FOOTBALL

North Otago Times, Volume C, Issue 13145, 28 August 1914, Page 3

FOOTBALL

NORTH OTAGOY SOUTH CANTER. BUR\ r . f , < / t 'Die above annua) IKtuic t>ok phot at Timaiu yestpiday in poifcet wenth «\ f ami ifi the piescnco of a fan mini l>pi of spectator The game ms a limd one. lint tnmi a spectacnia ■ 1 oint of view was not \ ! Qif intciisimg, gooil individual plr.v picdoiniunhn,; owi ,;■';, ';■:': 'v.. -':-; "-■ ; ':';Sotitlis(Jaiite!:l4)iy, playing «#»!•$, a turning to mid-field.' .'Sevoral scrum; uehi- the centre followed, ' Ov«ens '(Soutli,, CantoVbury),: gotting itho>; .'lijii: but Darey's : passes,were weak. Tin green forwards gradually, worked■: to ■ 'wards . ■tlie visitors' cud... Tliomsoi 3toi)pii(g.tliciii'.'.Witii a useful punt. ~4 yellow rush, in' wliic.li 1 , Clarke, Council and Atkinson weio prominent, wif splendidly stopped by- O'Connor, tin South Canterbury iu'lPbaek. The vol low forwards; eanie away with the bill iKifo'ro; tlieni, but Lynch snapped *v\ the ■ oval ind found;' 't.he;'jin'e ; .witli ; i capital, kick, wliieli ; gavc; the groom the'attack. The lipmVteam further ilh ;provcd'-tlieir:\;position,: .'Rosy, nvertiiif the threatened/,score.with.'a Jofty duck . .Good wpr]rby'Bi'bsliii,.!Clarko:an'd Yoiiiif was, spo'ilt "by' ofl/sidfilplayi.;; 'Ajstronj ruin by' Lynch; well.;'- ihto : tho'Nortl Otago lori'itory paved 4 l:lio: : way:.foi Fitzgerald, ,iv]io ; registered"' the' . jirsl score for the ;li'oihe team.' Soiith Can terbury ,'!,• North Otago (i.. After tin resumption Young, Breslin, Diroon and, Atkinson headed successive rushes into gvemi quarters/ but..Hendry re luniDcl the' ovnl to the neutral zone where' the greens , were awarded t penalty, from which Lynch dropped t magnificent goal from just inside tin centre mark, South Canterbury l) North.'Otago 0. Tlie yellow forwards who were holding their own in tin loose, made a couple of determined at tempts to score, but resulted,\ A green invasion followeci and Moore got over from a -serambli on the line. South Canterbury '9 North'Otago 0. Lynch returned Ross's kick-out with a huge kick which gavi his side tho alinck. Boss extricated tin yellows from n : precarious position ant half-time was .called I with play at cen . tre. . . On changing ends the visitors maili a dash for the opposing line, bu Lynch intercepted; and gathering nj the .leather showed a clean' pair ol heels to, his opponents. After trovers ing about'three-parts of the field In finished up a great run by scoring be tweeu the posts. Fitzgerald had w 'difficulty in converting.for the oxtrj points. Smith Canterbury JL Norll Otago 0, The visitors appeared now U be completely demoralised by the on slaughts of the groens, and Wilsoi ' had an easy task in- augmenting tin score, the. opponents' ho eiieounteroi making futile attempts to grasp hin ! by the neck. The try was not convert , cd. South Canterbury 17, North Otngi fi. Lynch, taking the ball dearly fron ■ the drop out, again left the yellowi standing, and another three points ( was added to the rapidly increasiiij ■ score, No goal, and South Canterbury * were 20, North Olago (V- Lynch, Dav 5 is, and Moftre were associated in tin t next score, but once more the kickisi , failed to improve. South Canterbury 5 i'.'l, Noi-th Ofngo, 0. The visitors, piill [ ing themselves together, succocded ii ■stemming the tide, of disaster, am . some neat concerted play botwoci i Lawson, Thomson, Ross,. Eeeles am ! Berminghnm ended in the latter break ; ing theice with agood try. South Can terbury 2,".,, North-Otago ,1. After re pulsing.a green invasion the yellow.' again took up the;'offensive and Kosi had a, shot within, striking distance only missing' by' inches. A few min " utes later he .had. pother attenipt am' this time made no. mistake, landing j neat goal. South.Qanterbury 2,'1,' Nnii' r Otago.fl. Fromthis to'the finish tin ; visitors quite, held, 1 their own, but wen unable to further -.increase ) the score j the g'ainc.teriiu'uatiiig— . ~ ■• :,. ;

South Canterbury; 23 ;:;NpiOtago fi. : ; Mr Mulney was an efficient refpree. ■ In tlio loose work the yellow forwards were, in no way inferior to the South Canterbury, vanguard, hut the latter were superior in the serums. With the exception of Thomson (who played a very lino game), the North Otago backs were over-weighted and outplayed, their tackling being the •weakest point. , On Wednesday,, Hawkes Bay defeated .Wangnntii by .11-points to nil, and South Auckland beat Mannwatu by 24 to nil, thn losers being very poorly represented. ' '. . The nijnij'aj'j South Gantorbury-Qtago matcli will be played on the. Caris,brook Ground,. to : morrow, The. North Otag-o representatives will conclude the .1914 season next Thursday,' when' they will play the Wainiate team, at .Wainiate/