FOOTBALL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVI, Issue XLV, 19 June 1911, Page 2

FOOTBALL.

SATURDAY'JS MATCHES. Old Boys (0) v. Waimea (3). Although this match was played with some spirit it was nevertheless a disappointing display ot football that was given., The progress tiie Old Boys had been making l 1 d O!U ' f .° believe that tliey would have been in the position to show the spectators what a really exciting and thrilling "game football is when played properly.. ißut such was not the case. ' The "Waimea men played a good hard game, and tackled well, but their lack of practice together is horribly apparent. If not rectified this will prevent them getting; the senior cup, or. rather, if this team possessed more, combination it would have as good » chance for the cup as anybody. The Old Boys had' rearranged their team, but this v;as a failure. The idea evidently has been to. get as much work out of 51'Kay as possible. But to put hLm in the three<quarter line is to lose his good forward both in tackling and in playing the ball with his feet, and in addition his pace is not fast enough, to enab'e him to be in aaiy 'wav certain' of his im-anx in« tliQ back division. M'lvay was considered to be one of the best all.round forward timii . in \Ve!lingt|On, and his olace is obviously in the pack. Amids-t so much of the scrambling play his finer footwork is not very noticeable, but it is there all the same. It was an even game throughout, and on qu?te a number of occasions each, team was on the point of scoring: Tjie first points secured in the game were for Old Boys, when s M'Kay kicked a good penalty goal. Richmond kicked a fine goal from nearly halfway, and fldded the three points which Old Boys secured. As the result of perhaps the best pi-ece of 0 work on the ground, J. 3Tord was able to secure a good try for "\Vaimeas. J. Best, S. and A. Coleman. Ford, and a few others did really good work at times. Ilarle.y put in some good work for Old Boys. as did also M'dvay, Coote, and Richmond' Batchelor did not pl a .V his usual ganiO; Mr ISTalder j efereed. Albion (0) v. Rival (0. On No. 2 ground at the Park Albions and Rivals tried conclusions. No score was registered during the match, and the game ended l in a draw. Mr. Cooks was the referee. JUNIOR CUP. College (3) v. Hope (0). This match was played at t-lie Park, and after an evenly contested., game, was won bv the College by three points to nil. Mr. Cannington refereed. Rival B (9) v. Rover (S). This match , was closely contested, as the scores indicate. For the winners tries were scored by Rieketr?,, Cha.pman and Sha-in, and for the losers bVffXesbitt and 'Lines, Griffiths .converting fl'n.eamong the College were Young, Guinness. .Morris (2) 'in the .forwards*, and Sliain, Blair and Ross in the backs. "For Rovers, Lines. Nesbitt and Ryder (forwards) and Griffith, Baigent, and B>att (backs) were the pick. Mr. Johnston refereed. Old Boys (16) v. Collage A (3).

At flu- College, Old Boys scored an easy victory over tlie College A learn by 36 points to three. Mr: Atkinson referced.

SOUTH TSLANI) I'Ol'N'TliV T) 1S TKK'TS WEI'S.

Tin- to 1111 \v iii ,i- pl;iyi'i s have been seieele.l to rcpi'eseiii Nel.-nn in I lie Soil I h lsllffld toil I'': - , vlmii ward's: IL. McKay (old Boys). .1. Sm it Ii (K.ia Orn). .1. Best (\Ya imea), and W. Dennett (Rival. Backs: YV. J. King and J. .Prnsstn.a - (College-). KEP. MATCH AT (11 S'P.OP NE. {United Press Association.) GJSBORNK. Sunday. The first representative match here (his season was played on Saturday between Poverty Bay and ITawke's Bay. It was an evenly con tested game, and resulted in a draw. Ihe score being 12 points each. ITawke's Bay led up -1 ill a few seconds from time. but a victory was .just snatched' from their gros-p. THE NORTHERN UNION GAME. A| Victory Square St. Mary's defeated Albions by" 1S to JO. Boyle showed his return to for in by scoring + hree tries, one . run wa« practically the whole length of tlie field. Other prominent players were Tannr, Armstrong, and Vevsey. . In dealing with tlie match Auckland v. New Zealand, played prior to the 'ieoarture of the New Zealand team for Australia, the Auckland "Suir" said that Mason, of Nelson, ployed a very goor game, and tho. roughly justified his selection.