FOOTBALL.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CVI, Issue 12589, 26 August 1901, Page 3

FOOTBALL.

CANTERBURY v. HAWKE’S BAY. So far as the majority of Saturday spectators are concerned, the match between Canterbury and Hawke’s Bay was the lost opportunity of witnessing a game this season. The attendance at Lancaster Park was a largo one. The ground was in good order, though a trifle heavy, as the result of the recent rain. The visitors were reported to he a fast lot, and, judged through their display against Wellington, an interesting game was anticipated. In this, however, the spectators were disappointed. Play in the first spell was uninteresting, Canterbury registering one try. In the second half the local players never gave tr.eir opponents Sj chance, and thirtyone points were added during the spell, a score whi'-ii might easily have been much larger had the place-kicking not been so weak. During the interval afternoon tea was dispersed in the pavilion by the Canterbury Rugby Union. The following were tho teams:

Canterbury—Full-back, J. S. Middleton; three-quarters, E. D. Rice, A. Yoyce and P. Menzies; five-eighths’, J. Ormandy (captain) and A. Phillips; half, J. Weston; forward's, L. Corbett, H. Driscoll, B. Panning, W. Drake, T. Cross, W. Blackwell, H. Ayers and R. J. Cook. Hawke’s Bay—Pull-back, H. Bishop; three-quarters, W. Cummings, 0. Hume and J. Humphries: five-eighth, E. Tyne; half, W. O’Connell (captain); forwards, T. Baker, R. Walker, W. Woadward, A. MArthy, R. M’Learnon, G. Bates, G. Williis, R. Heath and R. Strickland. Hawke’s Bay won tho toss, and defended the pavilion goal, Canterbury kicking off against tire wind. Play immediately settled in Hawke’s Bay territory. A nice passing rush was started by Phillips, who sent the ball on to Ormandy, from whom it went to Menzies, then brick to Ormandy, and finally to Yoyce, who dashed over and scored. Yoyce took the kick, but failed to improve. Give-and-take play followed, the Hawke’s Bay backs showing to advantage. A high kick by Weston ended in Hawke’s Bay being penned under the goal posts. Phillips’ potted, but only a force resulted 1 . The Canterbury forwards got on one or two good rushes, and Rice came away with a smart run. Hawke’s Bay broke away, with Baker and Strickland in. the van, but Middleton saved by kicking into touch. Even play followed, the forwards of both sides getting on some fast rushes. A passing rush by the Canterbury' backs was spoilt by Rice failing to take the ball. Weston marked iin Hawke’s Bay twenty-five, but Voyce’s kick at goal failed. The backs then took a turn, and in the exchange of -kicks play was shifted to Canterbury territory. A forward 1 rush took tho ball to the Hawke’s Bay end, where several attempts were made to get in some passing. They all failed, however, and half-time was called soon after.

