisively, ‘winning by 25 to nil AT WELLINGTON. SENIOR A. Oriental 9, Eastbpurne 6. Foil eke 11, Wellington 7. Athletic 17, Berluinipore 8. Varsity 13, Pet one G. Old Bovs 14, Marist Q. SENTOJt B. Oriental 8., Wellington 8. Hutt 11, Upper Hutt 3:. Porirua 6, Old Boys 5. AT other: centres. CHRISTCHURCH. May 25. To-dnv’s Rugby football matches were played in dull, calm, cool wentfier, the results: beingMerivale 11 bent Christchurch 10; High School Old Boys 24 # beat Sydenham G; Lin-