FOOTBALL

Northland Age, Volume 26, Issue 9, 23 June 1926, Page 4

FOOTBALL

SATURDAY’S MATCHES RESULTS AT A GLANCE SENIORS, Kaitau 9 Awanui 3 Victoria Valley > W aipapakauri 3 j JUNIORS Kaitaia 11 Awanui 3 fakahue 3 Ahipara 3 1 POSITION OF TEAMS The position oi teams is: - SENIORS Shield Points Kaitaia 9 Vic Valley 7 Awanui 5 Waipap 3 JUNIORS Kaitaia 12 Awanui 5 Takahuc 2 Ahipara I KAITAIA DEPEATS AWANUI Weather conditions were ideal lor foo t ball on Saturday last and the large crowd assembled at Sunray Park to witness the j Kaitaia-Awanui senior match anticipated a last, open game. They were disappointed, the match being a-t times exceedingly slow. Awanui failed to show the combin- 1 ation and scrum woik.which character- i ised their play against Valley the previous Saturday, and were fairly and squarely beaten by Kaitaia, Awanui’s display towards the last quarter being poor indeed. Certainly, they were without two of their best players, but this was no excuse for their backs. to loaf about as they did. Their handling of the ball was woeful. The Kaitaia team included two new players, O’Connor and Cavaye and H. Job again took the field. As in the case of the Awanui team, many individual attempts weie either smothered or bungled by careless passes, carelessness which was not appreciated by the spectators. However, the Blues did stand up to it in the closing stages; and deserved their win, The first quarter ended without score but in Awanui’s favour on the play, The second quarter was uneventful, honours being about even. In the third quarter Moses Yates opened Kaitaia’s score by kicking a penalty goal. Shortly after this followed a spectacular piece of play, Yates whipping the ball cleanly out to Souter, who raced over. The try was 1 not converted. In this quarter Awanui lost the services of Cashmorc, one of their best players, and Kaitaia carried on without Petersen, both of these playeis j being ordered off as a result of an alter- i cation. It appeared that two other players got into holts and Caslimore and Peter- | sen waded in in the role of peacemakers, eventually becoming embroiled themselves with the result stated. The last quarter opened dully, and contrary to expectations Awanui failed ’ badly, although they did manage to register a try. In a momentary rally, the Awanui forwards earjried the ball over the Blue line, Bob Russell touching down. No goal. Soon after this, J. Price, who was the mainstay of Awanui’s rearguard .retired injured. The last try lor Kaitaia was registered by Moses Yates. No goal, the game ending Kaitaia 9 Awanui 3. Mr. A. C. McKenzie was referee, handling die game iu an impartial manner. VALLEY 5 WAIPAP 3 Playiag at the Valley the home team ' defeated Waipap by 5 to 3 alter a stren- ! uous game. Wilfred Thompson scored a try and added the extras for Valley and j Jack Chur ton scored for Waipap. Mr. R. D. Hanlon was referee. JUNIOR GAMES The curtain raiser to th« above match i between Kaitaia and Awanui juniors provided a good game, and resulted in a win ! for Kaitaia by II to 3. The trygetters j for Kaitaia were Clive Murdoch, Cliff Job j and M. Masters, C. Masters converting Job’s try. Jack Ford scored a try for Awanui. Mr. J. Hinton controlled the game. SCHOOL MATCH The Victoria Valley school team played a game with the Peria school team ai the 1 Valley on Saturday. The game, which • was rather one-sided owing to the Valley boys being much bigger than their oppon- , ents, resulted in a win for the Valley by , 30 points to 3. ; Scorers for the Valley were W. Switzer (4) A Panther (2) R White (2). A Panther . W. Switzer and B Trigg each, converted one try. Martin scored for Peria. , Although beaten by such a margin, the Peria boys put up a good tight and never gave up hope until the final whistle blew, j There may be a shortage of referees 1 locally, but there is no shortage of critics whose unfair comments at matches tend to make the control of football difficult. The Union is justified in taking a strong stand in supporting the referees.