A few minutes after the second spell started, Menzks intercepted a pass in has own twenty-five, and after a good run passed, to Panning, who sent the ball on to Drake, enabling the last-named 1 to score. Drake took the kick himself, but failed to improve. Good runs by Ormandy and Rice put Hawks’s Bay on the defensive again, and from a scrum near the line, Ayres dropped over-. Phillips was unsuccessful with, the kick at goal. Hawke’s Bay rallied, and got on some fast rushes, in which Walker was prominent. A Canterbury rush ended in, the ball being lacked over the Hawke’s Bay line. A force seemed certain, but the Hawke’s Bay fullback took things too quietly, and 'Blackwell, following up fast, scored the fourth try, which Phillips again failed to improve. Soon, after Hawke’s Bay forced, and from the kick-out Phillips, Yoyo© and Rice took part in a passing rush, which was followed by a loose forward rush, from which Fanning scored. Weston took the kick and placed a goal. After some play near the centre, Weston passed to Phillips, who sent th© ball on to Menzies, the latter scoring. Weston failed with the kick. Canterbury continued to attack, but the Hawke’s Bay forwards cleared their line. Phillips obtained possession from a scrum between the posts, and passed to Ormandy, who made a clever run, and then passed to Voyce, tli© latter scoring ‘ between the posts. He took the kick himself, but failed to improve. For some time play hovered near the Hawke’s Bay line, Weston finally dropping over. Fanning’s kick was resultless. From the kick-out Hawke’s Bay rushed the ball to Canterbury quarters, but th© Canterbury forwards, headed by Driscoll, shifted play to the centre. Voyce broke away and passed to Rice, who was collared at the Hawke’s Bay twenty-five, Cooke, however, was following up, and picking up, ran in unopposed. Weston took the kick, and placed a goal. Play remained in. Hawke’s Bay territory for a time till Phillips securing possession from the lineout, dropped over. • Blackwell failed to improve, and time was then called, leaving Canterbury -winners by two goals and eight tries (thirty-four points), to mil.. Mr F. T. Evans was the referee, and Messrs G. H. Mason and D. O’Connell were line umpires for Canterbury and Hawke’s Bay respectively. The following are the results of the matches played ‘between ‘Hawke's Hay and Canterbury teams: 1887—At Napier, ’Hawke’s Hay won by 1 goal and 2 tries to 1 try. 1889—At Christchurch, Hawke’s ‘Bay won by 1 goal to 1 try. 1832—At Napier, Canterbury won by 11 points to 2. 1808—At Napier, Canterbury won by 15 points to 3. 1901—At Christchurch, Canterbury won by 31 points to nil. SECONDARY , SCHOOLS TOURNAMENT. The annual tournament between • teams representing the secondary schools and colleges is being held in Christchurch this sea-

sou. Play starts on Monday, and will conclude on the following Monday. The programme of matches is as follows ;—Monday, August 26, Wellington College v. Christ’s College; Thursday, August 23, Wellington College v. Wanganui College; Friday, August 30, Nelson College ,v. Christchurch Boys’ High School; Saturday, August 31, Wanganui College v. Christ’s College;, Monday, Sept. 2, Wellington College v. Nelson College. The game between Nelson College and Boys’ High School will be played on the Boys’ High School ground, the other matches taking place on the Christ’s College ground.

The team to represent Canterbury against New South Wales, on Wednesday afternoon, will be the same a« that which played for the province against Hawke’s Bay on Saturday, except that P. Harvey will replace Weston at half-back, and H. Frost will join the forwards in place of W. Blackwell. A. Phillips will captain the team.

Weston (back) and Blackwell (forward) have been selected as emergencies. The Wanganui College football team arrived by the s.s. Rotorua yesterday afternoon. , The following are tho players in the school match to-day: —Wellington Col-lege—Full-back, Beechy; three-quarters, Parkinson., Ingles (captain), Hall;, five eights, Bennettb; half, Rawson; forwards, Jacobsen, Drake, Jones, Patterson., Pickering, Soddon, Nilsson, Denton, Richardson. Christ’s College—Full-back, Horse; threequarters, Cotterill, Bishop (captain), Overton ; five-eights, Town end; half, Dansey ; forwards, Stringer, King, Denham, Taylor, Wigley, Shaw, Wachsmanm, Hargreaves, Aitken.

The Boys’ High School second, fcotbail team returned by the express on- Saturday evening. They met th® Timaru High School at Ashburton, and- in a very weR-contested game, were dtefeated) by 6 points to- -nil.

NEW SOUTH WALES V. OTAGO. [Per Press Association.] ■ DUNEDIN, August 24. The match between the New South Wales repreaentaties and Otago was played in splendid weather to-day, resulting in a win for the homo team by five points to nil. The ground was in excellent order, and each team had the benefit of ai fairly strong wind in turn. The attendance 'was very large, probably eight thousand. Con--Icm stood out of the New South Wales team, his place being taken by Hughes. It was expected that the visitors would give a good exhibition of back play, considering the state of the ground, but the threequarters did nob get the ball from the halves often enough, but when they did, they showed how dangerous they were. The visiting forwards got possession in the scrum much oftener than the local torwards, hut the backs were slow in getting the .ball away, and Duncan invariably nipped their efforts in the bud. The New South Wales backs, however, used their lucking power's to good advantage. The local forwards, though beaten in the packs, fairly smothered their opponents in the open, their loose rushes being very effective. The Otago halves were responsible for almost all the passing on their side, the ball not reaching ■ the ’. three-quarters very often, and' some excellent runs were put in by Duncan and Uttley. The game was interesting throughout, and was exciting in, the last few minutes, when the visitors made most determined - efforts to score, but without avail, ’ fortune being, against them. But for the excellent defence of the .visitors, their tackling being almost per-, feet, a larger score would probably have been recorded against them. Duncan won the toss, and took advantage of the wind, Judd sotting the ball rolling for the visitors. Otago soon made their way near the New South Wales line, but not for long, the visitors, by pretty passing, quickly removing to neutral territory. Matthewson marked' near midfield, Booth maldng a rather poor kick at goal. Offside play by Judd again let Otago hear thii visitors’ line, but their defence was sound, and they soon took play past half-way. From the Otago twenty-five, Findley initiated! a splendid passing rush, from which Lindsey was almost over, Booth) saving by knocking into' touch-in-goal. Otago then attacked, the visitors being forced down. A few minutes later, Bennett had' a shot at goal from a free kick outside the ■ visitors’ twenty-five, hub the ball fell short. From a scrum outside the New South Wales’ twenty-five, Duncan got nicely on. the blind side, but an almost certain score was lost by a bad pass to Booth. Another passing rush by the Otago backs ended in Booth being well collared by McMahon when looking - very dangerous. A few minutes later, Uttley made a splendid run to near the visitors’ line. Maund, however, with an excellent kick, removed danger. Lindsey put in another brilliant run, and looked like scoring, but the home team broke away, and taking the ball down . to the visitors’ line-, almost scored, a force-down being recorded. After a, lot of fast open play, the Otago forwards carried' the bail over the New South Wales’ line, but it was taken back for an infringement, and Shortland cleared. Maund, by splendid tackling, just stopped Booth from scoring for Otago. The visitors Were penalised near their own line a few minutes later, and Duncan centred with a good kid:. Smith got possession, and ended a short run by grounding the ball hear the posts. Bennett was entrusted with the kick, and added, the major points. Between this and half-time, Ota.go were pressing, and were nearly over. Maund saved by marking on his own line, just on half-time,, a force-down resulting from the kick. * On resuming, the home team, keeping the game fairly' tight, assumed the aggressive. A few minutes after starting, O’Brien (Otago) retired with an injured ankle. Burt (who was hurt two. weeks ago) replaced him. The home team attacked strongly for some time, but could not break through the visitors’ defence, Findlay and Burden eventually removing play te the Otago twentyfive. After a lot of open play in midfield, Otago, chiefly by the instrumentality of Given, placed New South Wales on the defensive. From a throw-in near the visitors’ twenty-five, passing between Matthewsor.l, Duncan and Mun.ro, and then hack to the first-named, let Matthewson fiver at the comer, but the ball went. into, touch-in-goal. The home team kept tip the attack, but Findlay, by an excellent, kick, shifted play from the New South, Wales’ twentyfive to the Otago twenty-five, where Maund marked., a force-down resulting from the' kick. The next item of note was a splendid run by Duncan,'the result of which was that Booth was thrown into touch a few yards from the visitors’ line. The Otago forwards dribbled 1 the ball over the line, but Maund managed to force. From, the kickout Otago forced. A passing rush among the New South Wales backs, in which Hughes was prominent, was stopped very close to the Otago line, bub Given pub in a good kick, which removed the danger. New South Wales made determined efforts to score in the last few minutes. The home team were awarded a free kick just on time, from which Judd marked. Short-land attempted to place ai goal, but the ball went Wide, Otago forcing. The bell sounded shortly after, with the visitors- still pressing leaving Otago winners by five points to nil. Maund. at , full-back for the visitors, plaved. "splendidly, bis kicking and tackling being perfect. Lindsey played a- great game on the wing, and had he received'the ball oftener, would undoubtedly have given Otago trouble. He was ably seconded by Hmdies a«d McMahon. Findlay, at serum half aho played a good game, kicking being Ms strong point- Of the forwards. Judd, who- was the beet forward on. the ground. Underwood, Burden and Hennessy, were the pick. Some fine fearless passing was shown by the New South Wdes backs, especially m the first spell. Booth was in excellent form Ms playing beincr very sound, especially Ms tackling, and WMte also pbyed very well. Duncan was the mainstay of. the backs, and) was

never seen to better advantage, though- the visitors payed him a. lot. of attention. The forwards all played well, Smith, Given, Matthowson, and* Dunne being .the best. Mr Hawthorne, Invercargill, was a very efficient referee.

AUCKLAND v. THAMES. [Per Press Association.] THAMES,- August 24. Tho Auckland representative team met Thames to-day. ' A. close, and interesting gam® ensued, the final scores being Auckland two tries (six points), Thames a petted gspal (four points). , WELLINGTON v. WA3RARAPA. CARTERTON, August 24. The match between Wellington and Wairarapa was evenly contested, but the play was rough. Meredith and Wallace were injured, and retired. Tho first half was in favour of Wellington, and the last half all in honour of Wairarapa. Wallace, Shvoeney and Dodd scored tries for the visitors, and Rogers, M’Master and Moore for Wairarapa. None were converted. Wellington’s place-kicking was miserable, and Wairarapa’s fair. The game was exciting ■throughout, and was witnessed by a. lagge crowd. The weather wa.-s fine, and everything was in favour of a good game. Mr Cargill gave satisfaction as referee. Wairaraps. passed splendidly, and were also good in the -loose- rushes. Wellington displayed an excellent defence. The game was drawn.

WELLINGTON v. HOREWENUA. WELLINGTON, August 25. The football match- between Wellington and Horowenua, played at Levin, on Saturday, was won by Wellington by fifteen points to eight. NEW SOUTH WALES v. NEW. ZEALAND. DUNEDIN, August 25. Duncan, one of tho elected New Zealand team* leaves for Wellington to-morrow, with Burt, who has been chosen as an emergency.

NEW SOUTH WALES v. QUEENSLAND. United Press Association—3y Sleoxrla Telegraph—Copyright. (Received August 25, 5.15 p.m.) BRISBANE, August 25. In the football match, Queensland beat New South Wales by twenty-five points to eleven.

ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL. [Pbr Press Association.] *' AUCKLAND, August 24. The following Association representative team will- pl’ay at Wellington and Dunedin;—Kuber, Wright, Clark, Meldrum, (Joldie andl (Wilkinson, backs; Battley, Totman, Bill, Goldie and Chamberlain, forwards;, :

, WELLINGTON v. AUCKLAND. AUCKLAND, August 25. The Association football match, Wellington v. Auckland was played yesterday. In the first spell '.Wellington, assisted by a strong wind, held bn advantage, and scored two goals to ilheir opponents’ nil. • The first goal was scoiW by Wells, as the result of, a fine c.entre i from a comer kick by Hales. 1 The secqnd goal was secured ns the result of tire, fonwards charging Kober, goal-keeper, into tl-d net while he was attempting to kick oiiL In the second spell, Auckland held an advantage, but only one goal was registered; - Fitzgerald, the Wellington goal-keeper, mulling along kick by Meldrum, allowed! the ball to go between the posts. The game thus ended in Wellington's favour by two goals to- one. During the game, Claude, Heather and Bradstock wero injured, and &ad to retire.